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OTT broken language barriers, says Bengali superstar Abir Chatterjee

The burst of content on OTT platforms and its popularity has shattered language barriers for the audience, and ensured that actors continuously "buck up" and improvise to stay ahead of the competition, feels Bengali superstar Abir Chatterjee. A variety of entertainment material up for grabs on a host of OTT streaming sites notwithstanding, go...

Guest Column: TRAI 5G spectrum suggestions could adversely impact DPO

By Rajiv Khattar| TRAI has released its much-awaited recommendations on the 5G spectrum pricing as the government plans to auction the spectrum later this year to generate revenue and meet the demand of the telcos to start trials of their 5G services. The ecosystem of the 5G use will take its own time, as the devices, the bas...

Star India launches new Odia GEC Star Kirano

Disney-owned Star TV Network, on Monday, announced the launch of its new Odia general entertainment channel, Star Kirano. The new service will be available in the first week of June 2022. To create yet another benchmark in the realm of storytelling, the channel will showcase fresh, progressive, and differentiated content to the people of O...

Twitter’s edit feature may keep digital traces of earlier tweets

Twitter is working on the edit button, as requested by its users as well as Tesla chief executive officer Elon Musk. As the micro-blogging platform is reportedly going to keep a digital trace of your earlier tweets. App researcher and reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong said in a tweet that the edit button may have an "immutable" quality. ...

Rajkummar Rao wraps shooting for ‘HIT- The First Case’

Actor Rajkummar Rao has wrapped up the shoot of his upcoming suspense thriller ‘HIT – The First Case’. Taking to his Instagram story, Rao shared a picture of the clapboard which reads “It’s a wrap.” Alongside the picture, he wrote, “Can’t wait for you guys to watch this.” Apart from Rao, the movie will also feature Sanya Malhotra, ANI r...

Viacom18 launches its sports channel

Entertainment major Viacom18 on Friday announced the launch of Sports18, the network's dedicated sports broadcasting channel. The pay-TV channel, available in SD & HD, will offer fans the best-in-class sports content in India. Sports18 will be the new home to the world's most premium sports properties, including the FIFA World Cup Qatar 20...

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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!