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MIB blocks 45 videos from 10 YouTube channels

The Indian Government has ordered the blocking of 45 videos from 10 YouTube channels, which contained fake news and morphed content, with the intent to spread hatred amongst religious communities, officials said on Monday.

Samantha Prabhu-starrer ‘Shaakuntalam’ to release Nov 4

Multilingual mythological drama 'Shaakuntalam', headlined by Samantha Ruth Prabhu, is set to be released in theatres on November 4. Based on Kalidasa's acclaimed Sanskrit play 'Abhijnana Shakuntalam', the film is written and directed by award-winning director Gunasekhar of 'Rudhramadevi' fame. Billed as a whimsic...

Instagram rolls out longer uninterrupted Stories

Meta-owned Instagram has rolled out a new feature globally that will allow users to upload longer uninterrupted Stories. Currently, if an Instagram user uploads a Story that’s under 60 seconds, it is broken up into 15-s...

Colors Tamil brings world premiere of ‘Ranga’

Colors Tamil is all set with the world TV premiere of the romantic-thriller film ‘Ranga’ on September 25 at 2 pm.

Written and directed by Vinoo DL, the film stars Nikhila Vimal in the lead role, Satish, Manobala, and S...

Roku names three executives to new roles

Roku, Inc. announced that three senior executives have been named as presidents of the company’s media, devices, and consumer experience business areas. Media industry veteran Charlie Collier will be joining Roku as President of Roku Media, effective in late October, based in New York. Under Collier’s leadership,

Shibasish Sarkar to head Producers Guild of India

Film industry professional Shibasish Sarkar was unanimously elected as the president of the Producers Guild of India.

Sarkar was elected at the first meeting of the Guild's newly constituted Guild Council of Management. Si...

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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!