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Red FM launches cricket campaign ‘Mere Desh Ki Jersey’

93.5 Red FM, a leading private radio and entertainment network, announced Friday the ‘Mere Desh Ki Jersey’ campaign, a tribute to the madness, loyalty and love that the nation has for cricket.

YouTube Premium hikes price to $22.99 per month

YouTube Premium has raised the price for its family plan to $22.99 per month. The video-streaming platform informed users by sending an email that the service gets a price hike for those using the family plan that allows for up to six accounts to use the sam...

Google terms CCI’s hefty fine ‘setback’ for consumers, biz

Alphabet Inc's Google said on Friday that the Indian antitrust watchdog's decision to fine it Rs. 13.38 billion for anti-competitive practices was a "major setback" for consumers and businesses in the country.

DTH operators can now share infrastructure

The Indian government on Friday allowed infrastructure sharing, where feasible, by DTH operators, while laying down norms for payment of licence fee and those related to platform services on a satellite service.

CCI fines Google Rs.13 bn for Android-related trade malpractices

India's competition regulator said on Thursday it has fined Alphabet Inc's Google Rs. 13.38 billion ($161.95 million/Rs. 1337.76 crore) for anti-competitive practices related to Android mobile devices.

QYOU Media acquires mobile gaming firm Maxamtech

India’s youngest and fastest-growing entertainment network QYOU Media India on Thursday announced that it has signed a binding term sheet to acquire a controlling interest in Maxamtech Digital Ventures, a six-year-old India-founded company that develops technologies and games for the mobile gaming industry.

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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!