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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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Haryana gets digital platforms to drop 67 songs promoting violence

Sixty-seven songs promoting gang lifestyle, glorifying weapons and violence have been removed from digital platforms, the Haryana Police said in a statement yesterday. However, the police in its statement did not name the songs that have been removed or blocked.

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Amagi banks on media customers moving to cloud to boost revenue

General Atlantic-backed Indian cloud software player Amagi Media Labs is banking on media customers moving to the cloud to boost revenue, the company's chief executive said. The Bengaluru-based firm, which provides software for the broadcast and streaming TV industries, launched a $199 million IPO yesterday.

Times Network emerges India’s third largest digital news publisher

Times Network has marked a significant milestone in its digital journey by crossing 228 million monthly unique users across its digital platforms, emerging as India’s third-largest digital news publisher. The achievement, based on Comscore MMX data for November 2025, underlines the network’s growing scale and relevan...

ZEE5 unveils family drama ‘Shabad-Reet Aur Riwaaz’

ZEE5 has announced its upcoming original web series ‘Shabad- Reet Aur Riwaaz’, a poignant family drama that explores faith, legacy and personal aspiration against the cultural backdrop of Punjab. The series stars Suvinder Vicky and Mihir Ahuja in the lead as a father-son duo, with Mahi Raj and Taranjit Kaur playing key supporting rol...

World Pickleball League ropes in Eurosport for S2 broadcast

World Pickleball League (WPBL) has partnered with Warner Bros. Discovery-owned Eurosport India to broadcast its second season across the country, strengthening the league’s television presence as it returns in a bigger and more ambitious format. After introducing pickleball to Indian prime-time audiences with its deb...

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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!