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Family Man2 rocks for Prime Video as it tops India charts

Well, Chellam Sir knew it even before the web series dropped on Amazon Prime Video. His verdict: TheFamily Man, Season 2would be a runaway hit. Global market research and data science company Parrot Analytics just agreed with the all-knowing mysterious character, Chellam Sir, from the webs series.

World #2 Medvedev says French Open favoured streamer Amazon

World number two tennis player Daniil Medvedev said French Open organisers "preferred Amazon to people" by scheduling his quarter-final match against Stefanos Tsitsipas in Tuesday's night session, when fans are unable to attend due to a COVID-19 curfew.

Amazon (Prime Video) has exclu...

SIMSIM Cinema announces its presence in India

After Hotstar, Amazon Prime and Netflix, SIMSIM CINEMA, an international OTT platform, is all set to making inroads into India with a vision to focus on the global viewership and treat viewers with quality and quantity both, the company said Friday.

SIMSIM CINEMA is perhaps one of th...

OTT platforms mull removing news channels as confusion prevails

Amidst confusion prevailing over India’s newly-implemented digital regulations as court cases are filed and companies seek exemptions, some of the OTT players are exploring if it makes more sense to remove news channels streaming over their platforms.

Many OTT platforms either give s...

Mumbai made home to Netflix’s global post-production facility

Despite general criticism of Netflix’s performance in India and trailing behind rivals like Disney+Hotstar and Amazon Prime Video, the Reed Hastings co-founded company has decided to make Mumbai home to its first company-owned global post-production facility.

“We take a step forward ...

Digital publishers, OTT platforms get 15 days to submit compliance details

It’s now the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) that has sought details from digital publishers of news and curated content players in a format designed by the government, which has said digital news publishers need not register but have to furnish details.

“Since the new...

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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!