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Tata Play launches new comic show

The Indian direct broadcast satellite service provider, Tata Play had recently launched a new service called Tata Play classic TV, which promises to transport fans back to the golden period of Indian television. Taking on the vision to entertain the viewers with handpicked shows from the ‘80s and 90s’ Tata Play is all set to bring to its view...

OTT broken language barriers, says Bengali superstar Abir Chatterjee

The burst of content on OTT platforms and its popularity has shattered language barriers for the audience, and ensured that actors continuously "buck up" and improvise to stay ahead of the competition, feels Bengali superstar Abir Chatterjee. A variety of entertainment material up for grabs on a host of OTT streaming sites notwithstanding, go...

Next Feluda flick ‘Hatyapuri’ likely on Christmas

Filmmaker Sandip Ray on Tuesday said that he has completed recee for his next upcoming movie 'Hatyapuri' of the Feluda series and shooting will begin in May end. However, he kept people guessing on who would be cast in the fictional detective character created by his father Satyajit Ray, saying "someone having a combination of athleticism and...

Star India launches new Odia GEC Star Kirano

Disney-owned Star TV Network, on Monday, announced the launch of its new Odia general entertainment channel, Star Kirano. The new service will be available in the first week of June 2022. To create yet another benchmark in the realm of storytelling, the channel will showcase fresh, progressive, and differentiated content to the people of O...

Madison Media appoints Vinit Kumar as VP

Madison Media has announced the appointment of Vinit Kumar as vice president (VP), in Delhi, the news was shared by Vinit through his LinkedIn post. Vinit will report to Abhik Banerjee, chief operating officer, Madison Media Plus. Kumar has over 16 years of experience in all facets of media ranging from integrated marketing communications,...

aha launches its Tamil OTT service

aha, one of India’s leading regional OTT platforms announced the launch of its Tamil slate in Chennai on Thursday. The launch event was graced by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Shri Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin. He was joined by actor Silambarasan aka Simbu and music composer Anirudh Ravichander, who was announced as the brand ambas...

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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!