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NDTV Q4 profit plunge on weak advertising demand

Indian broadcaster New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV), part of the Adani Group, posted a 97.6 percent plunge in quarterly profit yesterday due to weak advertising demand.

The resul...

India brings 4G services to North-Eastern border areas

Government-funded 4G tower of Airtel started services last week in Lumpo, one of the last villages in the district near Line of Actual control in Arunachal Pradesh, paving way for access to a new age digital economy for the locals.

Instagram let users add songs to photo carousels

Instagram, which is owned by Meta, is testing a new tool that will allow users to add songs to their photo carousels on the platform. The tool is already available in a "few countries," according to Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, with ...

Vince Vaughn set to return for ‘Dodgeball’ sequel

The sequel to the hit comedy film 'Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story', currently in early development at 20th Century Studios, will star actor Vince Vaughn. According to PTI, Jordan VanDina has been hired to write the script for the film based on...

Zee Business’ Aapki Khabar, Aapka Fayda uncovers Bournvita controversy

In the last week, one of the most popular 'healthy' chocolate health drinks made headlines, prompting consumers to reconsider their purchasing decisions on such health drinks. In a viral video, Revant Himatsingka, an Instagram influencer, claimed that Cadbury's Bournvita contains a high sugar conte...

Twitter allows cannabis advertisements in US

Twitter under its 420-friendly or cannabis-friendly owner Elon Musk earlier this year became the first major social media company to allow cannabis advertisements. Now, the platform is relaxing those rules to attract more

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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!