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Meta India elevates Arun Srinivas as director & head of ads business

Meta India has elevated Arun Srinivas as the director and head of the ads business. Prior to this role, he was the director and head, of the global business group at Meta. In his new role, he will be responsible for over...

Google returns to face recognition for Pixel phones

Facial recognition returned to the latest Google Pixel phones after a short hiatus due to challenges on cost and performance, according to three former employees at the Alphabet Inc unit knowledgeable about the efforts.

ABP Ananda brings Durga Puja festivities with marquee properties

ABP Ananda, Bengal’s leading news channel, is back with its three iconic properties —- ‘Sharad Ananda’, ‘Paarae Paarae Serar Lodai’, and ‘Surakshar Puraskar’. This time they have more thrilling new content, and a slew of partners to mark the Durga Puja festivities. The ‘Sharad Ananda’ programming has already begun and promises to provide a di...

Global OTT market to generate $438 bn revenues by ’26: Report

A new report published by Research Dive, said the global OTT market is envisioned to generate a revenue of $438.5 billion by 2026, growing at a noteworthy CAGR of 19.1 percent during the forecast period from 2019 to 2026.

The comprehensive report provides a brief overview of the curr...

DoT initiates move to auction backhaul spectrum

After the successful auction of the 5G spectrum, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has initiated moves to auction the backhaul spectrum. DoT has asked the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to provide recommendations for the auction of the E-band and V-band spectrum, which is utilized for backhaul purposes. DoT was delib...

DD shows popular; AIR FM bests many pvt. stations: Minister

Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said on Thursday that pubcasters Doordarshan and All India Radio were faring well vis-à-vis competition from private sector broadcasting, with AIR’s FM channels having larger listenership compared to private sector FM stations.

“Pra...

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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!