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Nancy Meyers to helm new film for Netflix

Filmmaker Nancy Meyers will return to the director's chair with an upcoming movie for streaming service Netflix. The filmmaker, known for giving hit rom-com ‘The Parent Trap’, ‘The Holiday’, ‘Something's Gotta Give’ and ‘Father of the Bride’, will write, direct and produce the feature film, Ne...

&TV launches new show

&TV, the Hindi language entertainment, channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises has launched another season of the popular fantasy-horror show ‘Laal Ishq – Foreign Special’. The new season premiere on April 4th, 2022 and will air every Monday to Sunday at 5:00 pm only on &TV. It will be the first time that a Korean H...

Twitter explores co-author tweet feature

Social media giant Twitter has started testing the ‘co-author’ tweet feature, just as Instagram rolled out in 2021 on its platform. As per ANI, Twitter has confirmed it’s “exploring” a new feature that would allow two accounts to co-author a single tweet. App researcher Alessandro Paluzzi has been posting

Colors Tamil to premiere ‘Vanam’ this weekend

Grab a tub of popcorn and gear up for the roller-coaster ride, as Colors Tamil, the youngest Tamil GEC is all set to bring to you the hit drama movie ‘Vanam,’ at 4:00 pm on Sunday, April 3, 2022. Written and directed by Srikantan Anand under the banner of Golden Star Productions. The stella...

Yahoo elevates John McNerney, Dan Richardson to APAC leadership roles

Yahoo today announced a leadership update, promoting John McNerney to senior director of platforms for APAC and Dan Richardson as Head of Data for APAC. In his previous role, McNerney was director of platforms, Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). As part of the expanded remit, he will oversee the commercia...

YouTube working on dedicated podcast homepage

Google-owned video streaming platform YouTube is currently working to add a dedicated podcasts homepage. As per ANI, YouTube is planning to improve podcast ingestion by piloting the ability to pull in the podcast and the ability to pull in podcast RSS feeds...

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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!