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Disney + Hotstar appoints Nishant Tandon as AVP-growth

Streaming platform Disney + Hotstar has announced the appointment of Nishant Tandon as AVP-growth, according to his LinkedIn post. He wrote, “After a 6-year long stint with V18 and Voot, moving back to the group where it all began. Though I am sad that I will not be working with people whom I have called friends for a long while, I look forwa...

Snapchat introduces new lens

Snap, the developer of Snapchat, has introduced a new ASL Alphabet lens that provides its users with a unique learning experience for the American Sign Language. According to ANI, it’s called ASL Alphabet Lens, and it has been laun...

‘Oh My Dog’ to premiere on Prime Video

Suriya’s home production film ‘Oh My Dog’ is set to release on Prime Video on April 21. ‘Oh My Dog’ is touted as a heartwarming tale, which brings together three generations of the real-life film family (grandfather-father-son trio) – Vijaykumar, Arun Vijay and Arnav Vijay. The family entertainer is written and

Disney+Hotstar launches new subscription plans

Video streaming platform Disney+Hotstar is expanding its subscription offering with three new subscription plans. The packages start from Rs.149 where the users will get access to all the Disney+Hotstar content which includes live sports and entertainment. For non-subscribers, the plan will be available at a

iPhone X gets new Face ID repair option

American tech giant Apple is adding a TrueDepth camera repair option for easier Face ID repairs to its iPhone X users. As per ANI, Apple reportedly will soon provide a new Face ID repair option for iPhone X that doesn’t involve ...

Nitin Bawankule quits DisneyStar

Nitin Bawankule, head of ad sales at DisneyStar has stepped down from his post after a stint of 2.5 years. He is expected to join Amazon next month. According to Economic Times, Bawankule is serving his notice period and April 22 is his last day at the company. DisneyStar has seen multiple senior-level exits in the last year, the most rece...

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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!