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YouTube to stream Oscars worldwide from 2029 under exclusive global deal

YouTube has secured exclusive global streaming rights for the Academy Awards, marking a major shift in how the world’s most prestigious film ceremony will reach audiences. According to a media statement from the organisers of Oscar, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has entered into a multi-year partnership with the platform, un...

YouTube to stop sharing music data with Billboard after chart methodology dispute

YouTube has decided to pull its music streaming data from Billboard, a move that will see activity from the platform excluded from Billboard’s charts starting January 16, 2026. The decision follows years of discussions between the two organisations over how different types of music streams are valued and reflected in chart rankings. According...

Zee wraps Baseball United’s debut season with United Series finale from Dubai

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited concluded its broadcast of Baseball United’s inaugural season as the Mid East Falcons clinched the first-ever United Series championship with a commanding 8–1 victory over the Mumbai Cobras at the Baseball United Ballpark in Dubai. The final marked the culmination of a month-long season that introduced pr...

ShemarooMe to premiere ‘Shubhchintak’ today

ShemarooMe has announced the digital premiere of the much-anticipated Gujarati film ‘Shubhchintak’, set to stream exclusively on the platform from December 18, 2025. Directed by Nisarg Vaidya, the film marks a notable addition to Gujarati cinema by blending dark comedy with thriller elements, offering viewers a genre-driven narrative that bal...

Prime Video toasts ‘Four More Shots’ with spl. S4 Mumbai screening

Ahead of the much-awaited fourth and final season of ‘Four More Shots Please!’, Prime Video hosted a special screening of the International Emmy-nominated Original series in Mumbai, turning the evening into an emotional celebration rather than a conventional preview. The event marked a stylish farewell to a show that redefined conversations arou...

Instagram makes its TV debut with launch on Amazon Fire TV devices

Instagram is officially moving to the living room as Amazon Fire TV and Meta introduce Instagram for TV, bringing the popular social media platform’s short-form video experience to the big screen. Starting on Tuesday (Dec 16), Fire TV users can watch Instagram Reels directly on their televisions, transforming how families and friends discover...

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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!