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DoT returns bank guarantees worth ₹23,000cr to Vi, Airtel

The Department of Telecommunication has returned bank guarantees worth ₹23,000crores to Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel. The move comes as a major relief to debt-laden Vodafone Idea which will get ₹15,000crores back. On Thursday, the DoT submitted an affidavit to the

Asianet announces April content line-up

Asianet, the Indian Malayalam language GEC operated by Asianet Star Communications, is all set to get viewers glued to their seats with a set of blockbuster movies on television, starting April 10, 2022.

The channel will extend its offering with new and exciting additions to its bouq...

Meta halts F8 developer conference

Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, has announced its decision of pausing the F8 developer conference in 2022 as it gears up for new initiatives towards metaverse.

Instead, Meta will organize its inaugural business messaging event called ‘Conversations’, which will be virtually held on May 19, ANI repo...

FreeDish emerges as platform for national outreach: Prasar Bharati

Public and national outreach to the masses across India through television has received a tremendous boost with the DD FreeDish platform. Staying true to its public service mandate, Prasar Bharati’s FreeDish had stood out in serving the people during the pandemic by enabling massive public outreach and dissemination ...

Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy speaks to Arnab Goswami

In a Global Mega Exclusive, Asia’s largest News Network, the Republic Media Network interviewed the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday. Republic’s Editor-in-Chief and Founder Arnab Goswami’s no-holds-barred interview with the world’s biggest newsmaker President Zelenskyy lasted for 60 minutes and was telecast live across bro...

Tencent to shut online gaming biz following Beijing crackdown

Chinese social media and gaming giant Tencent Holdings will shut down its Penguin Esports unit by early-June, it said on Thursday, as it streamlines its businesses following a regulatory crackdown.

The company said on its official WeChat account that the

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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!