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Al Pacino, Charlie Heaton to star in ‘Billy Knight’

Hollywood veteran Al Pacino is set to star opposite ‘Stanger Things’ actor Charlie Heaton in the movie ‘Billy Knight’. The drama, which marks writer-director Alec Griffen Roth's feature film debut, also stars Diana Silvers. According to PTI, the film follows...

Vibhu Agarwal launches ‘Atrangii’ with 5 new shows

Atrangii App, a freemium OTT platform backed by Vibhu Agarwal has been launched today. The app which was rolled out earlier in July and has a catalog of original content and catch-up viewing of its GEC channel ‘

BARC 38th Week: Goldmines, Sun TV leads in all genres

Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) 38th Week (17th September – 23rd September 2022) has released its report. In India, for the past few weeks, Sun TV who has been taking the first spot in all genres has led back from Goldmines 2540.84 with 204...

Prime Video onboards Varun Dhawan as ‘Prime Bae’

Prime Video announced Varun Dhawan as the first Prime Bae. As #PrimeBae, Varun Dhawan will not only be the first (‘Before Anyone Else’) to get his hands on all the news and updates ...

Guest Column: Should NTO 2.0 be scrapped?

By Ashok Mansukhani

Let me give you some background. In 2002, a new Section 4A was introduced into the Cable Act 1995 to provide a new Conditional Access System (CAS) regime. The main objective was to empower the viewer to select pay channels of his choice...

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...

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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!