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Paramount+ to launch in India 2023 as part of Viacom18 pact

Another global streaming platform is set to enter India, adding to the hyper-competitive market that’s now starting to look crowded, if the various domestic regional OTT platforms too are counted in the list.

Paramount+, part of Paramount Global (formerly known as ViacomCBS), will la...

Microsoft Edge will soon come with free built-in VPN

Microsoft has announced that it is working on adding a VPN (Virtual Private Network) to its Edge browser. As per Microsoft, a Cloudflare-powered VPN service called ‘Edge Secure Network’ is being tested and will roll out to the public as part of a security upgrade. It is aimed at bringing security and privacy. The feature will encrypt the i...

Paramount Global Q1-22 total revenue down on weak TV ad sales

Paramount Global said on Tuesday it added more than six million streaming subscribers in the first quarter, but missed revenue estimates, hurt by weaker TV advertising sales in a period without the Super Bowl broadcast.

The company, formerly known as ViacomCBS (in India the company i...

Meghan Markle’s animated kids series ‘Pearl’ axed by Netflix

Streaming platform Netflix has scrapped kids animated show 'Pearl', to be produced by Meghan Markle and husband Prince Harry's Archewell Productions. According to PTI, the series was axed as one of the platform's strategic decisions surrounding their original animated content. Netlfix and Archewell Productions, however, remain close partne...

Zee Café introduces new show ‘Café Comedy Club’

The international, English Channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Zee Café brings to its viewers a dinner comedy block that all deserve to post a hard-working day. With shows like 'Black Monday', 'Moonbase 8' and 'Flatbush Misdemeanors S1' at 9 PM from May 2, Zee Café surely would ensure that nobody goes to the bed with a tensed mind....

Microsoft rolls out new feature for Office Insiders

Tech giant Microsoft has reportedly launched a new feature for Office Insiders that will allow iPhone users to listen to documents with their screen locked. According to IANS, the Insider version of Word on iOS now supports listening to documents even when a device's screen is locked. Additionally, the Insider Office Mobile app now keeps t...

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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!