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SC mulls legality of WhatsApp case as PDP Bill in the offing

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will examine whether it should consider now the plea challenging WhatsApp’s policy to share users’ data with parent company Facebook and others or ...

Apple sells 2 mn iPhones during India holiday quarter

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Diljit Dosanjh joins cast of ‘The Crew’

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Premium Spotify subs up 14% in Q4; firm predicts 500 mn target

Spotify Technology SA on Tuesday forecast that the number of listeners would reach 500 million in the urrent quarter as it reported fourth-quarter results that beat expectations for both active users and subscribers.

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Zee Café to air legal thriller ‘Damages’

Zee Café is a pioneer in delivering content to audiences who enjoy watching it. ‘Damages’, a thrilling legal drama, is set to premiere on the channel in its first season. The show will air at 9 p.m. on all weekdays

Twitter removes “Direct Message” button

The microblogging site, Twitter has removed the ability to send a direct message to another account directly from the profile page on Android and iOS. The direct message (DM) button appears next, a...

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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!