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IFFJK to screen 135 films from 41 countries

The firstever International Film Festival of Jammu and Kashmir (IFFJK) will showcase 135 films from 41 countries, making it one of the biggest cinematic events in the Union Territory.The festival will be held from September 7 to 10. According to a PTI report...

JioStar appoints Dwijendra Parashar as senior director sports marketing

JioStar has appointed Dwijendra Parashar as Senior Director Marketing, Sports. Parashar shared the update through a LinkedIn post. He wrote, “Turns out you can take a man out of cricket, but not cricket out of the man! Thrilled to share that I'm starting a new role as Sr. Director of Marketing Sports at JioStar.” In his new role, Parashar ...

Netflix loads fall slate with starry thrillers, dramas, animation

Netflix is heading into the fall with a broad movie slate spanning star-led thrillers, prestige dramas, documentaries, animation and holiday fare, with Ben Affleck, Jessica Chastain, Cameron Diaz, Brad Pitt and Scarlett Johansson among the names attached to its biggest upcoming releases.

India’s M&E sector moves from audience scale to monetisation: PwC

India’s entertainment and media industry is entering a new phase in which turning audience engagement into sustainable revenue will matter as much as building scale, as AI, regional content, digital advertising and expanding connectivity reshape the sector. India’s media ...

HBO sets Sept. 20 debut for Sharon Horgan comedy ‘Youth’

HBO will premiere its eight-episode original comedy 'Youth', starring and written by Sharon Horgan, on September 20, with the first two episodes releasing together before the series moves to a weekly rollout.

Netflix, Stella Artois bring brand collab into ‘Gentlemen’s world

Netflix and Stella Artois are taking a brand partnership beyond conventional advertising by weaving the beer brand directly into the world of ‘The Gentlemen’ as the Netflix series returns for its second season.

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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!