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MIB Minister Anurag Thakur says Prasar Bharati income up

The income of India’s pubcaster Prasar Bharati has increased over the last two years versus expenditures, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur has said.

“No sir. Excess of Income over Expenditure of Prasar Bharati, as per their Book of Accounts, has increased from ...

Amazon miniTV to premiere ‘Murder in Agonda’

Streaming platform Amazon miniTV, the ad-supported streaming platform, is set to release its new crime thriller show– ‘Murder in Agonda’. Featuring a stellar ensemble cast and created by Arré Studio, the series is directed by Vikram Rai and stars Shriya Pilgaonkar, Aasif Khan, Kubra Sait, and Lillete Dubey in pivotal roles. The se...

Colors Tamil to premiere ‘Vanam’ this weekend

Grab a tub of popcorn and gear up for the roller-coaster ride, as Colors Tamil, the youngest Tamil GEC is all set to bring to you the hit drama movie ‘Vanam,’ at 4:00 pm on Sunday, April 3, 2022. Written and directed by Srikantan Anand under the banner of Golden Star Productions. The stella...

ABP Studios’ debut film ‘Karkhanisanchi Waari’ bags three Marathi Filmfare awards

ABP Studios’ co-produced Marathi film, ‘Karkhanisanchi Waari’ (Ashes on a Road Trip), has won the prestigious Marathi Filmfare Award for Best Picture. Mangesh Joshi received the Best Director Award, and Geetanjali Kulkarni received the Best Supporting Actor...

Disney appoints Jeremy Doig as CTO of streaming

Disney has announced the appointment of new CTO, Jeremy Doig, for the Disney streaming business division including ESPN Plus, Disney Plus, Star Plus, Hulu. He will be reporting directly to Michael Paull, the Disney Streaming President. Doig is a former Google executive having worked there for the past 18 y...

‘Aur Bhai Kya Chal Raha Hai’ completes one year

On March 30th last year, &TV, in the first-of-its-kind endeavor, launched a Lucknow-based situational comedy ‘Aur Bhai Kya Chal Raha Hai?’. With an entirely local production unit and a cast featuring Akansha Sharma as Sakina Mirza, Farhana Parveen as Shanti Mishra, Pawan Singh as Zafar Ali Mirza, and Amrish Bobby as Ram Chandra M...

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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!