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Deepti Sachdeva quits Republic TV

Republic TV senior editor Deepti Sachdeva has stepped down from her post after a stint of over five years, according to her LinkedIn post. Deepti has also quit the network in October 2019 and rejoined the network in January 2021...

The Q announces maiden short film festival

India’s youngest and fastest-growing Hindi general entertainment channel with multi-format presence, The Q announces its maiden short film festival – ‘Ek Dastaan Aisi Bhi’ on national television. Spread across 7 days, ‘Ek Dastaan Aisi Bhi’ will showcase 9 critically acclaimed Hindi short films across genres, themes and subjects. The channel s...

Colors Infinity launches a new show

The English GEC channel, owned by Viacom18, Colors Infinity, has launched a new reality show ‘The Inventor Challenge’. The show is poised to be an idea incubation platform for people across the length and breadth of Bharat as they stand a chance to showcase their creations. The ‘Inventor Challenge’ is an Indian

Ekta Kapoor announces remake of ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’

Star Plus’s hit show ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’’ is set to entertain fans once again. Television and Film Producer Ekta Kapoor has announced the remake of the show. Taking to her Instagram handle on Tuesday, Ekta shared a short promo of the title t...

As TRAI promises new tariff consultations, b’casters withdraw case

In what could be construed as a step towards reconciliation, Indian broadcasters filed an application in the Supreme Court Tuesday to withdraw a case against regulator TRAI, which had been dragging on in various courts for over two years before reaching the apex court mid-2021.

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Reliance invests $200 mn. in lock screen content company Glance

Reliance Industries is investing $200 million in Glance, a lock screen content company backed by Alphabet and owned by ad-tech firm InMobi, to bring the service to new Jio smartphones this year, the companies said on Monday.

The investment, made through Reliance's Jio Platforms unit,...

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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!