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Amazon MX Player fuels India’s 2025 streaming shift

As India’s OTT consumption evolved in 2025 from casual browsing to more deliberate viewing, Amazon MX Player emerged as a key force shaping what audiences chose to watch. Viewers increasingly leaned towards stories that balanced familiarity with bold storytelling, and Amazon MX Player responded with a mix of estab...

Airtel launches Cartoon Network Classics on Digital TV platform

Bharti Airtel on Monday announced the launch of ‘Airtel Cartoon Network Classics’, an exclusive value-added service on Airtel Digital TV, developed in collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery. The new channel brings together a rich library of iconic Cartoon Network animated shows, positioning itself as a dedicated destination for nostalgia-d...

WhatsApp adds festive features as New Year messaging hits peak

As billions of people across the globe prepare to welcome 2026, WhatsApp has said that New Year’s Eve continues to be its busiest day of the year, consistently setting new engagement records. The platform notes that the 24-hour celebration window often surpasses its already massive daily traffic of over 100 billio...

Times Now Navbharat launches prime-time show ‘Chakra View’ with Sumit Awasthi

Times Now Navbharat, the Hindi news channel of Times Network, has expanded its prime-time line-up with the launch of ‘Chakra View – with Sumit Awasthi’, a new show anchored by senior journalist Sumit Awasthi.

PM Modi to inaugurate AI Impact Summit in Delhi

India is set to host the AI Impact Summit from February 15 to 20 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi scheduled to inaugurate the event, according to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

The summit is expected to see participation from over 100 countries, marking one...

Jio tops in 5G speed availability, utilisation by subs: Open Signal

Jio leads the 5G segment in terms of speed, availability of signals and its utilisation by subscribers, broadband network research firm Open Signal said on Monday. The report based on data collected between September 1 - November 30, 2025 said that moving from 4G to 5G delivers multi-fold gains in download speeds and a more consistent, “good ...

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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!