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SC to take up Aug 6 IBF challenge of Bombay HC NTO 2.0 order

The Indian broadcasters’ challenge of the Bombay High Court order, which upheld regulator TRAI’s powers to make economic regulations, while granting some co...

Gaurav Kanwal joins Zee5 after Disney + Hotstar

Veteran media industry executive Gaurav Kanwal has moved to Zee5 as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) Digital and Small & Medium Businesses (SMB), South Asia after a 2.5-year stint as the EVP...

The Q appoints Pankaj Rai as Head of Ad Sales for North, East regions

The Q, India’s fastest growing youth-focused, Hindi GEC, has announced the appointment of Pankaj Rai as the Head of Ad Sales for the North and East regions. Rai will be based in Delhi a...

India-focussed Gupshup raises $ 240 mn from Tiger Global

Gupshup, a Silicon Valley messaging startup with a focus on India, has said it raised $240 million from Tiger Global Management and others to buy back shares ahead of a possible IPO next year.

While ven...

Amazon sales growth slows in tame start to new CEO’s tenure

Amazon.com Inc on Thursday said sales growth would slow in the next few quarters as customers venture more outside the home, a tepid start to CEO Andy Jassy's reign after 27 years with Jeff Bezos at the retailer's helm.

Spending growth by Prime members, Amazon.com's most valuable cus...

India’s not telecom duopoly mkt; enough competition: Minister

The Indian government on Thursday indicated that contrary to fears being expressed in certain quarters, there was enough competition in the telecom sector and it was not leading to being a duopoly.

Asked by a fellow parliamentarian whether India was heading for telecom duopoly in the...

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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!