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Kiran Mani to lead IAMAI Digital Entertainment Committee

The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has appointed Kiran Mani, CEO – Digital at JioStar, as the new Chairman of its Digital Entertainment Committee, a move that signals a bold step towards shaping the next phase of India’s digital storytelling and streaming landscape. Known for his extensive leadership in technology and media,...

CNN-News18 tops English news ratings again, launches #SaveOurCities campaign

Continuing its undisputed run at the top, CNN-News18 has once again emerged as the No.1 English news channel in India, as per the latest data released by the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC). With a commanding market share of 41 percent, the channel leads by 179 percent over Times Now and 79 percent ahead of NDTV 24x7, reaffirming its ...

Sports & streaming fuel robust upfront ad sales for Disney

Disney Advertising has wrapped up its 2025-2026 upfront sales season on a high note, with strong growth in streaming and sports advertising driving consistent volume compared to last year. The media giant reported a significant increase in commitments for live sports and streaming platforms, underscoring its continue...

‘Parineeta’ set for theatrical re-release on 20th anniversary

Celebrating two decades since its release, the 2005 cult romantic drama ‘Parineeta’, starring Vidya Balan and Saif Ali Khan, is all set to return to theatres on August 29 in a restored version. The film was adapted from Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s 1914 Bengali novella and directed by the late Pradeep Sarkar. The re-release was announ...

Naseer to play JRD in ‘Made in India–A Titan Story’

Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah is all set to bring industrialist and aviation pioneer Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata to life on screen in the upcoming series ‘Made in India – A Titan Story’, which will stream on Amazon MX Player. The platform reve...

4 IPL team owners strategic partners for ECB’s The Hundred

Four Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise owners yesterday were confirmed as "strategic partners" by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for teams in The Hundred and will gain operational control by October 1 this year.

The sport's governing body in England said in a release t...

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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!