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JIO’s Saurabh Sancheti outlines mantras for success in cable TV biz at Satcab Symposium

Giving a clarion call to the Indian cable TV industry to grab the opportunities on offer, which are aplenty, despite challenges, Group CFO, JIO Platforms & Director of Reli...

Sony,Zee sign a definitive pact to merge; synergies to enhance content creation, drive digital growth

Sony Pictures Networks India Private Limited (SPNI) and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (ZEEL) Wednesday announced that they have signed definitive agreements to merge ZEEL with and into SPNI and combine their linear networks, digital assets, production operations and p...

India risks losing $ 184 mn. in economic value if 28 Ghz band auctioned: Viasat

Satellite communications provider Viasat has said India runs ...

Apple supplier Foxconn India plant to remain shut this week

Apple supplier Foxconn's plant near Chennai in southern India will remain shut this week following protests sparked by a food poisoning incident, three government sources told Reuters on Tuesday.

The factory looked deserted on Tuesday, wit...

Jio gains mobile subs at Airtel, Vi’s expense in Oct: TRAI data

India's largest telecom operator Reliance Jio gained 17.6 lakh mobile subscribers in October 2021, while market rivals Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea lost a cumulative 14.5 la...

India cracks down on Pak-sponsored fake news; 20 YouTube channels blocked

The Indian government on Tuesday said it has cracked the whip at Pakistan-sponsored network of fake news and ordered blocking of 20 YouTube channels and two websites, which, incidentally, are also the first action that the government has taken under the new digital regulations that were put in place in May.

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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!