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Shemaroo Umang launches first original show

Shemaroo Umang, a new Hindi GEC from the house of Shemaroo, strengthened its content offering with the launch of the first original, ‘Kismat Ki Lakiro Se’.

The show takes the audience on a journey of destiny and relationships with a dash of family drama and romance. The mysterious twists and turns of...

Former US prez Barrack Obama wins an Emmy

Barack Obama is halfway to an EGOT. The former president won an Emmy Award on Saturday to go with his two Grammys.

Obama won the best narrator Emmy for his work on the Netflix documentary series...

OneOTT iNTERTAINMENT appoints Sameer Kanse as CBO

ONEOTT iNTERTAINMENT LTD. (OIL) the subsidiary of NXTDigital Limited (NDL), the media vertical of the global conglomerate, Hinduja Group, has appointed Sameer Kanse as Chief Business Officer (CBO) of the emerging technologies group.

Meity tells Karnataka HC: Twitter defiant of laws of the land

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) in its 101-page statement of objections before the Karnataka High Court has termed the microblogging platform Twitter of being defiant of the laws of the land. The case is slated to be heard on ...

Prasar Bharati News Services to use AWS to scale services

Prasar Bharati News Services (PBNS), the digital arm of the public broadcasting service Prasar Bharati, will use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to host and scale its expansive network. By moving to AWS, PBNS will have the capacity, reliability, and scalability to de...

Media QuickView: Chances low for Sony-Zee merger getting stuck

By Karan Taurani@Elara

As per our analysis, Zee/Sony as a combined entity will command an ad revenue share of 28 percent; which is much below threshold of 40 percent --- that means there is a low likelihood of an issue on this.

In terms of presence across variou...

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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!