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Riding IPL success, JioCinema to now lure paid subs

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's streaming service will add more than 100 films and TV shows to its platform, building on the popularity of its cricket broadcasts in its attempt to compete in the fast-growing Indian market with global heavywe...

Twitter introduces 10k character long tweets

Before erasing all old Blue tick marks on April 20, Twitter added a feature on Friday that allows paid Blue subscribers to submit up to 10,000 characters. Twitter now allows tweets of up to 10,000 characters in length, "with bold and italic text

‘Stranger Things’ coming to Netflix

An animated series set in the sci-fi world of ‘Stranger Things’ is in development at Netflix, part of the streaming service's efforts to expand the hit series into a wide-ranging franchise.

Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Kennedy’ to have midnight screening at Cannes 2023

‘Kennedy’, directed by Anurag Kashyap, will be shown at the 76th annual Cannes Film Festival, the festival's organizers said on Thursday. The film will be shown in the prestigious film gala's Midnight Scree...

Zee Music renews licensing agreement with YouTube, Meta

Zee Music Company, a division of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL), announced the renewal of its licensing deal with YouTube and Meta, previously known as Facebook, on Friday. According to PTI, the agreement with two of the world's top

Govt. to invest $200 mn in AI, build improved E-Governance apps: Minister

According to Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology (Miety), India would spend $200 million to establish an Artificial Intelligent (AI) ecosystem that will make e-governance platforms more accessible. The

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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!