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Govt’s total publicity media spend Rs. 408 cr. in 2022-23: MIB

The Indian government has said that it spent a total of Rs. 408.46 crore in the year 2022-23 on media campaigns through various modes like print, TV and outdoor advertising to highlight various federal initiatives.

Print media (Rs. 220.34) cornered the lion’s share of the government...

Google News adds two Indian languages for publishers

Google News, one of the leading news aggregation platforms, has recently announced a significant expansion in its support for Indian languages.

The move is aimed at bolstering the Indian language ...

Box office results soften WBD Q2 revenue; D2C earnings up at $2.73 bn

Warner Bros Discovery warned yesterday that the dual Hollywood strikes by writers and actors could hit its flagging studio business already bruised by high-profile box office flops including‘The Flash’.

Personal Data Protection Bill-23 introduced in Lok Sabha

The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 was introduced in the Lok Sabha yesterday by Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister of Communicat...

Bharti Airtel Q1 revenue beats projections; net profit flat at Rs. 16 bn

Bharti Airtel, India's No.2 telecom carrier by users, posted a bigger-than-expected rise in quarterly revenue yesterday as it signed up more subscribers for its higher-priced 4G services and benefited from tariff hik...

Jio tells govt. 5G rollout obligations complete, ready for testing

Reliance Jio, India's largest telecommunications company, has achieved its 5G rollout obligations in all circles after months of network deployment across the country.

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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!