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Star India launches new Odia GEC Star Kirano

Disney-owned Star TV Network, on Monday, announced the launch of its new Odia general entertainment channel, Star Kirano. The new service will be available in the first week of June 2022. To create yet another benchmark in the realm of storytelling, the channel will showcase fresh, progressive, and differentiated content to the people of O...

Google launches ‘Switch to Android’ app on iPhone

American tech giant, Google, has launched a new ‘Switch to Android’ app for iOS users. The application will enable users to transfer data from iPhone wirelessly using the Android handset as a hotspot. The application is said to be a counterpart to the ‘Move to iOS’ app introduced in 2015 to transfer data from an Android device to an iPhone...

The Q launches new animation channel

The Q, India’s youngest Hindi general entertainment channel with a multi-platform presence, has launched a new animation channel The Q Kahaniyan with the tagline ‘Hatke Kisse, Datke Masti’. The Q Kahaniyan is a digital exclusive animated content channel that targets young viewers between the age group of 13 to 35 years, the company said in a ...

Musk tweets ‘Love Me Tender’ days after Twitter offer

Elon Musk tweeted ‘Love Me Tender’, an Elvis Presley song, a day after Twitter Inc. adopted a "poison pill" to protect itself from the billionaire's $43 billion cash offer to buy the social media company. After Musk's TED talk on Thursday last, according to a Reuters report on Monday, he hinted at the possibility of a hostile bid in which he ...

Abhishek Bannerjee’s ‘Nazarandaaz’ wraps production

Actor Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday said he has finished filming his upcoming feature ‘Nazarandaaz’, which also stars Divya Dutt and Kumud Mishra. The film, reportedly a comedy, is produced by filmmaker Laxman Utekar-- known for movies like ‘Mimi’ and ‘Luka Chuppi’--Karishma Sharma and Bhushan Kumar's T-Series. Directed by ...

Zoya Akhtar’s ‘Archies’ begins production

Filmmaker Zoya Akhtar on Monday began shooting for her upcoming Netflix live-action musical film ‘The Archies. The streamer has partnered with Archie Comics for the film, which will be set in 1960s India. ‘The Archies’ reportedly features Shah Rukh Khan's daughter Suhana Khan, Sridevi's younger daughter Khushi Kapoor and Shweta Bachchan Na...

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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!