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Tata Play, Airtel merger talks off

Tata Group’s Tata Play and Bharti Airtel’s subsidiary Bharti Telemedia Ltd. have mutually decided to terminate discussions regarding a potential merger aimed at expanding their Direct To Home (DTH) operations. The announcement was made through an exchange filing by Bharti Airtel on Saturday, May 3, As per a report earlier published by The Econom...

Adobe initiatives to empower India’s creative future

Global software leader Adobe made a high-impact presence at WAVES 2025 in Mumbai, announcing a host of strategic initiatives aimed at empowering India’s rapidly expanding creator economy.

As the opening day of the summit came to a ...

Big B forays into gaming; unveils ‘Age of Bhaarat’ at WAVES

In a stunning revelation at the ongoing WAVES 2025 Summit, megastar Amitabh Bachchan announced his entry into the world of AAA gaming as the co-founder of Tara Gaming Studios, India’s ambitious new venture in the global gaming industry.

Meta launches standalone Meta AI app to expand chatbot reach

Meta has announced the launch of a standalone Meta AI app, marking a significant step in its efforts to bring its conversational chatbot to more users outside its family of apps like Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The new application, which is now live for...

Make in India to get fresh impetus with direct-to-mobile technology

India’s flagship ‘Make in India’ programme is poised to receive a significant boost as the government prepares to roll out Direct-to-Mobile (D2M) broadcasting technology, a move that could revolutionize how content is delivered to citizens and elevate the country's ...

Jio Platforms net profit up 25.7% in Jan-Mar quarter

RIL’s digital arm Jio Platform on Friday posted a 25.7 per cent increase in profit after tax to Rs 7,022 crore in the last quarter of the 2024-25 financial year mainly on account of growth in average revenue per user. The company had registered a profit a...

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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!