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NFDC, Netflix partners for virtual scriptwriting program

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) on Tuesday announced a virtual training programmer for hundred women scriptwriters in partnership with streaming platform Netflix. With the program, designed for industry professionals, freelance writers, academicians, and final-year students of fil...

Nivedita Basu joins ULLU as head of content strategy & business alliances

Nivedita Basu has joined the homegrown OTT platform ULLU as head of content strategy & business alliances. In her new role, she will entail developing, creating, and producing original content and leading strategic business alliances for the platform. The news was shared on Basu’s LinkedIn profile. She has over two decades of experi...

ICC launches new campaign on women empowerment via cricket

The International Cricket Council (ICC), world governing body of cricket, has continued its commitment to empowering women and girls through cricket by embarking on a new campaign that coincided with International Women's Day on March 8.

The ‘100% Cricket Year of Women’s Cricket’ cam...

Ariel Winter to headline NBC comedy series ‘Hungry’

‘Modern Family’ star Ariel Winter has been tapped to replace singer-actor Demi Lovato as the lead of NBC's comedy series ‘Hungry’.

Lovato, who is executive producing the show along

Kartik Aaryan announces wrap up of ‘Shehzada’

Bollywood actor Kartik Aaryan Monday announced the shooting wrap of his upcoming action film ‘Shehzada’. Backed by Bhushan Kumar, Allu Arvind, and Aman Gill. The team of Rohit Dhawan directorial had earlier finished work on its first schedule last No...

Truecaller launches a new campaign

Swedish mobile phone directory and caller identification service Truecaller has launched a new campaign titled ‘ItsNotOk – CallItOut’. The campaign aims to challenge the current scenario of normalizing harassment and stand in support of women in their hour of need. To aid these efforts Truecaller has recently partnered with Cyber Peace Fou...

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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!