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Whistleblower says FB put profit before reining in hate speech

A Facebook Inc. whistleblower on Sunday accused the social media giant of repeatedly...

Trump moves court, seeking removal of Twitter ban

Donald Trump moved court asking a federal judge in Florida last week to ask Twitter ...

Amidst new row, Twitter India names US-based exec grienvance officer

There are two sayings in Hindustani --- aa bail mujhe maar(to unnecessarily provoke the bull) and pair per kulhari maarna (knowingly putting ones foot on the sharp axe) --- that presently fit Twitter in India perfectly.

Not content with the ongoing faceoff with the ...

IT Minister Prasad blasts Twitter for blocking account over US rules

Twitter’s love-hate relationship with the Indian government turned a new chapter on Friday. The InfoTech Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad’s account got blocked for an hour who criticized the microblogging website for penalizing him for telling the US company to follow Indian laws. A parliamentary committee head and Congr...

Netflix gets into merchandising biz; global rollout soon

While traditional media companies globally are attempting to be like Netflix, the latter itself is unveiling services and products that more resemble legacy media behemoths.

First, Netflix unveiled a TV channel in Europe and now a few days back it announced its merchandise business -...

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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!