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WIF India, Jio Studios to fund women producers attend Cannes series

Women in Film India (WIF India) has announced the launch of the Producers Network Scholarship in partnership with the Marché du Film, Cannes Film Festival, and supported by Jio Studios, the media and content arm of Reliance Industr...

Distribution paradigms shifting, but audience remains ‘king’ Prasar Bharati CEO

Emphasising a fundamental shift in the media and entertainment landscape, Prasar Bharati CEO Gaurav Dwivedi yesterday said content distribution is undergoing a major transformation driven by technological convergence, evolving audience preferences and the rise of integrated platforms like WAVES OTT, even as legacy an...

BBC names former Google exec Matt Brittin as new DG

The BBC named former Google executive Matt Brittin as its new Director General yesterday, replacing Tim Davie who quit last year after a misleading edit of a speech ‌by US President Donald Trump. The BBC is facing a $ 10 billion lawsuit from Trump, who accuses the publicly funded broadcaster of defamation over how it...

BTS’s Seoul concert, after over 3 yrs, nets 18.4mn global viewers

The livestream of Kpop supergroup ‌BTS's concert in Seoul on Saturday, their first in more than ⁠three years, drew 18.4 million viewers worldwide, Netflix said yesterday.

The broadcast from Seoul's historic Gwanghwamun ‌Square ⁠ranked among

SATCAB ’26 opens with lively discussion on rules, news, multi-screen measurement

The first day of SATCAB Symposium 2026 literally rocked and rolled to a grand opening in New Delhi and opened with a focus on the evolving dynamics of India’s media and entertainment sector, underlining the need for broadcasters, distributors and digital platforms to adapt to rapid technological and consumption shift...

‘Bridgerton’ S5 to focus on Francesca’s story creating different buzz

The fifth season of the hit period drama ‘Bridgerton’ will put spotlight on actor Hannah Dodd's Francesca Stirling, the introverted middle daughter of the Bridgerton family, Netflix and Shondaland announced yesterday.

The eight-episode season five of the Regency-era show has...

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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!