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India TV launches 24×7 fast news channel ‘India TV Speed News’ in HD

India TV has unveiled India TV Speed News, India’s first 24-hour fast news channel in the HD segment, aimed at delivering timely, brief, and engaging news updates. This innovative initiative is designed for a linear audience, catering to the growing demand for fast-paced news formats, particularly among Hindi news viewers. According to a pres...

Sony BBC Earth launches fourth edition of ‘Earth In Focus’ photography contest

Sony BBC Earth has unveiled the fourth edition of its popular photography contest, ‘Earth In Focus’, under the theme ‘One World, Many Frames’. This initiative invites photography enthusiasts to showcase their unique perspectives on India, celebrating the unity amidst the diversity of our planet. According to a press note, the contest will be ...

AIDCF protests Prasar Bharati OTT platform exploring onboarding TV channels

A powerful industry body of MSOs has criticised India’s public broadcaster Prasar Bharati for inviting private sector satellite TV channels to onboard its proposed OTT platform, saying that it would be violative of the government’s own uplinking and downlinking guidelines.

“Prasar Bh...

‘Veer Zaara’ to be re-released in theatres Sept. 13

Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta's iconic film ‘Veer Zaara’ is set to return to theaters on September 13, nearly two decades after its original release. Directed by Yash Chopra, this 2004 romantic drama became a superhit at the box office, touch...

Kandahar hijack survivor feels Netflix show controversy ‘needless’

Amid a row over the depiction of code names of hijackers of the 1999 Indian Airlines plane in the OTT series ‘IC814: The Kandahar Hijack’, a survivor of the harrowing incident yesterday said there is a "needless" controversy over the show.

According to a PTI report from Chan...

Ananya Pandey, cricketer Shubman Gill join Beats family

Beats has announced Bollywood actress Ananya Pandey and Gen Z cricketer Shubman Gill as the new faces of its brand in India. This announcement coincides with the launch of new products, Beats Solo Buds, Beats Solo 4, and Beats Pill. Ananya and Shubman will...

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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!