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Delhi court proposes cut in Juhi Chawla’s penalty on 5G lawsuit

The Delhi High Court Tuesday proposed to reduce from Rs. 20 lakh to Rs. 2 lakh (Rs. 200,000) the costs imposed on actress Juhi Chawla and two others by a single judge while dismissing her plea against 5G roll out.

But this leniency comes with a rider: the actress would have to do som...

CNN – News18 announces special programming on upcoming assembly elections

Indian media television channel, CNN-News18 has announced special programming to bring the ground realities behind the heated political exchange and the grueling campaigns. The new programming titled ‘Battle for Punjab and Battle for UP, CNN-...

Apple fined 5mn euros by Dutch antitrust body

Apple was fined five million euros ($5.65 million) by the Dutch antitrust regulator on Monday for failing to comply with an order to open its app store to allow dating app providers to use alternative payment methods.

Apple on January 15 said it had complied with the December order b...

Vikrant Massey to host docu-series on Times Now Navbharat

Actor Vikrant Massey is set to return to television after eight years with documentary series ‘Kahani Navbharat Ki’, which will chronicle key moments that shaped the country's history and its evolution.

The show is set to be launched by Times Now Navbharat with a special cur...

Jio topples BSNL as largest fixed line b’band provider

In about two years of commercial roll out of its fixed-line broadband services, Reliance Jio has toppled 20-year-old state-run telecom company BSNL as top service provider in the segment.

According to a monthly telecom subscribers report released by the telecom regulator Trai on Tues...

Prasar Bharati invites TV channels’ bid for FreeDish MPEG-4 slots

Indian pubcaster Prasar Bharati has invited applications for allotment of MPEG-4 slots on Doordarshan’s FTA DTH platform Free Dish for the period of April 2022 to March 2023.

Bidding for the MPEG-4 slots will be open to all genre (language) TV channels at a reserve price of Rs. 50,00...

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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!