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Tata Play Binge becomes standalone OTT offering

India’s leading content distribution platform, Tata Play (formerly known as Tata Sky), has announced the expansion of its OTT entertainment app Tata Play Binge, to all smartphone users, with no pre-requisite of needing a DTH subscription. Tata Play Binge...

‘Bimbisara’ starts streaming on Zee5 from Oct 21

ZEE5, India’s largest homegrown OTT platform, announced the world digital premiere of ‘Bimbisara’, on Oct 21, in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam & Hindi. Produced by N.T.R Arts and written and directed by debutant Mallidi Vassishta, the critically acclaimed Telugu film stars Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, Cath...

Mahesh Narayanan’s ‘Ariyippu’ to premiere on Netflix

Film director-editor Mahesh Narayanan’s ‘Ariyippu’, which premiered in the competition section at the 75th edition of the Locarno Film Festival, will have an OTT premiere on Netflix, said the director.

Netflix announces ad-supported tier plan

American subscription-based streaming service Netflix has finally rolled out its new ad-supported tier for just a few bucks a month. According to ANI, this announcement is yet another sign that the one-time disruptive upstart streaming service has slowly beco...

SC questions petition seeking pre-screening of web series

Observing it always felt pre-censorship is impermissible, the Supreme Court on Thursday wondered how there can be a pre-screening committee for web series, films or other programmes, which are directly released on online platforms.

An apex court bench of Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lali...

‘Maja Ma’ rooted in Indian ethos, says Prime Video’s Purohit

Aparna Purohit, head of Originals at Amazon Prime Video, says they zeroed in on ‘Maja Ma’as their first India original movie as the story has the power to “connect, inspire and entertain” the audiences.

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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!