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MIB Secy: Deregulation process on to make India uplink hub

The government will soon deregulate existing rules in a bid to make India an uplinking hub for satellite TV channels.

Addressing the India Space Congress in New Delhi on Friday, Information and Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Ch...

Google mulls legal challenge of CCI’s Android ruling

Google is planning a legal challenge to block a ruling by India's antitrust watchdog to change its approach to its Android operating system, concerned that it will restrict how it promotes the platform, sources with direct knowledge of the situation told Reuters.

The Alphabet Inc. un...

Space stakeholders urge DoT not to auction satellite spectrum

Stakeholders of the space industry, also comprising satellite companies, have urged India's Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to go for administrative allocation of the satellite spectrum and not auction it, SatCom Industry As...

Elon Musk buys Twitter; fires top execs

Elon Musk became Twitter Inc's owner on Thursday, firing top executives and providing little clarity over how he will achieve the lofty ambitions he has outlined for the influential social media platform. "The bird is freed," he tweeted, referencing Twitt...

Anupam Kher show ‘Manzilen Aur Bhi Hain’ to air on YouTube

Veteran actor Anupam Kher has announced his new talk show ‘Manzilen Aur Bhi Hain’, which will premiere on his YouTube channel on Friday. The actor took to his official Twitter page to share the news. “Friends! Coming soon my new #ChatShow ‘Manzilen Aur Bhi H...

NBF to deepen focus on regional news channels, digital platforms

More than 70 member news channels of the News Broadcasters Federation (NBF), an industry body of television news channels, came together to discuss, deliberate and debate on issues impacting their reach, revenue, and regulations at the first flagship event, ‘N...

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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!