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Bharat24, India TV, Good News Today bag FreeDish slots

The auctions for shelf space on Doordarshan FreeDish continued yesterday as Tv news channels competed with each other fiercely outside the category reserved for news and current affairs channels.

The successful ones

TV9 Network discusses impact of diabetes on dental health

With its pan-India presence, TV9 Network has a strong connection with healthcare professionals across the country. And, over the last three years, the network has earned viewers' trust through a variety of programs and initiatives aime...

Anurag Thakur warns OTT platforms on rising vulgarity; hints at tweaking rules

India’s federal Minister of Information Broadcasting Anurag Thakur yesterday issued a warning to OTT platforms, saying obscenity ‘in the name of creativity’ would not be tolerated and indicated government sanctions, including regulation tweaks, if the trend persists.

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Sony LIV’s Rocket Boys S2 partners with Swiggy

Sony LIV's critically acclaimed show ‘Rocket Boys’, which tells the story of India's greatest scientists, has returned for season 2. The show has received overwhelmingly positive feedback from both audiences and critics. Sony ...

Vikramaditya Motwane’s ‘Jubilee’ to premiere April 7

The Amazon Original series ‘Jubliee’, directed by Vikramaditya Motwane, will premiere on April 7, according to the streaming platform Prime Video. Motwane directs the 10-episo...

YouTube hikes TV subscription price due to rising costs

Due to rising ‘content costs’, Google-owned YouTube has raised the price of its TV subscription from $64.99 per month to $72.99 per month.

On Thursday, the company announced the update on Twitter via i...

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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!