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Instagram introduces auto-generated captions

Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram head Adam Mosseri has shared that the company is adding auto-generated captions to the videos. As per ANI, he acknowledged the captions have been “a long time coming” and said the captions will be on by default for creators on the platform. Prior to the announcement, creators had to

Spotify closes its offices in Russia

Swedish auto streaming platform Spotify on Wednesday said that they had closed its office in Russia indefinitely in response to what the audio streaming platform described as Moscow’s ‘unprovoked attack on Ukraine’. Since July 2021, Russian legislation signed by President Vladimir Putin has obliged foreign social media companies with more tha...

Discovery appoints Tushar Singh as product director.

American pay television network and flagship channel Discovery has announced the appointment of Tushar Singh as product director. The news was shared by Tushar himself on his LinkedIn account. Tushar will be heading up D2C products a...

BBC Studios announces new content deal with MX Player

BBC Studios has announced a new content deal with MX Player, marking the inaugural partnership between India’s entertainment super app and BBC Studios. This new deal is set to strengthen MX Player’s content portfolio with award-winning bold, British drama and will be catering to the demands of audiences in India, ...

ShemarooMe to premiere ‘21Mu Tiffin’

The video streaming platform ShemarooMe is all set to premiere the award-winning Gujarati film ‘21Mu Tiffin’.

Helmed by Vijaygiri Bava, the movie stars Niilam Paanchal, Netri Trivedi, Raunaq Kamdar, Jahanavi Patel, Deepan Shah, and Hitesh Thakur.

TV9 appoints Sandeep Unnithan as editor News9 Plus

TV9 Network has appointed India Today's Managing Editor Sandeep Unnithan as the editor of News9 Plus - the recent video magazine OTT service by the network. The network also appoints television journalist Aditya Raj Kaul has joined as Executive Editor, News9 Plus, and investigative journalist Sandhya Ravishankar has been appointed Chief of Bu...

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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!