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Bharti Telecom to buy 3.33% Airtel stake from Singtel

Bharti Airtel promoter, Bharti Telecom will buy a 3.33 percent stake from Singtel for S$2.25 billion or about Rs. 12,895 crore in 90 days. Bharti Group chairman, Sunil Bharti Mittal's family, and Singtel own Bharti Telecom (BTL). "Singtel and its affiliates have agreed to transfer 3.33 percent shares to BTL for an aggregate amount of S$2.2...

TRAI OHD on new regulations for b’cast, cable on Sept 8

An Open House Discussion (OHD) on the Consultation Paper on “Issues related to New Regulatory Framework for Broadcasting and Cable services”, which was scheduled to be held in July 2022 has now been scheduled on September 8.

The OHD would be held via video conference and stakeholder...

ONEOTT iNTERTAINMENT elevates Sanjeev Agarwal as COO

ONEOTT iNTERTAINMENT LTD. (OIL) the subsidiary of NXTDigital Limited (NDL), the media vertical of the global conglomerate, Hinduja Group, has elevated Sanjeev Agarwal as Chief Operating Officer (COO). NXTDigital made this announcement via a LinkedIn post, 𝗢𝗿...

Kamal Haasan starrer ‘Indian 2’ resumes shoot

The team for upcoming film 'Indian 2' is set to start shooting for the remaining portions on Thursday, director Shankar has announced. The Tamil-language movie is the follow-up to the 1996 vigilante action thriller ‘Indian’, starring Kamal Haasan. Shankar, wh...

Colors Tamil to premiere ‘Hey Sinamika’ this weekend

Grab a tub of popcorn and gear up for the roller-coaster ride, as Colors Tamil, the youngest Tamil GEC is all set to bring to you the hit light-hearted romantic comedy movie, ‘Hey Sinamika, starring Dulquer Salman, Aditi Rao Hydari, and Kajal Aggarwal, on August 28, at 2:00 PM. The light-hearted romantic comedy revolves around a wife who is t...

BARC Rating 33rd Week: Goldmines, Star Maa leads in all genres

Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) 33rd Week (13th August – 19th August 2022) has released its report. In India, for the past few weeks, Sun TV who has been taking the first spot in all genres has led back from Goldmines 2685.26 with 2624.5 impressions (All India 2+), whereas Star Maa has taken the second spot with 2667.01 impressi...

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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!