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Twitter testing full screen, vertical format for ‘Explore’

American micro-blogging and social networking service Twitter is testing a newly redesigned experience for its content discovery tab ‘Explore’ with select users. The platform is testing a Tiktok-like vertical feed in the ‘Explore’ where users will be able to swipe up to see videos, photos and text-...

Discovery acquires assets of ZEDO

American pay television network and flagship channel Discovery on Wednesday announced that it has acquired the assets, technology and intellectual property of ZEDO, an Indian and United Stated-based advertising technology company. “The acqu...

Facebook Messenger head to leave company in 2022

Facebook's parent company Meta has said its Messenger head Stan Chudnovsky, who is also leading the integration of the social media network's messaging apps, will leave the company in 2022. Chudnovsky joined Meta over seven y...

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal to receive $1mn annual salary

Parag Agrawal, who has recently been named as the CEO of microblogging platform Twitter, will receive an annual salary of USD 1 million along with other perks and bonuses. The India-born executive - who succeeds Jack Dorsey in this role - served as Twitter's Chief Technology Officer since 2017, and...

GUVI signs cricketer Smriti Mandhana as brand ambassador

Indian Institute of Technology-Madras incubated startup company GUVI has roped in Indian women’s cricketer Smriti Mandhana as its brand ambassador.

She will be the face of GUVI and will feature across the online campaigns to strengthen the importance and scope of tech...

Google rolls out dual SIM support

American tech company Google has started rolling out a new update for the Android Auto app that finally brings dual SIM support. With the new update, Android Auto now shows a pop-up that lets users choose which SIM they want to make a call fr...

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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!