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BBC Studios Audio expands team

BBC Studios has hired three new employees to work on comedy productions for BBC Studios Audio. Ella Woods takes over as Development Producer, while Kate Dehnert and Cody Dahler join as staff writers. Woods joins the team from the BBC Sounds and Radio 4 Podcast and Digital

Radhika Apte to play spy agent in ZEE5’s ‘Mrs. Undercover’

Streaming platform ZEE5 has announced its next original film, ‘Mrs. Undercover’, starring Radhika Apte. The film, billed as a spy comedy, will feature the actor in a never-before-seen role as a housewife and undercover agent battling many bad men and patriarchal

MS Dhoni is Viacom18 brand ambassador

MS Dhoni, India's most celebrated cricket captain, and four-time IPL champion have been named Viacom18's brand ambassador. Dhoni will help the network realize its goal of making live sports viewing synonymous with digital. Dhoni, one of the game's most admired players, will collaborate with Viacom1...

WhatsApp brings dual panel interface for tablets

The latest beta version of WhatsApp's end-to-end encrypted messaging service for Android has been redesigned to include a dual-panel interface for tablets. According to ANI, a tech news website, in these cases, such new features are typically tested in the beta

Dream11 partners with Legends League Cricket Masters

For the upcoming season of LLC Masters, Dream11 has partnered with Legends League Cricket as its Official Fantasy Partner. The LLC Masters season will begin on March 10. Dream11 aims to support

Viacom18 lines up 360 degree coverage of inaugural WPL

Viacom18 has announced its expert panel for the inaugural season of the Women's Premier League (WPL), which began on March 4. Fans will be treated to a free five-language presentation in 4K in English and Hindi by Anjum Chopra, Punam Raut, Reema Malhotra, Veda Krishnamurthy, Natalie Germanos, Kate ...

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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!