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Aavishkar, Alcoa criticize capping of cable TV rates by Punjab

The All India Aavishkar Dish Antenna Sangh (Aavishkar) and All Local Cable Operators Association (Alcoa), two apex bodies representing the interests of MSOs, LCOs ...

Katrina Kaif’s ‘Phone Bhoot’to release next July

Bollywood actors Katrina Kaif, Ishaan Khatter and Siddhant Chaturvedi's ‘Phone Bhoot’ is slated to be released in theatres in July 2022, the makers announced on Friday.

The supernatural-comedy is directed by Gurmmeet Singh of

Spotify testing new feature on mobile app

Swedish auto streaming platform Spotify is testing a new feature in its mobile app that adds a vertical feed of music videos like TikTok that users can scroll through to find something they li...

Asia Video Summit, other events highlight resilience of the industry

The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) ended the year with a series of virtual conferences attended by over 1,600 delegates across Asia Pacific, and its first in-person industry conference and dinner in over two years, Resilience 100, at the Grand Hyatt Singapore.

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Network18 launches ‘Netra Suraksha’ campaign

The country’s premier multilingual digital news platform, Network18, is launching the ‘Netra Suraksha: India Against Diabetes’ campaign on November 27 to create aw...

Nepal Govt. probe gives clean chit to Patanjali’s TV channels

Two television channels belonging to the Patanjali group of India’s yoga guru Ramdev have been given a clean chit by a Nepal government probe team after it found no local laws were breached and no infrastructure had been installed in Kathmandu.

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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!