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Siddharth Malhotra’s ‘Mission Manju’ to release next May

Bollywood actor Siddharth Malhotra and Rashmika Mandanna-starrer ‘Mission Majnu’ is slated to be released in theatres on May 13, 2022, the makers announced Tuesday.

Pierce Brosnan to star in ‘Fast Charlie’

Hollywood actor Pierce Brosnan has been roped in to play the central character in filmmaker Phillip Noyce's hitman thriller ‘Fast Charlie’.

The film is based on Victor Gischler's 2001 novel ‘Gun Monkeys’. According to PTI, the movie is scheduled to start production in Januar...

Vi partners with Vizzbee, Tweek Labs for 5G trials

Leading telecom service provider VodafoneIdea (Vi) and startups Vizzbee Robotics and Tweek Labs have joined hands to test 5G-based solutions on aerial traffic management and motion capture systems. Through this partnership, Vizzbee Robotics Solution will help Vi to test its solutions in unmanned aerial traffic management (UTM) and the managem...

Cyberspace can’t be a place where criminality finds refuge: junior IT Minister

India’s Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar Monday asserted that the Internet must remain open, safe and trusted for users, but argued that cyberspace cannot be a place where criminality finds refuge.

“For all the good things that the Internet represents…it ...

Will it be MAANG or MAMATA or …after FB rebrands itself?

MAANG? MANGA? Or MAMATA? Facebook's rebranding to Meta Platforms has launched a search for a new name for the high-flying FAANG group that also includes Apple, Amazon.com, Netflix and Alphabet (Google’s parent).

Facebook on Thursday announced it is now called Meta Platforms as the so...

Changing TV landscape has made TRAI revisit cable distribution monopoly

Sample some facts. India’s television industry was worth INR 68,5002 crore in 2020. Subscription revenues account for around 60-65 percent of the overall industry revenue. There are over 900 TV channels and 1,500 MSOs licenced by the government. As per latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, in Ju...

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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!