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Digital India Act to curb high-risk AI, enable innovation: IT Minister

India’s federal government yesterday announced that the upcoming Digital India Act (DIA) will strictly deal with misinformation and 'high-risk AI' to prevent user harm, with the first draft of the Bill expected in the first week of June.

During the second round of pre-drafting public consultations with various s...

India multi-play service revenue to grow at 4.9% CAGR : GlobalData

Multiplay service revenue in India is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.9 percent between 2022 and 2027 in line with the rising adoption of multiplay service bundles among households on the back of improving fixed network infrastructure in the country, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. ...

Viacom18 consumer products launches back-to-school range of products

Viacom18 Consumer Products is preparing to launch a brand new back-to-school line of products featuring popular Nicktoons and kiddie favourites like ‘Dora The Explorer’, ‘Motu Patlu’ and ‘Peppa Pig’. Those with a sporting interest can also select from an exciting new range of back-to-school products from FC Barcelona. As part of the Back-T...

Former Nielsen India head Dolly Jha joins Barc India

Dolly Jha has been named Chief of Product & Research at the Broadcast Audience Research Council India (BARC), the world's largest television audience measurement body. Jha holds an IRMA Postgraduate Diploma in Management and has worked for KANTAR, ITC Foods, and Nielsen for nearly three decades. ...

Indian adaptation of ‘The Good Wife’ to differ from the original: Director

The Indian adaptation of popular American legal TV drama ‘The Good Wife’, fronted by Kajol, will be different from the original show in terms of characterisation and subplots, says series director Suparn S Varma....

Zee News announces inaugural edition of Zee Real Heroes

On Monday, May 22 Zee News will broadcast the first-ever episode of Zee REAL HEROES. This public forum aims to recognize the efforts and accomplishments of Indian change-makers in the fields of innovation, expertise, sports, health, arts...

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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!