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TV9 Bangla honours Bengal’s leading real estate players

TV9 Bangla, a part of the TV9 Group, the undisputed number one news organization in the country, organized Real Estate Excellence Award 2022 titled ‘Bhalo Basa’ at ITC Sonar wh...

Zee Cinema launches new campaign

The Hindi movie channel owned by Zee Media, Zee Cinema, flags off the season’s biggest new blockbusters with their new campaign ‘Taaza Hai Toh Mazza Hai’ for cinephiles jinke seene me hai cinema. The channel brings the big hits that broke the box-of...

ISA advisory to members on TV channels opting out of BARC data

The Indian Society of Advertisers (ISA), a shareholder in BARC India and an apex body of advertisers comprising big corporate houses, has issued an advisory to its members to watch out for those news channels that are pulling out of the audience measurement system.

In its advisory to...

Apple tweaks OS software; focusses on new chip, more security

Apple has provided a peek at upcoming tweaks to the software that powers more than one billion iPhones and rolled out two laptops that will be the first available with the next generation of a company-designed microprocessor, apart from a host of other initiatives on the first day of its global developers’ conference...

Govt. open to Big Tech suggestions on self-reg appellate tool: IT Minister

The government is “open” to big tech platforms suggesting an effective self-regulatory appellate mechanism that can offer a “better solution” to resolve grievances raised by social media users, India’s junior Electronics and IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Tuesday, asserting new amendments to social media ru...

Havas Worldwide India bolsters its senior team

Havas Worldwide India (creative) has appointed Arthi Basak as executive vice president and planning head, and West and Esha Datta and Sougata Kundu have been roped in as vice president, client servicing. While Basak and Datta will be part of the Havas Mumbai office, Kundu will work out of Havas Gurgaon, Financial Express reported. Basak is...

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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!