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Starlink service gets 5 lakh preorders; India says reviewing promos

SpaceX has received more than 500,000 preorders for its Starlink satellite Internet service and anticipates no technical problems meeting the demand, founder Elon Musk said earlier this week.

“Only limitation is high density of users in urban areas,” Musk tweeted, responding to a pos...

Playbox TV appoints Samson Jesudas as New Director & Business Head

The Integrated Internet Media Distribution Company PlayboxTV has appointed Samson Jesudas as the new director & Business heartfelt. Apart from the new role, he will continue to oversee the ISP business. Samson will be responsible for building nationwide

Editor Ajay Sharma passes away due to COVID

Bollywood film editor Ajay Sharma passed away due to Coronavirus complications on Tuesday night. He was in his late 30s. Ajay's family sources confirmed the news. “He passed away at Rajeev Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi at night so...

Star India collateral of Rs.50 crore to India’s Covid fight

Star India has pledged financial support of Rs 50 crore for India's ongoing COVID-19 relief efforts. The announcement was made through Star India's Twitter handle today itself. The proceeds will be utilized to aid relief efforts and towards the procurement of critical healthcare equipment, includin...

Foreign players seek way out of India after IPL suspension

Even as broadcast rights holder Star India supported Indian cricket board’s decision to suspend the 14^thedition of Indian Premier League (IPL) on Tuesday owing to virus scare, several top international cricketers are scrambling to return home, which is unlikely to be a smooth passage out of India for many ...

India projected to add 21 mn pay TV subs by 2026

The Global Pay TV Subscriber Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research predicts 15 million additional pay TV subscribers between 2020 and 2026, which would take the global total to 1.02 billion.

Between 2020 and 2026, 92 countries will add pay TV subscribers and 46 count...

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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!