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Yami Gautam’s ‘Lost’ to premiere on ZEE5

The Yami Gautam-starrer ‘Lost’ will air exclusively on ZEE5, the streamer said on Monday, making it a direct-to-digital release.

In the Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury-directed movie, Gautam will play a crime reporter. On the...

ITV announces new sustainability measures

ITV today announces new measures to strengthen support for producers, including access to advice on sustainability topics on and off-screen for all producers, as well as publishing guidance and ideas on how to bring sustainability topics to life in on-screen content. The new measures align with ITV’s wider commitment to integrate sustainabili...

How FIFA WC-23 changing viewing habits in UK

A new research from Ofcom, the British telecom and media regulator, shines a light on the different ways people plan to follow the FIFA Men's World Cup action. Things have come a long way since the first football World Cup in 1930, and since the first televise...

Nokia India exec red flags telecom gear ‘infiltration’ from China

India is going to record the fastest 5G rollout in the world and it is going to have the biggest success of the next -generation telecom service with the support of the government, a senior Nokia India official said. While sp...

Tara Kapur quits Netflix

Tara Kapur, Co-Lead, Series Marketing at Netflix India, has left the company. She announced the move on LinkedIn. According to Kapur's post, "Leaving Netflix has been one of the most difficult decisions I've had to make. It's been three years of working a...

LinkedIn poised to allow posts’ scheduling

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn is rolling out a new feature that allows users on Android and the Web to schedule posts to send at a later time. The new feature was discovered by social media consultant

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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!