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Meta oversight body expands scope of work, vows quick decisions

Meta Platforms' Oversight Board announced Tuesday it will review more types of content moderation cases and expedite some decisions, as it aims to expand its work.

The Oversight Board was created in late 2020 to review Facebo...

BBC says ‘fully cooperating’ as Indian tax officials survey offices

BBC has said that it is ‘fully cooperating’ with the Indian tax authorities who yesterday conducted survey operations at the British broadcaster’s offices in New Delhi and Mumbai as part of an investigation into alleged tax evasion, officials said, while opp...

Manan Shah quits Truecaller

Manan Shah, Truecaller's Marketing Director for India and Southeast Asia, has left the company after nearly six years with the company. Shah announced his departure in a LinkedIn post, writing, "My watch has ended. Upward and onward!" Shah has nearly two decades of

Rajat Makkar joins Goldmines Bollywood & Bhojpuri as sales head

Rajat Makkar has been appointed as national sales head at Goldmines Bollywood and Goldmines Bhojpuri TV channels.

Makkar, who made the announcement about his new posting via a LinkedIn post, is a media sales professional with extensive experience in ad s...

Alt Balaji is now Altt

Altt (formerly AltBalaji), the Indian digital entertainment platform, is excited to unveil its new identity, which includes a bold and dynamic new logo. The new logo represents the company's commitment to providing its customers with exceptional experiences and entertainment. Accor...

Media services firm Planetcast names Sanjay Duda CEO

Planetcast Media Services, a broadcast technology and media services provider in India and Southeast Asia, has named Sanjay Duda as its Chief Executive Officer.

Duda will be res...

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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!