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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...

Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Mickey 17’ to premiere at Berlin Film Festival

Acclaimed filmmaker Bong Joon Ho is set to make a triumphant return to the big screen with his highly anticipated sci-fi drama ‘Mickey 17’, which will have its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2025. Known for his Oscar-winning masterpiece Parasite, Bong's latest venture is generating significant buzz for its t...

Warner Bros to re-release ‘Interstellar’ in IMAX theatres across India

Celebrating a decade of Christopher Nolan's cinematic brilliance, Warner Bros Pictures India has announced the re-release of ‘Interstellar’, the acclaimed 2014 sci-fi epic. This highly anticipated event will hit Indian theatres and IMAX screens on February 7...

DirecTV challenges dismissal of Fubo’s claims against Venu Sports

U.S. satellite TV provider DirecTV has raised objections to the dismissal of FuboTV's lawsuit against Venu Sports, a joint venture spearheaded by Walt Disney, Fox Corp, and Warner Bros Discovery Inc. DirecTV argues that the resolution of the lawsuit does not adequately address antitrust concerns surrounding the venture, signaling ongoing tension...

Annapurna Studios launches India’s first Dolby-certified post-production facility

In a monumental stride for Indian cinema, Annapurna Studios has launched the country's first Dolby-certified post-production facility for both cinema and home viewing. The cutting-edge facility was inaugurated by celebrated filmmaker S.S. Rajamouli, with renowne...

WAVES postponed to late April, relocated to Mumbai

The World Audio Visual Entertainment Summit or WAVES, which was announced by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting last year and was to be held in the first half of February this year, has been postponed to late April and early May. Sources told Indiabroadcastingworld.com all the industry organisations involved in organizing

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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!