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‘Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards’ to have multi-platform premiere

Viacom18-managed and India’s leading kids’ entertainment franchise, Nickelodeon, has announced first ever Metaverse awards screening experience in the country with ‘Kids’ Choice Awards 2021’. Dialling up the connect with young audiences and their parents over the years, Nickelodeon has been the perfect platform for young viewers, providing un...

Meta makes it easier for brands to create 3D ads on FB, Insta

Meta Platforms Inc. will make it easier for brands to run three-dimensional ads on Facebook and Instagram through a new partnership with an ecommerce technology firm, VNTANA. Via the new integration, VNTANA would allow brands to upload their existing 3D designs from programs like Browzwear, Clo, Keyshot, Modo, and others and automatically con...

Bollywood comes to Panama via location shooting agreement

Panama will become the setting for the filming of five Bollywood movies after an actor from India, the country that produces the world's largest number of feature films per year, signed an agreement with an Indian production company. Indian businessman Prabhakar Sharan, who is also an actor, producer and filmmaker, inked the deal with Eros In...

Invesco patches up with Zee patch ahead of Sony merger

The US investment firm Invesco said on Thursday it would abandon efforts to shake up top management at Zee Entertainment, citing a planned merger between the Indian TV network and the local unit of Japan's Sony Group, Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI). Zee's shares rocketed 18 percent higher on the news. Alleging corporate governance iss...

Edtech firm Byju’s named sponsor for Fifa WC ’22

Ed-tech company BYJU'S, which also sponsors the Indian cricket team, on Thursday said it has been named as an official sponsor of the FIFA World Cup 2022 to be held at Qatar. BYJU'S, through this partnership, will leverage its rights to the football World Cup 2022 marks, emblem, and assets, and run unique promotions to connect with football ...

TRAI issues paper on use of street furniture for telecom services

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Wednesday issued a consultation paper on “Use of street furniture for small cell and aerial fiber deployment” for telecom services.

Street furniture like utility poles, billboards, lamp posts, tr...

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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!