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Planetcast CEO Sanjay Duda resigns; Sanjay Bhat takes over

Media services company Planetcast has announced a major change at the top, with long-standing executive Sanjay Duda stepping down as Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect. Duda, who has spent over 25 years with the organisation, will continue in an advisory role for the next year to support the transition. According to a Storyboard...

Actors Shahid, Junior B, writer Manu Joseph to feature in IFP

Actors Shahid Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, singer Hariharan, rapper Raja Kumari and writer Manu Joseph, among others, will be taking part in the 15th edition of the multi-disciplinary creative festival IFP later this month.

The festival will return to Mumbai's Mehb...

Food, films bind the family, says producer of ‘Dining with the Kapoors’

Food and films are the two things that bind the entire Kapoor family, a legacy that Armaan Jain hopes to capture with his upcoming Netflix film ‘Dining with the Kapoors’.

The one-hour s...

Red Fort blasts: Govt advises news channels to be circumspect

The Indian government has advised news channels to show restraint while airing content related to a deadly blast near Red Fort in Delhi over a week back, which has claimed 15 human lives till now, and has sent the security forces and sleuths on a country-wide hunt for the perpetrators.

Japanese singer-actor Ren Meguro joins FX’s ‘Shogun’ cast

Japanese singer and actor Ren Meguro is joining the cast of FX's acclaimed series ‘Shogun’ in its second season. Meguro who is a member of the idol band Snow Man is also known for his roles in ‘Silent’ and ‘Phases of the Moon’.

According to a PTI report fro...

Disney+ debuts all-new trailer for ‘The Beatles Anthology’

Disney+ debuted an all-new trailer and key art for its upcoming release of ‘The Beatles Anthology’. Episodes 1-3 of the series launch on November 26, followed by episodes 4-6 on November 27 and episodes 7-9 on November 28.

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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!