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Prasar Bharati invites applications for key board positions

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued a formal notification inviting applications for two high-level appointments Member (Finance) and Member (Personnel) — in the Prasar Bharati Board, India’s autonomous public service broadcaster. The two positions are equivalent in status and pay to that of an Additional Secretary to the G...

Vir Das returns with ‘Fool Volume’ on Netflix

International Emmy Award-winning comedian Vir Das is all set to return to the global comedy stage with his fifth stand-up special, ‘Vir Das: Fool Volume’, premiering July 18 on Netflix. The announcement marks a milestone moment, making Vir the first Indian comedian to release five Netflix specials — each more boundary-pushing and globally res...

Sai Abishek named Head of Factual, Lifestyle & Kids for South Asia at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery has announced the elevation of Sai Abishek P R to the role of Head of Factual Entertainment, Lifestyle & Kids, South Asia, marking a significant development in the company’s strategic content leadership across the region. In this expanded position, Abishek will now spearhead content strategy, programming, and business ...

Moneycontrol to host MF summit on June 23

As India charts an ambitious path toward becoming a global financial powerhouse, the country’s thriving mutual fund industry will take centre stage at the upcoming Moneycontrol Mutual Fund Summit 2025, scheduled for June 23 in Mumbai. Organised by Moneycontrol, one of India’s leading business and markets news platforms, the fourth edition of ...

Sun TV shares slide as Maran brothers fight legal battles

Shares of Sun TV Network witnessed a sharp decline of over 5% in early trading hours on Friday, following reports of a legal spat between brothers and prominent political-business figures — Kalanithi Maran and Dayanidhi Maran.

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YouTube Shorts has 200bn+ daily views: Neal Mohan

YouTube has hit a staggering new milestone with its short-form video feature, YouTube Shorts, now clocking nearly 200 billion daily views. The announcement was made by YouTube CEO Neal Mohan during his keynote address at the 2025 Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, showcasing the platform’s explosive growth in just a year.

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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!