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CNN-News18 defence editor Shreya Dhoundial quits

Shreya Dhoundial, Defence Editor at CNN-News18, has decided to quit her post. She was associated with the network for close to 17 years. “With that, it's a wrap from me @CNNnews18 after 17 years. It's been a privilege. Thank You & See you all soon,“ Shreya said in her Twitter post. https://twitter.com/shreyadhoundial/status/15377897572...

Zee Media appoints Devdas Krishnan as CBO for India Dotcom

Zee Media has appointed Devdas Krishnan as a chief business officer (CBO) for India Dotcom Pvt Ltd business, to further strengthen its presence as one of the leading digital news networks in India. Krishnan updated his LinkedIn account with this information. With his proficiency in Marketing, Sales, and Operations, Krishnan will aggressively ...

Daily soaps easier than reality shows, says telly star Sriti Jha

‘Kumkum Bhagya’ star Sriti Jha says playing fictional characters in television shows is easier as opposed to being her real-self on reality shows. In her 15-year long career, Jha has featured in popular TV serials like ‘Dhoom Machaao Dhoom’, ‘Jyoti’, ‘Dil Se Di Dua... Saubhagyavati Bhava’ and

Nikhil Advani sets ‘Freedom at Midnight’ at SonyLIV

Filmmaker Nikkhil Advani will be serving as the producer and showrunner of SonyLIV’s upcoming political thriller drama series ‘Freedom at Midnight’, the makers have announced. StudioNxt and Advani Emmay Entertainment have come together to co-produce the series, which aims to bring alive defining moments f...

Chingari launches GARI Mining program to empower its users

Short-video sharing social media app Chingari has announced the GARI mining program under which it will offer cryptocurrency with the same name. GARI, the social tokens, will be awarded to creators and users for doing in-app activities. Chingari’s native token, GARI enables creators to monetize their content on the Blockchain with the GARI...

TRAI release test guide doc for CAS, subs management

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and Telecom Department’s tech arm Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) have released a test guide document for conditional access systems (CAS) and subscriber management systems (SMS) for the broadcasting sector, which seeks to streamline two important aspects of...

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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!