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Starlink not licensed to offer Internet services: DoT

India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) has said 'Starlink Internet Services' is not licensed to offer satellite-based internet services in India as being advertised to the public without pro...

Kishore AK new CTO of ZEE5

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL), has announced the appointment of Kishore AK as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of ZEE5. The news was shared by Kishore on his LinkedIn account. Kishore will lead all the responsibility of all technology functions of

Munaf Merchant joins TV9 Network as VP

Munaf Merchant has joined TV9 Network Digital as Vice President-Sales. He will report to Azim Lalani, President, Revenue, TV9 Digital. The news was shared by Munaf on his LinkedIn account. He will be responsible for

Fantasy game company Dream Sports raises $ 840 mn

India's Dream Sports, the parent of popular fantasy gaming company Dream11, has said it had raised $840 million from investors led by Falcon Edge, Tiger Global and others in a deal that valued the sports technology firm at $8 billion.

Founded in 2008, Dream Sports, has 140

OneWeb’s Sunil Mittal hopes every person on earth will be connected in 5 yrs.’ time

With 3.7 billion people globally not connected to broadband, satellite is still the core of what is needed to distribute video and connect people. This was the recurring sentiment at the recently concluded Satellit...

Xiaomi reports lower Q3 revenues amidst smartphone sales slowdown

China's Xiaomi Corp has reported a smaller-than-expected 8.2 percent rise in third-quarter revenue as smartphone sales growth stalled amid intensifying competition from rivals.

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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!