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Colors Tamil to premiere ‘Writer’ this weekend

Colors Tamil, the youngest Tamil GEC has curated an interesting lineup of shows on the occasion of International Workers Day (also known as May Day). The channel will host a ‘Sirappu Pattimandram’ powered by Market of India and Cardia Advanced Nazha Ennai at 09:00 am followed by the World TV premiere o...

Rohit Shetty, Reliance Entertainment to produce biopic on Rakesh Maria

Filmmaker Rohit Shetty and Reliance Entertainment on Saturday announced they are teaming up to produce a biopic on Mumbai’s former Commissioner of Police Rakesh Maria. The upcoming feature film will be based on the experiences of Maria and his career. Shetty said he feels honored to bring the real-life cop’s brave journey to the screen. “R...

Kush Kapoor joins Zee Media Digital as VP

Zee Media Corporation has appointed Kush Kapoor as the new vice president-Zee Media Digital, the news shared by Kush on his LinkedIn account. He will be responsible for handling the business for Zee Media Digital where he will monetize products such as Zee News, Zee Business, India.com, DNA, WION, Boll...

AIR Punjabi trends from Finland to Russian on NewsOnAir

All India Radio’s relevance as the voice of India on global geo-political issues remains prime was evident in latest NewsOnAir rankings.

Data reveals that the Punjabi service of AIR, ‘AIR Punjabi’, is quite popular in Russia, amidst the ongoin...

Bad Bunny to play Marvel hero El Muerto for Sony Pictures

Rapper Bad Bunny has been roped in by Sony Pictures to essay the role of Marvel hero ‘El Muerto’ and will be headlining a standalone movie.

Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Mart Nez Ocasio, will be the first-ever Latino actor to headline a live-action Marvel film...

&TV launches new show

&TV, the Hindi language entertainment, a channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises has launched a Korean mystery thriller titled ‘Achiara Ke Ankahe Rehesya’, a Hindi adaptation of the popular South Korean television series, ‘The Village-Achiara’s Secret’ starting April 28, airing every Monday to Sunday at 5:00 pm. The show will have ...

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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!