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Prasar Bharati cautions against 526-617 Mhz spectrum auction for 5G services

Indian pubcaster Prasar Bharati has said that till the time issues relating to its existing terrestrial and satellite services are taken care of, it would be advisable to put on hold pro...

Instagram testing vertical scroll for stories

Social media platform Instagram is testing on a new vertical scroll feature for Stories in Turkey and Brazil. According to ANI, Instagram said back in February 2021 that it was working on vertically scrolling stories which have been horizontally scrollable until now. With this new feature, users...

FB faces $ 3.2 bn British class action over dominance abuse

Social media giant Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms, faces a 2.3 billion pound plus ($3.2 billion plus) class action in Britain over allegations it abused its market dominance by ex...

Veteran broadcast journalist Kamal Khan passes away

Indian broadcast journalist and NDTV’s Lucknow-based Executive Editor Kamal Khan passed away on Friday. He was 61 and is survived by his family.

In a statement, NDTV said that Khan ...

SPN gets exclusive rights to b’cast Yonex-Sunrise India Open ’22

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has joined hands with the Badminton Association of India (BAI) to be the exclusive broadcast partner for the Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2022. The badminton matches will be aired on Sony Ten 1 channel, as well as live-streamed on SonyLIV. The tournament that starte...

Watcho brings new web show

Dish TV India’s OTT platform Watcho, is bringing in newly freshly brewed content to entertain viewers at home. The platform has launched a new family drama web series called ‘Gupta Niwas’, which stars Mohan Kant, Su...

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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!