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Zee Café expands Hallyu Nights with new K-dramas

The international English channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises, Zee Café, has expanded its channel’s property ‘Hallyu Nights’ bringing to the audience some must-watch K-dramas with the new romantic drama, ‘Uncontrollably Fond’. Starring Woo Bin Kim, Bae Suzy, and Ju-Hwan Lim, ‘Uncontrollably Fond’ ...

Sony YAY! launches in Malaysia

In an endeavour to bring exciting kid’s entertainment offerings to the Malaysian audience, India’s popular kid’s entertainment channel Sony YAY! launched on Telekom Malaysia Berhad (unifi TV). With a lineup of fan-favorite shows, the channel entered the Malaysian market on July 1, 2022, to expand its presenc...

Spotify testing record feature

Music streaming platform Spotify is testing a feature to let users record, edit and publish podcasts directly within the main app. The introduction of this feature will let users get rid of other apps, including Spotify’s Anchor, to record and publish podcasts. The company started its experiment in New Zealand last month. According to The ...

‘Darlings’ to release on Netflix on August 5

Actor Alia Bhatt's maiden production venture ‘Darlings’ is set to premiere on Netflix on August 5, the streamer announced on Tuesday. The Mumbai-set dark comedy stars Bhatt alongside actors Shefali Shah, Vijay Verma, and Roshan Mathew. Bhatt has produced the film through her banner Eternal Sunshine Productions, in collaboration with supers...

Kalli Purie launches new digital venture ‘India Today North-East’

India Today Group Vice-Chairperson Kalli Purie on Tuesday launched the Group’s special digital venture 'India Today North-East' at the ongoing fifth edition of the India Today Conclave East. Speaking at the conclave, Kalli Purie said, "This is India Today Conclave East's fifth edition. It has been a fantastic orientation to the region. Thank ...

India M&E sector hits a road bump in the form of inflation

By Karan Taurani @ Elara Capital

Inflation seems to be acting as a speed-breaker in the Indian M&E sector’s growth, especially the TV segment, which was first off the block on the way to recovery after the COVID-19 virus hit the sector.

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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!