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Oscars being trimmed; 8 awards to be presented off-air

To combat slumping ratings, the Oscars are undergoing a radical slimming down, with eight awards to be presented off-air during next month’s telecast of the 94th Academy Awards.

In a letter sent Tuesday to members of the

FB Reels goes global with new tools

Meta-owned Facebook has launched its TikTok-rival short-video making app Facebook Reels for iOS and Android to more than 150 countries across the globe. To help creators earn money from Facebook Reels, the compan...

‘Thalaivi’ to have world TV premiere on &pictures

Hindi movie channel &pictures are ready to premiere Thalaivi’ on February 27 at 8:00 pm. Written and directed by A.L. Vijay for the Tamil version, the movie stars Bollywood Queen Kangana Ranaut will be seen portraying the titular role of ...

Amitabh Bachchan turns narrator for ‘Radhe Shyam’

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has turned narrator for the Hindi version of Prabhas's upcoming film ‘Radhe Shyam’, the makers announced on Tuesday. Directed by Radha Krishna Kumar, the multilingual romantic drama is set in Europe in the...

Amazon miniTV to premiere ‘Yatri Kripya Dhyan De’

Streaming platform Amazon miniTV, the ad-supported streaming platform, is set to release its new short film titled ‘Yatri Kripya Dhyan Dein’ featuring Shaheer Sheikh and Shweta Basu Prasad. It will premiere on February 24. Written and directed by Abhinav Singh and

Bhumi Pednekar wraps shoot of ‘Bhakshak’

Bollywood actor Bhumi Pednekar has completed filming for her upcoming movie ‘Bhakshak’, the makers announced Monday. Set in Bihar, ‘Bhakshak’ is inspired by true events and lays bare the ground reality of crimes against women. The film revolves around the journey of an

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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!