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TRAI chief terms 5G spectrum auction consultation as ‘watershed’

TRAI Chairman P D Vaghela on Tuesday termed the consultation paper on 5G spectrum auction as "watershed in history of telecom" as the regulator embarked on the last phase of industry-wide deliberation through open house discussions, ahead of finalising its views on crucial aspects such as pricing of radio waves. I...

AVIA appoints Matthew Cheetham as anti-piracy GM

The Asia Video Industry Association has appointed Matthew Cheetham as General Manager of the Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) with immediate effect. As the General Manager of CAP, Cheetham will take over from Aaron Herps and build on the accomplishments achieved by CAP to create a stronger and healthier environment in which the video industry c...

Hansal Mehta to direct Netflix drama series

Filmmaker Hansal Mehta is set to collaborate for the upcoming Netflix character drama series 'Scoop'. Inspired by Jigna Vora's biographical book 'Behind The Bars In Byculla: My Days in Prison', 'Scoop' is created by Mehta and Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul,

AIR digital listenership up by 2 mn. for 2nd consecutive month

In what’s indicative of ever increasing popularity of the All India Radio, live streams of the radio pubcaster have seen a jump in listenership of two million from 16 million in November 2021 to 18 million in December 2021. In January 2022, the number jumped by another couple of million.

Airtel to spend Rs 1.17 lakh cr. on various biz over 5 years

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has plans to spend about Rs 1.17 lakh crore through business transactions with its subsidiaries like Indus Towers, Nxtra and Bharti Hexacom, according to a regulatory filing.

The company will hold an extraordinary general meeting of the members of the c...

Amazon details mammoth ad biz; raises Prime fee in US

At a time when Facebook parent Meta Platforms is still reconciling with its depleted market value owing to weak forecasts made on Wednesday, rival Amazon moved another step forward as it revealed contours of a mammoth ad business.

Amazon pulled the veil off its sprawling advertising ...

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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!