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India TV journalist Nidhi Taneja quits

Nidhi Taneja, India TV news journalist has decided to quit her post. “Personal and professional update: Today was my last working day with @indiatvnews - a journey that had many takeaways. Over the past 3.9 yrs, I grew as a person and a p...

As share prices fly, NDTV denies sale talks with Adani group

Even as shares of TV company NDTV saw massive upward movement on the stock market, the company issued a statement saying it has nothing to do with the price fluctuation, nor it was in talks with the Adani group for any stake sale.

SAP, TV9 join hands to celebrate India’s SMEs

After the stupendous success of Leaders of Global Bharat series that aimed at empowering Indian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) hit hard by pandemic induced lockdowns last year, TV9 Network and SAP India have again joined hands to forge two pioneering initiatives to help h...

Sri Adhikari Brothers Group partners with Distro TV

The Indian media and entertainment conglomerate Sri Adhikari Brothers has joined hands with DistroScales, a media technology company based in California, to expand its digital presence further around the globe.

MIB seeks infra related inputs from MSOs

A seemingly harmless fact-finding mission of India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting --- on the infrastructure needs of MSOs and LCOs --- has raised a few eyebrows.

In a recent communication to the cable industry, MIB has...

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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!