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Budget push for content creators’ labs in 15K+ schools, colleges

In her annual Budget presentation today, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman placed a major spotlight on India’s Orange Economy --- a broad ecosystem encompassing creative and cultural industries such as media, entertainment, animation, visual effects, gaming and comics --- heralding it as a future driver of jobs and...

Network18 platforms among top-viewed Budget Day news streams

On the much-anticipated Union Budget Day, February 1, 2026, Network18 platforms --- CNBC-AWAAZ, CNBC-TV18, News18 India and CNN-News18 --- featured among the top-viewed news streams, reinforcing the network’s leadership across business and general news genres, the news network stated yesterday evening.

Bharat Express celebrates 3 years of ethical, impactful journalism

Bharat Express, one of India’s fastest-growing national Hindi news channels, marked its third anniversary yesterday, saying since its inception, the channel has upheld its commitment towards ethical and impactful journalism.

Over the past three years, Bharat Express has established i...

Guest Column: Budget’s policy interventions to boost Orange Economy

The Union Budget 2026, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman yesterday, marks a decisive policy intervention aimed at strengthening India’s orange economy, with particular emphasis on local production, talent development and digital infrastructure for the media and entertainment sector.

Nine minutes missing from Netflix version of ‘Dhurandhar’ sparks debate

The digital debut of ‘Dhurandhar’ on Netflix has stirred an unexpected controversy, with viewers quickly noticing that the streaming version is shorter than what audiences experienced in theatres. The Aditya Dhar-directed spectacle, which went on to shatter box office records with collections exceeding Rs 1,400 crore, premiered on Netflix on ...

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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!