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World Radio Day: Medium’s simplicity & reach still connects

“You had your time, you had the power, you’ve yet to have, your finest hour, radio…” Thirty-nine years after Queen’s cult song ‘Radio Ga Ga’ rocked the airwaves, listeners are agreed the best may still be around the corner for that much loved, so familiar an...

Saif Ali Khan boards Hindi Audible Original podcast series

Actors Saif Ali Khan and Vrajesh Hirjee are set to voice-star in ‘Marvel’s Wastelanders: Star-Lord’, the first installment in the upcoming Hindi Audible Original podcast series.

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Spy series ‘Tehran’ gets a third season at Apple TV+

Apple TV+ has announced that its international Emmy Award-winning global espionage thriller ‘Tehran’ has been renewed for a third season, and that multi-Emmy Award nominee Hugh Laurie (‘House M.D’, ‘The Night Manager’ is set to join the ensemble ...

Disney announces sweeping changes aimed at cost cutting

Walt Disney Co CEO Bob Iger dazzled Wall Street on Wednesday with sweeping changes and billions of dollars in cost cuts, and some analysts are convinced that will be enough to sway its harshest critic --- activist in...

TRAI floats discussion paper on FM radio

Broadcast and telecom regulator TRAI yesterday announced a series of initiatives, including a consuktation paper on FM radio and extending the deadline for submission in another discussion paper on 'Telecommunication Infrastructure Sharing, Spectrum Sharing and Sp...

Pakistan nervous over News9 Plus expose on human rights abuse

The Pakistan government has complained to Twitter about a News9 Plus expose on human rights violations in Balochistan. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) objected to December 25, 2022, docu-series saying the story ‘Balochistan: Bangladesh 2.0’ allegedly violated the laws of Pak...

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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!