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Indian film producers’ body petitions State govt on vax

Indian Motion Pictures Producers' Association (IMPPA) has written to Chief Minister of India’s western State of Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray, to set up a vaccination centre for its 6,000 members.

T P Aggarwal, President of IMPPA, said last year's coronavirus pandemic-induced lockdow...

Pandemic forces slump in Apple phone making in India

Production of the Apple iPhone12 at a Foxconn factory in India has slumped by more than 50 per cent because workers infected with COVID-19 have had to leave their posts, two sources told Reuters.

The Foxconn facility in India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu produces iPhones specifica...

ABP Majha ups pandemic-related safety at workplace

As Covid-19 cases see a steep rise across the country, ABP Majha has been laser-focused on strengthening occupational safety and health, adjusting work arrangements, and providing access to health care and paid leaves to all its employees to tackle this new wave effectively.

The news...

Super heroes possibly also helped Disney+ boost subs

With Walt Disney Co theme park operations limited due to the coronavirus pandemic, investors watching the company report earnings on Thursday are expected to zero in on its fast growth into streaming TV.

During the January to March quarter, the Disney+ streaming service was aided by ...

Piracy rise & restricted access to VoD directly linked

The growth of over-the-top (OTT) media services may be accompanied by a rise in pirated content, particularly where access to such services may be restricted, a group of researchers has found.

The researchers studied the effects of Netflix, one of the leading global companies in paid...

The Q India Appoints Krishna Menon as COO

QYOU Media Inc. (TSXV:QYOU; OTCQB: QYOUF) has announced that The Q India, the company’s Hindi language youth oriented channel available in over 100 million TV households and to over 612 million OTT and mobile users in India, has appointed Krishna Menon as the company’s Chief Operating Officer, moving from his position ...

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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!