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&TV launches new show

&TV, the Hindi language entertainment, a channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises has launched a Korean mystery thriller titled ‘Achiara Ke Ankahe Rehesya’, a Hindi adaptation of the popular South Korean television series, ‘The Village-Achiara’s Secret’ starting April 28, airing every Monday to Sunday at 5:00 pm. The show will have ...

Vibhu Agarwal launches new Hindi GEC ‘Atrangii’

Vibhu Agarwal, the founder of the Ullu app, has announced the name of its new Hindi GEC, ‘Atrangi - Dekhte Raho’, which will be launched in the first week of June. The channel aims to bring quality content to the HSM markets and from the first day itself will launch with a rich original programming line-up of 4 hours. It will bring finite ser...

Alphabet misses on revenue as YouTube ad biz hit by Ukraine war

Google parent Alphabet Inc. has reported its first quarterly revenue miss of the pandemic after the war in Ukraine hurt YouTube ad sales, leaving investors rattled as the global economy sputters.

The world's largest provider of search and video made a fortune over the last two years ...

Bharti Airtel acquires Cnergee Technologies

Bharti Airtel on Wednesday said it has acquired a “strategic minority stake” in Mumbai-based cloud-based networking solutions provider Cnergee Technologies under the Airtel Startup Accelerator Program. The stake acquisition will enable Airtel to sharpen its network as a service (NaaS) proposition for small and medium businesses (SMBs) who are...

Tabu begins shooting for ‘Drishyam 2’

Actor Tabu on Tuesday said she has started filming for the sequel to her 2015 crime thriller ‘Drishyam’. ‘Drishyam’, directed by the late Nishikant Kamat, was a remake of the 2013 Mohanlal-starrer Malayalam-language movie of the same name. Headlined by Ajay Devgn, the Hindi adaptation chronicled the story of a family of four whose lives tu...

Zee appoints Mahesh Singh as head of investor relations

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEE) has appointed Mahesh Pratap Singh to head Investor Relations, spearheading the engagement with the investor and analyst community. Singh will report to Rohit Gupta, President – Finance & Investor Relations, ZEE, and will be based in Mumbai. Singh will be a partner to the analysts and investors, communic...

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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!