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aha to premiere ‘Anya’s Tutorial’

aha, one of India’s leading regional OTT platforms has launched the teaser of aha’s bi-lingual horror series titled ‘Anya’s Tutorial’ on Friday by Pan India Superstar Prabhas. Starring Regina Cassandra and Nivedhithaa Satish in the lead roles and produced by ‘Arka Media’ – makers of Baahubali. aha is all set to premiere t...

‘Broken News’, focussing on Indian TV news, streams on ZEE5

Streaming platform ZEE5, announced the original drama series ‘The Broken News’, starring Sonali Bendre, Jaideep Ahlawat, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Indraneil Sengupta, Taaruk Raina, Aakash Khurana, Kiran Kumar and others. The show is released exclusively on ZEE5 in multiple languages, including Hindi, Tamil, Telu...

Carol Burnett joins period comedy ‘Mrs. American Pie’

Hollywood veteran Carol Burnett is the latest addition to the cast of ‘Mrs. American Pie’, a period comedy from Apple TV+.

Burnett joins a star-studded cast that includes Kristin Wiig as the series lead, along with Allison Janney, Leslie Bibb, Josh Lucas, and Ricky Martin.<...

‘Bob Biswas’ to have world TV premiere on &pictures

Abhishek Bachchan-starrer ‘Bob Biswas’ is set to premiere on &pictures on June 11, at 10:00 PM. Set as a contract killer, ‘Bob Biswas' stars Abhishek Bachchan and Chitrangada Singh in the lead role. The film is produced by Gauri Khan, Sujoy Ghosh, and Gaurav Verma. ‘Bob Biswas’...

Dipika Kaura joins Network18 as editor

Seasoned media professional Dipika Kaura has joined Network18 Group as editor, standards & practices. Kaura has worked with the network earlier as well in several different capacities. She was executive editor and head of the desk at CNN-News18 before she left the group in 2020. She was also ...

DTH Asscn. bats for uniform price regulations to remove disparity

Giving a call for economic regulations for all or none, India’s DTH Association has asked for leveling of the playing fields vis-à-vis other content distribution platforms as, unlike others, the direct-to-home companies also pay a 8 percent annual licence fee on their adjusted gross revenue.

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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!