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Anuradha Aggarwal joins Amazon Pay as CMO

Anuradha Aggarwal has joined Amazon Pay as director, user growth, and CMO. The former head of the English, Infotainment, and Kids cluster at Disney-Star India announced the news on her LinkedIn account. She left Disney-Star in December 2020 and was working part-time as a strategic business advisor to D2C startups till March 2022. She joine...

Gautam Adani scouting around for media properties

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani is seeking to boost his media investments in an ambitious expansion plan, according to people familiar with the matter, as he diversifies his conglomerate from its shipping and coal-mining roots.

The Adani group is exploring buying stakes in some local...

Jio reports standalone 24% jump in net profit Q4-22

Reliance Jio on Friday posted an about 24 per cent increase in standalone profit after tax to Rs 4,173 crore for the quarter ended March 2022.

The company had registered a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 3,360 crore in the same period a year ago, the company said in a filing, according ...

TRAI maintains stand on satcom issue after DoT queries

Responding to queries raised by the Department of Telecom (DoT), regulator TRAI on Thursday stuck to its recommendations on creating a licensing framework for satellite-based connectivity for low-bit-rate applications like ATMs, internet of things devices, and traffic management.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority...

Gave ‘Anek’ my best shot, says Ayushmann Khurrana

Actor Ayushmann Khurrana says his upcoming political action thriller ‘Anek’ allowed him to play a character that pushed him "physically and mentally".

Set against the geopolitical backdrop of North East India, the film stars Khurrana in the role of an undercover cop named Jo...

‘Akhanda’ to have world TV premiere on Zee Tamil

Zee Tamil from the ZEEL family is ready to premiere ‘Akhanda’ on May 8 at 4:30 pm. Written and directed by Boyapati Srinu, the movie stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Srikanth, and Nitin Mehta. ‘Akhanda’ follows the story of Murali Krishna, a fierce devotee of Lord Shiva, who stands tall against all the evildoers in his city. He is a well-respe...

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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!