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SC refuses to bar lower courts hearing challenges to IT Rules

With a flurry of petitions being filed in various courts of India challenging the country’s new digital regulations, especially by news outlets, the federal government had requested the Supreme Court that all such cases be toggled together and lower courts be barred from enter...

Kerala HC gives interim relief to news broadcasters body

The Kerala High Court on Friday passed an interim order in favour of the News Broadcasters Association (NBA), which had challenged India’s new IT Rules, according to a report posted on India Today’s website.

It’s a YiPPee moment for gamers of ESPL

Lip smacking Sunfeast YiPPee Noddles from ITC have come onboard as snacking partner for Infinix presents Esports Premier League (ESPL) 2021, which is being organised for the first time, is a multi-city, multi-month tournament that is based on the popular online multiplayer battle royale game - Fire Fire. Sunfeast YiPPee Noddles understands th...

Japanese Olympics sponsors look to cut budgets

Japanese Olympics sponsors are cancelling or scaling back booths and promotional events tied to the Tokyo 2020 Games, frustrated by "very last minute" decisions by organisers and a delay on whether spectat...

On Twitter issue, new IT Minister says local laws supreme

Even as Twitter on Thursday was making submissions in Delhi High Court that it’s targeting to be IT Rules-compliant by weekend, the new IT and Telecoms Minister...

Sourav Majumdar new BT editor, Sid Zarabi to lead BT TV

After naming Udayan Mukherjee as its Global Business Editor, the India Today Group announced two more big-ticket appointments as part of its plans to bolster its coverage of business news in the post-pandemic economic order.

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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!