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ALTBalaji revenue Rs. 61 cr; direct subscriptions up 42%

Balaji Telefilms’ digital arm ALTBalaji for the year ending March, 2021recorded total subscriptions sold at 4.7m vs. 3.4m in FY20, while direct subscription revenues stood at Rs 54...

India proposes Cinematograph Act changes for digital age

The Indian government has proposed amendments in the Cinematograph Act to keep pace with the changing times and technology, which would also help in curbing online piracy and bring about uniformity in product classification for viewing by consumers as was recently done for streaming content.

TV, films & web shootings begin in West Bengal

Shootings of TV serials and films began on Wednesday after being allowed by the West Bengal government. With the cap of not more than 50 people to be present on floor, shooting began in all the four studios in Tollygunje area, including old Technicians Studio and NT One, apart from other shooting floors in Garia, ...

ICC announces b’cast, digital distribution for Test Championship final

The International Cricket Council (ICC), cricket’s apex governing body, has announced the broadcast and digital distribution plans for the inaugural ICC World Test Championship final being played between India and New Zealand from June 18 to 22, in Southampton, England.

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Family Man2 rocks for Prime Video as it tops India charts

Well, Chellam Sir knew it even before the web series dropped on Amazon Prime Video. His verdict: TheFamily Man, Season 2would be a runaway hit. Global market research and data science company Parrot Analytics just agreed with the all-knowing mysterious character, Chellam Sir, from the webs series.

MIB rejects news channels’ digital norms exemption plea

India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has rejected a request from traditional and legacy media companies with digital businesses to be exempt from the country’s newly-implemented digital regulations and has also refused an extension to the compliance period of 15 days given earlier.

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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!