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SPNI unveils festive content slate, SonyLIV new brand positioning

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has announced a festive-season multi-language content slate, featuring new fiction and reality shows, movies, regional programming and live sports across television and digital platforms.

Zee Q1 profit dips 48%; ad revenue weak, content cost rises

Zee Entertainment Enterprises yesterday reported a 48.3 per cent decline in its consolidated profit to Rs 74.3 crore for the June quarter of FY27.

It had logged a net profit of Rs 143.7 crore in t...

TIMES NOW Navbharat launches ‘Garjana’ with Rubika

TIMES NOW Navbharat has launched a new debate show ‘Garjana’ as part of its early prime time programming. Hosted by news anchor Rubika Liyaquat, the show premiered yesterday and will air Monday to Friday at 6 pm.

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Adam Wingard’s ‘Onslaught’ to release in India Sept. 4

Filmmaker Adam Wingard’s action thriller ‘Onslaught’ is set to hit Indian cinemas on September 4. The film stars Adria Arjona, Rebecca Hall and Dan Stevens in key roles and will be presented in India by PVR INOX Pictures...

Consortium, including Bezos, poised to take Liverpool FC stake

A consortium that includes Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is close to agreeing a deal to acquire a stake of about one-third in Premier ‌League club Liverpool, multiple media outlets reported yesterday, according to a Reuters dispatch.

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Ai plus smartphone partners with ‘KBC Season18’

Ai plus Smartphone has announced its partnership with ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ Season 18, bringing the Indian smartphone brand together with one of the country’s most popular and trusted television shows. Hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ has...

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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!