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19th WAVES Film Bazaar to have robust co-production mkt.

The 19th edition of India’s flagship film market—formerly known as Film Bazaar and now reimagined as WAVES Film Bazaar, is returning with a robust Co-Production Market for features and documentaries, including curated projects shortlisted for international financing and festival circulation.

Satellite b’band provider Kuiper rebranded Amazon Leo

Project Kuiper, Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network designed to provide fast, reliable internet to customers and communities beyond the reach of existing networks, has now been rebranded as Amazon Leo, according to the tech company.

In a note posted on its website late last we...

Actor Keerthy Suresh named UNICEF India ambassador

National Award-winning actor Keerthy Suresh has been appointed as a Celebrity Advocate for UNICEF India, the UN agency announced yesterday. According to a PTI report, Suresh, known for her critically acclaimed roles across Tamil...

CBFC unveils multilingual film certification process

The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has launched the multilingual module on the E-Cinepramaan portal. The module has now been fully deployed and made live for public use. This initiative is part of the Board’s vision to ...

India’s privacy rules come into force; industry bodies cautious

new privacy rules into force yesterday that will make Meta, Google, OpenAI and other companies minimize collection of personal data and give people more control over their information.

The rules, akin to the broader goals of the European Union's landmark GDPR privacy law, come as co...

Peacock cancels popular ‘Poker Face’ after two seasons

The streaming platform Peacock has cancelled its crime comedy-drama ‘Poker Face’, headlined by Natasha Lyonne, after two seasons, a PTI report from Los Angeles stated yesterday.

Inspired by mystery-of-the-week series like ‘Columbo’, the show was created by Rian John...

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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!