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WBD promotes David Decker to oversee content sales

David Decker has been promoted to Warner Bros. Discovery's President, Content Sales, effective January 2, 2023. Bruce Campbell, Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer, Warner Bros. Discovery, announced ...

News18 Showreel concludes on a high note

News18 Showreel turned out to be an extraordinary evening with the brightest stars of the film and OTT world with an extravaganza of entertainment. The conclave was conducted on November 27 at the Taj Lands End in Bandra, Mumbai,...

WhatsApp to rollout ‘Message Yourself’ feature in India

Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp on Monday announced the launch of a new ‘Message Yourself’ feature in India in the coming weeks. It is a 1:1 chat with yourself to send notes, reminders, and updates, the company said in a statement. On WhatsApp, use...

Guest Column: TRAI must maintain level playing field in tariff rules

By Ashok Mansukhani

For the past 18 years, broadcasters have been at war with the sector regulator the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

Sony MAX brings World TV premiere of ‘HIT’

Sony MAX is all set to air the World TV premiere of the enthralling murder mystery with the upcoming World Television Premiere, 'HIT: The First Case'. Struggling with the trauma of a tragic past, the film showcases the valor of HIT (Homicide Intervention T...

Gujarat first State to get Jio True 5G in all districts

Reliance Jio on Friday said Gujarat has become the first state to get 'True 5G' in each of the 33 district headquarters. With this, Jio True 5G is now present in 10 cities/regions in India (including Delhi-NCR), the company said. As a model State, Jio...

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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!