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Tabu joins Akshay Kumar, Priyadarshan for new film ‘Bhooth Bangla’

Acclaimed actress Tabu has officially joined forces with Akshay Kumar and director Priyadarshan for their upcoming project ‘Bhooth Bangla’. The film, a much-anticipated collaboration, promises to be a delightful blend of comedy and horror, a genre Priyadarshan has masterfully handled in past hits like ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa’. ‘Bhooth Bangla’ marks ...

Diljit Dosanjh teases February release for ‘Punjab 95’

Punjabi superstar and singer Diljit Dosanjh has hinted at a February 2025 release for his highly anticipated film, ‘Punjab 95’, which is based on the life of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra. Taking to Instagram, Dosanjh shared a series of stills from the movie with the caption, “I Challenge the Darkness. ‘Punjab ’95’ In February, PTI ...

Priya Aiyar named chief legal officer of WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has announced the appointment of Priya Aiyar as its new Chief Legal Officer, a strategic move as the media conglomerate seeks to strengthen its legal and compliance functions globally. Aiyar will officially assume her role in February 2025 and report directly to David Zaslav, Chief Executive Officer of WBD. Zaslav...

Warner Bros. announces content lineup 2025

As adults toast to the New Year, Warner Bros. Discovery ensures kids have their own reason to celebrate! The studio’s beloved children’s channels—Cartoon Network, Pogo, and Discovery Kids—are set to transform January into a month-long festival of laughter, action, a...

Hindi, Hollywood films’ 2024 BO revenues dip 13% & 17%: Ormax

Despite 13 percent decline in Hindi box office, the total annual gross box office in the India market stood at Rs.11,833 crore, making 2024 the second-best year of all time, 3 percent behind 2023, according to the The Ormax Box Office 2024 Report, but India...

Disney, Fox, WBD scrap Venu sports streaming service

Walt Disney, Fox and Warner Bros Discovery on Friday abandoned plans to launch Venu Sports, their live sports joint venture, pulling the plug on the much-heralded effort after it ran into substantial legal opposition. Venu was meant to attract sports fans who either cancelled or never subscribed to cable TV - but quickly ran into legal troubl...

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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!