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Directors’ body-Hollywood film & TV studios reach tentative pact

The Directors Guild of America (DGA) said it reached a tentative contract deal with major film and television studios that have been grappling with arduous negotiations with Hollywood unions.

The three-year labour agreement with the Alliance of Moti...

‘Avatar: The Way of Water’, set to release on Disney+ Hotstar

Filmmaker James Cameron’s ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ will be available for streaming in India on Disney+ Hotstar on June 7. A sequel to Cameron’s 2009 blockbuster ‘Avatar’, which is the all-time highest-grossi...

Tata Play elevates Abhishek Pathak to SVP & Head Content

Tata Play, a subscription-based satellite television company, has promoted Abhishek Pathak to SVP & Head (Content), in charge of strategy, business development, and partnerships. Pathak announced on LinkedIn, saying, "Building

Rajitta Hemwaani joins IN10 Media as COO, Music

Rajitta Hemwaani has joined IN10 Media as Chief Operating Officer – Music, according to an update in her LinkedIn profile. For more than 25 years, she has led leading media companies in India and around t...

Netflix, Amazon, Disney, JioCinema mull legal challenge to anti-tobacco rules

Streaming giants Netflix, Amazon and Disney yesterday privately discussed a possible legal challenge and other ways to stall India's new tobacco warning rules, amid fears they will need to edit millions of hours of existing web content, sources said.

The pushback is the latest headac...

Sony SAB to premiere family drama ‘Vanshaj’ in June

Sony SAB has collaborated with Siddharth Kumar Tewary's Swastik Productions to bring the family drama 'Vanshaj' to the screen. The family drama focuses on the issue of male members of a business family inheriting the business versus the role of capability in determining the heir. ...

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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!