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SPN secures b’cast rights for Hero Asian Champions Trophy 2024

Sony Sports Network has officially acquired the exclusive media rights to live broadcast the Hero Asian Champions Trophy 2024. The tournament is set to take place from September 8 to September 17, 2024, in Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia, China. Hockey fans across India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka can catch...

WhatsApp testing voice chat mode for Meta AI

WhatsApp is set to enhance user interactions with Meta AI through a new voice chat mode, according to a IANS report. The feature will allow users to communicate with Meta AI using voice commands, providing a more natural and efficient way to interact with the chatbot. The upcoming update will introduce a variety of voice options for

Jio spent least on dealer commissions, branding FY24: report

Telecom major Reliance Jio’s expenditure on dealer commissions and promotional activities in FY24 was notably the lowest among India’s three private telecom operators, according to experts analyzing the latest annual reports of the telecom companies, the Economic Times has reported.

A report by Jefferies, seen b...

WhatsApp allows real-money gaming, OTC drugs’ ads

Meta-owned WhatsApp has updated its Business messaging policy to permit promotional messages from companies in regulated sectors, including real-money gaming and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, to users in India, according to a report i...

Jio, Airtel drive telecom subscriber base growth to 120.5 crore in June

New customer additions by Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel pushed the Indian telecom subscriber base past 120.5 crore in June, according to a Trai report released on Tuesday. The wireless subscriber base grew marginally to over 117 crore and wireline connec...

PUBG-maker KRAFTON plans India R&D unit by 2025

PUBG and BGMI-maker KRAFTON intends to set up an R&D facility in India by next year to develop games suited to Indian culture, company's India business head Sean Hyunil Sohn said.

KRAFTON India CEO Sohn said that the details of the facility are yet to be finalised, but the top lo...

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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!