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Adani finalises takeover of broadcaster NDTV

Indian tycoon Gautam Adani on Friday secured a majority stake in leading news broadcaster NDTV, finalising a hostile takeover that has sparked press freedom fears in the world's biggest democracy. Adani, 60, is the world's third-richest person, with an estimated net worth of $130 billion and interests rangi...

LCOs, MSOs urged to facilitate proliferation of b’band services

The government has urged the country’s LCO to provide last mile connectivity via their networks to access service providers and ISPs, which will go a long way in the proliferation of good quality of broadband, while exhorting MSOs to up their broadband game.

“LCOs have been providing...

Lalit Singhal named independent director on Dish TV Board

Direct-to-Home Indian operator Dish TV on Thursday said it has appointed former bureaucrat Lalit Behari Singhal as an independent director to its board.

The company's board, at its meeting held on Thursday, ''considered and appointed Lalit Behari ...

Ajit Varghese quits Sharechat

Ajit Varghese, the Chief Commercial Officer of ShareChat, a regional language social media app, has left the company. In a LinkedIn post today, he announced his departure. He joined ShareChat as CCO in 2020. He was instrumental in driving the company's revenue growth, and the company experienced 5X growth ...

AVGC panel suggests tax incentives, Create in India initiatives

A task force set up by the Indian government, in collaboration with industry stakeholders, has recommended tax related incentives for the Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comic (AVGC) sector, apart from launching a 'Create in India’ initiative to push for content and IP creation in India for global consumption a...

Chris Rock’s Netflix live comedy premieres March 2023

Netflix has announced that Hollywood star Chris Rock's upcoming comedy special will premiere on the platform on March 4. The special, titled 'Selective Outrage' will be Netflix's first-ever live global stream. It is Rock's second special for the streaming service, following 'Tamborine' 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!