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Disney to buy 33% of Hulu from Comcast for $8.6bn

Walt Disney said it will acquire a 33 percent stake in Hulu from Comcast for approximately $8.6 billion, a deal that will give Disney undisputed control of the streaming service.

Disney has run Hulu since 2019 when Comcast ceded its authority to Disney and effectiv...

‘Tiger 3’ advance bookings cross Rs. 2 cr. mark; Hrithik to do a cameo

The advance booking for ‘Tiger 3’--- Bhai jaan’s latest film with cameos from SRK and Hrithik Roshan --- that was opened yesterday by production house Yash Raj Films (YRF) got tremendous response and breached the Rs. 2 crore mark by the end of the day.

TV show on 007 tests contestants with Bond-like challenges

From scaling mountains and cranes to coming face-to-face with crocodiles and snakes, contestants travel the world tackling James Bond-inspired challenges in new TV adventure series ‘007: Road To A Million’ in the hope of winning a million pounds ($1.2 mill...

‘Gadar 2’ to premiere on Zee Cinema Nov 4

Zee Cinema is set to present the World Television Premiere of 'Gadar 2', one of the biggest blockbusters of the year, on Saturday, November 4, at 8 p.m. The film stars Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel, Utkarsh Sharma, Simrat Kaur, Manish Wadhwa, and Luv Sinha. 'Gadar 2' is a sequel to the 2001 ...

Roku’s robust subscriber, ad performance boosts revenue

Roku forecast fourth-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates after posting better-than-expected revenue growth in the previous three months on Wednesday, sending its shares up about 17 percent in extended trading. A pandemic winner, Roku is benefiting from the ongoing ...

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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!