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aha launches its Tamil OTT service

aha, one of India’s leading regional OTT platforms announced the launch of its Tamil slate in Chennai on Thursday. The launch event was graced by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Shri Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin. He was joined by actor Silambarasan aka Simbu and music composer Anirudh Ravichander, who was announced as the brand ambas...

SonyLiv to premiere ‘James’ on April 14

Streaming platform SonyLiv has exclusively acquired the rights to stream late actor Puneeth Rajkumar’s last film, ‘James’, on April 14. The late actor, who enjoyed a pan-India appeal as one of the most prolific Kannada actors, makes a posthumous appearance in the film, which is still running in theatres. The film will inaugurate S...

Anil Kapoor-Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor starrer ‘Thar’ to release in May

Streaming giant Netflix on Monday announced its upcoming film ‘Thar’, starring Bollywood actors and real-life father-son duo Anil Kapoor and Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor, which will premiere on May 6. The revenge noir thriller marks the

Lucien Laviscount to return for ‘Emily in Paris’ S3

Actor Lucien Laviscount has been upped to series regular by the makers of ‘Emily In Paris’ and will be reprising his role of Alfie in the upcoming third season of the Lily Collins-led Netflix dramedy. Laviscount played the part of Alfie, Emily's love interest in the second season. According to PTI, the actor's casting for season three was ...

Raj and DK wraps shoot of ‘Guns & Gulaabs’

Filmmaker duo Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK on Saturday said they have finished shooting for their web series 'Guns & Gulaabs', featuring Rajkumar Rao and Dulquer Salmaan. Inspired by the misfits of the world, 'Guns & Gulaabs' is set in the 90s. It is billed as a story th...

‘Oh My Dog’ to premiere on Prime Video

Suriya’s home production film ‘Oh My Dog’ is set to release on Prime Video on April 21. ‘Oh My Dog’ is touted as a heartwarming tale, which brings together three generations of the real-life film family (grandfather-father-son trio) – Vijaykumar, Arun Vijay and Arnav Vijay. The family entertainer is written and

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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!