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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’.

Bharti Airtel Q1 revenue beats projections; net profit flat at Rs. 16 bn

Bharti Airtel, India's No.2 telecom carrier by users, posted a bigger-than-expected rise in quarterly revenue yesterday as it signed up more subscribers for its higher-priced 4G services and benefited from tariff hik...

Online games & GST: tax on total funds deposited, not on every bet

Even as online gaming industry bodies pointed out an increase in companies' financial burdens, India decided to levy taxes on online gaming companies on the total funds deposited to play online games and not on eve...

X challenges Indian court ruling on content blocking

Social media platform X is seeking to quash an Indian court ruling that it was not compliant with federal government orders to remove content, arguing it could embolden New Delhi to block more content and broaden the scope for cens...

US OTT subs of ad-supported tiers cross 100mn: Ampere Analysis

Ad-supported tiers of OTT platforms in the US will earn more than $10 billion in ad revenue in 2027, a new research from Ampere Analysis said, adding that ad-supported tiers are growing there.

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YouTube testing AI-generated video summaries

YouTube, a video-sharing platform owned by Google, has recently unveiled its latest experiment involving artificial intelligence (AI).

The company is currently testing auto-generated video summaries powered by AI on its platform.

The purpose of t...

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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!