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Pradeep Hejmadi joins SET as Head-Business Operations

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has appointed Pradeep Hejmadi as Head-Business Operations for Sony Entertainment Television (SET). He will report to Danish Khan, EVP & Business Head – SET, Sony LIV, and StudioNext. The company has also roped in Rakesh Chakraborty as Head of Fiction Programming, Strategy, & Insights for SET. ...

India aims to roll out 6G telecom network by decade end: PM Modi

India is targeting the rollout of 6G telecom network, which will provide ultra-high speed internet connectivity, by the end of the decade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. India currently has 3G and 4G telecom networks and companies are gearing up to launch 5G over the next few months. Speaking at ...

Twitter, Musk in war of words over bots after temp deal pause

The twists and turns in the Twitter-Elon Musk saga continues.

Elon Musk on Saturday tweeted that Twitter Inc.'s legal team accused him of violating a nondisclosure agreement (NDA) by revealing that the sample size for the social media platform's checks on automated users was 100.

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TRAI to organise global regulators’ roundtable on May 18

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, which will mark its silver jubilee with an event early next week to be attended by PM Modi, is organising an International Regulators Roundtable with the underlying theme being collaborative regulations.

The roundtable will cover the use of ...

Urban tele subscriptions dip; rural subs up in March ’22: Trai data

India’s total broadband subscribers inched up from 783.37 million at the end of February-22 to 788.30 million at the end of March-22 with a monthly growth rate of 0.63 percent, according to data oput out by telecom and broadcast regulator TRAI on Thursday.

As on March 31, 2022, the ...

India, Madagascar sign pact to explore TV co-productions

India and Madagascar have signed a memorandum of understanding in Antananarivo between the public broadcaster of the two countries to explore the co-production of programmes, and training and exchange of personnel. The pact mandates collaboration between India’s Prasar Bharati and Madagascar’s ORTM (Office de la R...

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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!