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NewsOnAir listenership up by 2 mn in Dec. ’21

Listenership of India’s radio pubcaster All India Radio (AIR) live-streams on NewsOnAir app has seen a jump of two million within a span of one month, according to data put out by AIR parent Prasar Bharati.

18 million listeners tuned into ...

TRAI floats discussion paper on ease of doing biz

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Wednesday released a consultation paper on “Ease of Doing Business in Telecom and Broadcasting Sector”, seeking inputs from stakeholders on key iss...

1,66,088 gram panchayats service-ready under Bharat Broadband project: Govt

The Indian Government has said that as on November 1, 2021, a total number of 1,66,088 gram panchayats (GPs) or local village administrations are service-ready in the country under the Bharat Broadband Network.

TRAI extends deadline for discussion paper on cable TV

In a move that would make India’s broadcast and cable industry heave a sigh of relief, regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has extended the deadline for making submissions to its consultation pape...

Airtel partners with Ericsson to conduct rural 5G trial

Telecom company, Bharti Airtel, India’s premier communications solutions provider and Swedish telecom company Ericsson on Tuesday conducted India’s first

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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!