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Apple continues to work on the classical music app

According to hidden code discovered in iOS 16.3, which was scheduled to be released last year, Apple is reportedly working on a standalone classical music application. According to IANS, the hidden code change was discovered by the Twitter account @iSWUpdate. The iOS 16.3 software update is in t...

Vh1 Supersonic 2023 announces its starry line up

After a two-year hiatus, one of India's largest multi-genre music and lifestyle festivals returns with a slew of pop culture-defining experiences! Anne-Marie and CKay are among the international musical sensations performing in India for the first time! The global artists and headliners will be joi...

SC refuses suspension of CCI penalty order on Android

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain the plea of US tech giant Google against an order of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) refusing an interim stay on the competition regulator imposing a Rs 1,337 crore penalty on it.

Twitter Blue priced at $11 for Android, iOS users

Twitter Inc has said it would price Twitter Blue subscription for Android at $11 per month, the same as for iOS subscribers, while offering a cheaper annual plan for web users when compared to monthly ch...

TRAI directs DPOs to file TV channel rates as per 2022 tariff rules

Even as a case filed by MSOs and a section of cable ops against TRAI’s tariff regime is pending final hearing in February in a court, the broadcast regulator on Thursday directed the distribution platforms to file their declared tariff as per mandated guidelines o...

COLORS announces new fiction show ‘Agnisakshi…’

Marriage is the union of two souls who make a lifelong commitment to love, support, and cherish each other. What happens if this commitment is broken on the first day of marriage? ‘Agnisakshi... Ek Samjhauta’, COLORS' new fiction drama, follows the lives ...

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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!