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IT Minister reiterates govt. resolve on stricter SM accountability

Information Technology and Electronics Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said there is a clear consensus in the country on making social media platforms more accountable, and assured that the government will bring legal changes and regulations needed to do so.

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Snap testing new subscription service Snapchat+

Snap Inc, the parent company of photo messaging app Snapchat, is testing a new subscription service called Snapchat+ that would give subscribers access to exclusive and pre-release features, a Snap spokesperson has confirmed.

The subscription feature, which Snap said is being tested ...

Discovery Kids brings new animated series

Bollywood action director Rohit Shetty’s ‘Singham’ franchise has expanded further for kids with a new show ‘Baby Little Singham’. While ‘Little Singham’ is already one of the popular kids' shows, all-new episodes of ‘Baby Little Singham’ will show the journey of the hero’s childhood since he was born and couldn’t even speak properly to becomi...

TRAI release test guide doc for CAS, subs management

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and Telecom Department’s tech arm Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) have released a test guide document for conditional access systems (CAS) and subscriber management systems (SMS) for the broadcasting sector, which seeks to streamline two important aspects of...

ABP Ananda successfully concludes ‘Shiksha Samman 2022’

India’s leading Bengali news channel, ABP Ananda, has successfully concluded its first edition of the prestigious on-ground event ‘ABP Ananda Shiksha Samman 2022’ on June 10, 2022. ‘Shikha Samman 2022’ is an event to felicitate institutions that have attained exemplary achievements in the field of education. The show will air on ABP Ananda...

Govt. approves 5G spectrum auction; allows tech cos’ entry

The Indian government on Wednesday approved a proposal to conduct 5G spectrum auction by July-end, while stating that part of the bandwidth would be reserved for private captive networks to spur a new wave of innovations. Until now, according to Reuters, India's telecoms services have been run by specialist companies in a market dominated by ...

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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!