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Sony YAY! adds a sweet twist to Makar Sankranti content

This Makar Sankranti, Sony YAY! is bringing together the joy of the harvest festival and the fun of its much-loved toons with a playful, food-led celebration that blends tradition with entertainment. Known for sunshine, colourful kites and til-gud delicacies, the festival gets an extra dose of cheer as the channel pairs its popular characters wi...

Lionsgate sells Lionsgate Play in India, Southeast Asia to founder Rohit Jain

Lionsgate has sold its streaming service Lionsgate Play in India and Southeast Asia to Rohit Jain, the executive who built and led the platform across the region over the past eight years. Jain, who served as President of Lionsgate Play Asia, will now take full ownership and management of the OTT service and will exit Lionsgate as part of the tr...

Live Times expands to North America, hits 70mn viewers

Live Times, India’s first Global Multicast News Hub, has expanded its international footprint with its launch across North America, making the channel available throughout the United States and Canada via UVOtv, a FAST platform catering to global diaspora audiences. The move marks a significant step in the network’s efforts to take India-centric...

‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ hits 2000 episodes, 25 years

‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi…’, one of Indian television’s most influential and enduring shows, completed 2000 episodes on January 11, marking a rare and historic 25-year journey. First launched in 2000, the daily soap went on to redefine prime-time viewing, becoming a fixture in millions of households and shaping how family dramas w...

‘Bigg Boss Marathi’ S6 attracts nine sponsors across Colors Marathi, JioHotstar

‘Bigg Boss Marathi’ Season 6 has drawn strong advertiser interest, onboarding nine prominent brands as sponsors across Colors Marathi and JioHotstar. The robust sponsor lineup once again underlines the franchise’s ability to deliver scale, cultural relevance and deep consumer engagement across both television and digital platforms.

Indian Govt, Netflix collab on skilling initiative result in 8 short films

Federal Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting Dr. L. Murugan yesterday said that India is at a pivotal moment where storytelling, creativity and culture are emerging as key pillars of Bharat’s economy, enabling creators to take Indian stories to global audiences.

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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!