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Twitter testing ‘Twitter Circle’ feature

Twitter is testing a new feature called 'Twitter Circle' where users can handpick a smaller crowd of 150 people with whom they want to share their tweets. The new Twitter feature seems to be on a similar line to Instagram's Close Friends feature, which allows selecting the audience for their stories. Announcing...

FB shut down its podcast platform

Social media giant Facebook has planned to shut down its podcast platform less than a year after its launch. According to ANI, the audio podcast platform's closure is confirmed and it is speculated that the closure will altogether close on June 3. The move is part of a broader re-evaluation of Facebook's audio ...

India to position itself as content hub of the world at Cannes

Apart from showcasing R. Madhavan-produced ‘Rocketry’, a biopic on a scientist of Indian space agency ISRO who was falsely accused of espionage, at the 75th edition of Cannes Film Festival and other content-related initiatives, India will pitch itself as the ‘content hub of the world’.

Prasar Bharati Member Finance Negi gets additional charge

Prasar Bharati Member Finance D P S Negi has been given the additional charge of member personnel of the body by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

The Union Information and Broadcasting Minister has given approval for giving additional charge of member personnel, Prasar B...

discovery+ announces content slate for May

discovery+, the non-fiction, real-life subscription streaming service from Warner Bros. Discovery, announced new and original programming that will be available in May. On 'Love in the Jungle', singles are ready to find true love like millions of animal species do, participating in mating rituals pulled right from the animal kingdom....

Meghan Markle’s animated kids series ‘Pearl’ axed by Netflix

Streaming platform Netflix has scrapped kids animated show 'Pearl', to be produced by Meghan Markle and husband Prince Harry's Archewell Productions. According to PTI, the series was axed as one of the platform's strategic decisions surrounding their original animated content. Netlfix and Archewell Productions, however, remain close partne...

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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!