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Media Concepts’ 8pmnews.com to launch today

Media Conceptshas announced the launch of the 8 PM news portal, an online portal covering a whole gamut of news. It’s supported by Radico Khaitan Limited.

The English language portal promises to bring round the clock credible news and fill in the gap created by the absence of portals...

YouTube TV testing Dolby surround sound on Android TV

Google's streaming service YouTube TV has been testing Dolby 5.1 surround sound on Google TV, Android TV, and Roku devices.

YouTube TV said on its official Twitter, "If everything runs smoothly, we can expect 5.1 audio to launch on those devic...

Sony extends NTO 1.0 distribution agreements till May-end

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI), an Indian unit of Japan’s Sony Corp, has sent an advisory to distributors of TV channels that the Reference Interconnection Offer (RIO) that was issued under TRAI’s NTO1 regime has been extended till May 31, 2022 as the new tariff regime would come into effect in June.

Joel Edgerton to star in ‘Dark Matter’

Actor Joel Edgerton is set to headline a series based on author Blake Crouch's novel ‘Dark Matter’. The nine-episode show has been set up at Apple with Crouch penning the script for the pilot and also serving as the showrunner, PTI reported from Los Angeles. Edgerton will star as Jason Dessen, a physicist, professor, and family ma...

‘Radhe Shyam’ world TV premiere on Zee Cinema

The Hindi movie channel owned by Zee Media, Zee Cinema is set to entice its audience with the World Television Premiere highly-anticipated movie ‘Radhe Shyam’. The romantic period drama will premiere on April 24 at 12 Noon. Starring Prabhas and Pooja Hegde in the lead role. Touted to be India’s most expensive romantic genre fil...

Ullu elevates Jividha Sharma as business development head

India's on-demand streaming platform Ullu has elevated Jividha Sharma as business development head, Jividha said in her LinkedIn post. She wrote, “I'm happy and delighted to share this wonderful opportunity to be promoted as a Business Development Head at Ullu. Thank you so much Vibhu Agarwal for this ...

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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!