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&PriveHD to premiere ‘Guardians’

&PrivéHD, the premium destination of nuanced cinema is set to entice its audience with the World Television Premiere of the adventure drama movie ‘Guardians’. The film is the true story of an adventurous explorer. The film starring Anton Pampushnyy, Sanjar Madi, Sebastien Sisak, Alina Lanina. ‘Guardians’ focuses on the Cold War, an ...

‘Koffee With Karan’ to stream on Disney + Hotstar

Hours after announcing that ‘Koffee With Karan’ will not be returning, filmmaker Karan Johar has clarified that his popular talk show “will not be returning on TV,” instead the new season will stream on Disney+ Hotstar. Karan took to his Instagram handle and shared a statement that read, “Koffee with Karan will not be returning … on TV! Becau...

Google hires former Indian govt. official as public policy head

Alphabet Inc's Google has hired a new public policy head in India, Archana Gulati, who previously worked at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's federal think-tank and the country's antitrust watchdog, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

A number of Indian government officials have been hired by Big Tech

Musk hints Twitter may charge fee from govt, commercial users

Elon Musk has said Twitter Inc. might charge a "slight" fee for commercial and government users, part of the billionaire entrepreneur's push to grow revenue which has lagged behind larger rivals like Meta Platforms Inc.'s Facebook.

"Twitter will always be free for casual users, but m...

Netflix exclusively adds ‘Relic Hunters: Rebels’ in catalogue

Netflix Inc. is exclusively adding shooter-looter game ‘Relic Hunters: Rebels’, the first mobile game from Brazilian developer Rogue Snail, to its gaming catalogue, the streaming platform has said.

The game involves participants playing as four of the hunters with the aim of...

ABP Majha concludes event ‘Majha Maha Katta’

On April 30, 2022, ABP Majha celebrated the 10th anniversary of its flagship talk programme, ‘Majha Katta’, by hosting a spectacular on-ground conclave called ‘Majha Maha Katta’ at ITC Grand Central in Mumbai. ABP Majha invited 10 prominent figures ...

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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!