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TV, film comedian-actor Raju Srivastava critical

Popular comedian-actor Raju Srivastava is "critical and on ventilator" in the intensive care unit of the AIIMS, said hospital sources on Thursday.

Following a heart attack on Wednesday, the 58-year-old stand-up comic was admitted to the hospit...

discovery+ announces new docuseries

'House of Hammer', the highly anticipated docuseries chronicling the deeply troubling accusations leveled against critically acclaimed actor Armie Hammer and the dark, twisted legacy of the Hammer dynasty, will be available to stream on Saturday, September 3, exclusively on

Ad-supported Disney+ service to launch Dec. 8 in US

The Walt Disney Co. has said that it would on December 8 introduce the much-anticipated ad-supported subscription offering for Disney+ in the US, ‘delivering more choice to consumers than ever before’.

A CNBC report indicated that despite all scepticism about streaming services globa...

Truecaller celebrates Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav

Truecaller, the global communications platform will celebrate the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav along with the Ministry of Culture & Government of India across the app, website, and social media communications. Celebrating the 75 years of Independence, Truecaller wi...

SPNI bags English cricket TV, digital rights for till ’28

Sony Pictures Networks India and England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) extend their broadcast partnership until 2028, which includes television and digital rights for all men’s international, women’s internationals as well as county competitions played in England.

The rights are for ...

Google opposes, Fb & Twitter support self-regs in India

Google has grave reservations about developing a self-regulatory body for the social media sector in India to hear user complaints, though the proposal has support from Facebook and Twitter, sources with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters.

India in June proposed appointing a g...

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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!