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Prime Video elevates Sonia Huria to Head of Communications for APAC region

Sonia Huria has been appointed as Amazon Prime Video's Head of Communications - APAC. She joined the streaming platform in 2020 and previously worked as the Communications Head in India. Huria announced her elevation via her LinkedIn handle. In a post, she said, “Three years ago, I stepped into the...

Nina Elavia Jaipuria moves on from Viacom18

Nina Elavia Jaipuria, Head - Hindi and Kids TV Network, Colors and Nickelodeon India at Viacom18 has moved on from the organisation. A Viacom18 Spokesperson said, “After 17 years of leading the pivotal businesses of Kids Entertainment and Hindi Mass Entertainment at Viacom18, Nina Elavia Jaipuria will b...

SC to hear Google appeal on CCI penalty in Jan 2024

The Supreme Court will hear a plea filed by Google against the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) order that upheld the penalty of Rs 1,337.76 crore imposed by the Competition Commissio...

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai to testify in Google Play trial

Alphabet Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai is set to be called by Epic Games Inc. to testify in an antitrust trial over Google Play policies that could threaten billions of dollars in revenue generated by the app marketplace. Pichai and Epic’s CEO Tim Sweeney have ...

Cogoport appoints Hrishikesh Kulkarni as COO for India

Cogoport, the global trade platform with headquarters in Singapore and a presence in India, Netherlands, Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia, has named Hrishikesh Kulkarni as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO) in a strategic move to further strengthen its position in the global trade indus...

India tells X, YouTube, Telegram to remove any child sexual abuse material

India has sent notices to social media platforms X, formerly known as Twitter, YouTube and Telegram asking them to ensure there is no child sexual abuse material on their platforms, the government said on Friday. The companies could be stripped of their prot...

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“This initiative will empower subscribers to pay online and subscribe to the channels they want to watch and get it activated on their TV sets in real-time without any delay. Without needing to undertake any software development, LMOs can approach Mobiezy for their pre-built and pre-integrated solution that uses NXTDigital’s news APIs and can be up and running with their own mobile apps within just a few days.”

RU Ediriwira, Group CTO, NXTDigital Limited

“With the launch of Partnership for Growth 3.0 we intend to expand our network with 40 new NXTHUBs, each offering up to 650 live TV channels and broadband. Our efforts are focused on harnessing the convergence of technologies, developing robust apps and creating new business models that will help the overall ecosystem, delivering the best experience to our subscribers. We hope to achieve a stronger foothold in the rural regions of the country and grow our subscriber base.”

N.K. Rouse, COO, NXT Digital Ltd

“One of the key principles of the Hinduja Group is ‘Partnership for Growth’. After 2.0 saw the launch of HITS to connect LMOs in even the most remote locations through the only satellite-based cable TV platform in India; 3.0 focuses not just on strengthening the overall ecosystem we have built, but harnessing the convergence of technologies – to be delivered through a national network of NXTHUBs. Video and broadband are only the beginning of the digital highway of services that we have developed for roll-out backed by a robust suite of innovative apps developed by service providers exclusively for our LMOs and subscribers.”

Vynsley Fernandes, MD & CEO, NXTDigital Limited

“Wireline broadband is becoming ever more important not only in connecting homes across the country but also small to large enterprises-to the digital economy. The NXTHUBs will be the perfect point-of-presence to offer broadband services to cater to these consumer needs.”

Yugal Kishore Sharma CEO, ONEOTT Intertainment Limited

Amazing and grim battle for survival. Guess it will end up in Supreme Court. All that NCLT asked Zee to do was to file a reply to Invesco petition for a EGM. Now this is getting too serious. So far Invesco has been hammered for demanding an EGM. What is Zee upto? Ofcourse my lawyer community knows better!