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Sony BBC Earth to premiere Frozen Planet II

Sony BBC Earth is all set to premiere the second season of their marquee property ‘Frozen Planet’ in India. Produced by BBC Studios’ world-renowned Natural History Unit, co-produced by BBC America, the Open University, Migu Video, ZDF, and France Televisions,...

KJo quits Twitter in favour of ‘positive energies’

Filmmaker Karan Johar on Monday said he is bidding adieu to microblogging site Twitter to make way for "positive energies only".

The 50-year-old director, often subjected to abuse and trolling on ...

Havas Media Group bags Firefox’s integrated media mandate

Havas Media Group has secured the integrated media mandate of the bicycle brand Firefox. The mandate includes offline media, digital media, and search engine optimization (SEO) duties. As per the company, the account will be managed by the agency’...

MS Dhoni launches ‘Droni – Made in India’

Indian cricketing star Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who popularized the 'helicopter shot' has launched a quadcopter consumer camera drone named 'Droni'. The made-in-India camera drone with advanced features is manufactured by Garuda Aerospace, of which MS Dhoni<...

Mirchi Plus announces ‘Aakhiri Rishta’ audio series

Mirchi, the city-centric music and entertainment company, launched its brand-new audio series ‘Aakhiri Rishta’, exclusively on the Mirchi Plus App. The 30-episode series is helmed by Neena Gupta on the theme of ‘Pyaar ki ...

Colors Tamil lines up new fiction shows

Tamil Nadu’s youngest GEC, Colors Tamil, is all set to enrich its content line-up with the launch of two brand-new fiction shows – ‘Jamelaa’ and ‘Ullathai Allitha’. Premiering on October 10, ‘Jamelaa’, (played by Actor Tanvi Rao in the titular role) ...

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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!