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Ekta Kapoor announced her next project of ALTBalaji

Ekta Kapoor’s ALTBalaji is all set to make a web series on Indira Gandhi and from the announcement shared by Ekta, it looks like the series will follow the events of ‘The Emergency that began in 1975 and ended in 1977’. Ekta shared on Instagram, “Time for Verdict2. The People v/s Indira Gandhi. A woman of worth admiration and critique. Our mo...

Kangana Ranaut claims she received ‘Secret Calls’

Actress Kangana Ranaut has claimed that big actors have secretly called her to applause after the trailer launch of Thalaivi. On Wednesday, the actress took to a Twitter account to share her views on the Hindi film industry. She even mentioned that Akshay Kumar called her after watching the trailer and affirmed that big stars won’t publicly a...

Akshay’s Covid +ive; Amazon production ‘Ram Setu’ impacted

Superstar Akshay Kumar on Sunday tweeted he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and is under home quarantine, while advising those who were in close contact with him to take precautions.

As the filming of Amazon Prime Video India’s first Hindi film production Ram Setu, star...

TRAI mulls survey to assess if tariff plans meet customer needs

Telecom regulator TRAI is planning to conduct a consumer-facing survey to assess if tariff plans offered by operators are meeting actual requirements of varied categories of users, a top official said.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) may rope in an agency to conduct ...

Indian music sector growth predicted at 15% CAGR

Despite performance rights witnessing a decline of around 67 per cent in 2020 due to pandemic-related lockdown, the Indian music segment is expected to grow at 15 per cent CAGR piggybacking increasing digital revenues, according to the Ficci-E&Y media and entertainment report 2020.

Stringent restrictions in Maharashtra may impact M&E sector

Even as the Indian western state of Maharashtra goes under stringent COVID-19 restrictions from today, the chief minister has advised entertainment industry to follow all pandemic protocols to avoid complete lockdown in all parts of the state.

Though the state, which includes the fin...

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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!