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Agastya Nanda’s first look from ‘Ikkis’ unveiled

Maddock Films yesterday unveiled the much-awaited first look of actor Agastya Nanda from director Sriram Raghavan’s upcoming war drama ‘Ikkis’, based on the life of the late Second Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal, the youngest recipient of India’s highest wartime gallantry award, the Param Vir Chakra. According to a PTI report, the product...

Apple TV+ streaming service now rebranded to Apple TV

This is one rebranding that will be known for being very quiet instead of going to town with the change. Apple has rebranded its streaming service to Apple TV, dropping the + sign, though the app, till the time of writing this report yesterday, continued to flaunt the Apple TV+ name.

Google to invest $15 bn to build AI data centre in Andhra

Google said yesterday it would invest $15 billion over five years to set up an artificial intelligence data centre in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh, its biggest ever investment in the world's most populous nation.

The US tech giant's plan comes amid a tense diplomatic stan...

AVIA Archipelago summit shows Asia reinventing for growth

The Archipelago Video Summit, held in Jakarta, brought together over 150 senior executives from across Asia to explore the future of video in some of the world’s most dynamic markets of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.

In the opening keynote, Hermawan Sutanto, Managing Direct...

Insta to put more curbs on teenagers’ content exposure

Instagram will limit what users under 18 can see on the platform using filters inspired by the PG-13 movie rating system, in the latest step by its parent Meta to address criticism that it has not done enough to protect teenagers online.

Modeled on the Motion Picture Association's ra...

John Hannah to headline detective drama ‘Death in Benidorm’

British actor John Hannah, widely known for his roles in ‘The Mummy’ franchise and the romantic classic ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’, is set to take the lead in an upcoming detective drama series for Channel 5 titled ‘Death in Benidorm’.

According to a rep...

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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!