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Toonz Media Group partners with Greyscale Animation to co-produce ‘Odd Dog’

Toonz Media Group, a global leader in kids and family entertainment, has announced a collaboration with Greyscale Animation to co-produce an exciting new animated series based on the acclaimed short film Odd Dog. Created by award-winning producer and directo...

Former Netflix India regulatory head Ambika Khurana joins Vi

Ambika Khurana, who till a few months back headed the regulatory and public policy div at Netflix India, has joined telecom company Vodafone Idea Ltd as Chief Regulatory & Corporate Affairs Officer.

Health Ministry starts consultation on draft anti-tobacco rules for OTT content

The Union Health Ministry has proposed mandatory display of ‘non-skippable’ anti-tobacco health spots of at least 30 seconds and audio-visual disclaimer on ill-effects of tobacco use for 20 seconds on OTT platforms as soon as one starts streaming them. The Ministry recently released draft amendments for anti-tobacco rules for over-the-top (OT...

Dubai cops busts piracy ring on Disney Star complaint

Disney Star India has taken its fight against piracy to the international stage with the Dubai police recently raiding the operations of an alleged rogue Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) provider, according to a report in Story...

Malaysian satellite operator MEASAT enters biz pact with NSIL

MEASAT Global Berhad (MEASAT), Malaysia-based satellite solutions provider, is collaborating with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) to support its business through a collaboration agreement signed at the Bengaluru Space Expo 2024.

Saankhya Labs, Sinclair, IIT-K collab on developing D2M devices

Saankhya Labs, a subsidiary of Tejas Networks, Free Stream Technologies, incubated at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, and US-based Sinclair, Inc. have announced the companies are collaborating to design and launch a variety of value-for-money mobile phones with augmented direct-to-mobile (D2M) broadcast...

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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!