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MIB Secy Apurva Chandra to hold additional charge of DoT

The government has handed Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Chandra additional charge of the Department of Telecoms till an official is appointed as full-time secretary.

“The Competent Authority has a...

Airtel clears Rs 8,024 cr spectrum auction liabilities from ’15

Telecom giant Bharti Airtel made a significant step in its financial operations by prepaying yesterday Rs 8,024 crores to the Department of Telecom. This prepayment was aimed at clearing the deferred liabilities linked to the spectrum it acquired during an auction held back in 2015. According to an Airt...

ZMCL appoints Raunak Pachisia as AVP Marketing

Zee Media Corporation Ltd (ZMCL) has announced the appointment of Raunak Pachisia as an Assistant Vice President of Marketing. The decision comes following Pachisia's impressive seven-year stint at ABP Network. He shared t...

News9 Plus dominates Digipub Awards23 with 10 hits

News9 Plus, a pioneering news OTT platform promoted by the TV9 Network, has once again asserted its dominance in the digital video realm by securing an impressive haul of awards at the prestigious Digipub Awards 2023, held in New Delhi on July 27.

NDTV consolidated Q1 net loss stood at Rs. 81 mn.

New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV), part of the Adani Group, posted a loss for the first quarter yesterday, as Indian broadcas...

WhatsApp unveils new safety tools for Android beta users

WhatsApp, a messaging platform owned by Meta, is introducing new safety tools for Android beta users to enhance their messaging experience. The platform will display a new screen the first time beta users re...

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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!