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Vedanta to finalise $20 bn chip-making location in India by June

Vedanta will finalize a location for its $20 billion semiconductor and display plants in India by mid-June and will have the first chip product ready in two years, its Chairman Anil Agarwal has said.

The oil-to-metals conglomerate Vedanta said in February it will diversify into chip ...

Elon Musk changes Twitter buyout funding mode

Even as Elon Musk changed the mode for funding the $44-billion Twitter buyout, the micro-blogging site’s investors blocked the re-election of an ally of his to the board at an annual meeting on Wednesday that avoided the biggest question for the social media company: will it complete a $44 billion sale to the billion...

BARC Rating 20th Week: Sun TV maintains the lead position in all genres

Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) 20th Week (14th May – 20th May 2022) has released its report. In India, Sun TV is continued to dominate the list of top 10 channels for the past four weeks across all genres (All India 2+), the channel registered 2519.45 impressions. Star Maa is in the second spot with 2248.12 impressions, and ...

Millions tune into AIR News on digital platforms

When it comes to trust and authenticity in the news media industry, All India Radio’s news network outshines others, the organisation said in a statement, adding the most recent achievement being netting three million followers on Twitter and Facebook.

Since its inception in 2013, th...

Platinum Outdoor launches OOH campaign for Vi

Platinum Outdoor, a unit of Madison World, has launched an out-of-home hyperlocal campaign for Vi to highlight their enhanced 4G experience and strong indoor coverage. The campaign involves a series of installations, including billboards, uni polls, and bus shelters located across Delhi/NCR that communicates the b...

Apple’s deletion rule for App store starts June 30

Apple’s App Store guideline regarding account deletion requirements will come into effect starting June 30, 2022, the tech major reminded developers. The App Store Review Guideline 5.1.1 requires apps that allow for account creation to enable users to delete their account from within the app itself, thus providing users with greater control o...

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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!