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Baseball United partners Zee to bring pro baseball to India

In a historic move set to bring baseball to millions of Indian homes, Baseball United, the first-ever professional baseball league dedicated to the Middle East and South Asia, has partnered with Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEE), one of India’s leading media and entertainment companies. The collaboration will ensure live coverage of al...

Women’s cricket WC ‘25 shatters viewership records on JioStar platforms

The ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 has kicked off with phenomenal audience engagement, breaking multiple viewership records across both digital and television platforms. The tournament’s early success highlights the growing popularity of women’s cricket and the powerful collaboration between the ICC, JioStar, and BCCI. According to data j...

WBD hooks up with CJ ENM to open Korean content pipeline

Warner Bros. Discovery has become the latest western media conglomerate to jump onto the Korean content bandwagon as it struck a partnership with Seoul-based CJ ENM for co-productions to create a K-drama pipeline for its various properties, including HBO Max.

CJ ENM, a South Korean e...

Zee FY26 Q2 profits decline 60+ % over reduced adspend

India's Zee Entertainment Enterprises reported a more than 60 percent decline in second-quarter profit yesterday, as companies continued to cut advertising spending.

The company, which runs television channels such as Zee TV and ZeeCinema, said its consolidated net profit fell to Rs....

Ofcom consulting BBC requests for licence updates

British communications regulator Ofcom has started seeking views from stakeholders following a request from the BBC to make three updates to its operating licence.

In order to help it progress i...

Prime Video okays sequel to ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’

Streaming giant Prime Video has officially announced the development of a sequel to its widely acclaimed romantic comedy, ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’. The new installment, titled ‘Red, White & Royal Wedding’, will see Nicholas Galitzine and Taylor Zakhar Perez reprising their roles as Prince H...

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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!