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Arshad Warsi’s ‘Banda Singh’ starts filming

Actors Arshad Warsi and Meher Vij's upcoming movie 'Banda Singh' on Friday commenced production.

According to the film's makers, the team kick-started the proj...

Twitter tests TikTok like reaction videos

American micro-blogging and social networking service Twitter is testing a new feature that lets users post reaction videos to tweets. Currently being tested on iOS, users can post customised reaction videos for tweets with a “Quote Tweet with reaction” option while retweeting. When a user click...

Airtel would pay govt. interest on dues, avoids conversion into equity

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel will not avail the option of conversion of the interest on deferred spectrum and AGR dues into equity, under the reforms package, according to a regulatory filing by the company on Friday.

Airtel said it has informed India’s Telecom Depa...

Times Now Navbharat launches a new show

Times Now Navbharat, part of one of India’s biggest media houses the Times of India group, is making a big impact in the Hindi News space with its innovative content formats. On Friday the channel announced the launch of i...

BBC News appoints former NBC news executive Deborah Turness as CEO

British broadcasting company BBC News on Thursday has appointed ex-NBC news executive Deborah Turness as the CEO of BBC News and Current Affairs. She will join the BBC from ITN, where she served as CEO. At the BBC, Turness is the first executive to have a ‘...

BARC Rating 52nd Week: Sun TV gets lead in all genres

Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) 52nd Week (25th December – 31st December 2021) has released its report. In India, Sun TV is continued to dominate the list of top 10 channels for the past six long weeks across all genres (All India 2+), the channel registered 2826.17 impressions, Star Plus...

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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!