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Viacom18, Disney India merger to create $ 8.5bn entity; Uday Shankar to be vice chair

Reliance Industries Ltd and The Walt Disney Company yesterday formally announced a decision to merge their Indian television and streaming assets that would, subject to regulatory approvals, create an entertainment behemoth valued at US$ 8.5 billion. Disney will provide content licenses to the joint venture.

Disney, Viacom18 merged entity to dominate with 750mn+ viewers

India's top conglomerate Reliance Industries and Walt Disney yesterday announced the merger of their India TV and streaming media assets, creating an $8.5 billion entertainment juggernaut far ahead of rivals in the world's most ...

Dailyhunt in talks to acquire India’s Koo: Report

Media firm Dailyhunt is in the advanced stages of talks to acquire homegrown microblogging platform Koo, a media report said on Wednesday. According to IANS, which cited unnamed sources, the deal is expected to be finalized “within weeks” ...

Eugene Levy joins ‘Only Murders in the Building’ S4 cast

‘Schitt's Creek' star Eugene Levy is the latest addition to the cast of season four of the popular Hulu series 'Only Murders in the Building'. Levy joins the lead trio of Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez in the upcoming chapter of the show, PTI reported. Meryl Streep, Eva Longoria and Molly Shannon will also star ...

MIB gives LCOs more time to file details with govt.

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has extended the deadline for LCOs to submit requisite details to the government based on which a national registry of cable ops will be formed.

“This Ministry has received requests from various associations of LCOs regarding extensi...

Discovery+ airs special shows for National Science Day

In honor of National Science Day, observed annually on February 28 to mark the discovery of the Raman Effect by C.V. Raman in 1928, Discovery+ had an exciting array of shows to captivate audiences and celebrate scientific achievements. This year, as we pa...

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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!