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Star TV elevates Bindu Nair as SVP, Marketing

Disney-owned Star TV Network has elevated Bindu Nair as senior vice president (SVP) – Marketing, Nair said in her LinkedIn post. Nair has been with Star TV for the last 2 years, beginning March 2019 as vice president (VP)- marketing. ...

BARC Rating 44th Week: Sun TV regains first spot in all genres

Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) 44th Week (30th October – 5th November 2021) has released its report. In India, Sun TV has regained the first spot in the top 10 channels across genres (All India 2+) replacing Star Plus which wa...

Netflix drops the teaser of ‘Aranyak’

The OTT streaming platform, Netflix, released the teaser of Raveena Tandon starrer ‘Aranyak’. Directed by Vinay Waikul, and written by Charudutt Acharya. In the show, Raveena portrays the role of a Pahadi cop. Netflix drops the ...

Nushratt Bharuccha’s ‘Chhorii’ to release on Nov. 26

Bollywood actor Nushratt Bharuccha starrer horror movie ‘Chhorii’ is set to premiere on Amazon Prime Video on November 26, the streamer announced on Tuesday. Directed by Vishal Furia, the film revolves around Sakshi, played by Bha...

Netflix testing new ‘Kids Clip’ feature

Streaming giant, Netflix is working on a new feature ‘Kids Clip’ which is similar to TikTok or Instagram Reels. It is an attempt to surface child-friendly

Taapsee Pannu wraps shoot of ‘Shaabash Mithu’

Actor Taapsee Pannu on Tuesday said she has finished filming for her upcoming movie ‘Shabaash Mithu’, the biopic of Indian cricketer Mithali Raj. In the film, the ‘Haseen Dilruba’ star portrays the role of the Indian women's cricket team captain. The 34-year-old actor took to I...

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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!