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MX Player’s Senior VP Mansi Shrivastav passes away

Mansi Shrivastav, Senior Vice President of Content, Alliances, and Syndication at MX Player, has passed away on December 25. Shrivastav previously worked for Romedy Now, Zoom, and the Times of Indi...

Netflix documentary ‘Elephant Whisperers’ shortlisted for 95th Oscars’

The documentary film 'Elephant Whisperers' by Netflix has been nominated for an Academy Award nomination in the 'Documentary Short Film' category for the 95th Academy Awards. The nomination voting will begin on January 12 and will last until January 17th. On January 24, the final nominations will be a...

Tata Play Binge onboards Lionsgate Play

Tata Play Binge announced a partnership with Lionsgate Play, a global content platform, to provide one-stop convenience and simplify content discovery. Lionsgate Play's streaming slate is diverse, including digital premieres, edgy and contemporary content across languages and genres, and billion-do...

Pak ISPs drop speed; Indians in top bracket in Netflix index

Thirty-six Internet Service Providers gained 0.2 Mbps in November on the Netflix ISP Speed Index, the monthly update on which ISPs offer the best prime time Netflix streaming experience.

While 377 ISPs stayed the same, 17 dropped 0.2 Mbps and...

Guest Column: MIB follows up on TRAI’s +ive SESGs suggestions

By Rajiv Khattar

The difference between the connected and unconnected is still significant and data shows that nearly 60 percent of India is still not fully connected. With the pandemic we have seen the importance of the Internet penetration as it helps in bringing c...

‘Jack Rayan’ star Krasinski ‘blown away’ by ‘The Office’ India version

A beloved series or a movie always inspire international remakes, but to find out that there are over two dozen versions of ‘The Office’, including an Indian take, is simply “mind-bending” for Hollywood star John Krasinski.

‘The Office’, which itself was a remake of...

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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!