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Lionsgate Play to premiere 60 exclusive titles in India

Lionsgate Play, a premium streaming platform from Starz Global, on has announced it will premiere 60 English titles, including blockbuster movies and series such as the Oscar-winner "The Father", "Cold Pursuit" and "Dr. Death" ,for the Indian audiences over t...

Farhan’s ‘Toofaan’ creates opening week storm on Prime Video

Farhan Akhtar-starrer "Toofaan", panned by some critics for meandering storyline, was watched by more customers on Amazon Prime Video than any other Hindi film in its opening week with viewers tuning in from over 3,900 towns and cities in the first seven days of its release, the streamer said on Thursday.

Netflix APAC music creative, production team Mumbai-based

American streaming service Netflix has set up its first music creative and production team in the Asia Pacific region in Mumbai, the company said on its website.

Ramprasad Sundar, Manager, Music Creative and Production, wrote, “The team will provide production support to Netflix Crea...

Netflix bags global rights for Will Smith-starrer ‘Fast & Loose’

Streamer Netflix has acquired Hollywood superstar Will Smith’s upcoming action thriller “Fast & Loose”.

Filmmaker David Leitch, known for movies such as "Deadpool 2" and "Hobbs & Shaw", will direct the project from a script by Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber, PT...

BJP MP Rajput calls for ban on OTT shows in Lok Sabha

Even as India’s Opposition political parties disrupted proceedings in the parliament over the last few days demanding discussion on certain issues, a BJP Member of Parliament found time to call for a ban on online content, which, he described, as against Indian culture and ethos.

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Indian diversity catalyst for rich, dynamic stories: Prime Video’s Gaurav Gandhi

Indian language content not only has diversified viewership within India, but globally such content is also watched in 170 countries with international viewers accounting for 15-20 percent of total eyeballs, a top executive of Amazon Prime Video India has said.

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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!