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Aneesha Mukhopadhaya joins Netflix India as Consumer Insights Lead

Aneesha Mukhopadhaya has been appointed as the Consumer Insights Lead for Netflix India, marking a significant move in the streaming giant’s efforts to deepen its understanding of Indian audiences. With this strategic hire, Netflix aims to refine its content strategies, enhance viewer experiences, and strengthen i...

Dice Media’s ‘Oops! Ab Kya?’ hits JioHotstar

Dice Media, the long-form content arm of Pocket Aces, is back with another binge-worthy creation ‘Oops! Ab Kya?’, now streaming on JioHotstar. This fresh, laugh-out-loud comedy-drama takes viewers on a rollercoaster ride of chaos, love, and societal pressures, ...

Spotify expands AI-Generated audiobook library with ElevenLabs

Spotify has announced a partnership with AI voice technology company ElevenLabs to produce more AI-narrated audiobooks. The Sweden-based streaming platform, which initially ventured into digitally narrated books in late 2023 through a collaboration with Google Play Books, now aims to provide authors with a more cost-effective and versatile so...

Kangana Ranaut’s ‘Emergency’ to stream on Netflix from March 17

Kangana Ranaut’s much-anticipated political drama ‘Emergency’ is set to stream on Netflix starting March 17, 2025. Directed, produced, and headlined by Ranaut herself, the film dives deep into one of India’s most controversial political eras the Emergency period declared between 1975 and 1977. Kangana portrays India’s first female Prime Minis...

Kevin Bacon returns for Prime Video’s ‘The Bondsman’

Kevin Bacon is making a devilish comeback in Prime Video’s new supernatural drama ‘The Bondsman’, with all eight episodes dropping April 3, 2025, in over 240 countries and territories worldwide. According to a press note, produced by Blumhouse Television, ...

JioStar nets 11 sponsors for ICC Men’s CT2025

JioStar, the official broadcaster and streaming partner for the highly anticipated ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025, has locked in 11 leading sponsors for the tournament, signaling strong market confidence in cricket’s unmatched popularity, The Economic Times reported. The star-studded lineup of sponsors includes Dream11, Pernod Ricard India, ...

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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!