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Billion, realme TechLife adopt CloudTV’s Smart TV thunderOS

Billion and realme TechLife have partnered with CloudTV to bring its new CTS-certified Smart TV operating system, thunderOS, to consumers in India. The partnership went live yesterday, with Smart TVs powered by thunderOS available on e-commerce company Flipkart’s platform. CloudTV, in a statement yesterday, said Bil...

Google, JioStar bring AI search to TV shows

Google India and JioStar have announced a multi-platform partnership to showcase AI-powered features in Google Search through JioStar’s popular Hindi fiction shows ‘Anupama’ and ‘Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’. The campaign aims to demonstrate how conversational AI in Google Search can help people find useful information, make decisions and manage ...

NESCAFE, Spotify launch ‘Hustle Anthem’ for young India

NESCAFÉ has partnered with Spotify to launch its new 'Hustle Anthem', a rap track created to celebrate the energy, ambition and different passions of young people in India. According to a Nestlé India press release yesterday, the campaign highlights different forms of hustle, including late-night study sessions, coding, music, art, creative p...

‘Sau Baat Ki Ek Baat’ completes 10 years on News18 India

News18 India’s prime time show ‘Sau Baat Ki Ek Baat’, anchored by veteran journalist Kishore Ajwani, has completed 10 years. The show has marked a decade of journalism, analysis and a strong connection with viewers. According to News18 India,the programme completes 10 years at a time when television news and audience expectations have changed...

‘Widow’s Bay’ wins big at Emmys with 14 awards

Widow’s Bay’, a horror comedy about a cursed New England town, emerged as the biggest winner at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards, taking a record 14 awards, including Best Comedy Series. The show beat the final season of ‘Hacks’ to win the top comedy prize, according to a Reuters report yesterday from Los Angeles. ‘The Pitt’ won Best Drama Seri...

E3 Group partners with ‘Haiwaan’ starring Saif Ali Khan, Akshay Kumar

E3 Group has announced its association with the upcoming Hindi action thriller 'Haiwaan', starring Saif Ali Khan and Akshay Kumar. The film is directed by filmmaker Priyadarshan. According to an E3 Group press release from New Delhi today, 'Haiwaan' follows a blind martial artist who tries to protect a young girl from a dangerous psychopath. ...

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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!