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Planet Marathi launches Marathi news vertical

Planet Marathi Group is expanding its business offerings with the launch of a digital news vertical. The digital news platform will provide audiences with relevant and impactful news, making it a one-stop shop for Marathi news

Disney kicks off layoffs, 4K employees to be impacted

On Monday, the entertainment conglomerate Disney began its second round of layoffs, which will affect 4,000 employees. According to IANS, a third round is expected to begin before the end of the summer. Disney intends to cut 7...

Shalini Poddar joins Apple Services as Country Director

Shalini Poddar, EVP and Head of Ad Sales at Disney+ Hotstar has joined Apple Services as Country Director, according to the industry sources. She joined Disney+ Hotstar in November 2021 and was in charge of ad sales, revenue, and...

‘Succession’ star Brian Cox to star in ‘007’s Road to a Million’

Brian Cox, who plays Logan Ray on ‘Succession’, has joined the cast of ‘007's Road to a Million’ on Prime Video. In the James Bond-inspired unscripted adventure series, the Scottish actor will play The Controller. <...

IIM survey finds ‘Mann Ki Baat’ reached has 100 cr listeners

Nearly 96 percent of the population is aware of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’. The programme has reached 100 crore people who are aware and have listened ...

Prime Video announces ‘Pathu Thala’

The global streaming launch of Tamil action-crime thriller ‘Pathu Thala’, starring the well-known Tamil actor Silambarasan TR, was announced today by Prime Video. The film, direc...

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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!