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Govt. oversight body for SM services soon: IT Minister

The weaponisation of disinformation in the name of free speech by Twitter has now come to a grinding halt and is completely unacceptable in India, minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said.

MIB: Adequate safeguard against provocative songs on FM radio, SM

The Indian government has assured critics that there are adequate safeguards against vulgar and provocative songs or those insulting any religion or community being played out on private FM radio stations and social media (SM) platforms like YouTube.

Pointing out that while private F...

Watcho to premiere crime thriller ‘Aarop’

Watcho has announced the premiere of ‘Aarop’, a heartbreaking crime thriller series. Subhash Jangid and Vinay Bhola wrote and directed this suspenseful crime thriller. The web series has ten episodes and is available in Hindi. The series is jam-packed with mystery, suspense, drama, and thrills, resu...

Bharat24 nets 100th advertiser in 100 days of launch

Bharat24, a newly-launched Hindi news channel, has reached a milestone by bringing 100 advertisers on board within 100 days of its launch. The channel, which generated a lot of excitement and hype before entering the national news space, has managed to grow steadily and live up to its promise of bei...

MX Player rides high on ‘Dharavi Bank’

The recent release of its high-octane, crime-thriller MX Original Series Dharavi Bank,' India's entertainment Super App - MX Player, increases its popularity among all stakeholders. Following significant viewer support, which resulted in a 4x increase in subscriptions on MX Gold, the show continues to ga...

WPP acquires Canadian commerce agency Diff

WPP has announced the acquisition of Diff, a Montreal-based advertising agency. Diff is a multi-award-winning developer of custom commerce solutions with specialized capabilities for the rapidly expanding Shopify commerce ecosystem. The 115-person company, founded in 2011 by Benjamin Crudo, will join the ...

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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!