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Moneycontrol Eco Pulse Index up on improved Feb eco activity

India’s economic activity edged higher in February 2026, supported by resilient consumption and a pickup in manufacturing, with the Moneycontrol Eco Pulse Index rising to 51.4 from 51.1 in January, the business news website said in a statement.

A reading above 50 signals expansion, i...

‘Dhurandhar2’ continues BO march with 4-day haul of Rs.761cr+

Aditya Dhar's ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ has become the second Indian film after ‘Pushpa 2’ to have a record opening weekend figure by racing past Rs 761 crore globally in the four days of its release and marching towards the Rs. 1,000 crore mark. According to Jio Studios and B62 Studios, the Ranveer...

Broadcasters push back against Big Tech on smart TVs in EU

Google , Amazon, Apple and Samsung's smart TVs and virtual assistants should fall under the European Union (EU)’s toughest tech rules because of their growing ‌market power, the world's largest broadcasters told yesterday EU antitrust chief Teresa Ribera.

The call by the Association ...

PM Modi to headline TV9’s ‘What India Thinks Today’ summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver the keynote address, setting the tone for this year’s TV9 Network’s flagship thought leadership initiative, ‘What India Thinks Today Summit 2026’, in New Delhi.

The summit, organised on March 23 and 24, aims to bring together an extraordinary...

Govt starts initiatives on AI skilling, MYWAVES, FreeDish tuners

Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw yesterday launched three key initiatives --- including a national AI skilling programme and in-built satellite tuner-enabled television systems for the pubcaster’s DTH service --- aimed at strengthening India’s media ecosystem, expanding digital content c...

Cops says YouTube, Insta links of Badshah song ‘Tateeree’ removed

Haryana Police yesterday said that 857 links related to rapper-musician Badshah's controversial song ‘Tateeree’ have been removed so far in coordination with various social media platforms, following due legal process.

An FIR (police report) had been registered in Panchkula (Haryana)...

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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!