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British govt. panned for cutting BBC funding

UK’s Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has confirmed the BBC licence fee is to be frozen at £159 for two years, according to a report by BBC.

Speaking in the House of Commons on Monday, Dorries said the government could "not justify extra pressure on the wallets of hardworking househo...

ABP News unveils ‘Mukhyamantri’ for upcoming State polls

With the assembly elections just weeks away, ABP News launched a marquee election programme, 'Mukhyamantri', for this poll season. As in its previous avatars, the show will once again highlight the life journeys of important political figures.

Times Network announces 7th edition of Digital India Summit

India’s Times Network on Friday announced the 7th edition of Digital India Summit (DIS), envisioned with the purpose to accelerate India’s digital transformation by defining an action plan for progress.

The theme of the latest edition is ‘...

TV9 walks out of NBDA; alleges news body stalling BARC data resumption

Unhappy over the NBDA’s efforts to further delay restoration of audience measurement data for the news genre, TV9 Network has withdrawn from the TV news industry body, arguing the move i...

ABP-CVoter poll predicts likely BJP win in 2 States, AAP leads in Punjab

According to an ABP Network-CVoter survey of the election-bound Indian States, BJP is likely to win in Uttar Pradesh and Goa, while Manipur and Uttarakhand are showing signs of nail-biting contests for power. In Punjab, AAP is predicted to form the government as it's inching close to the majority mark...

Times Now Navbharat launches a new show

Times Now Navbharat, part of one of India’s biggest media houses the Times of India group, is making a big impact in the Hindi News space with its innovative content formats. On Friday the channel announced the launch of i...

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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!