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Live Times tops NDTV, DD News in viewer engagement

In what industry watchers are calling a defining moment for India’s news broadcasting space, Live Times has overtaken legacy players NDTV and DD News in Average Time Spent (ATS) — a crucial metric that reflects viewer engagement and trust. According to BA...

Tata Play, Airtel merger talks off

Tata Group’s Tata Play and Bharti Airtel’s subsidiary Bharti Telemedia Ltd. have mutually decided to terminate discussions regarding a potential merger aimed at expanding their Direct To Home (DTH) operations. The announcement was made through an exchange filing by Bharti Airtel on Saturday, May 3, As per a report earlier published by The Econom...

DishTV Watcho launches FLIQS to boost OTT access

Dish TV India Ltd.—India’s leading content distribution company and its first Direct-to-Home operator—has announced the launch of a disruptive digital content segment titled ‘FLIQS’ on its Watcho app. The launch, which took place at WAVES 2025, marks a strategic innovation aimed at democratising content distribution and creating a thriving ec...

Balaji Originals debuts with ‘The Great Indian Cricket Fan’

Cricket and Indian summers go hand in hand—stirring passion, emotions, and unshakable loyalty among fans across the country. Channeling this sentiment into a digital narrative, Balaji Originals has launched its maiden web series, ‘The Great Indian Cricket Fan’, a heartfelt dramedy set against the backdrop of the nation’s cricket craze. The serie...

Emmy Award winner ‘Delhi Crime’ initially struggled to find backers

Canada-based Indo-Canadian film-maker Richie Mehta yesterday Sunday said that initially no streamer wanted to finance ‘Delhi Crime’ as they found it to be "too controversial".

The show, which finally aired on Netflix, not only was critically-acclaimed all round, but became t...

NBF issues advisory to member news channels on Pak guests

The News Broadcasters Federation (NBF), an industry organisation of TV news channels in India, yesterday issued an advisory to its members to exercise caution and restraint, and more importantly, desist from hosting Pakistani guests on news shows in the light of the Pahalgam killings of innocent tourists in Kashmir b...

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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!