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Colors Tamil launches new show

Tamil Nadu’s youngest GEC, Colors Tamil, announced the launch of its new show, ‘Namma Madurai Sisters’, the journey of the three younger sisters. Set in the backdrop of Madurai, ‘Namma Madurai Sisters’ revolves around the life of four sisters, each with distinctive characteristics. Packed with...

Streamer Eros Now partners with Airtel Xstream

Streaming platform Eros Now on Wednesday announced a partnership with communications solutions provider Airtel, to bring the Eros Now OTT content library to Airtel Xstream Premium, a news aggregation oriented video streaming service launched by Airtel. The partnership allows Eros Now to expand its reach further by tapping into Airtel’s over 3...

‘Disco king’ Bappi Lahiri passes away

Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri, who popularized disco music in Indian cinema during the 80s and 90s, has passed away due to multiple health issues. He was 69. Lahiri died on Tuesday night at the CritiCare Hospital in Juhu. "Lahiri had been admitted to the hospital for a

As TRAI promises new tariff consultations, b’casters withdraw case

In what could be construed as a step towards reconciliation, Indian broadcasters filed an application in the Supreme Court Tuesday to withdraw a case against regulator TRAI, which had been dragging on in various courts for over two years before reaching the apex court mid-2021.

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Google releases first Android 13 developer preview

American tech giant Google has released the first developer preview of Android 13. The developer preview of Android 13 brings several changes that benefit developers and make improvements to privacy, the material you, language controls, and more. These early reviews are meant for developers rather than end-users. According to ANI, the firs...

Airtel deploys oracle fusion cloud applications

Oracle today announced that Bharti Airtel (Airtel), India’s premier communications solutions provider, has chosen Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain & Management (SCM) to digitize and simplify its finance, planning, and supply chain processes. As per the company’s press release, the...

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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!