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Twitter India gets interim relief from high court

An Indian court on Thursday said Twitter Inc.’s India head Manish Maheshwari should face no "coercive action" in a case where police summoned him for failing to stop the spread of a video that allegedly incited religious discord, media reports indicated.

"If the police desire to exam...

Farhan Akhtar’s Toofaan set to release on July 16

Bollywood actor, Farhan Akhtar announced the new release date of his upcoming sports drama film, ‘Toofaan’. The film which was earlier scheduled to release on May 21, but has been postponed due to the outbreak of the second wave of the cor...

Google to change its global ad biz after anti-trust loss

Google said it would make changes to its global advertising business to ensure it did not abuse its dominance, bowing to antitrust pressure for the first time in a landmark settlement with French authorities.

The deal with the French competition watchdog could help rebalance the powe...

Cartoon Network is set to launch the animated series- ‘Dabangg

Cartoon Network, a WarnerMedia kids’ channel, is set to launch its young fans in India with its latest action-comedy ‘Dabangg – The Animated Series. The series is based on Salman Khan’s iconic cop character ‘Chulbul Pandey’ from the Bollywood film “Dabangg”. Created by WarnerMedia in association with Cosmos-Maya. The series joins the Carto...

Reliance Group Increases the Supply of Oxygen

The Tata Group and the Reliance Group have announced that they would be helping the government by increasing the production and supply of medical oxygen in the country to overcome its shortage and fight against the novel coronavirus. In a tweet, the Tata Group on Tuesday said, “It is committed to d...

India’s TVHH 210 mn; rural market up 9%

India’s total number of TV households stood at 210 million as of March 2020, signifying a 6.9% increase from 197 mullion in 2018. Simultaneously, TV viewing individuals also witnessed an increase of 6.7%, reaching 892 million from 836 million in 2018, an increase of 57 million individuals, according to new data relea...

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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!