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Adani finalises takeover of broadcaster NDTV

Indian tycoon Gautam Adani on Friday secured a majority stake in leading news broadcaster NDTV, finalising a hostile takeover that has sparked press freedom fears in the world's biggest democracy. Adani, 60, is the world's third-richest person, with an estimated net worth of $130 billion and interests rangi...

Colors Tamil to air ‘SA20’ s in January 2023

Colors Tamil, Viacom18's Tamil Entertainment channel, is gearing up to broadcast the SA20, South Africa's newest T20 league, live beginning January 10, 2023. Viacom18, which has secured the satellite rights to broadcast the league, will present all matches with Tamil commentary. The league consists o...

5G services in Odisha before Jan 26: Telecoms Minister

India’s Telecoms Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday that the Centre has sanctioned Rs 5,600 crore for telecom services in Odisha and that 5G services will be launched in the eastern State before the Republic Day (January 26) celebrations next year. Vaishnaw also made an appa...

Google rolls out Material You design for Android devices

Google's Material You design for its Nearby Share app on Android phones and tablets has been rolled out. According to IANS, the update is now available for all Android devices, and the December Google Play System update will include Material You tweaks for Nearby Share...

LCOs, MSOs urged to facilitate proliferation of b’band services

The government has urged the country’s LCO to provide last mile connectivity via their networks to access service providers and ISPs, which will go a long way in the proliferation of good quality of broadband, while exhorting MSOs to up their broadband game.

“LCOs have been providing...

ZEE5 announces digital premiere of ‘Uunchai’

'Uunchai’, a film by Sooraj R Barjatya, will premiere on ZEE5 on January 6, the streaming platform announced on Friday. The adventure drama, which premiered in theaters on November 11, stars Amitabh Bachchan, Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Danny Denzongpa, Neena Gupta and Parineeti Chopra. Barjatya sta...

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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!