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SonyLIV to air Applause-produced ‘Fauda’ remake ‘Tanaav’

Sameer Nair-helmed Applause Entertainment, which has a stellar reputation for adapting shows for the Indian audiences, pushed hard to negotiate a deal with the makers of ‘Fauda’, an Israeli show that was a global hit, including in India, with its three seasons.

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IPL to have two-and-a-half month window: BCCI secy Jay Shah

Attracting astronomical bids that eventually translated into mind-boggling revenue of Rs 48,390 crore for a five year period through IPL's media rights has not surprised BCCI secretary Jay Shah, who asserted that cricket's most talked about T20 league has potential to deliver way more.

IPL: Numbers in line with estimates of Rs. 50k cr

By Karan Taurani /Elara Caps - As per media reports, Star has bagged TV media rights for IPL at around 23,500cr , which is a premium of 30% over the base price, in line with expectation as TV medium is largely matured and subject to tepid mid to high single digit ad growth; concerns persist on subs revenue front whi...

‘Squid Game’ S2 officially greenlit on Netflix

Streaming service Netflix has officially renewed its hit Korean survival drama series ‘Squid Game’ for a second season with writer-director Hwang Dong-hyuk promising fans that "a whole new round is coming". Hwang also revealed that Song Gi-hun aka player no 456, played by Lee Jung-jae, and The Front Man, a mysterious character essaye...

In Discovery Warner Bros Asia reshuffle, India gets new head

Discovery Warner Bros (DWB) has reshuffled its Asia leadership team and has replaced South Asia head Megha Tata with Arjun Nohwar. Nohwar, who came to DWB last year from a non-media background, will be the general manager for India, reporting to Clement Schwebig, President & Managing Director of Warner Bros. Discovery in India, Southeast ...

TV9 Bangla honours Bengal’s leading real estate players

TV9 Bangla, a part of the TV9 Group, the undisputed number one news organization in the country, organized Real Estate Excellence Award 2022 titled ‘Bhalo Basa’ at ITC Sonar wh...

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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!