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Kangana confirms ‘Emergency’ has received CBFC certificate

Actor-BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Thursday said the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has issued a certificate to ‘Emergency’, weeks after she had to postpone the release of the political drama.

ZEE5 focuses on expansion to drive growth, reduce losses

ZEE5, the streaming platform from Zee Entertainment, is doubling down on family-friendly content, advanced technology, and cost-efficiency to fuel its growth while minimising losses, according to Chief Business Officer Manish Kalra. This approach has allowed the platform to increase both advertising and subscription ...

Viacom18’s Mansi Shah joins Way2News

Way2News, India’s leading hyperlocal news platform, has appointed Mansi Shah as Region Head-West, marking a significant step in the company's expansion into western market of the country.. With over 18 years of experience in media and advertising sales,

Spotify expands its music feature

Spotify has recently expanded its music video feature, now testing it with more Premium subscribers. Originally launched in March, this innovative video experiment was first rolled out in 11 countries, including the UK, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Brazil, Colombia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Egypt, and Kenya. Following p...

SPNI announces leadership changes in kids, animation portfolio

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has announced a significant leadership transition within its Kids and Animation portfolio. Leena Lele Dutta, who has led the portfolio since the launch of the kids' linear channel Sony YAY! in 2017, will step down as Business Head toward the end of this fiscal year. According to SPNI, Sony YAY! has become a...

Meta lays off employees at WhatsApp, Instagram: Verge

Meta is laying off employees across units including Instagram, WhatsApp and Reality Labs, the Verge reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. A Meta spokesperson told Reuters in a statement that a few of its teams were making changes to alig...

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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!