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Batjuban Nongbet rejoins Voot as VP

Amazon Prime Video's Batjuban Nongbet has rejoined Viacom18-owned Voot as Vice President & Head of Growth & Innovation, Partnerships & Revenue Strategy, Nongbet said in a LinkedIn post. Batjuban's stint at Amazon Prime Video lasted for eight months. He was managing IN Living Room Devices Partnerships for Amazon Prime Video. Pri...

Shooting on ‘Mr and Mrs Mahi’ begins

Filming on cricket drama ‘Mr and Mrs Mahi' has started, production house Dharma Productions announced Monday. The movie reunites ‘Roohi’ (2021) co-stars Rajkummar Rao and Jahnvi Kapoor. "The field is set and team #MrAndMrsMahi is all geared up! Day 1 of the shoot ...

MPL launches gaming studio

Esports platform Mobile Premier League (MPL) has launched a gaming studio called Mayhem Studios to step up the development of AAA mobile games for domestic and global markets. Operating as a subsidiary of MPL, Mayhem Studios aims to harness the strength of India’s talented game developer community and produce high-quality games. The Studio...

‘Koffee With Karan’ to stream on Disney + Hotstar

Hours after announcing that ‘Koffee With Karan’ will not be returning, filmmaker Karan Johar has clarified that his popular talk show “will not be returning on TV,” instead the new season will stream on Disney+ Hotstar. Karan took to his Instagram handle and shared a statement that read, “Koffee with Karan will not be returning … on TV! Becau...

Goafest makes a return; sets ‘The Superpower Within’ as theme

Fifteen years of Goafest is truly a special milestone anniversary. What makes it more special is that after a gap of two years, Goafest returns like never before! The annual celebration that has been a part of our lives for a decade and a half, was on pause like so many other things in life, due to the pandemic. T...

Sony TV begins registration for ‘Shark Tank India’ S2

A perfect pitch is all that it took to get a life-changing deal! Firing up the business growth engine with 85000+ phenomenal entries, the first edition of Shark Tank India successfully paved the way for budding entrepreneurs from all walks of life where the Sharks invested Rs. 42 crores across 67 businesses. After a stupendous success of seas...

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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!