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Indian Govt. mulls panel to rule on appeals against SM takedowns

India is considering whether to set up an appeals panel with the power to reverse the content moderation decisions of social media firms, the information technology ministry said, in what would be the first such move of its kind worldwide.

The revelation came in a document seeking pu...

Zee LIVE elevates Meenakshi Samantaray as VP marketing, PR & partnerships

Meenakshi Samantaray has been elevated as vice president of marketing, public relations & partnerships at Zee LIVE. She was previously director of marketing and public relations at Zee LIVE, Meenakshi updated her LinkedIn profile. Prior to her elevation, she handled the marketing, PR, and partnerships business for ZEE LIVE, which is th...

Apple’s mixed reality headset may not be reality soon

As tech enthusiasts across the globe are waiting to witness Apple's mixed reality headset or its new AR/VR operating system in real life, a new report has claimed that the tech giant is unlikely to announce it during the Worldwide Developers' Conference (WWDC), which is scheduled to kick off from June 6. In a seri...

MIB tweaks mandatory carriage rules for DD channels

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has effected some changes in the rules relating to carriage of pubcaster Doordarshan TV channels on a mandatory basis by the distribution platforms in India.

In an advisory, posted on the Ministry’s website Wednesday, MIB said some o...

Spotify’s failure to renew security cert causes outage

Due to an outage on the podcast hosting platform owned by Spotify, and Megaphone, podcast listeners could not access many of their shows for more than eight hours this week. According to IANS, the outage stemmed from the company's failure to renew Megaphone's security certificate. "Megaphone experienced a platform outage due to an issue re...

‘Brahmastra’ makers reveal first look at major characters

‘Brahmastra’ team on Tuesday released the first looks of megastar Amitabh Bachchan, Nagarjuna Akkineni, and Mouni Roy from the much-anticipated fantasy adventure movie. The special video, also starring Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt, was shared by the director of the film Ayan Mukerji and Dharma Productions on the ninth anniversary of ...

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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!