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Lionsgate Play to premiere ‘Deadlock’, ‘Power Book IV: Force’

Lionsgate Play, a premium streaming platform from Starz Global, is all set to premiere Bruce Willis’ starrer ‘Deadlock’ and acclaimed series ‘Power Book IV: Force’ this Friday, March 18, 2022. Power Book IV: Force- It is a sequel and third spin-off to Power created by Courtney A.Kemp. The series revolves around Tommy Edgan portrayed by Joseph...

Discovery Plus, HBO Max to merge into one app

HBO Max and Discovery Plus will be combined into a single streaming service once Discovery completes its merger with WarnerMedia. Discovery CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels confirmed the move on Monday at the Deutsche Bank 30th Annual Media, Internet & Telecom Conference, The Variety reported. It was the first time the company has addres...

‘Halo’ to stream on Voot Mar 24

Continuing to present a dynamic array of diverse genres on its stronghold catalog, streaming platform Voot Select confirms that it will be exclusively streaming the Paramount+ original series sci-fi phenomenon ‘Halo’. Based on one of the most popular sci-fi video games ever made, ‘Halo’ will take place in the universe that f...

Abhay Ojha moves to ZMCL from News Nation

Abhay Ojha has recently moved to ZMCL from News Nation after nine years of working as president-sales and marketing, sources close to the development told Indianbroadcastingworld.com on Monday. In ZMCL, Abhay will be the chief revenue officer responsible for scaling the function and building a high-performing go-to-market engine across sales,...

‘The Kashmir Files’ tax-free in Tripura; BJP seeks exemption in M’rashtra

Even as an increasing number of BJP-ruled States are giving tax sops to the film ‘The Kashmir Files’ with Tripura being the latest one, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in Maharashtra has demanded that the local government makes the movie tax free.

The Tripura governmen...

YouTube rolls out transcription feature

The video-streaming platform YouTube is rolling out a transcription feature for its Android app following its introduction on the desktop version. As per ANI, some users have reported that the new feature is being implemented in th...

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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!