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Ajay Devgn’s ‘MayDay’ is now ‘Runaway34’

Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn on Monday announced that his upcoming directorial venture is now titled Runway 34, featuring Amitabh Bachchan and Rakul Preet Singh. Billed as an edge-of-the-seat drama, the film was earlier titled

Snapchat adds layer feature on snap map

American multimedia instant messaging app Snapchat had announced that it would add a new feature called Layers to its Snap Map to make it more socially engaging. Now, the company has rolled out the first two of its Layers on the Snap Map. These Layers are called Memories and Explore. According t...

Vi showcases 5G for a better tomorrow

Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL), India’s leading telecom service provider, on Friday demonstrated a range of 5G-based technology solutions as part of its ongoing 5G trials on Govt. allocated 5G spectrum in Pune, Maharashtra and Gandh...

Disney to up 2022 content spend by $ 8 bn; focus on DTC expansion

The Walt Disney Company plans to spend in 2022 fiscal year $ 33 billion on content, including sports rights --- an amount that is $ 8 billion more than what it did in 2021, according to the an...

MIB’s Thakur wants India to be a content powerhouse, post-production hub

Terming India as the world's largest filmmaker, India’s Minister for Information & Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur on Sunday said the government’s aim is to make the country a content powerhouse and a hub for post-production activities.

In a first, an OTT platform premiers a show at IFFI

If the Oscars can do it, can Asia’s oldest celebration of cinema ---the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) --- be far behind?

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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!