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FB shut down its podcast platform

Social media giant Facebook has planned to shut down its podcast platform less than a year after its launch. According to ANI, the audio podcast platform's closure is confirmed and it is speculated that the closure will altogether close on June 3. The move is part of a broader re-evaluation of Facebook's audio ...

Supertails partners with Prime Video

The digital petcare platform Supertails has partnered with Amazon Prime Video for the OTT launch of the Tamil movie ‘Oh My Canine’, starring Arun Vijay and his son Arnav Vijay. As a part of the movie promotion marketing campaign, the model has roped in 25 influencers on Instagram, who are primarily petted, dads and moms. The marketing camp...

The ABBYs rope in 3 more international jury chairs

The ABBY Awards governing council has announced some of the world’s most awarded Jury Chairs who will be judging ABBYs 2022. They appointed three more international jury chairs to top off the highly decorated panel. Mariota Essery – Executive Creative Director, Doordash, has worked on a multitude of global award-winning campaigns including Ph...

discovery+ announces content slate for May

discovery+, the non-fiction, real-life subscription streaming service from Warner Bros. Discovery, announced new and original programming that will be available in May. On 'Love in the Jungle', singles are ready to find true love like millions of animal species do, participating in mating rituals pulled right from the animal kingdom....

Jeff Daniels to star in ‘A Man in Full’

Veteran actor Jeff Daniels is set to play the lead role in Netflix's upcoming series 'A Man in Full', to be directed by Regina King. According to PTI, the drama is based on the Tom Wolfe novel of the same name. In the series, when Atlanta real estate mogul Charlie Croker faces sudden bankruptcy, political and business interes...

Microsoft rolls out new feature for Office Insiders

Tech giant Microsoft has reportedly launched a new feature for Office Insiders that will allow iPhone users to listen to documents with their screen locked. According to IANS, the Insider version of Word on iOS now supports listening to documents even when a device's screen is locked. Additionally, the Insider Office Mobile app now keeps t...

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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!