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Manoj Bajpayee-starrer ‘Joram’ goes on floors

Actor Manoj Bajpayee fronted thriller drama ‘Joram’ began production on Monday. Directed by Devashish Makhija, the film will be largely shot at locations across Jharkhand and Mumbai highlighting the underbelly of the city. Bajpayee stars in the film as a father, who must be on the run with his baby girl across half the country to safeguard...

Netflix introduces ‘two-thumps’ rating option

Streaming platform Netflix has introduced double thumbs-up, an additional way for members to let the streamer know what types of series and films they want to see more. The user can find this option next to the thumbs up and thumbs down buttons on your TV, web, Android, and iOS mobile devices starting from April 11. Netflix’s current thumb...

Mohit Suri collaborates with Vinod Bhanushali for action musical

Bollywood ace director Mohit Suri has joined hands with producer Vinod Bhanushali for a film produced under the 'Bhanushali Studios Limited’ and ‘Mahana Films’ banner. A yet-to-be-titled action film with music being the heart of it, the film will be directed by a first-time Hindi feature film director. Mohit who will be creatively involved...

Glance launches live content platform in India

Google and Reliance-backed consumer internet company Glance has launched Glance TV - a live, interactive content platform for the home screen or ‘screen zero’ of Android smart TVs. With live content and real-time on-screen interactions for users, Glance TV is aiming to completely transform the way peop...

Musk polls followers on converting Twitter HQ to homeless shelter

Two of the world's richest people are pitching in ideas to tackle the issue of homelessness, suggesting that Twitter Inc convert its headquarters to a shelter home. Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos on Sunday backed an idea put forth by Elon Musk, who recently became Twitter's largest shareholder, to convert the social networking firm's San F...

Govt to seed 150k FreeDish connections in border areas of J&K

In a move to counter cross border propaganda from neighbours, the Indian government will provide free Doordarshan DTH connections to residents of far flung areas of Jammu and Kashmir, especially in villages in the border areas, according to a senior government official. To achieve the goal of reaching out to people

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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!