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Batiste wins album honor, Zelenskiy makes appeal at Grammys

Multi-genre artist Jon Batiste won album of the year and R&B duo Silk Sonic took two of the top honors on Sunday at a Grammy awards ceremony that featured a surprise appeal for support from wartime President Volodymyr Zelenskiy of Ukraine.

Batiste, who leads the band on "The Late...

Juhi Chaturvedi announces directorial debut

Acclaimed screenwriter Juhi Chaturvedi, known for films like ‘Vicky Donor’ and ‘Piku’, has announced that she is set to debut as a director. The writer took to Instagram late Saturday evening and posted a picture of her script, which had "written and directed by Juhi Chaturvedi" penned on the first page. ‘Koshish’, Chatur...

After a slap & award, Will Smith resigns from Academy

Will Smith has resigned from the Motion Picture Academy following his Oscars night slap to Chris Rock and said he would accept any further punishment the organization imposed.

Smith in a statement released Friday afternoon said he will “fully accept any and all consequences for my co...

‘Scam 1992’-fame Anjali Barot’s new show on YouTube

Rusk Media’s entertainment vertical Alright has released the trailer of their latest web series ‘Love Marriage’, starring Anjali Barot.

After the success of her critically acclaimed show ‘Scam 1992’, the actor will be seen on-screen with YouTube personality Parikshi...

Meity says national data governance policy in the offing

The Indian government is preparing grounds to publish a national data governance policy to streamline data collection and its sharing, especially those related to individuals’ personal data even though a separate legislation is proposed through the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019.

MIB Minister Anurag Thakur says Prasar Bharati income up

The income of India’s pubcaster Prasar Bharati has increased over the last two years versus expenditures, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur has said.

“No sir. Excess of Income over Expenditure of Prasar Bharati, as per their Book of Accounts, has increased from ...

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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!