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WBD sets Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Mickey17’ for March ’24 release

Oscar-winning filmmaker Bong Joon Ho’s next movie ‘Mickey17’ will release in theatres worldwide on March 29, 2024, Hollywood studio Warner Bros announced on Tuesday. The film is based on author Edward Ashton’s novel of the titled Mickey7and features an ensemble cast of Robert...

HBO Max back on Prime Video Channels in US

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and Amazon on Tuesday announced that streaming platform HBO Max will once again be available on the Prime Video Channels in the United States. Prime customers can sign up for HBO Max for $14.99 per month. Subscribers will have access to 15,000 hours of curated ...

Google, FB top India digital ranking in Oct 22: Comscore

Tech giants Google and Facebook are in pole positions in the Top 10 list of digital companies in India in terms of total unique visitors/ viewers and reach, according to Comscore Digital Rankings for October 2022. Google tops the list with 449,470 (000) total unique visitors/ viewers and a reach of 92.6...

Star Sports launches #BlueKnowsNoGender campaign

In the run-up to the ICC Women's T20 World Cup, Star Sports, the marquee tournament's official broadcaster and India's Home of Sports, launches the campaign #BlueKnowsNoGender, a rallying cry to rally behind the women's team as they begin preparations to face arch-rivals Australia ahead of the marquee t...

Pranav Bakshi quits Times Network

Pranav Bakshi, Senior Vice President, Head of Digital Video, Strategy, Partnerships, and Marketing at Times Network, has decided to leave the company to pursue other opportunities. He announced his departure from the group on LinkedIn at noon on Friday, saying, "With nearly a decade done! It's time ...

TV9 Bangla organises lifestyle expo in Kolkata

TV9 Bangla, a Bengali news channel, hosted a lifestyle expo at the Biswa Bangla Mela Prangan (Milan Mela) ground in Kolkata. On December 2-4, the expo brought together under one roof consumer ele...

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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!