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‘Drishyam 2’ to release on November 18

Actors Ajay Devgn, Akshaye Khanna and Tabu-starrer ‘Drishyam 2’ is set to release theatrically on November 18, the makers announced on Tuesday. Directed by Abhishek Pathak, the film is a sequel to the 2015 crime thriller ‘Drishyam’, a Hindi remake of the Mohanlal-starrer Malayalam movie of the same name. The sequel to the Ma...

DistroTV adds 120 new channels to its library

The San Francisco-headquartered DistroTV, which is America’s one of the biggest independent, free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) platform, on Tuesday announced it has added 120 new TV channels to expand its core content categories, across news, media and entertainment, sports and lifestyle.

ShemarooMe partners with OTTplay

ShemarooMe, the video streaming app of Shemaroo, has inked a partnership with OTTplay, an app aggregator that lets you watch 12 OTT platforms with a single subscription. The partnership will make ShemarooMe’s content easily available to existing and potential users by opening up an entirely new way to access enter...

Khalsa TV surrenders UK licence after Ofcom rap on content

Khalsa Television Limited has chosen to surrender its licence, which makes it ineligible to operate the KTV channel that served the Sikh community in the United Kingdom.

The move comes after the KTV licence was suspended earlier in March following a “serious breach” of Ofcom broadcas...

TV9 Network to salute Leaders of Road Transport

India’s No.1 news network, TV9 Network, on Thursday acknowledged the leaders of Road Transport, as the network said, they move the wheels of India, they put the future in motion, and they fuel the AtmaNirbhar Bharat dream. The network has constantly engaged with the sector and its unsung heroes. Soon after the deadly second wave of Covid, TV9...

News18 Tamil Nadu brings ‘Operation Kodanad’ documentary on June 21

Riding high on the success of their viral documentary that unmasked the medical procedures that led to the death of the former CM of Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalithaa, News18 Tamil Nadu (TN) is back yet again with another exclusive. This time it is a riveting two-hour-long documentary – Operation Kodanad. Uncovering the entire truth, News18 TN is al...

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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!