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Colors Bangla Cinema partners with D2H

Colors Bangla Cinema, the Bengali movie channel, has announced its strategic partnership with D2H, a player in the DTH space. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in enhancing accessibility to quality entertainment for viewers across diverse demogr...

Disney, Viacom18 merged entity to dominate with 750mn+ viewers

India's top conglomerate Reliance Industries and Walt Disney yesterday announced the merger of their India TV and streaming media assets, creating an $8.5 billion entertainment juggernaut far ahead of rivals in the world's most ...

Government chooses Prasar Bharti for D2M tech pilot in 19 cities

The government will soon start a pilot in 19 cities to test direct-to-mobile (D2M) technology that enables content or live TV to be broadcast on mobile devices without an active internet connection. Officials said the pilot would be done using Prasar Bharti’s infrastructure, following which, a call would be taken on a mass-scale rollout. The ...

Telecom Bill 2023 debuts in Lok Sabha for review

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday tabled the Telecommunications Bill, 2023 in Lok Sabha amid sloganeering by opposition in the house. The lower house has been adjourned till 2 PM by deputy speaker Rajendra Agra...

OTT self-reg body’s chief cautions against vulgar content

The self-regulatory body for OTT platforms yesterday urged its members to avoid unnecessary vulgarity and abusive content as well as sensitise production houses about the same.

Digital Media Content Regulatory Council (DMCRC) chairperson Justice (retired) Mukul Mudgal said that OTT p...

Zee Entertainment launches four channels in UK

Zee Entertainment has announced the launch of four new Freeview Connected channels. With this expansion, the company hopes to provide a diverse range of content to cater to the diverse tastes of Freeview viewers.

The channels include Zest, Zing, Zee...

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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!