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Streamer Eros Now partners with Live Satellite Media

Streaming platform Eros Now on Thursday announced partnership with Live Satellite Media, part of the ABS group, for seamless delivery of Eros Now to underserved video-on-demand audiences across India.

Disney+Hotstar launches campaign with iconic crime master ‘Gogo’

Reviving an iconic character from Indian cinema, streaming platform Disney+Hotstar has launched a new campaign showcasing the immense popularity of the blockbuster direct-to-digital movie releases under

Netflix to add mobile video games as subs growth slows

If the current trend within Netflix continues, soon it may not be the company that the world has known till now --- a pure play streaming platform for original and third-party content shorn of distracting (some...

Is the subs’ lockdown love story with Netflix plateauing?

Netflix Inc.'s plans to revive its slowing subscriber growth will be in focus when it reports second-quarter results on Tuesday (US time/early morning India time), as lockdown binge-watching subsides and competition from Disney+ and HBO Max ramps up.

Netflix has forecast it would add...

Digital media ethics code citizen-centric: MIB

The Digital Media Ethics Code for OTT platforms and digital news publishers keeps the citizen at the heart of the grievance redressal mechanism, according to Vikram Sahay, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB).

He added that the rules establish a soft touch ...

With streamers in the race for acquisition, films’ cost rising: Report

With the pandemic still very much around and COVID cases still surfacing, the Indian federal and State governments are in two minds whether to open the cinema theatres. Irresponsible behavior of a large section of the population too hasn’t helped

Alarmed by wanton flouting of all COV...

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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!