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CUTS Intl. bats for TRAI-CCI evidence-based monopoly evaluation of cable TV

Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS) International, a non-governmental organisation working on public interest issues, has suggested that TRAI and India’s antitrust body CCI should ...

DirecTV drops Trump-friendly One America News

US’ DirecTV plans to drop One America News Network (OAN), significantly shrinking the reach of the right-wing TV channel friendly to Donald Trump and widely criticised for spreading misi...

Netflix ups US, Canada prices ahead of quarterly earnings report

Netflix Inc. has raised its monthly subscription price by $1 to $2 per month in the United States depending on the plan, the company has said, to help pay for new programming to compete ...

ABP News unveils ‘Mukhyamantri’ for upcoming State polls

With the assembly elections just weeks away, ABP News launched a marquee election programme, 'Mukhyamantri', for this poll season. As in its previous avatars, the show will once again highlight the life journeys of important political figures.

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...

3.8 trillion hours spent on mobile in ’21; Indians averaged 4.7 hrs/day: App Annie

As the world starts traversing 2022, it’s increasingly becoming clear that people are heading into a mobile-first environment more than ever. More time than ever before is being spent o...

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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!