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Indian M&E industry needs fundamental business model rewrite: Gaurav Banerjee

India’s Media and Entertainment (M&E) industry needs to fundamentally rethink its business models to convert its vast audience reach and creative strengths into sustainable economic value, said Gaurav Banerjee, Chairman of the CII Media and Entertainment Committee and MD and CEO of Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI). Speaking at the inau...

Gajendra Verma releases new romantic Single ‘Sahra’

Singer Gajendra Verma has released his new single ‘Sahra’, a romantic track that explores the feeling of emptiness when a loved one is away. The song uses the image of a desert to describe life without someone special, combining this theme with an upbeat melody and a feel-good romantic sound. According to a press release today, the music vide...

Prime Video releases boxer Muhammad Ali biopic ‘The Greatest’s trailer

Prime Video has released the official trailer and key art for ‘The Greatest’, the first authorised scripted series about the life of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali. The series will premiere all eight episodes on November 4, exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. According to a Prime Video press release ...

Sony MAX to premiere ‘Peddi’ on Oct 24

Sony MAX is set to premiere ‘Peddi’, starring Ram Charan and Janhvi Kapoor, on October 24. The sports-action drama also features Shiva Rajkumar, Jagapathi Babu and Divyenndu, with music composed by A.R. Rahman. Set in a remote village in Andhra Pradesh in 1990, the film follows Peddi, a talented sportsperson and local hero played by Ram Chara...

Apple TV renews ‘Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed’ for S2

Apple TV has renewed its dark comedy thriller series ‘Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed’ for a second season. The show stars Emmy Award winner Tatiana Maslany and Jake Johnson in lead roles. According to an Apple TV press release yesterday, the series follows Paula Sanders (Tatiana Maslany), a newly divorced mother who gets caught up in a dangerous...

Tata Play launches smart TV app at Rs.199

Tata Play has launched Tata Play Smart, a smart TV app offering more than 500 live television channels without requiring a satellite dish or set-top box, according to a report in the Mint today. Priced at Rs. 199 per month for the first language and Rs.99 for each additional language, the service expands the company’s live-TV offering to inte...

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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!