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Media QuickView: B’casters revised RIOs to have positive revenue impact

Karan Taurani @Elara Capital Most large broadcasters, except Disney and TV18, have submitted their RIO and bouquet package prices. As per our checks, the prices of bouquets been revised upwards by 10 percent on an average (slightly ahead of our estimates of 8 percent price hike). This hike is bound to have a...

Zoya Akhtar’s wraps up ‘The Archies’

The production of Zoya Akhtar's live-action musical film 'The Archies' was completed on Monday. The Netflix film is an Indian adaptation of the popular American comic Archies Comics, which is set in the 1960s. ...

MX Player to stream ‘Sales Man of the Year’

Salesman of the Year', a slice-of-life miniseries headlined by Hussain Dalal, will arrive on MX Player on December 21. The five-episode show, created by MX Studios, revolves around Hyderabad-based salesman Karthik...

Spotify to bid farewell to several audio shows

Some of the popular audio streaming service's audio show productions are running out of time. Spotify has recently decided to discontinue the production of some of its audio shows. A spokesperson for Spotify confirmed the end of some audio shows on the audio platform, including ‘Deux Me After Dark’, ...

WBD kicks off year-long centennial celebration

Warner Bros. Discovery has officially launched its global centennial campaign, Celebrating Every Story, in anticipation of the studio's 100th anniversary on April 4, 2023. Over the next 12 months, this milestone birthday will be celebrated across consumer touchpoints with special programming and content, exclusi...

Apple TV+ cancels ‘Shantaram’ after S1

British actor Charlie Hunnam-led ‘Shantaram’ series has been cancelled by Apple TV+ after the first season. The news came ahead of the Friday premiere of the final episode of season one. The show is bas...

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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!