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MX VDesi brings new K-Drama in August

Leading super app for entertainment, MX Player's new category - MX VDesi which hosts India’s largest catalog of dubbed shows in local Indian languages - Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu, has announced new shows every Wednesday – depicting varied emotions from varied regions across the globe. Kick-starting the binge-fest with a blockbuster 16-episode ...

HBO Max, discovery+ to merge; WBD mulls ad-supported service

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. has laid out a new strategy that will merge the HBO Max streaming service with Discovery+ while vowing to take aim at Marvel's ‘Captain America’and ‘Iron Man’.

The move will combine WarnerMedia's dramas, comedies and movies with Discovery...

Director duo Raj & DK sign multi-year deal with Netflix

Director duo Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK have joined hands with Netflix for a multi-year creative partnership, the streamer announced Thursday.

Under their D2R Films banner, ‘The Family Man’ directors will develop and produce their upcoming projects for the streaming giant.<...

AP govt to launch own TV news channel

The Andhra Pradesh government will soon launch a Telugu television news channel of its own to highlight Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy-led government’s initiatives, ahead of the next general election due early 2024. The AP State FiberNet Limited (APSFL), a state government entity, will launch the channel under the brand name AP Fiber New...

Voot premieres ‘Bigg Boss OTT Kannada’ on August 6

Viacom18’s video-on-demand streaming platform Voot is all set to air the first season of the digital exclusive edition of 'Bigg Boss OTT' Kannada' from August 6.

Following the overwhelming success of its reality show 'Bigg Boss OTT' Hindi last year, which proved to ...

Zee5 to premiere ‘Rashtra Kavach Om’

Zee5, India and Bharat’s largest home-grown video streaming platform and multilingual storyteller, has announced the digital premiere league of the action-packed patriotic movie ‘Rashtra Kavach Om’ on August 11. Starring Aditya Roy Kapur, Sanjana Sanghi, and Jackie Shroff. The movie revolves around an important mission of getting the ‘Rash...

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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!