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Colors Bangla lines up ‘Mahalaya’

Colors Bangla known as ETV Bangla has unveiled an ace lineup of programming to welcome Maa Durga. ‘Mahalaya’ is the harbinger of Durga Puja, a much-awaited festival, and marks the beginning of ‘Devi-Paksha’ and the end of the ‘Pitri-Paksha’. ‘Debi Doshomo...

aha to stream 100 hours of Korean content in Telugu

Fascinating stories, talented actors and incredible cultural aesthetics are reasons enough for regional audiences to binge-hard on Korean content. From K-dramas and films to pop music, Hallyu, or the Korean wave, has steered its way into I...

Swadeshi Jagran Manch bats for online games’ entry fee limits

An influential Indian nationalist group will push for limits on entry fees for players of paid online games, potentially turning up the heat on a multi-billion-dollar industry that is preparing to lobby against tougher rules.

The growing popularity of real-money games, driven by back...

Media QuickView: TDSAT order on TV content shared on OTT platforms could have negative impact

By Karan Taurani@Elara Capital

(TDSAT, the telecom and broadcast disputes tribunal, in an order dated September 20, 2022 directed the pay channel broadcasters to supply details to broadcast regulator TRAI as to how they were retransmitting live/linear channels onto O...

YouTube brings new video page to unify mobile, web designs

Google-owned streaming platform YouTube is rolling out a new video page that tweaks several elements and, most notably, unifies the design across Android, iOS, and the web.

The highlight of this redesign is the use of pill-sha...

9X Media appoints Bhupendra Makhi as CEO

The largest Indian music broadcaster, 9X Media today announced that it has elevated Bhupendra Makhi to Chief Executive Officer (CEO). During his long innings with 9X, Bhupendra was also the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company, who rose the ranks fr...

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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!