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Netflix sues creators of alleged ‘Bridgerton’ knockoff

Netflix Inc on Friday sued the creators of an alleged unauthorized musical stage production of its popular period drama “Bridgerton,” accusing them of copyright infringement after building demand for their knockoff on TikTok. The complaint was filed against Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear in the federal court in Washington, three days after a s...

Zee5 to make fresh shows in US; English, Spanish dubbing proposed

With an eye to increase non-Hindi speaking subscribers, Zee5, part of India’s homegrown Zee Entertainment, has decided to not only commission local programming in the US, but also dub shows in English and Spanish, Variety has reported.

It envisages local commissions, English and Spa...

MPL, Missing Link Trust to launch #SaveOurMissingGirls campaign

Mobile Premier League (MPL) partnered with Missing Link Trust, to launch a campaign called #SaveOurMissingGirls to spread awareness of human trafficking. Announced on the eve of United Nations’ World Day against Trafficking in Persons, the campaign aims ...

Ranveer Singh to host Filmfare Awards

The Filmfare Awards are back yet again to celebrate the finest of Bollywood with its 67th edition in association with Wolf777news as the title partner. Taking forward the six-decade-long legacy, the coveted Black Lady will recognize the best in Hindi cinema, for the year 2021. This year, the prestigious award night will be held in full glory ...

Jack May poised to cede control of Ant Group, WSJ report says

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma plans to cede control of Ant Group, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, after a regulatory crackdown that scuppered its $37 billion IPO in 2020 and led to a forced restructuring of the financial technology behemoth.

While Ma only owns a 10 percen...

Reliance, IOA in pact to support Indian athletes

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Wednesday announced a long-term partnership to support Indian athletes in major multi-sport events, including the Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, and the Olympics Games.

India's most valuable c...

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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!