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News18 India announces special shows for MCD Polls

News18 India is preparing to provide the most comprehensive counting day coverage of the MCD elections, including minute-by-minute updates, under the banner branding of 'Delhi Ka Dangal.' News18 India will provide se...

aha unveils trailer of ‘RathaSaatchi’

aha, the 100% local OTT platform, has released the trailer for an aha original film, ‘RathaSaatchi’, which talks about the valour of revolutionaries, revolt, and revenge, on December 9. RathaSaatchi, dubbed...

Zee5 announces ‘Pitchers’ S2

The second season of the comedy-drama 'Pitchers' will 'premiere on ZEE5 soon, the streaming service announced on Monday. The first season, which debuted in 2015, followed the ups and downs of a group of young entrepreneurs who quit their day jobs to pursue their start-up venture. Naveen Kasturia, Arunabh...

Google, FB top India digital ranking in Oct 22: Comscore

Tech giants Google and Facebook are in pole positions in the Top 10 list of digital companies in India in terms of total unique visitors/ viewers and reach, according to Comscore Digital Rankings for October 2022. Google tops the list with 449,470 (000) total unique visitors/ viewers and a reach of 92.6...

NZ mulls law to make tech firms pay for news content

The New Zealand government said it will introduce a law that will require big online digital companies such as Alphabet Inc's Google and Meta Platforms Inc to pay New Zealand media companies for the local news content that appears on their feeds.

Govt. panel undecided on ways to tax online gaming firms

A panel of Indian state finance ministers has yet to submit its report on taxation of the booming online gaming sector that is crucial to a final decision on how the levies should be imposed, a senior government official said on Monday.

The panel has for weeks been deliberating how i...

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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!