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Govt. proposes 200 educational TV channels

India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Tuesday that the government will expand the PM e-Vidya programme of 'One Class, One TV programme' from 12 to 200 TV channels to impart supplementary teaching and b...

TV9 Bharatvarsh hosts political summit ‘Satta Sammelan’

TV9 Bharatvarsh, a Hindi news channel from TV9 Network, held the latest edition of its successful political summit series ‘Satta Sammelan-Uttar Pradesh’ in Lucknow.

The Summit, held on Janu...

Netflix, Mattel collaborate on ‘Masters of the Universe’

Mattel Inc. and Netflix are developing ‘Masters of the Universe’, a franchise created by the toymaker in the 1980s, into a live-action motion picture with production slated to start in summer 2022.

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Sony Pictures Networks launches ad-supported Sony KAL in US

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI), in association with Sony Pictures Television (SPT), has announced that it has launched Sony KAL Hindi, its first free, ad-supported streaming television channel in the US.

SPNI's new general entertainment destination, featuring celebrated and awar...

Chad Matthews named president of ABC-owned TV stations

ABC Owned Television Stations has announced the appointment of Chad Matthews as its new president, effective immediately. He takes over the position vacated by Wendy McMahon, who exited the company last year. Debra OConnell, who is president o...

WhatsApp introduces new chat control feature

Facebook-owned popular instant messaging platform WhatsApp has introduced a new feature and updates to enhance the user experience. The company is said to be working on a new chat feature for group admins. As per ANI, the company is pla...

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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!