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India’s official entry ‘Laapataa Ladies’ exits Oscars 2025 race

India’s official submission for the Best International Feature category at the 97th Academy Awards, ‘Laapataa Ladies’, has been eliminated from contention. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) released the shortlist of 15 films competing for a spot in the final nominations, and the Hindi film, directed by Kiran Rao, did not ma...

ASCI to host ad self-regulation Mumbai global summit in March ’25

The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) is set to host the International Council for Ad Self-Regulation (ICAS) Global Summit from March 17-21, 2025 in Mumbai.

This will mark the ICAS summit debut outside of Europe and the US. The event will create opportunities for global s...

DTH viewing going down & a hybrid ecosystem evolving: Dish TV CEO

The ongoing tussle between the promoters and shareholders at Dish TV does not obstruct the functioning of its management, and it is allowed to operate freely and nicely, its CEO and Executive Director Manoj Dobhal said yesterday.

The management is putting its focus and energy into ru...

Dish TV India, C21Media partner for Content India in April

Recognizing the immense potential of India’s entertainment industry to lead on the global stage, Dish TV India is taking a transformative step with the launch of Content India 2025, an event conceptualised around the content industry.

This initiative, produced in partnership with the...

‘The White Lotus’ S3 set to premiere on HBO this February

HBO's critically acclaimed dark comedy series ‘The White Lotus’ is set to make its highly anticipated return with Season 3 on February 16, 2025. The network unveiled a teaser on Monday evening, offering fans a glimpse into the next chapter of the Emmy-winning series created by Mike White, PTI reported. Known for its satirical take on...

Britain’s online safety regime comes into force

Britain's online safety regime came into force from yesterday, requiring social media companies like Meta's Facebook and ByteDance's TikTok to take action to tackle criminal activity on their platforms and make them safer by design.

Media regulator Ofcom said it had published its fir...

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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!