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MSD, wife to co-produce animated spy series ‘Captain 7’

India’s former cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is set to produce an animated spy series, titled "Captain 7".

The first season of the spy series, which is currently in pre-production, will be based on Dhoni, the makers said in a statement and quoted by PTI in a report.

India shutters film, IP tribunals in favour of courts

On April 4, 2021 the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT) and the IP Appellate Board, along with many such organisations, died a quiet death. But India’s creative industry is certainly mourning the demise as going to the courts, under new regulations, to contest film certification board diktats on movies or i...

Court petition for regulatory review of non-film music videos

A public interest litigation has been filed in a Delhi court on Wednesday contending there was need for a regulatory body to review non-film songs and music videos as many of them contain obscene or vulgar content available for viewing without any restrictions.

A bench of Dehi High C...

COVID consumption pushes online video, gaming to $330 bn

The global pandemic and the shift to remote work/schooling engendered a captive audience that accelerated trends within the media and entertainment industry. Streaming video subscriptions climbed and gaming saw over 22 per cent YoY growth, according to a new global study.

As househol...

Media and Entertainment Q4FY21 Preview – TV segment to outperform; marginal recovery in cinema

TV Broadcasting Space : Ad. growth back in growth trajectory

We expect Zee Entertainment to report growth in ad revenues by 5% YoY, while a decline of 3.5% YoY for SUNTV, largely since the ad spends after an uptick during the festive season in Q3 have stabilised on QoQ basis and local advertising remains low for regional ge...

वायकॉम 18 ने ‘साग्निक घोष’ को दी यह अहम जिम्मेदारी

वायकॉम 18 ने साग्निक घोष को 'कलर्स बांग्ला' के बिजनेस हेड के तौर पर नियुक्त किया है। साग्निक घोष वायकॉम 18 के रीजनल एंटरटेनमेंट चैनल्स के हेड राजेश अय्यर को रिपोर्ट करेंगे। आपको बता दें कि वायकॉम 18 से पहले साग्निक घोष स्टार इंडिया के साथ थे। स्टार इंडिया में साग्निक घोष स्टार जलशा और जलशा मूवीज के वाइस प्रेजिडेंट व बिजनेस हेड के तौर पर कार्य...

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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!