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Telco, tech firms push for federal oversight on Net shutdowns

An industry group for tech and telco giants in India has urged the Central or the federal Indian government to control Internet shutdowns in the country to help avoid uncertainties stemming from states giving these orders, according to sources and a letter seen by Reuters.

The govern...

Fourth Dimension to host South India Digital Summit 2022

Fourth Dimension Media Solutions is all set to host its first edition of the ‘South India Digital Summit’ on November 4, 2022, in Coimbatore at The Residency Towers from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. The platform recently hosted the third South India Media Summit in C...

Twitter blames Musk, weak ad mkt for poor quarterly show

Twitter Inc. on Friday blamed its ongoing battle to close its $44-billion acquisition by Elon Musk and a weakening digital advertising market for a surprise fall in quarterly revenue and a net loss.

The results come as Twitter has sued Musk for dr...

SPNI acquires rights for Athletics Championships

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has acquired the media rights for the World Athletics Championships Oregon22, which is scheduled from July 15 – 24, 2022, in Eugene, Oregon, United States. As per the company, this deal will give SPN rights to broadcast the upcoming edition of the World Athletics Championships on its sports channels across Indi...

ABP Live News app leads on Apple TV

India’s fastest-growing digital network, ABP Live is leading the way in Apple TV news app rankings, acquiring space in the Top 20 list. It is far ahead of the competition in the news app market space of Apple TV. It is the sole multi-lingual news app in the Top 20 to deliver content in 8 different languages including - Hindi, English, Marath...

Sony Sports to air India tour of Ireland, England

Sony Sports Network is all set to provide Indian fans with non-stop cricketing action. Starting June 26, 2022, the broadcaster will Live telecast two bilateral series with an India tour of Ireland and an India tour of England in succession. Team India returns to the shores of Ireland for two T20i matches after their last series there in 2018....

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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!