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Shashank Khaitan turns producer with new company

Bollywood ace filmmaker Shashank Khaitan on Thursday announced that he is venturing into film production with the banner named ‘Mentor Disciple Films’.

Before making his directorial debut in 2014 with ‘Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania’, Kolkata-born Shashank assisted veteran filmma...

Times Network to host second edition of Times Now Summit

Times Network, part of one of India’s biggest media houses, the Times of India group, on Monday announced that they will host the second edition of Times Now Summit 2021, on November 10 and 11 in New Delhi. Envisioned with the purpos...

Disney+Hotstar EVP & Head of Subscriptions Prabh Simran Singh quits

Streaming platform Disney+Hotstar EVP and Head of Subscriptions Prabh Simran Singh steps down from his post after a five-year stint. He had joined the platform in October 2015 from Google as EVP and Head of Consumer & R...

Disney to celebrate Disney+ day on Nov.12

The Walt Disney Co. is set to host a Disney+ Day global event on November 12 to celebrate the second anniversary of its streaming service Disney+.

The streaming service also plans to ...

India SVoD subs to be 157 mn by 2026: Digital TV Research

Asia Pacific will likely have 698 million SVoD subscriptions by 2026, up from 502 million at end-2021, a new report from Digital TV Research said.

Out of this expansion in SVoD customers, C...

RoundGlass Punjab FC partners with Six5Six

RoundGlass Punjab Football Club on Thursday announced a three-year partnership with sportswear brand Six5Six as its official kit and merchandise partner. Six5Six is also a sponsor of the Indian national football team, Kerala Blasters FC and North-East U...

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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!