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Twitter rolls out timeline switch feature

Micro-blogging site Twitter is rolling out the option to switch between two timelines ‘Home’ and ‘Latest’ to all users on iOS. “The Home and Latest timelines are now just a swipe away for everyone on iOS, and soon on Android and web,” Twitter wrote on its of...

Viacom18 announces new content line-up

Catering to India’s dynamic young audience, Viacom18’s Youth, Music, and English Entertainment (YME) cluster comprising MTV, MTV Beats, Comedy Central, Colors Infinity, and Vh1 has been on a steady growth path. Entertaining its audience with engaging programming and exciting innovations throughout the year, Viacom18’s Youth Music and English ...

BARC Rating 9th Week: Sun TV maintains lead position in all genres

Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) 9th Week (26th February – 4th March 2022) has released its report. In India, Tamil GEC Sun TV was the most viewed channel in the ninth week of March, the channel garnered 2543.24 impressions. Star Maa has bagged the second position with 2464.32 impressions and Star Utsav has taken the third pos...

Nivedita Basu joins ULLU as head of content strategy & business alliances

Nivedita Basu has joined the homegrown OTT platform ULLU as head of content strategy & business alliances. In her new role, she will entail developing, creating, and producing original content and leading strategic business alliances for the platform. The news was shared on Basu’s LinkedIn profile. She has over two decades of experi...

Google testing dark mode for android app

Tech giant Google is testing a darker dark mode for its Android search app. The new shade still is not the same as the one presented in Google's test of a pitch-black dark mode on desktops last month, ANI reported from Washington. Rather, the one spot in the mobile app is

Google rolls out pitch-black dark mode

American tech giant Google is rolling out a new pitch-black dark mode feature. The previous dark mode was a grey that was soothing on the eyes, but Google switched to a true black that should pop on OLED and AMOLED displays, ANI reported fro...

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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!