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Twitter gets an Oct. hearing against Elon Musk

Twitter Inc. will get an October trial in its legal fight to hold Elon Musk to his $44 billion takeover, after a Delaware judge said on Tuesday the social media company deserved a quick resolution of the deal's uncertainty. The ruling is a blow to Musk, who pushed for a trial in February to allow for an extensive investigation into his claims...

Netflix acquires leading animation studio Animal Logic

Global streaming platform Netflix plans to acquire Sydney-based Animal Logic, an animation studio that has worked on hits from ‘Happy Feet’ to ‘The Lego Movies’, the companies said in a statement on Tuesday. The move will accelerate Netflix's efforts to build end-to-end animation production capabilities. The streaming service has produced ...

British MPs for continuance of BBC public funding

Members of the Communications and Digital Committee of the UK House of Lords (Upper House) while frowning down on BBC’s “stagnation and decline”, have, however, favoured continuance of public funding of the broadcaster, apart from additional alternatives.

The new report, titled ‘Lice...

Toonz Media to premiere ‘Zoonicorn’ in August

Zoonicorn, the multi-platform animated preschool brand from Zoonicorn LLC and Toonz Media Group, which is on a roll with a host of streaming platforms across the world, is set to release the Zoonicorn CGI series in August. The 52×7 series is completing production at Toonz and has already been picked up by NBCU’s O...

MTV India, Hyundai Motor to present new travel series

Hop on board and steer this ride! Viacom18’s leading youth entertainment channel MTV India and India’s leading auto giant Hyundai Motor present an all-new travel–lifestyle series, where each adventure will be decided solely by the audience! The 4-episode series in an unconventional new format will see India’s top cities being explored through...

Prime Video to premiere HBO Max original series, features in India

Amazon Prime Video, India’s most loved entertainment hub, today announced a collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery to offer a slate of 11 popular HBO Max Original series and 10 blockbuster HBO Max original features exclusively on the service for Prime members in India, as it expands its catalog of the best and latest English entertainment. ...

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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!