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Prime Video unveils trailer of ‘Jack Ryan’ final season

Prime Video released the official trailer for the conspiracy-driven fourth-and-final season of Tom Clancy’s ‘Jack Ryan’. The final mission commences June 30 on Prime Video, with two episodes premiering each Friday, leading up to the epic seri...

Pay DTH subscriber base 67 mn as of Dec. 2022: TRAI report

India’s broadcast and telecom regulator TRAI yesterday said that pay DTH services had a cumulative active subscriber base of around 66.62 million in QE December 31, 2022. This is in addition to the customers of Doordarshan’s free-to-air DTH platform, FreeDish.

“Since the introduction...

India mandates tobacco warnings in OTT platforms’ shows

The Union Health Ministry today notified new rules for anti-tobacco warnings on OTT platforms that if the publisher of online content fails to comply with new rules then the ministry will take strict action. India has become a global leader in spreading awareness around the deadly effects of tobacco consumption after regulating anti-tobacco w...

Zee 24 Ghanta concludes 8th edition of ‘Education Excellence 2023’

Zee 24 Ghanta, one of Zed Media's Bengali news channels, recently completed the eighth edition of Education Excellence 2023.

The public forum, powered by Career Planner, honoured teachers and educational institutions for their efforts in encouraging students to pursue...

Zee Telugu launches new brand identity

With its thought-provoking fiction shows and clutter-breaking non-fiction properties, Zee Telugu has been entertaining audiences across the two states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The channel has inspired change in the lives of many people, and to rekin...

Times Network announces 9th edition of India Eco Conclave

The Times Network has announced the 9th Edition of its annual signature event, the India Economic Conclave (IEC), which will take place on June 1 and 2, 2023 in New Delhi.

The India Economic Conclave, a prestigious global platform, has been instrumental in shaping a national...

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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!