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Efforts on to make India a global VFX hub: Minister

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur yesterday said that given the talent and volume of film and media content produced in the country, India will soon become the “third largest media and entertainment industry in the world”.

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Govt. warns TV channels on tunnel collapse coverage

The government yesterday issued an advisory to private television channels, asking them to refrain from sensationalising the coverage of the rescue operations at Silkyara in Uttarakhand, where 41 workers are trapped inside a tunnel for 10 days.

The advisory, issued by the

‘Oppenheimer’ now available for rent on Prime Video

Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan, known affectionately as 'Prime Bae,' has once again set the entertainment world abuzz with his latest revelation. In an announcement, Dhawan disclosed that the year's monumental cinematic hit, 'Oppenheimer', directed by Christopher Nolan, will be up for rent in India on the Prime Video Store starting Novem...

Zee5 to stream ‘Kadak Singh’ from Dec 8

ZEE5 has unveiled the premiere date for the highly-anticipated thriller drama 'Kadak Singh’, featuring acclaimed actor Pankaj Tripathi in the lead role. Directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, the film will start streaming on December 8, announced the streaming platform. Alongside Tripathi, the movie st...

Eutelsat OneWeb gets IN-SPACe nod to launch sat b’band service

Bharti Group-backed OneWeb India has received the necessary authorisations from Indian space regulator IN-SPACe to launch Eutelsat OneWeb’s commercial satellite bro...

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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!