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Škoda, BBH India roll out ‘You Never Drive Alone’ campaign

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Sagar Gonsalvez joins JioHotstar as associate director, performance sales – sports

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SPNI appoints Harsh Sheth as Business Head of SET

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Holiday Films, Football drive Dec viewership surge: Nielsen

Holiday programming and marquee football events powered strong viewership gains for major media companies in December, with Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, Hallmark, Netflix and Amazon emerging as key beneficiaries, according to Nielsen’s December 2025 Media Distributor Gauge.

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Imtiaz Ali–Diljit Dosanjh film set for June 12, 2026 theatrical release

Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali’s next feature film starring actor-musician Diljit Dosanjh will now hit theatres on June 12, 2026, the makers announced on Thursday. The film, which is yet to be titled, has been described as a “charming story of love and longing” and is expected to carry Ali’s signature emotional depth and lyric...

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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!