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BBC News appoints former NBC news executive Deborah Turness as CEO

British broadcasting company BBC News on Thursday has appointed ex-NBC news executive Deborah Turness as the CEO of BBC News and Current Affairs. She will join the BBC from ITN, where she served as CEO. At the BBC, Turness is the first executive to have a ‘...

Lionsgate Play to premiere ‘Black Mafia Family’

Lionsgate Play, a premium streaming platform from Starz Global, is all set to premiere the crime thriller series 'Black Mafia Family' (BMF). The American series will be premiering on January 7, 2022. The American crime drama series directed by Randy Huggins, starring Russell Hornsby, Demetrius...

Reliance Jio, gaming co. Zupee partner for to get games

Telecom company Reliance Jio has on Wednesday announced the strategic partnership with Zupee, a skill-based gaming company, to integrate the latter’s apps into Jio Platforms. This comes soon after Zupee raised $102 million in a Series B funding round from Nepean Capital, WestCap Group, Tomales Bay Capi...

Prabhas starrer ‘Radhe Shyam’ postponed due to COVID

The release of Prabhas and Pooja Hegde-starrer romantic drama ‘Radhe Shyam’ has been pushed indefinitely, days before its scheduled arrival on January 14, due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation in the country, the makers announced on Wednesday. There wer...

TRAI asks TN cable body to withdraw legal notice on tariff

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Tuesday asked the Tamil Nadu Digital Cable TV Operators Association to withdraw the legal notice against the implementation of the new tariff framework and deferment of revised charges by Star India. In a letter to the legal counsel for the Tamil Nadu...

Zee Theatre set to release two classic plays

On the occasion of the birth anniversary of noted playwright Vijay Tendulkar, Zee Theatre is set to release two of his popular plays ‘Khamosh Adaalat Jari hai’ and ‘Sakharam B’ on Airtel Spotlight on January 6, at 2 pm and 6 pm. Sakharam B: Vijay Tendulkar’s one...

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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!