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DD FreeDish to get additional funding for border area expansion

The India government will provide additional funding to pubcaster Doordarshan to expand and strengthen its DTH service in the villages located near the country’s borders under a scheme aimed at upping infrastructur...

Prabhas starrer ‘Radhe Shyam’ to release in March

Prabhas’ most anticipated film ‘Radhe Shyam’ has finally got a release date. It will arrive in theatres in March 11, 2022. On Wednesday, the official Twitter account of the film shared the n...

Netflix adds Samsung’s new chipset to supported devise list

Streaming giant, Netflix is adding support for South Korean tech giant Samsung's upcoming flagship chipset, Exynos 2200, which will power the Galaxy S22 smartphones in certain regions. As per ANI, Netflix adding support for Samsung's flags...

Amitabh Bachchan starrer ‘Jhund’ to release in April

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan's sports drama ‘Jhund’ is set to release in cinema halls on March 4, makers have announced. The film marks the Hindi directorial debut of Nagraj Popatrao Manjule, best known for Marathi blockbuster ‘Sairat’ ...

Zee5 Global appoints Adhishree as VP, brand & content marketing

Zee5 Global on Tuesday announced the appointment of Adhishree Murdia as vice president, brand & content marketing, according to her LinkedIn post She wrote, “Delighted to take on new responsibilities starting today! My journey in media is...

Over 24 TV news channels hit by satellite outage

On a day that would have the TV news channels on an overdrive because of the presentation of the country’s annual Budget by the government, more than two dozens channels went on the blink in the evening owing to a satelli...

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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!