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India Today to premiere ‘Democratic Newsroom’ on Sept.23

India Today TV launches the country’s most ‘Democratic Newsroom’, a prime-time show devoid of any agenda, where news anchors are given free rein to present their diversified viewpoints about the same issue across the table, on September 23, at 7:00 pm. The ...

ABP Ananda brings Durga Puja festivities with marquee properties

ABP Ananda, Bengal’s leading news channel, is back with its three iconic properties —- ‘Sharad Ananda’, ‘Paarae Paarae Serar Lodai’, and ‘Surakshar Puraskar’. This time they have more thrilling new content, and a slew of partners to mark the Durga Puja festivities. The ‘Sharad Ananda’ programming has already begun and promises to provide a di...

Viacom18 to broadcast El Clasico in Hindi

The first El Clasico of LaLiga’s 2022-23 season will be broadcast with Hindi commentary on Sports18 Khel, Viacom18’s free-to-air sports channel, on October 16, 2022. The mega-fixture featuring two of the world’s biggest football clubs, Real Madrid and FC Barcelo...

Apple spotlights safety tech for new products; keeps prices steady

Apple Inc. has avoided price hikes of its best-selling iPhones during its biggest product launch of the year, focusing on safety upgrades rather than flashy new technical specs with the exception of a new adventur...

SPN launches new campaign with Pankaj Tripathi, Smriti Mandhana

Sony Sports Network (SPN) has launched its new campaign for India Women’s tour of England 2022, featuring cricketer Smriti Mandhana and actor Pankaj Tripathi. Tripathi has essayed the role of an astrologer with Smriti Mandhana asking him to predict the cr...

DoT bats for auction of satellite spectrum

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is batting decisively for the auction of satellite spectrum. After nearly two years of intense lobbying from satellite players, including Low Earth Orbit (LEO) players such as OneWeb, Telesat, and Starlink —has decided t...

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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!