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SC to hear plea against release of ‘The Kerala Story’ today

The Supreme Court has said that it will hear a petition challenging the Kerala High Court's refusal to stay the release of the film ‘The Kerala Story’, which opened in theatres on May 5. Yesterday, senior advocate Kapil Sibal mentioned the appeal filed by journalist Qurban Ali. The bench, which included Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud...

Govt. makes it mandatory for TV sets to have in-built satellite tuners

The Indian government has notified a new rule that mandates all TV sets being manufactured in the country or being shipped to have in-built digital satellite TV tuners capable of receiving signals from free to air (FTA) broadcasts without the help of a set-top-box.

The notification, ...

Vicky Kaushal, Sara Ali Khan starrer titled ‘Zara Hatke Zara Bachke’

A film starring Vicky Kaushal and Sara Ali Khan is titled ‘Zara Hatke Zara Bachke’, the makers announced yesterday.

The movie, slated to hit the screens on June 2,...

Guest Column: With paid subscription, JioCinema targets premium subs

Jio Cinema goes premium/SV for HBO/Warners Bros content. Killing two birds with one stone- Pure-play AVOD doesn’t seODem sustainable and this move targets premium subscribers who want an ad free experience Jio cinema OTT app has announced an annual subscr...

Lionsgate Play curates content lineup for Mother’s Day

With Mother's Day approaching, what better way to honor these wonderful women in our lives than with a movie night? Whether you're celebrating with friends and family or arranging a special day for the lady in your life,

CCI starts inquiry into Google payments antitrust compliance

According to a regulatory order obtained by Reuters on Friday, India's competition watchdog has launched an investigation into charges that Google's service fee for in-app payments violates an earli...

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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!