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Indian film producers’ body plan free vax for 500 members

The Indian Motion Picture Producers' Association (IMPPA) will organise a free coronavirus vaccine drive for 500 of its members this month on a "first-come-first-served" basis, the film body announced Wednesday.

The association, which has 6,000 members, will set up a camp at its Andhe...

Warner Bros. Discovery to combine a century’s creative heritage

Discovery Inc. has said that the recently announced global entertainment and media business created with Discovery and WarnerMedia assets will be named Warner Bros. Discovery.

Discovery Chief Executive David Zaslav made the announcement during a meeting with WarnerMedia employees at ...

Zee promoted Manish Agarvwal as VP & Head of Marketing at Zee Zest

The leading media & entertainment company, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (Zee) has promoted Manish Agarvwal as Vice President (VP) and Head of Marketing of Zee Zest, according to his Linkedin update, a 24x7 food and lifestyle television channel based in Mumbai. In his new role, Manish will rep...

Zee Entertainment appoints Nitin Mittal as President- Technology & Data

The leading media & entertainment company, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (Zee) has announced the appointment of Nitin Mittal as President- Technology & Data, the company informed in a media release. The company has been taking strategic steps to support its digital pivot, drive exponential...

IPL organisers brace for UAE leg minus star foreign players

As the Indian cricket board seeks to complete this year's Indian Premier League (IPL) in the United Arab Emirates, it appears to have accepted that the UAE leg may not feature several of the league's star foreign players.

The Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) in India was staring a...

NBF hails SC observation on use of sedition laws on media

India’s News Broadcasters Federation (NBF) welcomed the move of the Supreme Court of India showing concern on the colonial-era sedition laws of Indian Penal Code 1860, which are often “misused by authorities to gag and muzzle the media” against broadcasting any criticism of authorities in power in public interest.

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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!