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VIDAA partners with RunnTV to launch FAST TV channels in India

Global smart TV operating system VIDAA has announced a strategic partnership with RunnTV, India’s fast-growing streaming technology and content platform, to bring its Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) service, TV Channels, to Indian audiences. According to ANI, VIDAA confirms that the service will launch in India later this month. The mov...

SPNI corp comm head Humsa Dhir moves on for newer adventures

After a decade-long journey marked by strategic communications and reputation leadership, Humsa Dhir, Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Communications at Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI), has announced her departure from the company. In a press release issued by the network, SPNI credited Dhir with shaping its corporate narrative...

ZEE5 unveils new original series ‘Janaawar – The Beast Within’

Streaming platform ZEE5 has announced its latest original series ‘Janaawar – The Beast Within’, set to premiere soon on the platform. According to a PTI report, the series is produced by Aarambh Entertainment Pvt Ltd and directed by Shachindra Vats. The sho...

Delhi Comic Con 2025 to be held Dec. 5-7

Comic Con India has officially announced the dates for its flagship festival, Delhi Comic Con 2025-26, which will be held from December 5 to 7. Since its inception in 2011, Delhi has been the launchpad of Comic Con India, serving as the heartbeat of the c...

Dish TV launches VZY brand smart TVs blending DTH, OTT at one place

Dish TV India Limited, the country’s leading DTH service provider and a trusted household name for more than 22 years, has announced its entry into the integrated Smart TV segment with the launch of the VZY Smart TV range. The move marks a significant milestone in Dish TV’s journey, taking the brand beyond broadcasting and into the heart of Ind...

Chrome Talkies: Sumeet Singh on AI, fragmentation, future of marketing

On the latest episode of Chrome Talkies, Sumeet Singh, Chief Marketing Officer at Info Edge India, joined host Mona Jain to share her perspectives on how marketing is evolving in an era shaped by technology, consumer shifts, and artificial intelligence. According to

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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!