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Zoya Akhtar excited to present Gen-X Netflix’s ‘The Archies’

For someone who grew up reading Archies comics, director Zoya Akhtar has said it is a "pleasure and honour" for her to bring the Indian adaptation of the iconic comic to life. The filmmaker, known for movies such as ‘Luck by Chance’, ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’ and ‘Gully Boy’, is directing

Meta introduces no-cost EMIs for advertisers in India

Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram on Tuesday announced a no-cost EMI feature for advertisers to ease cash flow for small businesses in India.

The no-cost EMI feature will allow advertisers to pay Meta for their advertising campaigns in equated monthly installments over three months through parti...

SonyLIV to stream ‘Lorni: The Flaneur’ on Sep 2

Streaming platform SonyLIV has announced the thriller movie ‘Lorni – The Flaneur’ will premiere on September 2, featuring Adil Hussain in the lead role.

Written and directed by Wanphrang...

Zee reentering sports part of content strategy

By Karan Taurani, Elara Capital - Disney Star will license the TV broadcasting rights of the ICC Men’s and Under 19 global events for a period of four years, to ZEE. - Disney Star will continue to be the exclusive home for streamin...

Google brings shortcut to unmute on Google Meet

American tech giant Google is bringing a new feature to Google Meet, which will enable users to mute and unmute themselves quickly by holding down the space bar key. The feature is similar to the Zoom app, where users in a conference meet can mute and unmute th...

Zee, Disney Star sign licensing pact for ICC events’ TV rights

In a move that has confounded observers and industry alike, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. and Disney Star jointly announced Tuesday that they have entered into a strategic licensing agreement on the broadcast of ICC cricket, the rights for which was bagged by Disney Star recently reportedly for $ 3 billion.

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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!