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Pop star Taylor Swift ventures into film direction

Pop star Taylor Swift is set to venture into feature film direction with a project set at Searchlight Pictures.

According to a PTI report, which quoted entertainment website Deadline, Swift has penned the original screenplay ...

Google brings passkey support to Chrome

Google has begun to roll out passkey support in Chrome with the Stable M108 version for increased security. Passkeys are a more secure alternative to passwords and other perishable authentication factors, according to a blog post published on Thursday by the tech gi...

Rani Mukherji’s ‘Mrs Chatterjee Vs Norway’ to release March’ 23

Bollywood star Rani Mukherji-led's film ‘Mrs Chatterjee Vs Norway’ is set to release theatrically next year on March 3, the makers announced on Friday. Billed as an untold story about the journey of a mother's battle against an entire country, the movie is base...

Paramount+ arrives in Germany, Austria, Switzerland

Paramount+, the global streaming service from Paramount launches in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria with thousands of hours of entertainment. Following the launch of the service in France on December 1, and establishing a year of global expansion as the service is now live in 45 markets. ...

Disney rolls out $7.99 ad-supported tier for Disney+

Disney launched its new video streaming plan for US users on Thursday, which costs $7.99 per month. When you consider that the standard Disney+ plan was previously $7.99, that isn't exactly a discount. However, Disney increased the cost of the ad-free service to $10.99 per month on th...

Twitter to delete 1.5 bn inactive accounts; roll out ad controls

Even as Twitter prepares to roll out new ad controls to prevent misuse of keywords, Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, announced Friday that the company will delete and free the names of 1.5 billion accounts that have been inac...

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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!