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Shemaroo appoints Varsha Ojha as marketing head

Shemaroo Entertainment has announced the appointment of Varsha Ojha as Head of Marketing and Communications of the organization, according to an update on her LinkedIn account. As part of her new role, Varsha will lead the end-to-end marketing initiatives as she will be responsible for driving all aspects of brand strategy, digital marketing,...

Disney’s board backs CEO Bob Chapek, extends his contract

The Disney board of directors has unanimously voted to extend Bob Chapek’s contract as CEO for three more years. Chapek, 63, has had a nearly 30-year career at Disney. Chapek became the 7th CEO in Disney’s nearly 100-year history just weeks before the company’s theme parks and the majority of its content production were shut down due to Co...

Katrina Kaif shares logo of ‘Phone Bhoot’

Katrina Kaif is all set to star alongside Siddhant Chaturvedi and Ishaan Khatter in a horror comedy titled ‘Phone Bhoot’. The actress recently took to her social media handle to announce the teaser of the same. Sharing a funny video snippet, she wrote, “Ek Bhayanak comedy incoming. Stay tuned. #PhoneBhoot☎️👻” The video also stated that the re...

ESPL ropes in LOCO as exclusive digital broadcast partners

Esports Premier League (ESPL) has roped in LOCO as its exclusive digital broadcast partner for the second season of the event. As per the partnership, all matches of the second season will be live-streamed exclusively on Loco’s app and website. Loco is a virtual world of gaming communities that provides exclusive space to gaming creators a...

Spotify ‘Community’ feature let users see friends’ real-time activity

Music streaming platform Spotify has confirmed that it is developing a new feature called Community that would allow mobile users to see what sort of music their friends are streaming in real-time. The feature will also allow mobile users to see what playlists their friends have recently updated in a dedicated ...

NCPCR proposes stringent rules to safeguard child artistes’ rights

To protect child artistes in the entertainment industry, the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has come up with draft guidelines stating, amongst other things, that no minor should work for more than 27 consecutive days, 20 percent of the child's income has to be deposited in a fixed depo...

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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!