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Dish TV, C21Media announce Content India 2025

Dish TV India Ltd., a leader in India’s DTH and OTT aggregation landscape, has partnered with C21Media to introduce Content India 2025, an ambitious three-day market and conference aimed at connecting Indian and global content creators, producers, distributors, and platforms. The event, set to launch in April 2026 in Mumbai, will open doors f...

Tata Play Classic Cinema celebrates Shammi Kapoor’s legacy

Tata Play Classic Cinema is set to honor the legacy of Bollywood's 'Jumping Jack,' Shammi Kapoor, on his birth anniversary this October 21. Born on October 21, 1931, Shammi Kapoor was an unforgettable icon of Indian cinema, known for his dynamic dance moves, romantic flair, and larger-than-life screen presence. As part of the tribute,

Dish TV partners Samsung, NAGRAVISION on smart services

Dish TV has unveiled a hassle-free TV viewing experience for Samsung TV customers through a partnership with Samsung India and NAGRAVISION. This collaboration introduces the integrated Dish TV Smart+ services, allowing secure, premium content to be delivered directly to Samsung Connected TVs without the need for a traditional set-top box. ...

DirecTV, Dish network announces merger

DirecTV on Monday agreed to buy EchoStar's satellite television business that includes Dish TV, capping decades of on-and-off talks to create one of the nation's largest pay TV distributors with a combined 20 million subscribers. The transaction comes at a time when satellite TV services

Philippines’ Cignal Super pilot app launched on Tata Play Binge

Cignal TV, the Philippines’ leading pay TV provider, has launched the pilot version of its new OTT aggregation platform, Cignal Super, in partnership with Tata Play Binge. This collaboration, revealed during ongoing APOS '24 in Bali, is part of Tata Play Binge’s global expansion after a successful partnership with Akash Digital TV in Banglade...

DirecTV, Dish in merger talks again

Telecom operator AT&T and its joint-venture partner TPG are in early-stage talks to merge their DirecTV satellite TV service with EchoStar owned Dish, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday. The two companies first attempted to merge back in 2002 when the U.S. Justice Department blocked the tie-up. The combined entity wo...

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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!