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Global news outlets ‘suspend’ Russian ops; Moscow alleges bias

Global news media said they were suspending reporting in Russia to protect their journalists after a new Russian law that threatened jail terms of up to 15 years for spreading "fake news". Social media platforms like Meta’s Facebook said late last week Moscow was blocking their local operations.

DN Patel named chairperson of TDSAT

The Central government has announced the appointment of Delhi High Court Chief Justice DN Patel as the chairperson of the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) for four years. The order was issued with immediate effect on Friday stating that Justice Patel’s appointment has been approved by the Appointments Committee of Ca...

Lucknow tunes into AIR digital streams as State went to polls

In one of the top 10 cities featured in latest NewsOnAir rankings Lucknow, Vividh Bharati National, AIR Lucknow, FM Rainbow Lucknow, AIR Varanasi, FM Gold Delhi, AIR News 24x7, AIR Raagam, AIR Agra, AIR Chhatarpur and AIR Visakhapatnam came out as popular radio streams.

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Salman’s ‘Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali’ to release Dec. 30

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's film ‘Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali’ will arrive in cinema halls on December 30, the makers have announced.

Produced by Sajid Nadiadwala, the comedy-drama will hit the theatres three days after Khan's 57th birthday, PTI reported from Mumbai.

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Toonz, US’ Hearst Media partner for animated content

Singapore’s Technopark-based Toonz Media Group has announced a partnership with leading American production and distribution company, Hearst Media Production Group, to produce new animated content. Hearst Media Production Group, a business unit of

Varun Sharma starts shooting for ‘Fukrey 3’

Actor Varun Sharma on Thursday said he has started shooting for the third installment of ‘Fukrey’. The buddy comedy film franchise is directed by Mrigdeep Singh Lamba and is produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar’s Excel Entertainment. The first part was released in 2013 and the sequel ‘Fukrey Returns’ came out in ...

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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!