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OTTplay Premium debuts with 5 subscription packs

After helping more than five million Indians navigate the complex landscape of OTT content with AI-based personalized recommendations every month, aggregator OTTplay is now making its foray into OTT content streaming with the launch of OTTplay Premium-bundled subscription packs. The five carefully curated subscription packs not only bring tog...

IPL: Hotstar to be impacted; Voot/Jio get digital edge

By Karan Taurani /Elara Caps With IPL moving away from Star, Disney+Hotstar as a platform will become much smaller, tad above vs other broadcaster OTT apps helped by other cricket content. In terms of SVOD market, they have a share of 25 percent, which will see a sharp drop and potentially move towards Voot or Jio...

IPL: Digital in spotlight; premiums expected

By Karan Taurani /Elara Caps Win win for BCCI; premiums in line with expectations IPL media rights have fetched INR 484bn, which is largely in line with our estimate of INR 500bn; this is driven by 30%/70% premium on TV/digital base price, which too was in line. In terms of split, 49% of media rig...

Rian Johnson reveals title of ‘Knives Out’ sequel

Filmmaker Rian Johnson has announced that the upcoming ‘Knives Out’ sequel is titled ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ and will be released this holiday season.

The much-anticipated part two of the hit 2019 murder mystery will see Daniel Craig reprise his role as ...

Actor Shekhar Suman calls for censorship for clean comedy

Actor Shekhar Suman believes stand-up comedians need to have a responsible approach towards their craft and ensure their remarks don't hurt sentiments of any section of the society. Suman, 59, is a known face in the television comedy circuit, courtesy popular 1990s sitcom ‘Dekh Bhai Dekh’ and talk show

Viewers should also ascertain news’ veracity, says ‘Broken News’ star

'Paatal Lok’ star Jaideep Ahlawat, who's ‘The Broken News’ is making waves on Zee5, says in the age of social media where information is just a tap away for a person with a smartphone, the responsibility to "filter" right from wrong rests more on viewers. In ‘The Broken News’, Ahlawat pl...

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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!