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SC agrees to examine Google’s plea on Jan 16

The Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear Google's appeal against a decision by the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) that refused to stay a Rs 1,337.76 crore penalty imposed by the ...

Delhi HC seeks govt, BARC, IBDF, NBF response on TV audience data

The Delhi High Court has sought the response of the Centre (federal government), Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) and Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India to a petition seeking to establish BIS as the national standards body for harmonious development of activities related to TV audience measurement servic...

Govt. oversight body will hear SM content moderation complaints

The Indian government on Friday announced amendments to its Information Technology (IT) Rules that will apply to social media companies, in a move that is likely to be seen as a reigning in of Big Tech firms.

Under the amended rules, which came into effect from October 28, a governme...

An anchor who stands up for journalistic fairness

At a time when India is witnessing slme severe criticism of TV news media for partisanship, there are exceptions like Preeti Choudhry, Senior Editor of India Today channel. Choudhry, who kick starts prime time on the India Today news channel with To The Point show, which is cutting edge debate providing an in-depth analysis of the day’s bigge...

Vedanta to finalise $20 bn chip-making location in India by June

Vedanta will finalize a location for its $20 billion semiconductor and display plants in India by mid-June and will have the first chip product ready in two years, its Chairman Anil Agarwal has said.

The oil-to-metals conglomerate Vedanta said in February it will diversify into chip ...

Prasar Bharati Member Finance Negi gets additional charge

Prasar Bharati Member Finance D P S Negi has been given the additional charge of member personnel of the body by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

The Union Information and Broadcasting Minister has given approval for giving additional charge of member personnel, Prasar B...

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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!