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Court stops Hotstar app removal from Google over fee row

An Indian court yesterday said Google cannot remove Disney's streaming service from its app store in the country and should receive a lower 4percent fee for in-app purchases, a significant challenge to its payments business model.

Disney's lawsu...

Cricketer Shane Watson made Wolf777 brand ambassador

Sports website Wolf777 has announced the appointment of former Australian cricket star Shane Watson as its brand ambassador.

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Network18’s TV news biz beats trends, Q1 revenue up 26%

Network18’s TV news business has registered a 26 percent revenue growth in the first quarter of the current financial year, despite continued weakness in the overall advertising environment.

It registered a revenue of Rs 337 crore in the first quarter ...

Guest Column: Sony mirrors Zee on ad revenue

Sony India reported a revenue decline of 2 percent and PAT growth of 6 percent YoY, well ahead of Zee Entertainment, which posted a drop in revenue of 1 percent YoY and a PAT dip of 76 percent YoY in FY23.

In FY23, advertisement, subscription and to...

‘Guardians of Galaxy 3’ premieres on Disney+Hotstar Aug 2

Disney+Hotstar has announced that Marvel Studios ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ will premiere on August 2.

The highly anticipated film, ori...

Microsoft in talks to extend Activision contract, overcoming hurdles

Microsoft is currently engaged in discussions to extend its acquisition contract with video game company Activision Blizzard. The existing agreement is scheduled to expire on Tuesday, and both parties aim to overcome remaining regulatory challenges related to their $69 billion deal, as revealed by an...

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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!