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DocuBay Originals shine on global stage

DocuBay, India’s premier streaming platform for premium non-fiction documentaries and part of the IN10 Media Network, has added another feather to its cap on the global stage. The platform’s original film Operation Maa has clinched the Best Documentary Award at the Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 2025, while another original, Fanati...

Amazon Prime Video removes guns from ‘James Bond’ posters

Amazon Prime Video has faced criticism after editing guns out of its ‘James Bond’ promotional posters, prompting the streaming platform to remove the artwork entirely. According to a PTI report, the controversy erupted after fans noticed that 007’s signature firearms had been digitally removed from several classic film posters on

Zee Live launches ‘Marathi Vajlach Pahije’

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL), India’s leading content and technology powerhouse, has announced the launch of its new experiential vertical, Zee Live, with its first flagship event ‘Marathi Vajlach Pahije’ (MVP). The event, presented in association with World Of Vibes, marks the beginning of a vibrant cultural chapter for Maharash...

‘Santosh’ to premiere on Lionsgate Play Oct.17

Filmmaker Sandhya Suri’s much-anticipated police procedural thriller ‘Santosh’, which faced hurdles with the censor board and missed its theatrical release earlier this year, is set to make its digital debut on Lionsgate Play on October 17. According to a P...

Puthiya Thalaimurai goes off air on Tamil Nadu Arasu cable network

Puthiya Thalaimurai, the independent Tamil news channel, has faced an unexplained blackout on the Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation (TACTV) network, sparking concerns among viewers and media professionals over potential interference in free press operations. According to a press release issued by the channel, the disruption began last Fri...

At Ficci-Frames, Aroon Purie highlights disrupters, challenges in news biz

At the prestigious FICCI Frames event in Mumbai today, the India Today Group’s chairman and media veteran Aroon Purie, addressed the evolving landscape of Indian media, underscoring how technological disruption, business pressures, and emerging platforms are ...

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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!