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Netflix to acquire WBD for total enterprise value of $82.7bn

Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) have announced a definitive agreement under which Netflix will acquire Warner Bros., along with its film and television studios, HBO and HBO Max, following the planned separation of WBD’s Global Networks division, Discovery Global.

According t...

Vikas Sharma unveils Five Ocean Global Ventures, bags RailTel biz

Industry veteran Vikas Sharma has announced the launch of his new company, Five Ocean Global Ventures Pvt. Ltd., marking a significant development in India’s media, telecom and digital connectivity space. Sharma, who takes charge as Managing Director, begins this new chapter after an accomplished 32-year career across broadcasting, digital commu...

Zee Kannada launches ‘Adi Lakshmi Purana’ on Dec 8

Zee Kannada is set to strengthen its prime-time fiction lineup with the launch of ‘Adi Lakshmi Purana’, one of its most anticipated new shows of the year. The series premieres on Dec 8 and will air every Monday to Friday at 9 pm on the channel.

The show arrives with consider...

JioHotstar teases ‘South Unbound’, signals new creative phase

JioHotstar South has unveiled a brief but intriguing teaser for its upcoming initiative titled South Unbound, hinting at a refreshed creative direction for its regional entertainment strategy.

The teaser, carrying a striking “COMING SOON” frame, sets the tone for what the platform de...

Prime Video India unpacks trends at CII Big Picture Summit

Prime Video spotlighted its vision for India’s next era of digital consumption at the CII Big Picture Summit 2025, where Shilangi Mukherji, director & head of SVOD business at Prime Video India, unpacked the platform’s evolving strategy for personalised streaming, tiered subscriptions and diverse content formats. The panel, themed ‘The Di...

Prime Video’s Nikhil Madhok calls for homegrown superhero in Indian streaming

At the CII Big Picture Summit 2025, Prime Video India’s Director and Head of Originals, Nikhil Madhok, said that the next milestone for the country’s streaming ecosystem could be an original, homegrown Indian superhero rooted in local culture and mythology. In a wide-ranging PowerTalk session, Madhok discussed the evolving shape of India’s OT...

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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!