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Instagram testing vertical scroll for stories

Social media platform Instagram is testing on a new vertical scroll feature for Stories in Turkey and Brazil. According to ANI, Instagram said back in February 2021 that it was working on vertically scrolling stories which have been horizontally scrollable until now. With this new feature, users...

Sanjay Gupta to helm web series on ‘Narcotics Queen of India’

Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta will return to the director's chair with a web series titled 'Baby Patankar - Narcotics Queen of India' as he has acquired rights for the story of Baby Patankar, who established the country's biggest narcotics empire.

Hungama Play to premiere 15+ original shows

Hungama Play, a leading video on demand platform owned by Hungama Digital Media, is set to launch 15+ original Indian web series in 5 regional language such as Tamil, Telugu, Bhojpuri and Marathi. The original sh...

Voot partners with Ullu to bring 100 shows free

Viacom18’s and India’s leading advertising-led video-on-demand platform, Voot, has announced a content partnership with on-demand streaming platform Ullu. As part of the partnership, Voot will now be home to 100 action-packed shows from the Ullu library for the audiences to binge on. This is in lin...

I&B ministry’s Twitter account hacked

The Twitter account of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry was hacked on Wednesday morning. The hackers changed the account name and posted malicious links from the handle. The ministry’s account was changed to ‘Elon Musk’ a...

Zee Telugu lines up Sanskranthi shows

Zee Telugu from the ZEEL family has unveiled a power-pack lineup of programming for 2022 with a bang. Continuing to satiate the diverse entertainment needs of its audience, the channel has planned an extravagant line-up of programs t...

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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!