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Senior journalist Arun Nautiyal passes away

Arun Nautiyal, a distinguished senior journalist with a career spanning nearly three decades, passed away from a sudden heart attack on Sunday night. He was associated with ABP Network for over 20 years and had recently joined Zee News, where he served as Output...

Misleading ads: SC for self-declaration on the line of cable TV rules

It is imperative for celebrities and public figures to act responsibly while endorsing a consumer product as advertisers and endorsers are equally responsible for issuing misleading advertisements, the Supreme Court said yesterda...

BBC breaks up Indian ops for regulation compliance

The BBC split up its news operations in India into two and four former BBC India staff set up a new Indian company to produce content for its six Indian language services.

The BBC said the establishment of the independent, Indian-ow...

UK govt confirms India-born Shah as BBC chairman

India-born media executive Dr. Samir Shah yesterday was confirmed as the new BBC chairman after his selection cleared the stages of scrutiny to be approved by King Charles III this week.

According to a ...

NCLAT halts NCLT order in Dream11 case, directs IRP to await decision until Feb 23

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal on Wednesday stayed the NCLT Mumbai bench order to initiate a corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) against Sporta Technologies, which operates the fantasy sports platform Dream 11. However, it has also...

Brad Pitt circling Quentin Tarantino’s ‘The Movie Critic’

In a potential reunion, Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt is in discussions to join forces with acclaimed filmmaker Quentin Tarantino for his ultimate directorial endeavor, titled ‘The Movie Critic’. ...

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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!