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Over 14k misleading ads of indigenous drugs reported during 2018-21: Minister

During the period August 2018 to June 2021, 14,876 instances of misleading advertisements of Indian indigenous and homoeopathic drugs were reported by vigilance centres, which were forwarded to the aut...

TRAI floats discussion paper on data economy

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Thursday issued a consultation paper on ‘Regulatory Framework for Promoting Data Economy Through Establishment of Data Centres, Content Delivery Networks, and Interconnect Exchang...

Telecom Dept. reviews with stakeholders b’band rollout

India’s Department of Telecoms (DoT) convened a review meeting with stakeholders to expedite approvals for quick rollout of broadband across country and a top government official said there should be no delay in grant of right o...

Pakistan tops in viewership of Prasar Bharati YouTube channels

Pakistan, with 1,24,99,952 views, tops the list of countries where Indian pubcaster Prasar Bharati’s 170+ YouTube channels have been very popular in 2021 till November-end.

The United States occupies the No. 2 sport for such viewership of ...

ShareChat raises $ 266 mn. in fresh funding

Indian content-sharing platform ShareChat on Thursday said it had raised $266 million in fresh funding from US-based Alkeon Capital and some existing investors, pushing its valuation to $3.7 billion.

Ishaan Khatter’s ‘Pippa’ to release on December 2022

Actor Ishaan Khatter-starrer ‘Pippa’ is set to release in theatres on December 9, 2022, the makers announced on Thursday. The film is based on Brigadier Mehta's book ‘The Burning Chaffees’. Its title is taken from the Russian amphibious war tank called the PT-76, popularly known as ‘P...

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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!