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SPNI plans workforce trim amid cost-cutting push

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI), operating under Culver Max Entertainment Pvt Ltd, is reportedly set to trim its workforce and restructure senior management as part of a broader cost-cutting exercise aimed at improving profitability. The company is understood to be planning layoffs affecting over 100 employees across multiple verticals. A...

‘Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain’ heads to the big screen with film adaptation

After entertaining television audiences for over a decade, the popular comedy series ‘Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain’ is all set to make its theatrical debut. The much-loved sitcom has been adapted into a feature film titled ‘Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain: Fun On The Run’, which is scheduled to release in cinemas on February 6. Ahead of the release, the maker...

Zee Telugu sets festive Sunday with ‘Mithra Mandali’ TV premiere

Zee Telugu is set to serve viewers a festive double dose of entertainment this Sunday with the World Television Premiere of the comedy-drama ‘Mithra Mandali’, followed by its grand ‘Sankranthi’ special show ‘Sankranthi Allullu Pandagaki Vastunnaru’. The chan...

Disney+ plans vertical video feed to take on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok

Disney+ is preparing to significantly reshape its streaming experience as it looks to boost daily engagement and compete more directly with short-form video platforms such as YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. At the CES Tech + Data Showcase, the company annou...

Ultra Jhakaas kicks off 2026 with world digital premiere of Marathi Film ‘Kairee’

Ultra Jhakaas has opened its 2026 content slate with the world digital premiere of the Marathi film ‘Kairee’, marking a strong start to the year for the platform. Headlined by Sayali Sanjeev, the film is set to stream exclusively on Ultra Jhakaas from January 1...

Prasar Bharati launches Creator’s Corner to empower creators

India’s public broadcaster Prasar Bharati yesterday launched Creator’s Corner, a new initiative on DD News aimed at providing a national platform to digital content creators from across the country, which is inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to recognise and promote India’s rapidly growing creator eco...

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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!