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News18 Bihar/Jh, News18 UP/UK launch sawan-related shows

The month of sawan (mid-July to mid-August) marks the start of the monsoon season in India and is devoted to worshipping Lord Shiva. News18 HSM channels will also celebrate this holy month with a special programming lineup ...

Disney+ Hotstar sets premiere date for ‘Ghar Waapsi’

Family drama ‘Ghar Waapsi’ will arrive on Disney+ Hotstar on July 22, the streamer announced on Monday. ‘Ghar Waapsi’ follows Shekhar, played by Vishal Vashishtha, who returns to his hometown Indore after he is fired from his high-paying job in Bengaluru, but keeps it a secret from his family, PTI reported from Mumbai. Disney+ Hotstar shar...

ABP Majha completes 15 years of broadcast

ABP Majha, the Marathi news channel from the house of ABP Network, has completed 15 years. Launched on June 22, 2007 and renamed ABP Majha on June 7, 2012, the channel’s logo was changed in 2020. The channel’s flagship talk show Majha Katta, which started in 2012, recently completed 10 years with a special on-ground conclave – Majha Ma...

Japan to levy fines on tech cos. for failing local laws

The Japanese government is set to levy fines against 48 tech companies including Twitter Inc., Facebook-owner Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc's Google for failing to register their headquarters in the country, Reuters quoted from a Nikkei newspaper report on Monday.

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YouTube shorts now watched by over 1.5 bn users

Google-owned music and video streaming platform YouTube has confirmed that more than 1.5 billion logged-in users are now watching Shorts every month, less than two years after its launch. According to IANS, YouTube also promoted Shorts’ ability to drive viewers to creators’ long-form video channels as a by-product of its investment in Shorts....

Dhanush’s ‘Thiruchitrambalam’ to release in August

Actor Dhanush has announced that his upcoming Tamil-language movie ‘Thiruchitrambalam’ will release in the theatres on August 18. The musical comedy-drama film is written and directed by Mithran Jawahar who previously collaborated with Dhanush for ‘Yaaradi Nee Mohini’, ‘Kutty’, and ‘Uthamaputhiran’. The 38-year-old actor shared the news of...

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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!