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Navneet Sehgal steps down as Prasar Bharati Chairman

Navneet Kumar Sehgal has resigned as Chairman of public broadcaster Prasar Bharati, with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting accepting his resignation and relieving him from service with immediate effect. According to an official ministry communication, Sehgal had submitted his resignation on Tuesday. The notice, addressed to him at ...

Reliance, Surrey announce Oval Invincibles alliance in The 100

Reliance Industries Limited has entered a major new chapter in global cricket by partnering with Surrey County Cricket Club to jointly own the Oval Invincibles franchise in The Hundred. The announcement was made on Wed in Mumbai and London after both si...

Ahaan Panday, Aneet Padda top IMDb’s most popular Indian stars of 2025; Mohit Suri leads directors list

IMDb has unveiled its Most Popular Indian Stars and Directors of 2025, with newcomers Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda securing the top two spots after the success of their debut romantic drama ‘Saiyaara’.

The announcement is based on the platform’s STARmeter rankings, which ref...

Gaurav Gandhi honored as M&E visionary at CII Summit 2025

Gaurav Gandhi, Vice President, APAC at Prime Video, was recognised as a ‘Visionary Shaping India’s Media & Entertainment Future’ at the 2025 CII Big Picture Summit, where he was felicitated during the valedictory session.

The honour was presented by Rajan Navani, co-chair of the ...

‘The Family Man’ S3 becomes India’s most-watched series of 2025

Raj and DK’s much-awaited ‘The Family Man Season 3’ has smashed viewership records, emerging as Prime Video India’s most-watched series of 2025 within its first week of release.

Premiered on November 21, the high-octane spy-action thriller not only outperformed the previous ...

Zee Entertainment UK unveils ‘Jodha Akbar’ on Samsung TV Plus in France

Zee Entertainment UK has expanded its international portfolio with the launch of ‘Jodha Akbar’, a dedicated single-IP channel now streaming on Samsung TV Plus in France.

The channel brings the iconic historical drama to French viewers, marking a significant step forward in Zee’s stra...

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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!