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After backtracking on boycott threat, PCB claims ICC concessions

Amidst a flurry of memes and jokes, finally one thing has become clear: the cricketing world successfully called Pakistan’s bluff. After pouting and posturing for a few days and threatening not to play India in the ongoing Men’s T20 World Cup and lobbying unsuccessfully with other cricketing nations, Pakistan finally...

Govt. issues stringent 3-hour content takedown rule for SM firms

India's government said social media companies would have to take down unlawful content within three hours of being notified about it, tightening yesterday an earlier 36-hour timeline in what could be a compliance challenge for Meta, YouTube and X.

According to a Reuters report from ...

Netflix assures court ‘Ghooskhor Pandat’ will be renamed

Netflix India yesterday informed the Delhi High Court that the Manoj Bajpayee-starrer film, ‘Ghooskhor Pandat’, will be renamed. The statement was made before Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, who was dealing with a petition seeking a stay on the release of the film on account of its "offensive" and "defama...

Spotify Q1 earnings above estimates on user growth, price hikes

Spotify forecast first-quarter earnings above Wall Street estimates yesterday , as the Swedish streaming company benefits from strong user growth and price hikes, sending its shares up nearly 12 percent in premarket trading. The results are the first since co-CEOs Gustav Soderstrom and Alex Norstrom took the reins fr...

Men’s T20 WC digital engagement up 53%; spike in SEA, UAE, US

Fans around the world have been captivated by the opening weekend of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, with supporters packing stadiums and digital engagement soaring, the International Cricket Council said yesterday, adding digital engagements till now have shown a 53 percent spike compared to the previous edition o...

India Today to host Tamil Nadu Roundtable today in Chennai

India Today will host the Tamil Nadu Round Table in Chennai on February 11, bringing together a wide spectrum of political leaders, policymakers, analysts and public voices to deliberate on the State’s political, economic and social trajectory ahead of the upcoming assembly elections.

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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!