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Zee24 Ghanta appoints Gautam Bhattacharya as editor

Zee Media Corporation has appointed Gautam Bhattacharya, a renowned sports journalist, as the editor of its regional channel Zee 24 Ghanta. The news was shared by Gautam on his LinkedIn account. In his new role, he will be presiding over the input and output of all content for the channel along with its digital properties and drive the gro...

OTT broken language barriers, says Bengali superstar Abir Chatterjee

The burst of content on OTT platforms and its popularity has shattered language barriers for the audience, and ensured that actors continuously "buck up" and improvise to stay ahead of the competition, feels Bengali superstar Abir Chatterjee. A variety of entertainment material up for grabs on a host of OTT streaming sites notwithstanding, go...

Next Feluda flick ‘Hatyapuri’ likely on Christmas

Filmmaker Sandip Ray on Tuesday said that he has completed recee for his next upcoming movie 'Hatyapuri' of the Feluda series and shooting will begin in May end. However, he kept people guessing on who would be cast in the fictional detective character created by his father Satyajit Ray, saying "someone having a combination of athleticism and...

Indian govt. agencies hold meeting on gaming regulator

The Indian government is contemplating a law to regulate the gaming industry --- which has been under the scanner of various policymakers--- which envisages a regulator. In this regard, according to government sources, meetings have been held that have been attended by representatives of various government organizations, including TRAI, Minis...

Twitter adopts ‘poison pill’ to fight Elon Musk takeover

Twitter Inc. on April 15 adopted a limited-duration shareholder rights plan to protect itself from billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s $43 billion cash takeover offer. Musk made the bid on April 13 in a letter to the board of Twitter — the micro-blogging platform that has become a global means of communication for individuals and world leade...

Henry Golding boards ‘Downtown Owl’ adaptation

‘Snake Eyes’ star Henry Golding has joined the cast of the upcoming movie ‘Downtown Owl’. An adaptation of author Chuck Klosterman's 2008 novel of the same title, the film will be directed by Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater. According to PTI, Golding joins Harris, Vanessa Hudgens, Finn Wittrock, Jack Dylan Grazer, and August Blanco Rosenste...

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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!