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Apple Music now available on Google Nest devices

American tech giant Google Monday announced the availability of Apple Music on Nest Devices in India. Apple Music users can search and play songs, albums and playlists by different artists just through voice command, Economic Times reported. Countries such as Australia, Canada, India, S.Korea an...

TRAI advisor Arvind Kumar takes over as DG of STPI

Arvind Kumar, former senior advisor at telecom and broadcast regulator TRAI, has joined as the director-general of the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), the state-owned autonomous organisation said.

Twitter testing full screen, vertical format for ‘Explore’

American micro-blogging and social networking service Twitter is testing a newly redesigned experience for its content discovery tab ‘Explore’ with select users. The platform is testing a Tiktok-like vertical feed in the ‘Explore’ where users will be able to swipe up to see videos, photos and text-...

Discovery acquires assets of ZEDO

American pay television network and flagship channel Discovery on Wednesday announced that it has acquired the assets, technology and intellectual property of ZEDO, an Indian and United Stated-based advertising technology company. “The acqu...

Facebook Messenger head to leave company in 2022

Facebook's parent company Meta has said its Messenger head Stan Chudnovsky, who is also leading the integration of the social media network's messaging apps, will leave the company in 2022. Chudnovsky joined Meta over seven y...

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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!