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Netflix unveils 10 short films by ‘Take Ten’ initiative

Ten months ago Netflix and Film Companion introduced a short film workshop and competition to discover and support emerging Indian filmmakers from varied backgrounds. Ten up-and-coming filmmakers were identified and underwent an intensive week-long workshop. They were...

Amazon rolls out Matter for Alexa smart home devices

Amazon has announced the roll of 'Matter' for Alexa smart home devices next month, which will be limited to Android smartphones only.

The tech giant will bring support for 'Matter' -- the new smart home standard -- to 17 Ec...

Colors Tamil to present World TV premiere of ‘Sarvam Thaala Mayam’

Colors Tamil, Viacom 18’s Tamil Entertainment channel, is all set to unravel the fascinating journey of a mridangam prodigy, with the World TV premiere of ‘Sarvam Thaala Mayam’. To be aired this Sunday, November 6th at 2:00 pm. The film stars GV Prakash Kumar...

BIG FM partners with Nissan for ‘T20 Break Boundaries’ initiative

Nissan India, the official sponsor of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, has partnered with BIG FM, to celebrate the world’s most exciting cricketing event with a series of exciting global initiatives. Nissan, whose award-winni...

TV9 launches personal finance survey

TV9 Network earlier announced the launch of Money9, India’s first multilingual personal finance OTT channel. Now, the platform has launched India's first and biggest independent personal finance survey. The survey throws light on how India earns, spends, and sa...

Paramount Q3 revenues belie expectations on weak ad sales

Paramount Global fell short of analysts' estimates for quarterly revenue on Wednesday, as the media giant struggled with the absence of major content releases and an extended weakness in ad sales.

Total revenue rose 5 percent to $6.92 billion in the third quarter ended September 30, ...

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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!