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News18 Bangla to host open house with Mamata ahead of polls

News18 Bangla is set to host a special open house interaction titled ‘SojaSapta Mamata Banerjee’ featuring Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal, ahead of the upcoming state Assembly elections. The special programme will air at 7pm on March 6 and promises viewers a candid and wide-ranging conversation with one of the country...

Jogendra Kudia joins Balaji Motion Pictures as Sr. Manager – Marketing

Jogendra Kudia has joined Balaji Motion Pictures as Senior Manager – Marketing, marking a new chapter in his career in film marketing and brand campaigns. Kudia announced the development through a post on LinkedIn, where he shared his excitement about taking ...

ZEE5 to stream romantic comedy ‘Pookie’ from March 13

ZEE5 has announced the digital premiere of ‘Pookie’, a romantic comedy directed by Ganesh Chandra in his directorial debut. The film will begin streaming exclusively on ZEE5 from March 13 across four South Indian languages — Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam ...

Hungama OTT launches crime drama ‘Begum of Crime’

Hungama OTT has expanded its original content slate with the launch of its new series ‘Begum of Crime’, a dark female-led crime thriller that premiered in March 2026. Positioned within the crime genre, the show explores themes of ambition, survival, and power while tracing the emotional and psychological transformation of a woman determ...

T20 World Cup 2026 crosses 500 mn viewers in India: Jay Shah

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 has emerged as the most-watched edition in the tournament’s history, crossing 500 million viewers in India, according to the International Cricket Council. The milestone was revealed by ICC Chairman Jay Shah in a post on X, highlighting the scale of audience engagement the tournament has generated in its biggest ...

Maruti Suzuki, StockGro, Maaza, Acko partner Sony LIV’s ‘Wheel of Fortune’

SonyLIV has secured a slate of brand partnerships for the Indian edition of the globally known TV game show Wheel of Fortune, which will be hosted by Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar. The show, making its debut in India, blends a globally popular format with high-voltage entertainment, humour and audience interactivity, positioning itself as a large...

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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!