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Paramount, Comcast, Netflix in bidding race to acquire WBD

Warner Bros Discovery has received initial buyout offers from industry giants Paramount Skydance, Comcast and Netflix, signalling the beginning of what could become one of Hollywood’s most significant consolidation moves in recent years.

The bidding process, confirmed by a source fam...

OTTplay, Studio Jadu partner to syndicate AI‑enabled shows

OTTplay, a leading OTT aggregation platform of India, yesterday announced a strategic partnership with Studio Jadu to syndicate a line-up of AI-enabled animated series, marking one of the earliest OTT syndication deals of its kind worldwide.

The collaboration, according to a press re...

ZEE forays into kids’ entertainment via KidZ on ZEE5

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (ZEEL) has officially stepped into the kids entertainment genre with the launch of KidZ, a new offering on its digital platform ZEE5, starting November 24, The Economic Times reported yesterday<...

Maddock Films unveils ‘Ikkis’ poster featuring Dharam

Maddock Films yesterday unveiled the character poster of veteran actor Dharmendra from the upcoming war drama ‘Ikkis’, describing him as a “timeless legend”. The poster offers a first glimpse of the Bollywood icon as M. L. Khetarpal in Sriram Raghavan’s much-awaited directorial.

IFFI: Sreekar Prasad unpacks craft behind cinematic rhythm

At the 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), veteran editor Sreekar Prasad led a session titled ‘From Mind to Screen: Vision to Execution - An Editing Workshop’, that drew the audience into cinema’s quietest yet most decisive space --- the editing table, where scenes find balance and stories settle into f...

Tributes pour in from all corners for ‘He-Man’ Dharmendra

A "bonafide legend" of Indian cinema, "an inspiration for generations" and the "original He-Man" is how celebrities, including Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Allu Arjun and Karan Johar, remembered Dharmendra who breathed his last on Monday. The homage-paying legion was led by no less than India’s President Murmu and Prime...

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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!