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ONEOTT iNTERTAINMENT elevates Sanjeev Agarwal as COO

ONEOTT iNTERTAINMENT LTD. (OIL) the subsidiary of NXTDigital Limited (NDL), the media vertical of the global conglomerate, Hinduja Group, has elevated Sanjeev Agarwal as Chief Operating Officer (COO). NXTDigital made this announcement via a LinkedIn post, 𝗢𝗿...

Kamal Haasan starrer ‘Indian 2’ resumes shoot

The team for upcoming film 'Indian 2' is set to start shooting for the remaining portions on Thursday, director Shankar has announced. The Tamil-language movie is the follow-up to the 1996 vigilante action thriller ‘Indian’, starring Kamal Haasan. Shankar, wh...

MIB, Zynga India sign pact for ‘Azadi’ mobile games

As part of the celebration of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and to bring forth the story of Indian freedom struggle, Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur on Wednesday launched ‘Azadi Quest’, a series of online educational mobile games developed in collaboration with Zynga India.

NDTV scribes fear job cuts after Adani deal goes through

Shares in India's NDTV Ltd. jumped the maximum permitted 5 percent to a 14-year high on Wednesday, after billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate moved to take a near 30 percent stake in the media group that could eventually lead to it taking control.

New Delhi Television's (NDTV) sha...

Aayush Sharma announces his next film

Actor Aayush Sharma on Tuesday announced that he has started working on his next feature film.

The untitled project will be released in 2023, Sharma said in an Instagram post where he also shared his first look at the film.

"Iss film mai guitar bhi b...

HBO Max India launch put on indefinite hold

Warner Bros Discovery has put the plans to launch the popular American subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service, HBO Max, in India on hold, even as the company is looking at cost-cutting measures globally and working on merging Discovery+ with HBO Max in the existing markets.

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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!