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Zee Music crosses 100mn subscribers on YouTube

In a landmark achievement that reinforces India’s global dominance in digital music, Zee Music Company has crossed the coveted 100 million subscriber mark on YouTube, earning the ultra-exclusive Red Diamond Play Button a recognition awarded only to channels that surpass the rare milestone. This makes Zee Music Company only the second music la...

Bharti Airtel signs multi-year pan-India network deal with Ericsson

Bharti Airtel has entered into a significant multi-year agreement with Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson to enhance its pan-India network infrastructure, strengthening its long-standing partnership and pushing forward its technology roadmap across 4G and 5G domains. According to a report by IANS, this renewed collaboration is aimed at furth...

Vodafone Idea’s subscriber woes deepen in April; Jio tops gains

Vodafone Idea (Vi) continued to reel under mounting subscriber losses in April, shedding 600,000 users overall and over 1.1 million active users, in what signals a sustained churn despite the recent launch of its 5G services.

The losses are significant, especially at a time when the telco was expected to stabilise ...

Airtel launches OTT bundles for prepaid users

Bharti Airtel, one of India’s leading telecom operators, has rolled out a trailblazing set of entertainment-focused plans for its prepaid subscribers, offering access to over 25 top OTT platforms under a single affordable pack. With the launch of these new offerings, Airtel becomes the first and only telecom operator in India to deliver such a c...

BSNL posts Rs.280cr profit in Q4

State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has reported a net profit of Rs.280 crore for the January–March quarter of FY 2024–25, marking a significant milestone—its first consecutive quarterly profits in 17 years. The Q4 results follow a profit of ₹262 crore in Q3 of the same fiscal, highlighting a sharp turnaround in the co...

Tata Play Binge serves up a Koffee-licious watchlist to celebrate KJo’s bday

Whether it’s a love triangle drenched in drama, a family feud over Sunday brunch, or a secrets-and-sparkles talk show that redefined celebrity culture—Karan Johar has been a genre in himself for over two decades. And this year, as the filmmaker, producer, and cultural icon rings in his birthday, Tata Play Binge has brewed up the ultimate binge-f...

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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!