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POGO, Discovery Kids celebrate Fool’s Day with ‘Titoo’, ‘Fukrey Boyzzz’ specials

The Warner Bros. Discovery channels, POGO and Discovery Kids are all planning an exciting April Fool's Day programming lineup for kids. Both channels will have an exciting lineup this year that will provide youthful

Star Sports names Ranveer Singh brand ambassador

Star Sports, an Indian sports powerhouse, has designated Bollywood superstar and sports fan Ranveer Singh as its brand ambassador. Ranveer was recently named India's most valuable celebrity for 2022 in a

BARC 12th Week: Sun TV leads in all genres

Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) 12th Week (18th March – 24th March 2023) has released its report. In India, Sun TV has been taking the first spot in all genres led back by Star Plus with 2470.04 impressions (All India 2+), w...

IN10 Media Network launches second Hindi GEC ‘Nazara’

IN10 Media Network has launched 'Nazara', its second general entertainment station. The network currently has five channels: Epic, ShowBox, Filamchi Bhojpuri, Gubbare, and Ishara. The channel hopes to pique the audience's interest with

ABP News-CVoter survey predicts Congress’ win in Karnataka assembly polls

ABP News – Cvoter (Centre for Voting Opinion & Trends in Election Research) has published its first polling data for the upcoming Karnataka State Assembly

Spotify introduces ‘Niche Mixes’ feature

Spotify has introduced its new ‘Niche Mixes’ feature, which is a collection of personalized playlists that combine all of the Mixes provided playfully. To access the new feature, users can browse the ‘Made For You’ hub within the

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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!