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FuboTV files antitrust suit against Disney, Fox, Warner to prevent the merger

Sports-focused streaming service FuboTV has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Walt Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros Discovery over a planned sports streaming platform by the companies, Fubo said on Tuesday. The launch of the joint venture "will destroy competiti...

Disney, Fox, WBD join forces for new sports streaming platform

Fox Corp, Walt Disney's ESPN, and Warner Bros Discovery said on Tuesday they will launch a sports streaming service later this autumn to capture younger viewers who are not tuned in to television. The media companies will form ...

Disney India to sell 60% to Viacom18: Reports

The Walt Disney Company has reached a pact to sell 60 percent of its India business to Viacom18, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal, which was quoted by CNBCTV18 today. According to the report, the pact values the India business at $3.9 billion ...

Universal Studios surpasses Disney in 2023 box office showdown

Universal Pictures has ranked as the highest-grossing studio at the 2023 box office after the release of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Oppenheimer and M3GAN. According to reports, Universal’s 24 films collected $4.907 billion in worldwide ticket sales. Universal’s victory is notable because it marks the first time since 2015 that Disney was not t...

Disney, Comcast up adspend on Insta after X pause

Big US companies including Walt Disney and Comcast increased advertising spending on Instagram after pausing commercials on X last month, according to Sensor Tower, as marketers flee the Elon Musk-owned social media platform over antisemitic content.

Disney, Reliance working on ops merger: Report

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and Walt Disney Co. are finalising details of a non-binding term sheet to move ahead with plans to merge their India media and entertainment operations, said executives involved in the matter....

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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!