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International League T20 launches official anthem ‘Halla Halla’

The International League T20 official hymn, "Halla Halla," was unveiled on the league's YouTube account, celebrating the amazing force of cricket as a sport and the excitement and entertainment the T20 format offers. The rapper

ShareChat appoints Prassana Raman as head of FMCG

Prasanna Raman has been appointed as the head of FMCG Enterprise Sales at ShareChat, a Bangalore-based social media company. He will be in charge of the FMCG Enterprise Sales division of the company. Raman previously worked for Snap Inc as the Vertical Lead. He joined the company as Advertising Solution...

Shemaroo Umang launches new show

Shemaroo Umang, Shemaroo Entertainment's Hindi GEC, is preparing to launch its third major original show, ‘Kyunkii Tum Hi Ho’. Within four months, the channel successfully launched three diverse shows ranging from fantasy to romance, providing viewers with a non-stop 90-minute window of prime-time en...

Prasar Bharati ADG elected ABU vice-president

Prasar Bharati Additional Director General Sunil has been unanimously elected as the Vice President of the Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU).

Sunil has been elected for a three-year term.

India largest ‘connected’ nation with 800+ mn b’band users: IT Minister

With over 800 million users, India has become the world's most 'connected' country, according to Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar.

The minister stated at the India Internet Governance Forum 2022...

Twitter adds phone verification for Blue service

Twitter has stated that phone verification is required to obtain a verified blue checkmark to prevent account impersonation.

On Sunday, Twitter posted a picture with the caption, "Blue subscribers with a verified phone number will receive a blue checkmark once approv...

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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!