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WhatsApp testing beta testers to add 1,024 users to groups

After announcing several new features, the Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is now releasing the ability to add up to 1,024 participants to groups, for some beta testers. According to IANS, this feature is available on

Netflix to premiere ‘Monica O My Darling’ on Nov 11

Vasan Bala’s next directorial venture ‘Monica O My Darling’ is set to arrive on Netflix on November 11, the streamer announced on Wednesday. The dark comedy-drama features Rajkummar Rao, Radhika Apte, Huma Qureshi, Sikandar Kher, Akansha Ranjan Kapoor, and...

Planet Marathi OTT launches Planet Goem

Planet Marathi OTT founder Akshay Bardapurkar has revealed his new venture, Planet Goem, which would stream Konkani language content.

Planet Goem will offer exclusive Konkani language (original a...

Govt. to push mobile phone makers for quick 5G software rollout

The Indian government will push Apple, Samsung and other mobile phone manufacturers to prioritise rolling out software upgrades to support 5G in the country, amid concerns that many of their models are not ready for the recently lau...

Radio City wins ‘India’s Best Company of the Year 2022’ award

Music Broadcast Limited (Radio City) has been awarded as ‘India’s Best Company of the Year 2022’, by Berkshire media. The award ceremony took place at The Leela Hotel in Mumbai on October 9, 2022. With over ten glorious years of felicitating the finest o...

Prasar Bharati aborts kids’ TV content acquisition process

India’s public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has called off a process, announced earlier, to acquire ready-made TV content for Doordarshan.

“Prasar Bharati…called for submission of proposals for acqui...

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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!