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Teenagers more accustomed to smartphones than Shakespeare are reading at the worst levels seen this century, driving a broader decline in education, a global student assessment found.

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Cricket Australia okays private investment in Big Bash League

Cricket Australia (CA) announced yesterday that private investment would be introduced into the Big Bash League (BBL) from the 2027-28 season, ‌starting with the sale of the Melbourne Renegades Twenty20 franchise.

GTPL Hathway overtakes Tata Play in revenue

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India’s OTT audience reaches 664 million

India’s OTT audience grew by 11 percent in 2026 to reach 664.9 million, according to a The Economic Times report based on Ormax Media’s latest OTT Audience Report. Around 45 percent of India’s population now watches online video. The Ormax report is based...

Indian Express, Times Group partner with OpenAI

The Indian Express Group and Times Group have partnered with OpenAI to help people discover their news content more easily through ChatGPT. According to reports by The Indian Express and The Times of India, ...

Prime Video reveals first look at ‘Boys of Tommen’

Prime Video has revealed the first official images from its upcoming series ‘Boys of Tommen’, based on the bestselling books by Irish author Chloe Walsh. The series is currently in production and will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and...

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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!