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Adanis contest NDTV claims; term it ‘legally untenable’

The Adani Group on Friday contested claims by New Delhi Television that regulatory curbs restricted its founders from selling their stake, prolonging the battle for control of a news network seen as bastion of independent media.

NDTV on Thursday sought to block Adani's move by saying...

Colors Bangla to premiere ‘Romeo vs. Juliet’ on Aug 28

The family entertainment channel, Colors Bangla is set to bring the hit light-hearted romantic comedy movie, ‘Romeo vs Juliet’ on August 28 at 2 pm. Produced by Eskay Movies the movie is about Romeo, an unruly youth in his local village who goes to London after seeing his dream girl on Facebook to win her heart. The film stars superstar Je...

Zee TV launches new campaign for new show

Zee TV has rolled out 360 degree marketing and PR drive across the country for the launch of its new show ‘Sanjog’. On August 17th, ‘Sanjog’ was also unveiled in front of pan-India media at a mega launch event in Mumbai amidst a Rajasthani set-up alon...

ACT Fibernet launches OTT aggregator YuppTV Scope

ACT Fibernet, the Non-Telco ISP (Internet Service Provider), announced the launch of a partnership with YuppTV Scope, its OTT Aggregator Platform. The platform will offer its users a variety of OTT applications such as ZEE5, SonyLIV, and Voot Select. YuppTV s...

Nickelodeon dominates as India’s No.1 kids’ network

Engaging young viewers with indigenous stories and adorable characters, India’s leading kids’ entertainment franchise, Nickelodeon, continues to take on the leadership mantle as the most preferred and No 1 kids’ entertainment franchise in India.

Riding on the triumph of its diverse I...

WhatsApp rolls out admin delete feature on iOS beta

Meta-owned WhatsApp is now releasing a feature that lets group admins delete any message in the group. The feature has only been rolled out to some lucky beta testers, so it will take some time before reaching all other accounts. "If you are a group admin and you cannot delete messages sent from other participa...

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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!