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Disney to layoff 7000 employees this week

The company's first round of layoffs will begin this week. According to CEO Bob Iger, the media and entertainment company will lay off 7,000 people in three rounds. According to CNBC, the job losses will effect Disney's media and distribution segment, as w...

Gadkari inaugurates 30th Convergence India, 8th Smart Cities Expo

The 30th Convergence India and 8th Smart Cities India expo, jointly organised by the Smart Cities Mission, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA), India Trade Promotion

Meity says it ‘doesn’t maintain’ details of websites blocked

The Ministry of Electronics and Information technology (Meity) has said it does not keep any details of websites blocked by it.

“The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology does not maintain details of websites blocked ...

Cable ops’ body ALCOA moves TDSAT against TRAI tariff rules

The All Local Cable Operator Association (ALCOA) of Delhi yesterday filed a petition in telecom and broadcasting disputes tribunal TDSAT challenging regulator TRAI’s November 2022 amended tariff regulation, saying it’s anti-

65 pvt. TV channels hop onto DD FreeDish platform

Some 65 TV channels, which include those from genres like general entertainment, news, sports, and wellness and religious, have managed to be successful in finding berths on Doordarshan FreeDish platform in the MPEG-2 category.

Some of the...

IndiaCast appoints Piyush Goyal as COO

IndiaCast, the content monetization arm of TV18 and Viacom18, has appointed TV distribution veteran Piyush Goyal as Chief Operating Officer (COO). He will report to Network18’s MD Rahul Joshi. Goyal will work closely with the

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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!