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SonyLIV to discontinue live channels

SonyLIV has announced that it would discontinue live channels from the platforms, a move that has irked premium consumers.

In a notification to subscribers, SonyLIV said, “With effect from August 30, 2023, live TV channels will no longer be avai...

US series ‘Breaking Bad’s Indian version to air on Zee Cafe

Superhit American series ‘Breaking Bad’ will soon be available to Indian audiences in Hindi on Zee Cafe, the TV channel announced yesterday.

The crime drama television series showcases the ...

Alphabet surges amid strong Google search, fends off Bing challenge

In a remarkable rally, Alphabet witnessed a nearly seven percent surge on Wednesday, displaying its resilience in the uncertain advertising market and standing strong against competition from Microsoft's AI-powered search engine, Bing.

With premarket movements point...

AI players launch forum to regulate various models

Prominent players in the AI industry, including OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, and Anthropic, yesterday announced the formation of the Frontier Model Forum. The primary objective of this forum is to regulate the development of large machine learning models, with a ...

MIB cancels registrations of two MSOs for breaching rules

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has cancelled the registration of two MSOs for violation of terms and conditions of certain rules and Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995.

“This Ministry has cancelled registrations of t...

Actor-entrepreneur Alia Bhatt says a ‘story’ vital than money

When it comes to lending support to a business idea, actor-producer Alia Bhatt yesterday said the “story” behind the brand is a motivating factor for her and not money.

The actor was in the capital to attend the launch of Prime Video’s ‘Mission Start Ab’, a business reality ...

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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!