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Former BBC, NYT chief Mark Thompson to head CNN

News industry leader and former chief of BBC and New York Times Mark Thompson has been appointed to the role of Chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) said yesterday Thompson will report to WBD CEO David Zaslav and the appointment will be effective on October 9. In his new role, T...

Prez, PM, entertainment superstars ‘over the moon’; congratulate ISRO

Indian President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the country, including the entertainment industry, and the world in congratulating the Indian space agency ISRO for hav...

SpaceX receives approval to launch satellite internet service in Mongolia

In a major development for internet connectivity, Elon Musk's SpaceX has secured approval to launch its satellite internet service, Starlink, in Mongolia. The Mongolian government announced on Friday that it has granted two special licenses to SpaceX, allowing the company to o...

India mandates tobacco warnings in OTT platforms’ shows

The Union Health Ministry today notified new rules for anti-tobacco warnings on OTT platforms that if the publisher of online content fails to comply with new rules then the ministry will take strict action. India has become a global leader in spreading awareness around the deadly effects of tobacco consumption after regulating anti-tobacco w...

British High Commissioner Ellis plays down BBC raids in India

‘Good friends can also disagree’, British High Commissioner Alex Ellis said in response to questions on raids at BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai by the Income Tax department earlier this year. Speaking at the Ananta Centre in New Delhi on Wednesday, he underlined...

Vietnam mulls SM users’ mandatory ID verification

Vietnam is preparing to make it mandatory for social media users of both local and foreign platforms to verify their identity in a bid to rein in online scams, state media reported yesterday.

The measure, part of the Telecommunications Law...

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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!