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Prime Video previews 2026 Asian slate under new initiative

Prime Video has unveiled an early preview of its upcoming Asian content slate for 2026, showcasing a mix of Japanese anime, Korean dramas, and Indian originals as part of its inaugural Prime Video Presents: International Originals event held in London. According to a press release, the showcase was presented by Gaurav Gandhi, Vice President, ...

GTC Network partners Legends League Cricket for Punjabi commentary

GTC Punjabi has partnered with Legends League Cricket to broadcast Season 4 of the tournament with exclusive Punjabi commentary on satellite television across global markets, marking a first-of-its-kind initiative for Punjabi-speaking cricket audiences worldwide. The announcement was made through a social media post by the broadcaster, highli...

Saurav Maheshwari joins NDTV as regional CTV Revenue Head

NDTV has appointed Saurav Maheshwari as Revenue Head – Connected TV (CTV) Sales for North and East India, reinforcing its strategic focus on the fast-growing connected TV advertising segment and expanding its digital monetisation capabilities.

The development was shared by Maheshwari...

JioHotstar announces Barjatya’s ‘Sangamarmar’ series

Streaming platform JioHotstar yesterday announced its upcoming original series ‘Sangamarmar’, a heartfelt family drama from filmmaker Sooraj Barjatya’s banner Rajshri Productions, marking the production house’s latest venture into the digital space. According to a PTI report, the series is described as a moving drama rooted in the em...

ESPN takes over MLB.tv, expands teams’ in-market streaming

ESPN has officially taken control of Major League Baseball’s out-of-market streaming service, MLB.tv, marking a significant step in the league’s revised media rights strategy and strengthening the broadcaster’s position in the evolving sports streaming ecosystem.

According to a Reute...

Congress MP Shukla joins clamour for digital content, AI monitoring

Congress MP Rajeev Shukla yesterday urged Parliament to tackle the rising threat of artificial intelligence-generated fake videos, calling for urgent legislative and institutional action during Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, includi...

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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!