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Box office results soften WBD Q2 revenue; D2C earnings up at $2.73 bn

Warner Bros Discovery warned yesterday that the dual Hollywood strikes by writers and actors could hit its flagging studio business already bruised by high-profile box office flops including‘The Flash’.

TV9 Network’s 7 channels hop onto DistroTV to expand global reach

DistroTV, one of the largest independent, free, ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) app, yesterday announced its ground-breaking partnership with TV9 Network, the largest news network in India.

This collaboration will enable DistroTV users worldwide ...

Goa to petition FM on online gaming tax; Revenue Secy rules out early review

Even as a senior Finance Ministry official in Delhi ruled out any review of the decision to slap 28 percent tax on online gaming and other betting games, the State government of Goa said it would lobby with the federal administration to reconsider the decision.

WhatsApp mulls introducing high-quality videos in iOS beta

WhatsApp, the popular messaging platform owned by Meta, is introducing a new feature for iOS beta users that enables them to send high-quality videos. Although some compression will still be applied to the videos, this feature allows users to preserve the original dimensions of the videos. However, sen...

New Twitter diktat: No account, no viewing of tweets

Twitter will now require users to have an account on the social media platform to view tweets, a move that owner Elon Musk has called a "temporary emergency measure".

Users who try to view content on the platform will be asked to ...

Radio City announces ‘IP Music Fest’

Radio City announces the launch of its on-air musical ‘IP Music Fest’. The two-month musical journey began this month and will captivate listeners every Friday from 8 pm to 9 pm. This grand musical celebration brings together the nation's top artists for an unforgettable and harmonious experience. ...

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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!