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ABP Live News app leads on Apple TV

India’s fastest-growing digital network, ABP Live is leading the way in Apple TV news app rankings, acquiring space in the Top 20 list. It is far ahead of the competition in the news app market space of Apple TV. It is the sole multi-lingual news app in the Top 20 to deliver content in 8 different languages including - Hindi, English, Marath...

TikTok rival Lomotif steps up India expansion plans

ZASH Global Media and Entertainment has announced it has agreed to acquire the remaining approximate 20 percent in Lomotif (a rival of TikTok and Kuaishou) that’s looking to expand its foothold in the India, which has been described as the second largest market in the world for such products.

Spotify ‘Community’ feature let users see friends’ real-time activity

Music streaming platform Spotify has confirmed that it is developing a new feature called Community that would allow mobile users to see what sort of music their friends are streaming in real-time. The feature will al...

NCPCR proposes stringent rules to safeguard child artistes’ rights

To protect child artistes in the entertainment industry, the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has come up with draft guidelines stating, amongst other things, that no minor should work for more than 27 ...

Netflix drops ‘Ranveer Vs Wild With Bear Grylls’ trailer

Bollywood star Ranveer Singh is all set to make his OTT debut with 'Ranveer Vs Wild With Bear Grylls'. On Friday, Netflix India dropped a new trailer of Ranveer Vs Wild With Bear Grylls, an adventure-based show, which will premier on July 8.

Twitter introduces closed captions toggle for Android and iOS

Microblogging site Twitter launched close captions for videos in a move to make videos more accessible for users. The toggle button for switching captions on/off for videos that appears in the top right corners lets users choose whether they want to read the description or not. As per ANI, the toggle button ‘will only show up on videos with c...

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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!