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NDTV scribes fear job cuts after Adani deal goes through

Shares in India's NDTV Ltd. jumped the maximum permitted 5 percent to a 14-year high on Wednesday, after billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate moved to take a near 30 percent stake in the media group that could eventually lead to it taking control.

New Delhi Television's (NDTV) sha...

Aayush Sharma announces his next film

Actor Aayush Sharma on Tuesday announced that he has started working on his next feature film.

The untitled project will be released in 2023, Sharma said in an Instagram post where he also shared his first look at the film.

"Iss film mai guitar bhi b...

HBO Max India launch put on indefinite hold

Warner Bros Discovery has put the plans to launch the popular American subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service, HBO Max, in India on hold, even as the company is looking at cost-cutting measures globally and working on merging Discovery+ with HBO Max in the existing markets.

Wipro locks multi-year deal with UK govt. treasury

Technology services and consulting company Wipro Limited on August 18 announced that it has been awarded a multi-year contract to deliver Service Integration and Management (SIAM) Services to HM Treasury (HMT), the UK government's economic and finance ministry. The IT services major said the service will make it possible to seamlessly integra...

Apple brings software updates for iOS, iPadOS

Apple has released new software updates for iPhones, iPads, and Macs to fix two security vulnerabilities known by the tech giant to be actively exploited by attackers. The two vulnerabilities were found in WebKit, the browser engine that powers Safari and other apps, and the kernel, essentially the operating system's core. The two flaws affec...

Twitter avoids sharing information on bot accounts

Elon Musk on Friday said that Parag Agrawal-led Twitter is avoiding sharing information on the actual number of bot and spam accounts on his platform, as his leadership team sought documents from advertising technology firms working for the micro-blogging platfor...

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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!