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Prasar Bharati aborts kids’ TV content acquisition process

India’s public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has called off a process, announced earlier, to acquire ready-made TV content for Doordarshan.

“Prasar Bharati…called for submission of proposals for acqui...

Apple rolls out new beta firmware update for AirPods

American tech giant Apple has rolled out a new beta firmware for the AirPods 2, AirPods 3, AirPods Pro, AirPods Pro 2, and AirPods Max. According to ANI, the new update has version number 5B5040c, but it's unclear what's new with this update since the compa...

Star Vijay launches new show

The Tamil pay television GEC Channel Star Vijay launches a new fiction show titled ‘Kanne Kalaimaaney’, a family drama in the afternoon time-band, airing Mon...

MX Player celebrates employee well-being on ‘World Mental Health Day’

While building itself as the leader in the video-on-demand category, MX Player continues to stay invested in its employees and their well-being in a bid to consolidate its position as a company equally recognized for its workplace and work-life culture. I...

CCI orders another probe against Google

The Competition Commission has ordered another detailed probe against Google for alleged unfair revenue sharing terms with respect to news content. The case will be clubbed with two other ongoing matters against the search engine major where the allegations...

Viacom18 to shift sports content to Jio Cinema

Viacom18, the joint venture between Reliance-controlled TV18 and US entertainment major Paramount Global (earlier ViacomCBS), will move all existing sporting properties from the company’s existing video-on-demand service VOOT to JioCinema, starting with FIFA Worl...

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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!