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India cracks down on Pak-sponsored fake news; 20 YouTube channels blocked

The Indian government on Tuesday said it has cracked the whip at Pakistan-sponsored network of fake news and ordered blocking of 20 YouTube channels and two websites, which, incidentally, are also the first action that the government has taken under the new digital regulations that were put in place in May.

SatCab’21 is back to cheer the TV industry with a fab lineup of speakers

The SatCab Symposium 2021, an initiative of the Aavishkar Media Group, is back after a break to spread some cheer in the TV and video content industry with a fab lineup of speakers, representing a cross-section of the media spectrum, though the shadow of the pandemic continues...

Prasar Bharati-ICCR in a pact to promote Indian culture

Indian pubcaster Prasar Bharati and Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) signed a memorandum of understanding today for promoting Indian culture.

The performances of the eminent artists associated with the ICCR will be telecast on the ...

Network18 appoints Sohini Guharoy as head of audience growth

The country’s premier multilingual digital news platform, Network18, has announced the appointment of Sohini Guharoy as head of audience growth. The news was shared by Sohini on her LinkedIn a...

Discovery South Asia SVP Vijay Rajput set to retire

American pay television network and flagship channel Discovery’s, SVP, affiliate sales and business head, Eurosport, Vijay Rajput, is retiring at the end of the year after seven years. Ruchir Jain, who currently heads finance at ...

Parliamentary panel suggestions on data protection will up startups’ compliance burden: IAMAI

Recommendations made by a parliamentary committee on India’s Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill might lead to a higher compliance burden on startups, industry body Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) said Friday.

The IAMAI in a statement suggested 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!