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YouTube Premium, Music surpasses 100mn subscribers

Google-owned YouTube has surpassed 100 million Music and Premium subscribers globally, including trials, as of January this year.

Adam Smith, VP of Product at YouTube, said that from small beginnings to a community of 100 million across more than 100 countries, “we’re grateful to our subscribers for their suppor...

Brad Pitt circling Quentin Tarantino’s ‘The Movie Critic’

In a potential reunion, Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt is in discussions to join forces with acclaimed filmmaker Quentin Tarantino for his ultimate directorial endeavor, titled ‘The Movie Critic’. ...

ABBY One Show Awards ’24 to be held May-end in Goa

The Advertising Club (TAC) is set to unveil the 55th edition of the ABBY One Show Awards, South Asia's distinguished hallmark celebrating creative brilliance in advertising for over five decades.

Scheduled from May 29 to 31in Goa, this premier event is a collaboration with The One Sh...

Netflix unveils slate for 2024 with blockbusters

In a recent announcement, streaming giant Netflix revealed its extensive lineup of series and films scheduled for release in 2024. Among the highlights, the much-anticipated second season of ‘Squid Game’ is set to make a return, alongside popular shows like ‘...

Tennis Channel to air India-Pak Davis Cup matches

Tennis enthusiasts in India are in for a treat as Tennis Channel will provide exclusive live coverage of the Davis Cup World Group I Playoff between India and Pakistan on February 3–4 in Islamabad. The matches, starting at 11 a.m. local time each day, will be accessible throughout India on

Next spectrum auction significantly smaller: Minister Vaishnaw

The next spectrum auction will be a "limited auction", one that is significantly smaller than the previous round, Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday. The government is "moving fast" on it, he asserted. "The spectrum auction will be ...

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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!