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Bharti Airtel looks to raise $2.87 bn capital to reduce debt, fuel growth

The founder of Bharti Airtel, a telecom-to-media conglomerate, said on Monday the company wanted to improve its access to growth capital and reduce its debt leverage a day after it announced its plans to raise up to Rs. 210 billion ($2.87 billion) via a sale of sh...

Pokemon Go reverses controversial changes following fan backlash

American software company Niantic recently announced that it’s going back on at least one of its controversial gameplay changes to Pokemon Go. According to ANI, the company will be permanently increasing the distance you can be from the real-world locations of

Netflix unveils ‘Kota Factory S2’ trailer

Streaming platform Netflix has released the trailer of TVF’s Kota Factory Season 2 which is set to premiere on Netflix on September 24. The upcoming season follows the life of Vaibhav, a young student on his journey to Maheshwari – one ...

Voot Select’s unveils ‘Candy’ trailer

Streaming platform Voot Select has released the trailer of ‘Candy’ featuring actors Richa Chaddha and Ronit Roy. Set in the fictional city of Rudrakund, which is located in the hills, the series deals with murder and mysteries. The t...

HC to hear FB, WhatsApp appeal in Oct

The Delhi High Court on Friday said it will hear in October the appeals of Facebook and WhatsApp challenging its single-judge order dismissing their pleas against the probe ordered by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) into the inst...

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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!