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Vi losses in India widen as subs decline, expenses increase

Debt-laden telecom operator Vodafone Idea Ltd reported a wider-than-expected loss for the second quarter on Thursday, hit by a continued decline in subscribers and higher expenses.

The consolidated l...

Airtel claims 5G users crossed 1 mn in 30 days

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel on Wednesday said it has surpassed one million customers on the 5G network within 30 days of its commercial launch even while the network is being built.

Earlier, Airtel had announced a phase-wi...

Meta India head Ajit Mohan quits, set to join Snap

Social media giant Meta India head Ajit Mohan resigned from the company on Thursday and will be joining rival Snap from February. Both Meta and Snap confirmed the development.

''Ajit has decided to...

BIG FM partners with Nissan for ‘T20 Break Boundaries’ initiative

Nissan India, the official sponsor of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, has partnered with BIG FM, to celebrate the world’s most exciting cricketing event with a series of exciting global initiatives. Nissan, whose award-winni...

discovery+ announces multi-genre programming for November

This November, Warner Bros. Discovery will release a dynamic slate of shows across discovery+ and Discovery channels that will keep viewers on the edge of their seats. The line-up includes...

Viacom18 Sports acquires broadcast rights of SAT20 league

The sports network, Viacom18 Sports, announced a 10-year partnership to exclusively present SA20, South Africa’s recently launched premier T20 league, in India. Viacom18 is reshaping sports fans’ experience and building one of the most-loved media platforms in...

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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!