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Viacom18 secures exclusive MotoGP rights for India

MotoGP will be exclusively live-streamed on JioCinema and Sports18 thanks to a new rights contract signed by Viacom18. The Grand Premio de Portugal will kick off the coverage. The network will provide comprehensive live coverage, including practice

‘RRR’ creates history, ‘Naatu Naatu’ wins Best Original Song

Filmmaker SS Rajamouli’s period action blockbuster 'RRR' charted history by becoming the first Indian track to win the Academy Award in the Best Original Song category for “Naatu Naatu”. In the

World Radio Day: Medium’s simplicity & reach still connects

“You had your time, you had the power, you’ve yet to have, your finest hour, radio…” Thirty-nine years after Queen’s cult song ‘Radio Ga Ga’ rocked the airwaves, listeners are agreed the best may still be around the corner for that much loved, so familiar an...

Prasar Bharati, Egypt’s NMA sign TV, radio pact

India and Egypt have signed a memorandum of understanding to facilitate content exchange, capacity building, and co-productions between Indian pubcaster Prasar Bharati and National Media Authority of ...

Spotify plans to lay off employees from workforce

After major tech companies resorted to mass layoffs this season, Spotify is the next in line. According to recent reports, the music and podcast platform may begin laying off employees as soon as this week.

According to a Bloomberg report, Spotify layoffs may affect h...

DD R-Day initiative to make it easy for differently abled persons

The Indian government is making it easy for people with hearing impairment to view and understand important broadcasts as part of an initiative to have closed captioning and sign language interpretations in some broadcasts that are of national importance.

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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!