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Kangana, comedian Munawar Faruqui speak on child abuse in ‘Lock Upp’

Shining a spotlight on child abuse and sexual assault, actor Kangana Ranaut recounted her experience when she was "inappropriately touched" in her childhood years by a youth in her hometown in Himachal Pradesh. The actor talked about the incident on the reality show ‘Lock Upp’, on which she serves as a host, after contestant and comic Munawar...

MIB blocks 16 India, Pak-based YouTube channels for spreading fake news

The Centre on Monday blocked 16 YouTube channels, including six operating from Pakistan, and a Facebook account for spreading disinformation related to India's national security, foreign relations and public order, according to an official statement. The blocked YouTube channels and the Facebook account had a cumulative viewership of over 68 ...

Shilpa Shetty joins Rohit Shetty’s high octane series

Actor Shilpa Shetty has joined filmmaker Rohit Shetty's high octane OTT debut series 'Indian Police Force'. Rohit Shetty and Prime Video have come together to create India's Biggest Action series titled 'Indian Police Force.' The series has now added Shilpa Shetty to play a cop in the show that will also feature Sidharth Malhotra in the le...

Mobile phone primary mode for consuming digital services: IT Minister

People at the bottom of the pyramid should be at the core of digitisation, Minister of Communications, and Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said, adding efforts are on to augment manufacturing of electronics and spread digitisation in the country. Addressing a session on "Leverage Digital Platforms to Build a Future-Rea...

Big Tech will have to tackle illegal content or face hefty EU fine

Alphabet unit Google, Meta and other large online platforms will have to do more to tackle illegal content or risk hefty fines under new Internet rules agreed between European Union countries and EU lawmakers on Saturday. The agreement came after more than 16 hours of negotiations. The Digital Services Act (DSA) is the second prong of EU anti...

POGO announces new show ‘The Pandavas’

Kids entertainment channel Pogo has planned plenty of fun-tainment with its Fun-tastic Summer campaign from April 25 till June 3. To kick off the holiday season, POGO is launching the thrilling adventures of five brothers ‘The Pandavas’ on April 23 with new episodes every weekend at 12:30 pm. The action-packed series, developed in collabo...

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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!