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Disney seals Hulu deal with $439 million payment to Comcast

The Walt Disney Company will now take full ownership of the streaming platform Hulu, after agreeing to pay nearly $439 million to Comcast’s NBCUniversal for its remaining stake. The move officially ends a years-long appraisal process and solidifies Disney’s co...

YouTube ad free video service to compete with Netflix, Disney

Alphabet's YouTube yesterday rolled out a $7.99 monthly subscription service that is ad-free for most videos, except music, to create a plan to compete more directly with offerings from Netflix and Disney.

Holiday cheer helps Disney maintain US TV viewing lead in Dec.

Walt Disney maintained its lead in U.S. TV viewing share in December, bolstered by holiday movie marathons and strong performances across its cable networks, according to Nielsen's latest report on Tuesday. YouTube secured the second spot with a record 11.1 percent share of total TV time, marking its 10th consecutive month as one of the top t...

Disney+ Hotstar’s ‘Brands of Tomorrow’ returns with S3

The much-acclaimed documentary web series ‘Brands of Tomorrow’ is set to return for its third season on Disney+ Hotstar, bringing fresh stories of India’s most innovative and impactful brands. Following the success of its second season, which premiered in Au...

Disney, Fox, WBD scrap Venu sports streaming service

Walt Disney, Fox and Warner Bros Discovery on Friday abandoned plans to launch Venu Sports, their live sports joint venture, pulling the plug on the much-heralded effort after it ran into substantial legal opposition. Venu was meant to attract sports fans who either cancelled or never subscribed to cable TV - but quickly ran into legal troubl...

Disney to merge Hulu + Live TV with FuboTV

The Walt Disney Company has announced a landmark deal to merge its Hulu + Live TV business with FuboTV Inc., forming a new virtual multi-channel video programming distributor (MVPD). The deal will make Disney the majority owner of the combined company, w...

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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!