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Radio City announces ‘IP Music Fest’

Radio City announces the launch of its on-air musical ‘IP Music Fest’. The two-month musical journey began this month and will captivate listeners every Friday from 8 pm to 9 pm. This grand musical celebration brings together the nation's top artists for an unforgettable and harmonious experience. ...

discovery+ announces content slate for July

discovery+, the non-fiction, real-life subscription streaming service from Warner Bros. Discovery, announced new and original programming that will be available in July. Tracked, a high-oc...

hoichoi announces new series ‘Nikhoj’

Director Ayan Chakraborti collaborates with actors Swastika Mukherjee and Tota Roy Choudhury to present a show titled 'Nikhoj' on hoichoi. True to its title, the series revolves around a mother's relentless search for her missing daughter. In the presence of esteemed members of the media frate...

India’s b’band subs up 0.52% in April-23 vs. March: TRAI

India’s total broadband subscribers increased from 846.57 million at the end of March-23 to 850.94 million at the end of April- 23 with a monthly growth rate of 0.52 percent, according to data put out yesterday by broadcast and telecom regulator TRAI.

Promax India Awards 2023 to be held in Mumbai Aug 24-25

With its remarkable content creations, the Indian entertainment industry has made waves all over the world. The Promax Awards, which recognise the most innovative concepts, are the country's foremost celebration of outstanding achievements in the M&E business. Promax India Awards, which will be he...

Mark Zuckerberg announces new features on WhatsApp Business App

WhatsApp has announced the ability for the more than 200 million users of the WhatsApp Business app to create Facebook and Instagram ads that click to WhatsApp without needing a Facebook account, as well as new ways to connect with customers more efficiently. Starting soon, WhatsApp will enable the nume...

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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!