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Netflix in talks with companies for advertising tie-ups

Netflix Inc. is in talks with several companies for advertising partnerships, co-CEO Ted Sarandos said on Thursday, as the streaming titan looks to slow subscriber growth by rolling out a cheaper plan with ads.

Media reports from earlier this week said it was in discussions with Alph...

ZEE5 announces ‘Rangbaaz’ S3

After the phenomenal success of the first two seasons of its marquee gangster drama ‘Rangbaaz’, ZEE5 has announced another season of the hit show.

The new season of ‘Rangbaaz – Darr Ki Rajneeti’ will star Vineet Kumar Singh and Aakanksha Singh in lead roles. The sho...

Prime Video to premiere ‘Modern Love Hyderabad’ July 8

Buoyed by the success of the recently released ‘Modern Love Mumbai’, Prime Video has announced that ‘Modern Love Hyderabad’ will premiere globally on July 8. A SIC Productions, the new Telugu Amazon Original series is produced by well-acclaimed creator Elahe Hiptoola with Nagesh Kukunoor as the s...

SonyLIV, Hansal Mehta collaborate on untold R&AW story

Streaming platform SonyLIV is set to stream an exclusive series helmed by Hansal Mehta based on RK Yadav’s book ‘Mission R&AW’. The show is backed by Almighty Motion Pictures (producer Prabhleen Kaur Sandhu) and has been adapted for the screen by Karan Vyas. The show will trace the journey and exploits of Rameshwar Nath Kao, the first ...

ShemarooMe partners with OTTplay

ShemarooMe, the video streaming app of Shemaroo, has inked a partnership with OTTplay, an app aggregator that lets you watch 12 OTT platforms with a single subscription. The partnership will make ShemarooMe’s content easily available to existing and potential users by opening up an entirely new way to access enter...

Khalsa TV surrenders UK licence after Ofcom rap on content

Khalsa Television Limited has chosen to surrender its licence, which makes it ineligible to operate the KTV channel that served the Sikh community in the United Kingdom.

The move comes after the KTV licence was suspended earlier in March following a “serious breach” of Ofcom broadcas...

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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!