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‘Pritam & Pedro’ becomes JioHotstar’s biggest hit

Rajkumar Hirani's OTT debut, ‘Pritam & Pedro’, has become JioHotstar's most watched show ever, according to a JioHotstar press release. The series has also recorded the platform's biggest opening for a scripted show and has trended in six regional languages apart from Hindi Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi and Kannada. The comed...

T-Series announces multi season series ‘The Tatas’

T-Series Films has teamed up once again with Almighty Motion Picture for a new multi season drama series titled ‘The Tatas’. The announcement comes after the success of their earlier project, ‘Made in India: A Titan Story’. The series is based on journalist and author Girish Kuber's award winning book, ‘The Tatas’: How a Family Built a Busine...

WhatsApp launches Meta business agent

WhatsApp has launched Meta Business Agent, a new AI-powered tool that will help businesses talk to customers more quickly and easily. According to a WhatsApp press release, the announcement was made during the company's third annual Business Summit held in Mumbai. The new AI tool can answer customer questions, suggest products, book appointme...

Apple TV announces ‘Nocturne’ release date

Apple TV has announced that its new crime drama series ‘Nocturne’, starring Liev Schreiber, Zazie Beetz and Stephen Graham, will premiere worldwide on October 30. The series has 10 episodes. The first two episodes will be released on the launch day, while the remaining episodes will stream every Friday. The final episode will be released on D...

Story TV appoints Manan Mehta as SVP

Microdrama platform Story TV has appointed former Yash Raj Films executive Manan Mehta as its Senior Vice President (SVP) Content and Strategy. According to a Story TV press release, the appointment is part of the company's plan to strengthen premium vertical storytelling and expand its presence in India's growing microdrama market. Mehta bri...

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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!