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TEC releases draft generic requirements for DPO bandpass filters

Things are getting into overdrive as the actual 5G auction time draws near, which would pave the way for the final rollout of the services in the country by various telcos.

After the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) recently issued an advisory to the distribution platfo...

Snehil Dixit Mehra joins ALT Balaji as head of content, digital media

Snehil Dixit Mehra has joined ALT Digital Media Entertainment Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Balaji Telefilms Ltd. as the head of content and digital media. Earlier Mehra worked with filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali as associate director. In her new role, Me...

Durga Raghunath joins Google India as news partnerships head

Veteran digital news media executive Durga Raghunath has joined Google as Head, News Partnerships, India, according to her LinkedIn profile. She joins the tech giant from Times Internet where she was the Digital Head, Times of India, Mirror Brands (Mumbai Mirror, Pune Mirror, Bangalore Mirror, and Ahmedabad Mirror) and Newspoint, Gadget Now, ...

Dish TV names former CEO Venkateish as independent director

DTH service provider Dish TV has announced the appointment of its former chief executive officer R C Venkateish as a non-executive independent director.

The board of the company, in a meeting held on Wednesday, ''approved the appointment of Rajagopal Chakravarthi Venkateish as non-ex...

Vedanta to finalise $20 bn chip-making location in India by June

Vedanta will finalize a location for its $20 billion semiconductor and display plants in India by mid-June and will have the first chip product ready in two years, its Chairman Anil Agarwal has said.

The oil-to-metals conglomerate Vedanta said in February it will diversify into chip ...

Fourth Dimension’s ‘South India Media Summit 2022’to be held in Chennai

Following the success of the first and second editions of the South India Media Summit – in 2018 and 2019, the Fourth Dimension Media is all set to roll out the third edition of the South India Media Summit. This year’s ‘South India Media Summit – 2022’ is scheduled to take place on July 27 in Chennai at Taj Coromandel from 10 am. This year’s...

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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!