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4 Indian scribes in Mud Rack’s Top 10 ‘most followed on Twitter’ list

Four Indian journalists --- Rajat Sharma, Rajdeep Sardesai, Barkha Dutt and Sudhir Chaudhary --- figure amongst the top 10 scribes most followed on Twitter, according to the 'State of Journalism on Twitter 2022' report compiled by Mud Rack.

According to the report, MSNBC’s Rachel Mad...

FB to roll out privacy policy updates from July 26

Social media platform Meta, formerly Facebook, has started sending out notifications to users about privacy policy updates which it will roll out from July 26, the company said on Thursday. Meta in its post said that it has rewritten and re-designed its privacy policy to make it easier to understand and clearer ab...

Twitter rejects Elon Musk ally’s resignation from Board

Shareholders propose, Twitter disposes.

Twitter Inc. said in a filing on Friday it will not accept Egon Durban's resignation from the board, two days after shareholders blocked his re-election at an annual meeting.

Durban is an ally of Elon Musk, who...

Fox Star Studios rebranded as Star Studios

Fox Star Studios, one of India's leading movie studios, on Friday introduced a new visual identity and announced that the company has rebranded to Star Studios.

With this brand refresh, Star Studios plans to present universal story themes with iconic characters and ...

Star Sports launches new campaign with Aamir Khan

Star Sports Network has launched a new campaign, #ChaseTheRecord, featuring Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan. Created and conceptualized by the in-house team at Star Sports, the campaign film showcases Aamir Khan donning the team India jersey, while echoing the chorus of fans and waiting to be part of this historic occasion, UNI reported from K...

Disney+Hotstar introduces new audio features

With the Tata Indian Premier League approaching its end, everyone is excited to see which team can win the champion’s trophy. With the introduction of a new way to watch, streaming platform Disney+Hotstar is ready to take the live streaming of the TATA IPL 2022 playoffs to the next dimension. The platform added a brand-new audio feature on Ma...

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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!