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Airtel, Hughes partners to provide satellite b’band services

Bharti Airtel (Airtel), India’s premier communications solutions provider, and Hughes Communications India (HCIPL), a majority-owned subsidiary of Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes), on Wednesday said they have formed a joint venture to provide s...

TRAI asks TN cable body to withdraw legal notice on tariff

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Tuesday asked the Tamil Nadu Digital Cable TV Operators Association to withdraw the legal notice against the implementation of the new tariff framework and deferment of revised charges by Star India. In a letter to the legal counsel for the Tamil Nadu...

UPI AUTOPAY feature goes live on SonyLiv

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has announced that UPI AUTOPAY is now live on the streaming platform SonyLIV. Millions of SonyLIV customers can now set standing instructions for their recurring subscription payments using UPI AUTOPAY and enjoy a ha...

Sriram BR joins TV9 Kannada

Sriram BR has joined the regional news channel TV9 Kannada as senior brand marketing manager. The news was shared by Sriram on his LinkedIn account. He will be responsible for the marketing team of TV9 Kannada where he has to develop the marketing campaigns, with the strategic partnerships of some o...

Vivek Srivastava quits Times Network

Times Network, President - Strategy & Operations, Digital & Broadcast Vivek Srivastava steps down from his post after a seven-year stint. Srivastava is all set to join Amazon Prime Video. In Times Network, he was leading the digital ope...

CCI orders probe against Apple for ‘unfair practices’

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Friday ordered a detailed probe against technology major Apple for alleged unfair business practices concerning its App Store. It was alleged that Apple uses anti-competitive restraints and abuse of dominant practices...

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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!