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Warner Bros. Discovery to shutter CNN+

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has announced it would shut down its CNN+ streaming news service less than a month after its highly touted launch. The service, which sought to capitalize on the popularity of streaming video and the growth of digital news subscriptions, will cease operations on April 30. The executive who helped design CNN's strea...

Sreenivasan made Republic’s branded content head

Republic has appointed Anand Sreenivasan as National Head – Branded Content. Sreenivasan will be leading Fluid, which is the branded content vertical of the Republic Media Network. With an overall experience of more than 16 years, Sreenivasan has led media organizations like ZoomTV, UTV, Sony, and A+E | TV18. According to the press rele...

Sony AATH to premiere ‘Vighnaharta Ganesh’ on April 25

Sony AATH, the Bangla general entertainment channel brings in a visual delight for their viewers with the addition of ‘Vighnaharta Ganesh’ to their content line-up. The popular mythological show depicts the journey of Lord Ganesh in a never-seen-before avatar for the first time in the Bengali language. ‘Vighnaharta Ganesh’ will start airi...

Zee24 Ghanta appoints Gautam Bhattacharya as editor

Zee Media Corporation has appointed Gautam Bhattacharya, a renowned sports journalist, as the editor of its regional channel Zee 24 Ghanta. The news was shared by Gautam on his LinkedIn account. In his new role, he will be presiding over the input and output of all content for the channel along with its digital properties and drive the gro...

Twitter’s edit feature may keep digital traces of earlier tweets

Twitter is working on the edit button, as requested by its users as well as Tesla chief executive officer Elon Musk. As the micro-blogging platform is reportedly going to keep a digital trace of your earlier tweets. App researcher and reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong said in a tweet that the edit button may have an "immutable" quality. ...

Henry Golding boards ‘Downtown Owl’ adaptation

‘Snake Eyes’ star Henry Golding has joined the cast of the upcoming movie ‘Downtown Owl’. An adaptation of author Chuck Klosterman's 2008 novel of the same title, the film will be directed by Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater. According to PTI, Golding joins Harris, Vanessa Hudgens, Finn Wittrock, Jack Dylan Grazer, and August Blanco Rosenste...

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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!