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Film release date of ‘Major’ postponed

South actor Adivi Sesh's multilingual feature ‘Major’, based on the life of 2008 Mumbai terror attack martyr Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, has been postponed from its scheduled February release due to the rising cases of COVID-19.

The Sashi Kiran-helmed action drama was gearin...

Pratik Gandhi, Richa Chadha’s ‘The Great Indian Murder’ to be out on Feb 4

Actors Pratik Gandhi and Richa Chadha is set to come with their upcoming show 'The Great Indian Murder'. Helmed by Tigmanshu Dhulia, 'The Great Indian Murder' is an adaptation of Vikas Swarup's famous novel, Six Suspects. Pratik, who plays a CBI officer in the series and Richa will be essaying DCP Sudha Bhardwaj in the series, ANI reported...

Dutch consumer watchdog to vet Apple payment reforms

The Dutch consumer watchdog has said it would vet Apple’s move to allow developers of dating apps to offer non-Apple payment options in the Netherlands, to see if the changes are enough to meet competition rules.

Late last month the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) ord...

‘Paris Hilton’s ‘Cooking with Paris’ cancelled at Netflix

Streaming service Netflix has pulled the plug on Paris Hilton’s cooking show ‘Cooking with Paris’. The cancellation comes after the show’s first season premiered on the streamer’s platform on August 2021 to mixed reviews, ANI reported from Washington. The six-episode show stars Hilton tackling a...

DirecTV drops Trump-friendly One America News

US’ DirecTV plans to drop One America News Network (OAN), significantly shrinking the reach of the right-wing TV channel friendly to Donald Trump and widely criticised for spreading misi...

Netflix announces tennis documentary series

Netflix has teamed up with the four Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP Tour, WTA Tour, and ATP Media to bring a tennis documentary series to the screen beginning with the 2022 season at the Australian Open. The seri...

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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!