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Netflix assures court ‘Ghooskhor Pandat’ will be renamed

Netflix India yesterday informed the Delhi High Court that the Manoj Bajpayee-starrer film, ‘Ghooskhor Pandat’, will be renamed. The statement was made before Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, who was dealing with a petition seeking a stay on the release of the film on account of its "offensive" and "defama...

ZEE5 drops trailer of ‘Kennedy’, premieres Feb 20

ZEE5 has unveiled the trailer of its much-anticipated noir thriller ‘Kennedy’, directed by Anurag Kashyap, with the film set to premiere exclusively on the streaming platform on February 20. The release comes after the film’s acclaimed run at several international film festivals, where it drew attention for its stark visuals and intense story...

JioHotstar hires tech leaders from Google, Flipkart, CRED

JioHotstar has strengthened its product, engineering and technology leadership as it sharpens its focus on AI-led, personalised streaming experiences at scale. The platform has brought on board a clutch of senior executives from leading consumer internet and fintech companies, signalling its intent to build deeper capabilities across discover...

Prime Video’s ‘Bandwaale’ to premiere worldwide on Feb 13

Prime Video on Monday announced February 13 as the worldwide premiere date of its upcoming Hindi original series ‘Bandwaale’, a musical dramedy that brings together poetry, friendship and music against the backdrop of a small town. The series will stream exclusively on the platform across India and in over 240 countries and territories, the P...

‘Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu’ to stream on ZEE5 from Feb 11

After a highly successful theatrical run this Sankranthi, the Telugu blockbuster ‘Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu’ is set to make its digital premiere on ZEE5 from February 11. The platform has secured the exclusive digital rights of the Chiranjeevi–Nayanthara starrer, which emerged as one of the biggest box office successes of the festive sea...

High-stakes pitches stole spotlight on ‘Bharat Ke Super Founders’ this week

Amazon MX Player’s entrepreneurial reality series ‘Bharat Ke Super Founders’ delivered another compelling week as founders from across the country brought big ideas, bold valuations and deeply personal convictions into the pitch room. The latest episodes reflected the many shades of Indian entrepreneurship, where purpose-driven businesses and ha...

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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!