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WinZO expands to Brazil amidst 400% GST hike

Homegrown vernacular social gaming platform WinZO announced the launch of its app in Brazil on Thursday, as gaming companies in the country fear a 400 percent increase in GST. WinZO will invest $25 million in distribution and branding for more than 100 partner game developers in Brazil. “We ha...

KRAFTON launches ‘KRAFTON India Gaming Incubator’

KRAFTON India has launched KRAFTON India Gaming Incubator (KIGI). As per the company, the call-for-entries are beginning from today onwards. Additionally, the program has been launched to stimulate and expand the gaming ecosystem. Moreover, KIGI aims to incubate 6-10 teams annually and the program dura...

31 mn. India users to upgrade to 5G phones in ’23: Ericsson survey

As many as 31 million users in India are expected to upgrade to 5G phones in 2023, amid an accelerated adoption of the ultra-high-speed services in the country, according to a report by Ericsson. 5G users in India outpace their global counterparts in daily adoption of apps. In India, 5G has elevated o...

‘Taarak Mehta’ maker forays into gaming

Neela Film Productions, producers of popular TV show ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’(TMKOC), has expanded into gaming and animation segments and has earmarked an investment of '24 crore to ...

Audio, video calls arriving soon for premium X subs

X Corp plans to make audio and video calls available to premium, subscription-only users soon, as X CEO Linda Yaccarino confirmed last month that video calls will be available as part of the platform's transition into a "everything app." Chris Messina, a tech veteran-turned-investor, reveale...

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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!