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Dish TV minority shareholders seek EGM, removal of 2 independent directors

A group of minority shareholders of Dish TV has sent a notice to call an Extraordinary General meeting (EGM) of the direct-to-home service provider, raising concerns over corporate governance issues, seeking reconstitution of the board, and removal of two independent directors questioning their independen...

Amazon miniTV unveils ‘Yeh Meri Family’ trailer

Amazon miniTV, Amazon's free video streaming service available on the Amazon shopping app and Fire TV, has released a trailer for the upcoming family drama 'Yeh Meri Family' from TVF. The new season is a trip down memory lane, set in the winters of Lucknow in the 1990s. The story revolves aro...

Google to expand dark web monitoring tool in US

Google has announced that it will extend Dark Web monitoring to all Gmail users in the United States, followed by international markets. Gmail users can now run scans to see if their Gmail address appears on the Dark Web and receive guidance on how to protect themselves. The Dark Web scan feature, which was previously only available to Goo...

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...

Netflix plans to cut $300 mn in spending this year: Report

Streaming giant Netflix is reportedly cutting $300 million from its spending this year, including hiring. According to the IANS report, one of the reasons for the spending cut is that Netflix postponed its plans to crack down on password sharing from the first to the second quarter of this year. This means that the revenue Netflix expected...

India to highlight country’s creative economy at Cannes

Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Dr L.Murugan will lead an Indian Delegation to Cannes International Film Festival this year, which starts later this month.

The Minister will be accompanied on the red carpet by film...

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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!