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DD, AIR News score high on consumer trust, authenticity

That India trusts its good old public broadcaster has been corroborated again by a recent report of the Reuters Institute, which revealed the news network of Doordarshan and All India Radio enjoys highest trust, the public broadcaster said Wednesday. “India registered a small increase in news trust, improving its overall position among the 46...

Airtel Xstream to target 20mn paid subs; up regional content game

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has said its video streaming service, Airtel Xstream, has achieved a two million paid subscriber mark, demonstrating a strong pace of growth as an OTT aggregator platform.

Airtel Xstream offers a bouquet of OTT platforms to consumers across mobile and large screen formats.

“We are the fas...

Republic Media raises alarm over fake company SM handles

Arnab Goswami-led Republic Media Network has hit out at social media handles that have been impersonating as the real one and indulging in plagiarism, while warning such deviants of legal actions.

The media company also said that it has flagged such impersonators with social media pl...

Colors to start airing ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi 12’ from July 2

The 12th season of the adventure and stunt-based reality show ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi’ will start airing on Colors channel from July 2. The television channel shared the premiere date of its popular show on Twitter. "Khatron ka vaar hoga iss baar non-stop! Dekhiye #KhatronKeKhiladi, 2nd July se, har Sat au...

Rian Johnson reveals title of ‘Knives Out’ sequel

Filmmaker Rian Johnson has announced that the upcoming ‘Knives Out’ sequel is titled ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ and will be released this holiday season.

The much-anticipated part two of the hit 2019 murder mystery will see Daniel Craig reprise his role as ...

Apple revenue from gaming, music projected to up 36% by ’25

Apple Inc.'s revenue from gaming and music offerings is expected to jump 36 percent to $8.2 billion by 2025, J.P.Morgan has said as the iPhone maker taps its huge user base to drive its subscription services.

The two services are likely to have a combined subscriber base of about 180...

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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!