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‘Pokémon Horizons’ new animated series premieres May 25

The Pokémon Company is set to launch its highly anticipated animated series, 'Pokémon Horizons: The Series,' on Hungama starting May 25, 2024. This new show promises to captivate fans with fresh characters, thrilling adventures, and a diverse array of Pokémon, adding a new dimension to the beloved franchise. One of the most notable aspects...

Netflix reaches 40mn users for ad-supported plan

Netflix said on Wednesday its ad-supported tier has reached 40 million global monthly active users, from 5 million a year earlier, a sign that its push to attract new users with the cheaper plan is paying off. The jump comes at a time when streaming companies are facing stiff competition and introducing bundles with their rivals to retain sub...

Shikhar Dhawan to host ‘Dhawan Karenge’ on JioCinema

Ace cricketer Shikhar Dhawan is all set to explore new horizons as he steps into the realm of hosting with his debut chat show, 'Dhawan Karenge', slated to premiere on May 20 exclusively on JioCinema Premium. This venture marks a significant milestone in Dhawan's career as he ventures beyond the cricket field into the realm of entertainment, ...

Disney Star announces sign language commentary at ICC Men’s T20 WC

Star Sports and Disney+ Hotstar have announced plans to provide Indian Sign Language (ISL) interpretation and audio descriptive feeds for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in June. Partnering with India Signing Hands (ISH), a Mumbai-based broadcast company, D...

At Cannes, MIB Secy Jaju bats for more audio-visual collabs between India, world

Information and Broadcasting Secretary Sanjay Jaju yesterday at the 77^th Cannes Film Festival strongly batted for the universality of Indian content, its global appeal and urged increased audio visual collaborations between Indian and the rest of the world.

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Disney showcases global reach, innovation, storytelling at Upfront ’24

The Walt Disney Company showcased its world class brands driven by powerful storytelling and popular franchises at Upfront 2024 event that featured over 150 of the biggest stars, and leaned into the company’s unique ability to inspire nostalgia across generations, connecting consumers around the world.

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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!