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aha to invest Rs 1000 crore over next 3 years

aha's promoter, Allu Aravind, and promoter and CEO Ajit Thakur announced their expansion plans for the next three years at a media round table in Mumbai today, where they committed to investing over Rs 1000 crores in consolidating their current languages and

Disney+Hotstar to stream ‘Malikappuram’ Feb 15

The film 'Malikappuram' will be available for streaming on Disney+Hotstar on February 15.

The plot revolves around the journey of an eight-year-old girl to Sabarimala. The film, directed by debutant Vishnu Sasi Sankar, gives the

Meta CBO Levine to depart after 13-year stint

Meta Platforms said yesterday Chief Business Officer Marne Levine was leaving the owner of Facebook after a 13-year stint.

Fifty-two-year-old Levine, appointed as the company's ...

Vipul Manchanda appointed VP of Network18 Digital

Vipul Manchanda has been appointed Vice President, Digital for Network18. He will be in charge of generating revenue for the network's digital platforms. Manchanda announced his new job through a LinkedIn post. He specializes in

WPL auction heralds new dawn for millionaire women cricketers

India women’s cricket team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana becoming ecstatic after being picked by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 3.4 crore ($4,10,000) during the Women’s Premier League (WPL) auction ye...

Efforts afoot for in-built TV sat tuners to ease access to FreeDish: Thakur

Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur yesterday said efforts are afoot to have a built-in satellite tuner in television sets to offer access to over 200 channels, a move that could make set-top boxes redundant.

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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!