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Viacom18, MTV Staying Alive Foundation announce ‘MTV Nishedh’ S2

After the ground-breaking performance of the first season of the MTV Nishedh campaign that reached over 11 Mn + people across India, and the unique digital-only spin-off – MTV Nishedh Alone Together in 2020, Viacom18 and the MTV Staying Alive Foundation, ar...

IN10 Media Network celebrates eighth anniversary

On November 19, 2014, an EPIC idea was born: a television channel that recasts the yardsticks of the entertainment industry, and content barometers underwent a paradigm shift. The vision that gave birth to the idea and continues to fuel its drive is to create premium disruptive content-driven businesses that travel across geographies and demo...

FCC directs b’band providers to display labels to empower consumers

American communications services-related converged regulator Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has unveiled new rules that will for the first time require broadband providers to display easy-to- understand point of sales (POS) labels to allow consumers to co...

‘India Police Force’ has Rohit Shetty signature touches: Oberoi

Actor Vivek Oberoi says his upcoming web series ‘India Police Force’ is loaded with Rohit Shetty’s signature larger-than-life narrative but the director has also adopted a realistic approach for the show. Directed and produced by Shetty, the action series h...

Sony, Amazon Studios to collaborate on Marvel superheroes

Hollywood studio Sony is taking its roster of Marvel superheroes to Amazon for the small screen treatment. The studio, which has the rights to more than 900 Marvel characters, on Thursday announced a deal with Amazon Studios to develop a “suite of live-action...

India proposes easy transfer of some user-data abroad under privacy rules

India on Friday proposed a new data privacy law that will allow companies to transfer some users' data abroad, while giving the federal government powers to exempt State agencies from the law in the interests of national security. The proposed law would be the latest regulation that could impact how tech giants such as

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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!