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Nancy Meyers to helm new film for Netflix

Filmmaker Nancy Meyers will return to the director's chair with an upcoming movie for streaming service Netflix. The filmmaker, known for giving hit rom-com ‘The Parent Trap’, ‘The Holiday’, ‘Something's Gotta Give’ and ‘Father of the Bride’, will write, direct and produce the feature film, Ne...

Amazon adds NammaFlix to Prime Video channels

Amazon Prime Video is bringing the best of Kannada content to its viewers with NammaFlix, India’s first and exclusive Kannada video streaming service. Over the past year, Prime Video channels have expanded the selection of channels rapidly to offer c...

ZEEL appoints Rahul Madanan as director of marketing

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited, ZEEL has roped in Rahul Madanan as director of marketing, according to his LinkedIn post. In his new role, he will be based out of Kerala and oversee brand strategy, management, and show launch marketing for the Malayalam TV business – Zee Keralam, across ATL/BTL/...

ABP Asmita’s ‘Hun to Bolish’ celebrates consecutive 365 episodes

India’s fastest-growing Gujarati news channel, ABP Asmita's superhit primetime show ‘Hun to Bolish’ on Tuesday completed its first year. It also marks the show’s consecutive 365 episodes. Hosted by ABP Asmita’s editorial head Ronak Patel, the show features regular episodes on ‘big issues of the day,’ delivering innovative and current

Amazon secures 83 launches over 5 years for b’band services

Amazon.com Inc. has secured 83 rocket launches over five years to put together a satellite constellation, called Project Kuiper, to beam broadband internet, the e-commerce giant said on Tuesday, as it looks to take on Elon Musk-owned SpaceX's Starlink. The deals were inked with Europe's Arianespace, Jeff

WhatsApp rolls out new chat feature

Popular instant messaging platform WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature providing multiple options to interact with an unsaved number in a chat.

The latest WhatsApp beta update for Android (v2.22.8.11) shows a new pop-up menu when a user taps an unsaved number in a chat.

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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!