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India ranks 3rd in Q2 Netflix revenue growth, riding on local shows’ success

Propelled by the popularity of titles such as 'Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar', 'The Great Indian Kapil Show' and 'Amar Singh Chamkila', India has emerged as the third country in revenue per cent growth for streaming service Netflix in its second quarter. The streamer released its second quarter earnings for 2024 on...

Anjali Raina joins Zee Studios as head of production

Anjali Raina, a seasoned media professional with extensive experience in content and marketing, has been appointed as the Head of Production at Zee Studios. Formerly the Vice President of Content and Marketing at EPIC ON, Raina will now report to Umesh Bansal, Chief Business Officer at Zee Studios. In a heartfelt LinkedIn post, Raina announce...

ZEE5 expands sports content with live streaming of ‘Calcutta Football League’

ZEE5, India's largest home-grown video streaming platform, has announced a significant expansion of its sports content with the live telecast of the ‘Calcutta Football League’ (CFL), one of the oldest and most prestigious domestic football competitions in Asia. The partnership with the Indian Football Association in West Bengal marks a milest...

Disney Star appointed host broadcaster for Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2024

Disney Star has been appointed as the host broadcaster for the ninth edition of the ACC Women’s Asia Cup 2024. This prestigious T20 format tournament is set to take place from July 19 to July 28, 2024. As the host broadcaster, Disney Star will produce the world feed and broadcast the event in India, continuing its longstanding association wit...

‘The Bear’, ‘Shogun’, ‘Baby Reindeer’ lead Emmy nominations

The Bear’ went on a tear at Wednesday morning’s Emmy nominations (23), and ‘Shogun’ led all nominees with 25 in a dominant year across categories for FX, an AP report from Los Angeles stated yesterday.

‘Dune: Part Two’ to stream on JioCinema from Aug. 1

Filmmaker Denis Villeneuve's ‘Dune: Part Two’, fronted by Timothee Chalamet, is set to start streaming on JioCinema Premium from August 1.

Based on author Frank Herbert's seminal 1965 nov...

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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!