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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki steps down

Neal Mohan has been named the new CEO of YouTube, succeeding Susan Wojcicki, who announced her resignation in February 2014 to "start a new chapter focused on my family, health, and personal projects I'm passionate about." He joined Google after it acquired

OTTplay Premium adds PTC Play

PTC Play, the world's most popular and largest Punjabi TV Network, has joined OTTplay Premium, India's first AI-based OTT recommendation, and content discovery platform. The partnership between OTTplay and PTC Play aims to provide wholesome family entertainment for all ages, including...

‘Seedhi Baat’ returns with Sudhir Chaudhary on Aaj Tak

A new season of Aaj Tak's iconic program 'Seedhi Baat' has begun. Sudhir Chaudhary, India's popular anchor, host, and senior journalist, who currently hosts the number one program at 9 p.m., 'Black and white,' is set to be the anchor for the

‘The Night Manager’ features in John le Carré’s book

The Indian remake of ‘The Night Manager’ is making history. The show, which will premiere on Disney+Hotstar on February 17, is an adaptation of John le Carré's book of the same name, an...

EORTV partners with Goa Pride Festival

EORTV has unveiled its innovative programming lineup, which is centered on Pride festivals around the world. So far, EORTV has broadcast four Pride festivals: Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, and Goa. EORTV has now collaborated with Goa Pride Festival to launch a filmmaking competition, tak...

Trai tells telcos to block telemarketers’ pesky calls, SMS

Concerned about the increasing number of annoying telemarketing calls and text messages, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has directed all telecom service providers on Thursday to reverify registered headers and message temp...

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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!