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Indonesia continues to lead the way in site blocking

Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA)’s the Coliation Against Piracy (CAP) has been tracking traffic to sites that have been blocked in Indonesia, as well as overall traffic to pirate sites and legitimate sites. The Indonesian government started blocking illegal sites in the middle of 2019 and by April this year, the total number of sites bl...

Elon Musk has decided not to join Twitter board: Parag Agrawal

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal on April 11 tweeted that Elon Musk has decided not to join the company's board. While Agrawal didn't mention why Tesla CEO refused to take the board seat, he noted that Musk remains the largest shareholder of Twitter, and the company will be open to his input. In a brief note to the company, Agrawal wrote that "Th...

Snapchat introduces new lens

Snap, the developer of Snapchat, has introduced a new ASL Alphabet lens that provides its users with a unique learning experience for the American Sign Language. According to ANI, it’s called ASL Alphabet Lens, and it has been laun...

‘Oh My Dog’ to premiere on Prime Video

Suriya’s home production film ‘Oh My Dog’ is set to release on Prime Video on April 21. ‘Oh My Dog’ is touted as a heartwarming tale, which brings together three generations of the real-life film family (grandfather-father-son trio) – Vijaykumar, Arun Vijay and Arnav Vijay. The family entertainer is written and

GTPL Hathway consolidated FY22 revenue Rs. 5,991 mn

GTPL Hathway Limited (GTPL), India’s leading Digital Cable TV and Broadband Service provider, on Friday announced the financial results for the fourth quarter ended on March 31, 2022, which were approved by its Board of Directors. Key Highlights: Consolidated Q4 FY22 revenue (incl. EPC) at ₹6,209 millio...

BBH India MD Arvind Krishnan

Arvind Krishnan, managing director at BBH India, has quit the agency. BBH India confirmed the development. Krishnan’s immediate professional plans are unknown at the moment. Krishnan’s advertising career spans close to two decad...

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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!