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Hathway names Panesar strategic initiatives head

The Indian cable television service Hathway Digital has announced the appointment of Tavinderjit Panesar as head of strategic initiatives and broadcast partnerships. The news was shared by Tavinderjit on his LinkedIn account. Panesar will be responsible for content buying and placement strategy,...

‘Dasvi’ to release on Jio cinema, Netflix in April

Social-comedy ‘Dasvi’ is headed for a digital release on Netflix and Jio Cinema on April 7, the makers announced Monday. Directed by newcomer Tushar Jalota, the film stars Abhishek Bachchan, Nimrat Kaur and Yami Gautam, among others. The streamers shared the release date of the movie on...

Instagram Live adds moderation tools

Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram has enabled Live creators to add moderators to their streams. The feature can weed out potentially unwanted interactions. According to Instagram, the moderators can report comments, remov...

Discovery shareholders approve WarnerMedia acquisition

Discovery Inc. stockholders have approved various matters relating to the acquisition of WarnerMedia from AT&T to create Warner Bros., Discovery Inc. --- a premier, global entertainment company. The transaction will bring together WarnerMedia’s premium entertainment, sports and news assets with Discovery’s leadin...

Bridging urban-rural b’band gap needs multiple solutions: SIA India

A satcom industry body in India has urged the policymakers to acknowledge that no one solution can be the panacea to bridge the broadband connectivity gap in the country, adding that rural and urban solutions would require different approaches, including spectrum usage.

“It is of utm...

YuppTV Scope partners with aha

OTT aggregator YuppTV Scope has announced its partnership with Telugu OTT platform aha. The strategic alliance will enable YuppTV Scope users to access the entire video content library of aha as a part of YuppTV Scope’s extensive content catalog. Through this partnership, aha can further extend ...

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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!