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‘Coke Studio Bharat’ reveals season four artist line-up

‘Coke Studio Bharat’ Season 4 has unveiled its much-anticipated artist line-up, marking its return after three successful seasons that helped reshape India’s streaming music landscape. The new season kicks off with ‘The List’, offering a glimpse into the diverse voices set to define this year’s musical journ...

Universal Music India, Albuquerque Records announce pact

Universal Music India yesterday announced an exclusive partnership with Albuquerque Records, the independent label launched by singer-composer Anirudh Ravichander, to release the artist’s future pop and hip-hop music.

Zee Telugu to air ‘Ugadi Ki Vastunam Sandadi Testunam’

Zee Telugu is set to celebrate the Telugu New Year with a festive special titled ‘Ugadi Ki Vastunam Sandadi Testunam’, continuing its tradition of bringing families together through entertainment-led programming during key festivals.

The special episode will air on March 19 ...

Sanjay Dutt, Norah Fatehi song in the eye of obscenity storm

Even as a song featuring Sanjay Dutt and Norah Fatehi, ‘Sarke Chunar’, from the film ‘KD The Devil’, kicked up a wave of criticism and outrage over sexually explicit lyrics, the songwriter Raqueeb Alam distanced himself from the controversy saying he had refused to do the Hindi translation from the original...

Kids struggle to discern between online content & commerce: ASCI

Youngsters are finding it difficult to distinguish between online content and commerce, according to a study by the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) released yesterday. The study, which comes amid growing calls for bann...

Applause, Story TV partner for micro-dramas

Applause Entertainment, a venture of the Aditya Birla Group, has entered into an exclusive partnership with Story TV to co-produce a slate of premium micro-dramas, signalling a strong push toward redefining short-form storytelling for mobile-first audiences,...

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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!