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Chetan Jhawar joins Prime Video, Amazon MGM Studios

In a strategic move for Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios, Chetan Jhawar, a seasoned professional from Netflix India, has taken on the role of Lead for Hindi Original Movies. Announcing his transition on LinkedIn, Jhawar expressed excitement for his new journey with

Network18’s Moneycontrol surpasses 10cr visitors in October

Moneycontrol, the renowned digital finance platform under Network18, has achieved a significant milestone by surpassing 10 crore (100 million) unique visitors in October 2024, per data from Google. This achievement cements its position as a trusted and essential resource for financial news, market data, and investment tools for users across Indi...

‘Singham Again’, ‘BB3’ cross Rs. 100 cr on opening weekend

Action drama ‘Singham Again’ and horror comedy ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa3’, the highly anticipated Hindi films that hit screens on November 1, have raised over Rs 100 crore at the box office in the first weekend of their release.

The two star-studded movies were showcased in...

Disney launches dedicated unit to explore emerging tech use

The Walt Disney Company has launched the Office of Technology Enablement to explore the transformative potential of emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and mixed reality, across its film, television, and ...

Jio IPO likely in 2025; firm valuation estimated at $100bn

Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani targets a 2025 Mumbai listing for his telecom business Jio, valued by analysts at over $100 billion, and plans to launch his retail unit's IPO much later, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Reliance Industries' boss Ambani hasn't update...

WhatsApp bans over 8.5mn accounts in India

WhatsApp reported banning over 8.5 million accounts in India during September 2024, with 1,658,000 accounts being proactively banned before receiving user reports. This action is part of WhatsApp’s monthly compliance under the IT Rules 2021, which mandate...

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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!