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Kenneth Lowe to join WBD Board of Directors

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. has announced that Kenneth W. Lowe will join the company's Board of Directors effective April 2, 2023, and stand for election by the company’s stockholders at the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders.

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Netflix adds 7.7 mn subs Q4 riding ‘Harry &Meghan’, ‘Wednesday’

Even as Netflix co-CEO Reed Hastings made his exit to be the Executive Chairman, the company said it added 7.66 million subscribers in the fourth quarter, beating Wall Street forecasts of 4.57 million with help from ‘Harry & Meghan and ‘Wednesday’ in ...

Govt. releases celebs, SM influencers’ endorsement guidelines

The Department of Consumer Affairs under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, released a guidebook on ‘Endorsements Know-hows!’ for celebrities, influencers and virtual influencers on social media platforms in New Delhi on Friday.

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Insta users now pause notifications with ‘Quiet mode’

Instagram now has a new 'Quiet mode,' which allows users to pause notifications whenever they want to take a break from the social networking platform. Users will not receive notifications once the new mode is enabled, and their profile's activity status will change to notify others, the

Google laying off 12,000 or 6% of workforce globally

Google is laying off 12,000 workers, or about 6 percent of its workforce, becoming the latest tech company to trim staff as the economic boom that the industry rode during the COVID-19 pandemic ebbs.

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DD R-Day initiative to make it easy for differently abled persons

The Indian government is making it easy for people with hearing impairment to view and understand important broadcasts as part of an initiative to have closed captioning and sign language interpretations in some broadcasts that are of national importance.

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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!