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Airtel to buy 4.7% stake from Vodafone in Indus Towers

Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel Ltd. said on Friday it would buy a 4.7 percent stake in cell tower firm Indus Towers Ltd from Vodafone Group Plc. The British telecoms group said earlier this week it was looking to sell its entire 28.1 percent stake in Indus Towers, India's largest cell tower company, Reuters r...

Mirchi announces new show ‘Shape of You’

Mirchi, India's no. 1 city-centric music and entertainment company, announced its brand-new show ‘Shape of You’ hosted by Bollywood actress and fitness enthusiast Shilpa Shetty, presented by Pintola Peanut Butter and co-powered by Sofit. This first-of-its-kind talk show on celebrity fitness journeys will be available on Mirchi’s YouTube chann...

Netflix is testing ‘Fast Laughs’ on TV app

Streaming giant Netflix is testing 'Fast Laughs', a curated stream of comedy clips, on its TV app.

According to ANI, the feature lets one sift through a collection of short videos from shows and movies on Netflix, each lasting 30 seconds or more, to discover new content or help decide what to watch. Once a co...

Google planning to shut Chrome ‘Lite Mode’ on Android

Google is planning to do away with the Lite Mode feature for Chrome on Android with the release of Chrome M100 to the stable channel in March. The Lite Mode, previously known as the data saver mode, was first introduced in 2014 to help u...

Colors launches new show ‘Swaran Ghar’

The Indian pay television GEC channel Colors TV is all set to launch its new family drama show, ‘Swaran Ghar’.

Set in Chandigarh, it chronicles the life of a middle-aged woman Swaran (played by Sangita Ghosh), and her husband Kanwaljeet (played by Ronit Bose Roy) whose lives...

SIA-India seeks uniformity in permissions given by MIB, DoS, DoT

The Satcom Industry Association (SIA) India, while highlighting the various cumbersome processes related to satellite spectrum usage in the country, has suggested various government agencies should be on the same page while issuing permissions for satellites and transponders through better interdepartmental coordinat...

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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!