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‘DDLJ’ to re-release in theatres on SRK’s b’day

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is all set to turn 57 on November 2 and he has a surprise for his fans. His iconic film, ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ or ‘DDLJ’ will be re-release in theatres for that one day. Yash Raj Films shared the pos...

Yatish Mehrishi joins Mirchi as CEO

Mirchi, city-centric music and entertainment company, strengthens its leadership with the appointment of Yatish Mehrishi as the Chief Executive Officer. Yatish will be spearheading the company’s performance across all dimensions and will continue to ensure ...

Viswanathan V moves on from Disney+ Hotstar

Viswanathan V, head of brand and sports marketing at Hotstar, has decided to move on after a two-and-a-half-year stint. Viswanathan V announced his departure from Hotstar via a LinkedIn post. In his post, he said, “I recently decided to move on from

The Q announces original series ‘Bhaago Bhaago Bhoot Aaya’

India’s leading youth Hindi FTA general entertainment channel, The Q continues to ramp up its original content offering for Hindi viewers with compelling and refreshing storytelling. Bolstering its programming on its ‘Zara Hatke’ proposition, The Q now launches its original series ‘

MX Player unveils Vdesi shows with November slate

With November, the winter mood sets in India and MX Player is geared up to fulfill the entertainment needs with Vdesi or foreign shows, including anticipated international programmes in Korean, Chinese and Philippine languages. The winter slate of programs...

TV’s ‘saas bahu’ shows outed progressive content: Ratna Pathak Shah

The influx of 'saas bahu' (kitchen politics) shows on Indian television in the early 2000s felt like a "planned" move to cut down on progressive content, says veteran actor Ratna Pathak Shah.

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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!