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India strengthens TV, radio services near China border

The Indian government, fully cognizant of the importance of messages in border areas, is taking additional steps to beef up public broadcaster Prasar Bharati’s networks in such sensitive areas.

Schemes for installation of 100W FM

Twitter gets an Oct. hearing against Elon Musk

Twitter Inc. will get an October trial in its legal fight to hold Elon Musk to his $44 billion takeover, after a Delaware judge said on Tuesday the social media company deserved a quick resolution of the deal's uncertainty. The ruling is a blow to Musk, who pushed for a trial in February to allow for an extensive investigation into his claims...

SPNI bags India digital, TV rights for C’wealth Games ‘22

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has acquired exclusive TV and digital rights for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. The 22nd iteration of the multi-sporting event will take place between July 28 to August 8, 2022. The deal provides SPN with exclusive rights to broadcast the games in India and the subcontinent, including countries s...

Insta to introduce payment feature within messages

Instagram is getting a payment feature that will allow users to buy from small businesses through direct messages, parent company Meta Platforms Inc. has said.

Users of the photo-sharing app need to message the business, add customizations if required and place the order in the chat,...

Amazon appoints Dipashree Das as Partner Mktng. head

Amazon has recently roped in Dipashree Das from Netflix as Head of Partner Marketing, APAC & ANZ, AmazonFuse. Das shared about this move on her LinkedIn profile and wrote, “Super pumped to share that I started last week at Amazon Singapore, where I will be heading Partner Marketing for APAC and ANZ, as part of...

Crunchyroll decreases cost of premium membership in India

Crunchyroll, the ultimate anime destination worldwide, announced today that anime fans in India have much more to be excited about now and in the months and years to come. The cost of a Crunchyroll Premium membership is decreasing in India as the subscription tiers shift to ₹79/month for its Fan subscription tier and ₹99/month for its Mega Fa...

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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!