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Prasar Bharti unveils new logo

India’s public broadcaster Prasar Bharati unveiled its new logo on July 11, 2022, in its silver jubilee year. The new logo was released by the secretary of I&B Apurva Chandra, secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) in the presence of Mayank Kumar Agrawal, CEO, Prasar Bharati, DPS Negi, Member (Finance), Prasar Bhara...

Musk mocks Twitter threat to sue him for ending $44 bn deal

Elon Musk on Monday mocked Twitter Inc's threat to sue him following his move to abandon the $44 billion takeover deal, tweeting the social media firm would need to disclose more information on bots and spam accounts. The series of tweets on Monday was Tesla Inc chief's first public response since he made public his intention to ditch the off...

‘Koffee with Karan’ S7 records the highest viewership

Screwed it! Brewed it! Everyone’s viewed it! The nation tuned in for a brand-new season of intriguing conversations and entertaining camaraderie on Thursday with Hotstar Specials ‘Koffee With Karan’ Season 7’s first episode seeing smashing day 1 viewership on Disney+ Hotstar. ‘Koffee with Karan’ became the highest watched and subscribed show ...

Netflix rolls out spatial audio on all devices

On July 08, Netflix revealed that 'spatial audio' would soon be available on all devices. Users who don’t have multichannel speakers will be able to enjoy surround sound using only stereo speakers. As per ANI, the feature can convert a stereo audio track from a non-Apple device into 3D spatial audio. ...

Adani confirms entry into telecom spectrum race

Billionaire Gautam Adani's group on Saturday confirmed its entry into the race to acquire telecom spectrum, which it said will be used to create a private network to support its businesses from airports to power. "As India prepares to roll out the next generation of 5G services through this auction, we are...

DoT directs no international calls

The Department of Telecommunications has mandated that all calls with no or improper caller line identification should be dropped by the International Long Distance Operators (ILDOs) at their gateways. The DoT has amended the clause regarding caller identification of international calls in the Unified Lice...

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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!