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Insta testing TikTok-like PIP mode for Reels

Meta-owned Instagram is gearing up to roll out a new feature that could change the way users consume short-form content on the platform. The app is testing a picture-in-picture mode for Reels, allowing users to continue watching videos in a floating window while simultaneously using other apps.

According to a TOI r...

Spotify to roll out this week messaging feature for subs

Spotify Technology will start rolling out a messaging feature to both free and premium subscription tiers as the music streaming giant seeks to attract more users and fend off competition.

The messaging feature will allow users to chat and share music with people they have interacted...

Instagram rolls out new ‘Link Reels’ feature to keep audiences hooked

Instagram has rolled out a new feature that allows creators to link one reel to another, making it easier for audiences to follow episodic or themed content. With this update, creators can now build “Reels series,” connecting their videos around a common topic or storyline while encouraging viewers to continue watching. According to a Busines...

Shridhar Venkataramana joins YouTube India as strategic partner manager

Shridhar Venkataramana has joined YouTube India as Strategic Partner Manager, Content Partnerships, where he will be responsible for managing and nurturing key content partnerships for the platform. He will be based in Mumbai. Venkataramana announced the move in a LinkedIn post, writing: “From being on

Meta launches AI voice translations for Reels on Instagram, Facebook

Meta is taking another leap in breaking language barriers by introducing AI-powered voice translations for Reels on Instagram and Facebook. The new feature automatically dubs videos into other languages, syncing lip movements to create a natural multilingual experience. Announcing the update on Instagram, Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram, said...

Young UK viewers favour YouTube over traditional TV: Ofcom survey

YouTube is leading the charge in the streaming takeover of TV sets, with the service now the first place younger viewers go as soon as they switch on, according to

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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!