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Goafest 2025 reveals power-packed line-up of global icons

India’s most awaited celebration of creativity and communication is back in full swing. Goafest 2025, the 18th edition of South Asia’s largest advertising, media, and marketing festival, is gearing up for a grand showcase of ideas, talent, and entertainment from May 21 to 23 at the Taj Cidade de Goa Heritage and Horizon. With this year’s theme ‘...

JOJO Movies’ Gujarati fare part of Prime Videos’ Movie Rentals

JOJO OTT has announced that it will debut a curated selection of flagship Gujarati films on Prime Video’s Movie Rentals platform starting May 2025. This strategic move is poised to broaden the horizon for regional entertainment and elevate Gujarati cinema to a national stage. According to a press release issued by the company, this collaborat...

Dish TV launches Dish Smart+ for Android TV

Dish TV India has taken another big leap in transforming the home entertainment landscape. Building on the success of its previous flagship product, the company has now launched Dish Smart+, a new-age device designed to offer an uninterrupted, unified entertainment experience across both Live TV channels and OTT platforms on Android TVs. Acco...

Ofcom starts consultations on review of pubcasters’ quotas

As part of work on implementing the United Kingdom’s Media Act, communications regulator Ofcom has started a consultation on public service broadcaster (PSB) quotas, and its decision on the principles and methods to be applied while ...

Ananya, Ishaan, filmmaker Sulagna feature in Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list

Actors Ananya Panday, Ishaan Khatter, singer Anuv Jain and filmmaker Sulagna Chatterjee have featured in the entertainment and sports section of Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list, the American business magazine has announced.

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Zee Entertainment Enterprises rebrands as content, tech firm

After over three decades since it came into existence --- founder Subhash Chandra announced the company and its plans in a press conference in New Delhi in 1991 --- and having a roller-coaster ride as India’s very home-grown media company with a global outlook,

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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!