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DishTV app aggregator Watcho tops 3mn subscriptions in a year

DishTV's exciting new OTT aggregation platform Watcho, a one-stop shop for streaming entertainment, exceeded the milestone of three million paid subscriptions, closely following its attainment of the two million subscriber mark in August this year.

Disney begins integrating Hulu with its own services

Walt Disney began offering Hulu as part of its namesake streaming service yesterday, bolstering Disney+'s family-friendly content with more general entertainment fare, such as FX's in...

CNBC-TV18 recognizes excellence via IBLA Awards

In its 19th year of recognizing excellence in driving innovation, growth, and positive change across industries, the coveted ‘CNBC-TV18 India Business Leader Awards 2023’ (IBLA) presented by Standard Chartered, held its annual awards ceremony in Mumbai.

TV18, E18 merge with Network18; Viacom18 will be a subsidiary

India's TV18 Broadcast will merge with Network18 Media & Investments in a $1.2 billion deal that will help the Reliance-owned companies expand their reach and cut costs, according to the companies involved.

The all-stock deal, conveyed via regu...

Digital India Act unlikely to be in place before May: IT Minister

The government may not be able to put in place the Digital India Act, which aims to replace over 23 years old IT Act 2000, before the next general election (ending with a new a government in May), as there is not much time left for extensive consultation, India's

‘Animal’ roars at box office

The dynamic and compelling performance of Ranbir Kapoor-starrer 'Animal' is rewriting the records at the box office, nearing the impressive mark of Rs 500 crore in collections. According to trade reports, the film amassed a whopping Rs 283.74 crore domestically, with its fifth day adding a substantial Rs 38.25 crore nett to its triumph,PTI re...

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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!