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SPNI appoints Prashant Bhatt as head of programming, Sony SAB

Sony Pictures Network Entertainment has appointed Prashant Bhatt as Head – Programming, Sony SAB. In his new role, Prashant will be leading the content and programming division for the channel and will be responsible for managing the...

China fines tech giants over anti-monopoly violations

Chinese tech giants, including Alibaba Group and Tencent Holdings, were fined on Saturday for failing to report corporate acquisitions, adding to an anti-monopoly crackdown by the ruling Communist Party. According to PTI, the companies faile...

Prime Video ‘Chhorii’ world premiere at 52nd IFFI

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Data protection law will boost digital economy: Meity official

Dr. Rajendra Kumar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) has said that the personal data Protection (PDP) Bill, likely to be introduced in parliament later this year, would provide a boost to...

Shashank Khaitan turns producer with new company

Bollywood ace filmmaker Shashank Khaitan on Thursday announced that he is venturing into film production with the banner named ‘Mentor Disciple Films’.

Before making his directorial debut in 2014 with ‘Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania’, Kolkata-born Shashank assisted veteran filmma...

Is Lionsgate spinning off Starz? Regulatory filing suggests so

LionsGate Entertainment Corp. has said it’s considering a spinoff of its media networks business that includes the Starz channel, a division that accounted for half the company’s annual revenue last year.

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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!