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MIB advises TV news channels to shun sensationalism

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued an advisory Saturday to all TV channels to desist from sensationalising coverage of events like the Russia-Ukraine war and clashes between two communities in parts of Delhi and also refrain from putting out unconfirmed reports. “It has…been found that in the recent past several Satellite TV ...

News18 Odia launches new campus campaign

News18 Odia, owned by Network18 has introduced a new campaign — Campus Ferilu Aaame (Back to Campus) – which will throw light on how students and teachers are preparing for post-pandemic physical classes. The month-long campaign started on April 9 and will go on till the end of the month. As the students and teachers are all set to reunite...

Netflix mulls ad-supported option, password sharing crackdown

Fazed by subscriber loss of 200,000 and gloomy predictions for the future in short term, Netflix is looking at an ad-supported option for consumers as also a crackdown on rampant password sharing around the globe, which is potential revenue loss for the company. Netflix suffered its first subscriber loss in more than a decade, causing its sha...

Govt to seed 150k FreeDish connections in border areas of J&K

In a move to counter cross border propaganda from neighbours, the Indian government will provide free Doordarshan DTH connections to residents of far flung areas of Jammu and Kashmir, especially in villages in the border areas, according to a senior government official. To achieve the goal of reaching out to people

Meta plans virtual currency, creator coins for its apps

Meta Platforms Inc. is readying plans to introduce virtual tokens and cryptocurrencies to its family of apps to use such virtual tokens for rewarding creators and lending and other financial services.

The move, which is reported to be in its early stages, comes as Meta grows its focus on services centered around...

ABP Asmita’s ‘Hun to Bolish’ celebrates consecutive 365 episodes

India’s fastest-growing Gujarati news channel, ABP Asmita's superhit primetime show ‘Hun to Bolish’ on Tuesday completed its first year. It also marks the show’s consecutive 365 episodes. Hosted by ABP Asmita’s editorial head Ronak Patel, the show features regular episodes on ‘big issues of the day,’ delivering innovative and current

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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!