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Viacom18 launches ‘Perks Against Mundanity’

In an industry-first initiative, Viacom18 has introduced Perks Against Mundanity, a game-inspired employee benefits program designed to boost engagement, creativity, and overall workplace satisfaction. This program aligns with the company’s people-first approach, transforming traditional benefits into an interacti...

COLORS Gujarati announces exciting line-up for RangRatri 2024 Navratri festivities

Navratri 2024 is set to get bigger and more vibrant with COLORS Gujarati’s RangRatri 2024, returning for its second season. This unique celebration, beginning on October 3, will bring together the grandeur of Gujarat's traditional Garba with modern entertainment. RangRatri 2024 is the only Navratri festival in India celebrated live on-ground, br...

Krafton India onboards Deepika Padukone as brand ambassador for BGMI

Krafton, the developer behind India's popular battle-royale game Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), has announced an exciting new partnership with Bollywood star Deepika Padukone. This exclusive one-year collaboration will see Padukone as the brand ambass...

Netflix greenlights ‘Love Untangled,’ Korean youth romance set in 1998

Netflix has officially greenlit ‘Love Untangled’, a Korean youth romance set in 1998. The film delves into themes of first love, friendship, and self-acceptance, with the story revolving around 19-year-old Park Se-ri and her quest to straighten her curly h...

‘The Great Indian Kapil Show’ S2 premiere on Sept. 21

The much-loved The Great Indian Kapil Show is back on Netflix with its second season, premiering on September 21, 2024. This 13-episode season will bring fresh laughter every Saturday at 8:00 pm. Kapil Sharma, along with his hilarious team—Sunil Grover, ...

DirecTV, Dish in merger talks again

Telecom operator AT&T and its joint-venture partner TPG are in early-stage talks to merge their DirecTV satellite TV service with EchoStar owned Dish, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday. The two companies first attempted to merge back in 2002 when the U.S. Justice Department blocked the tie-up. The combined entity wo...

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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!