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Netflix, satco OneWeb, US studios pause Russian collaborations

Netflix has put on hold all future projects and acquisitions from Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine. According to Variety, the streaming service had four Russian originals in the pipeline, including a crime thriller series directed by Dasha Zhuk, which was shooting and has been postponed. The 1990's ...

ShemarooMe to premiere ‘21Mu Tiffin’

The video streaming platform ShemarooMe is all set to premiere the award-winning Gujarati film ‘21Mu Tiffin’.

Helmed by Vijaygiri Bava, the movie stars Niilam Paanchal, Netri Trivedi, Raunaq Kamdar, Jahanavi Patel, Deepan Shah, and Hitesh Thakur.

TV9 appoints Sandeep Unnithan as editor News9 Plus

TV9 Network has appointed India Today's Managing Editor Sandeep Unnithan as the editor of News9 Plus - the recent video magazine OTT service by the network. The network also appoints television journalist Aditya Raj Kaul has joined as Executive Editor, News9 Plus, and investigative journalist Sandhya Ravishankar has been appointed Chief of Bu...

Travelxp launches its new channel in India

The travel channel and OTT platform Travelxp, has announced the launch of its new food channel Foodxp in India. ‘Foodxp’ was first launched in the UK on SKY in August 2019 to distribute food-based content. The channel emphasizes diversified

‘Meow’ to have world TV premiere on Asianet

Asianet, the Indian Malayalam language GEC operated by Asianet Star Communications, would premiere the family comedy-drama movie ‘Meow’ on March 6 at 4:30 pm. The plot revolves around Dasthakir who runs a mini supermarket in Ras al Khaimah. He has a family consisting of a wife and three children. He is str...

BARC Rating 8th Week: Sun TV maintains lead position in all genres

Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) 8th Week (19th February – 25th February 2022) has released its report. In India, Tamil GEC Sun TV was the most viewed channel in the eighth week of March, the channel garnered 2483.04 impressions, slightly lower than the last week’s 2543.31. Star Maa has bagged the second position with 2387.79 ...

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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!