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&PriveHD to premiere ‘The Lost City of Z’

&PrivéHD, the premium destination of nuanced cinema is set to entice its audience with the World Television Premiere of the adventure drama movie ‘The Lost City of Z’. The film is the true story of an adventurous explorer. The film starring the handsome Charlie Hunnam and the heartthrob Robert P...

Sachin Gupta joins Sheemaroo as comms head

Sachin Gupta has joined Sheemaroo Entertainment as its lead of corporate communication, public relations & media engagement. Sachin shared the news on his LinkedIn profile. Sachin joined the company from MSL Group where he was the senior manager in sports, corporate and government affairs commun...

Hoichoi premieres ABP Studios’ docu-series

ABP Studios’ produced docu-series – ‘Mukhyamantri’ premiered on the Bengali on-demand video streaming platform – Hoichoi on February 25, 2022. The docu-series is skillfully directed by the famous Bengali director – Indranil Roychowdhury. With an eye for detail, he has woven this series with immense courage and coherence. The docu-series is pr...

Airtel to buy 4.7% stake from Vodafone in Indus Towers

Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel Ltd. said on Friday it would buy a 4.7 percent stake in cell tower firm Indus Towers Ltd from Vodafone Group Plc. The British telecoms group said earlier this week it was looking to sell its entire 28.1 percent stake in Indus Towers, India's largest cell tower company, Reuters r...

Mirchi announces new show ‘Shape of You’

Mirchi, India's no. 1 city-centric music and entertainment company, announced its brand-new show ‘Shape of You’ hosted by Bollywood actress and fitness enthusiast Shilpa Shetty, presented by Pintola Peanut Butter and co-powered by Sofit. This first-of-its-kind talk show on celebrity fitness journeys will be available on Mirchi’s YouTube chann...

Netflix is testing ‘Fast Laughs’ on TV app

Streaming giant Netflix is testing 'Fast Laughs', a curated stream of comedy clips, on its TV app.

According to ANI, the feature lets one sift through a collection of short videos from shows and movies on Netflix, each lasting 30 seconds or more, to discover new content or help decide what to watch. Once a co...

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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!