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Fever FM revamps weekend lineup with 9 new shows

Fever FM has revamped its entire weekend show lineup. Starting June 11 Fever FM plans to launch digital-first shows every weekend in a phased manner. This will be coupled with brand new original song launches and a countdown show. ‘Naaye shows and Entertainment Bharpoor’ is the promise Fever FM is bringing to you both on-air and digitally. Th...

Sony Sports to air India tour of Ireland, England

Sony Sports Network is all set to provide Indian fans with non-stop cricketing action. Starting June 26, 2022, the broadcaster will Live telecast two bilateral series with an India tour of Ireland and an India tour of England in succession. Team India returns to the shores of Ireland for two T20i matches after their last series there in 2018....

India expected to have 50 mn 5G subs by 2023: Ericsson report

Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson said in an annual mobility report on Tuesday it expects global 5G mobile subscriptions to surpass one billion in 2022, helped by higher adoption in China and North America.

India, which is in the process of auctioning 5G airwaves, is expected ...

‘Drishyam 2’ to release on November 18

Actors Ajay Devgn, Akshaye Khanna and Tabu-starrer ‘Drishyam 2’ is set to release theatrically on November 18, the makers announced on Tuesday. Directed by Abhishek Pathak, the film is a sequel to the 2015 crime thriller ‘Drishyam’, a Hindi remake of the Mohanlal-starrer Malayalam movie of the same name. The sequel to the Ma...

ShemarooMe partners with OTTplay

ShemarooMe, the video streaming app of Shemaroo, has inked a partnership with OTTplay, an app aggregator that lets you watch 12 OTT platforms with a single subscription. The partnership will make ShemarooMe’s content easily available to existing and potential users by opening up an entirely new way to access enter...

News18 Tamil Nadu brings ‘Operation Kodanad’ documentary on June 21

Riding high on the success of their viral documentary that unmasked the medical procedures that led to the death of the former CM of Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalithaa, News18 Tamil Nadu (TN) is back yet again with another exclusive. This time it is a riveting two-hour-long documentary – Operation Kodanad. Uncovering the entire truth, News18 TN is al...

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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!