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‘Panchayat’ director Mishra says two more seasons lined up

‘Panchayat’ director Deepak Kumar Mishra says there are at least two more seasons in the pipeline for the popular comedy-drama series and the team has already started work on the fourth installment.

Mishra’s comments come days before the season three premiere of the

Ahead of general polls, politicians ok UK’s new media laws

The United Kingdom’s Media Bill, which was earlier thought would be put in cold storage with the announcement of general elections, is set to become a law, marking landmark new rules bringing streaming services under regulator Ofcom’s watch, and giving more importance to pubcasters like BBC, Advanced Television has r...

It’s a triple treat for Indian talent at Cannes ’24

It was a triple feat for Indian talent at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival with Payal Kapadia's ‘All We Imagine As Light’, "Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know’ by FTII student Chidananda S Naik and Anasuya Sengupta of ‘The Shameless’ fame winning major awards in each of the three competiti...

10+ fan parks in 5 countries to b’cast ICC Men’s T20 WC-24

Record number of fan parks for the T20 World Cup and AI-assisted vertical feed to optimise viewing on mobile devices (courtesy Disney Star), are some of the star attractions lined up by the ICC for the short-format cricket extravaganza beginning June 1.

The International Cricket Coun...

ALTT is back with S3 of fantasy series ‘Paurashpur’

After captivating audiences with its gripping narrative and compelling characters, ALTT's fantasy series ‘Paurashpur’ is back for its highly anticipated third season. Set in the mystical kingdom of Paurashpur, where power struggles and deadly ambitions reign supreme, the show delves into themes of power, betrayal, destiny and the resil...

Indian shows clock 1bn+ Netflix views in ’23; ‘The Railway Men’ top series

Series and movies from India clocked over one billion views on Netflix in 2023 with ‘Jaane Jaan’ the most-watched film and ‘The Railway Men’ the most-watched series, the streaming service said on Friday in its second engagement report. The report, titled ‘What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report’, presented the streaming ser...

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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!