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Naga Chaitanya to star in Venkat Prabhu bilingual film

Actor Naga Chaitanya is set to star in filmmaker Venkat Prabhu’s upcoming film, the makers have announced.

The untitled film, which will be the actors’ 22nd project, will be in Tamil and Telugu and is billed as a ‘commercial entertainer’. The movie is produced by Srinivassa

Rashmika Mandanna joins Vijay’s untitled film

Actor Rashmika Mandanna will feature opposite South star Thalapathy Vijay in an upcoming film, the makers announced on Tuesday. The yet-untitled film marks the first collaboration between Vijay and Mandanna who shot to nati...

Watcho brings a new web show

Dish TV India’s OTT platform Watcho, is bringing in newly freshly brewed content to entertain viewers at home. The platform has launched a new thriller series called ‘Happy’, which stars Bhagwan Das Patel, Deeksha Sahu in the lead role. The eight-episode series, written and directed by Hitesh ...

Netflix elevates Ankit Gokani as India director-VFX

Streaming service Netflix has elevated Ankit Gokani as India director – VFX, according to his LinkedIn update. Gokarni has been associated with the streaming platform for more than three years. He joined Netflix as a VFX specialist – international

AVIA OTT Summit ends with much optimism for Asian growth

The Hong Kong and Singapore-based Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) recently hosted over 850 delegates and featured over 80 industry leaders at the recent OTT Summit, with conversations revolving around subjects of growth, subscriber and revenue growth, increased local content investment, and an intense focus on...

Investment firm Invesco to cut holding in Zee to 11%

US investment firm Invesco is set to cut its holding in Zee Entertainment by more than a third to 11 percent, it said on Wednesday, days after abandoning an attempt to shake up the management at the Indian media company.

Invesco, which currently owns 18 percent of Zee

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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!