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Vi launches international roaming packs

With Christmas and New Year around the corner, Indian travelers are set to take off on vacation to their favorite foreign destinations. Travel trends indicate that 90 percent of the tourist traffic from India is too popular destinations* like the US, European countries (incl UK, France, Italy, Germany, Greece, etc.), Turkey, Dubai, Singapore,...

Disney rolls out $7.99 ad-supported tier for Disney+

Disney launched its new video streaming plan for US users on Thursday, which costs $7.99 per month. When you consider that the standard Disney+ plan was previously $7.99, that isn't exactly a discount. However, Disney increased the cost of the ad-free service to $10.99 per month on th...

WPP acquires Canadian commerce agency Diff

WPP has announced the acquisition of Diff, a Montreal-based advertising agency. Diff is a multi-award-winning developer of custom commerce solutions with specialized capabilities for the rapidly expanding Shopify commerce ecosystem. The 115-person company, founded in 2011 by Benjamin Crudo, will join the ...

Reliance Jio, realme partner on ‘True 5G’ experience

Reliance Jio on Thursday announced a partnership with smartphone brand realme to bring 'True 5G' experience zones to a select number of Realme showrooms, as well as 5G experiences to its upcoming devices.

To ensure a True 5G experience, both companies have collaborated on vario...

Twitter Blue may cost more if subscribed via iPhone app

Twitter Inc plans to change the pricing of its Twitter Blue subscription product to $11, from $7.99, if paid for through its iPhone app and to $7 if paid for on the website, the Information reported on Wednesday, citing a person briefed on the plans.

Minister reiterates all govt. entities banned from broadcast biz

The Indian government on Thursday reiterated in parliament that as per a new advisory all government entities, whether federal or at State level, will have to extract themselves from any activity related to the business of broadcasting.

It also said that if any government body is pre...

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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!