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Gulshan Verma joins Amazon as director for Amazon Ads

Gulshan Verma has taken on a new leadership role at Amazon, joining the company as Director for Amazon Ads. He shared the news of his appointment through a post on LinkedIn, marking another significant milestone in a career that spans nearly three decades ac...

Aamir Khan to join JioStar’s TATA IPL 2025 final

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan is all set to bring an extra dose of star power to the TATA IPL 2025 Final, as JioStar announced his participation in the grand finale’s presentation on June 3. The actor, known for his love of cricket and deep-rooted connection with audiences, will be part of the pre-show festivities alongside Genelia D’Souza a...

Delhi HC grants Star India power to instantly block pirated apps

Delhi High Court has granted a “superlative injunction” in favour of Star India, empowering the broadcaster to take immediate action against mobile applications and websites that illegally stream its content. The order, issued by Justice Saurabh Banerjee on May 29, allows Star India to block new piracy platforms including mobile apps without ...

‘Criminal Justice: A Family Matter’ becomes 2025’s biggest OTT opener yet

The newest installment of the ‘Criminal Justice’ franchise, titled ‘Criminal Justice: A Family Matter’, has set a new benchmark on India’s streaming landscape. With an estimated 8.4 million views in its debut week, the series has emerged as the most-watched OTT original across pay and freemium platforms for the week of May 26 to June 1, 2025. ...

SC ruling may up tax load on streamers, gaming apps

A recent Supreme Court judgment allowing dual taxation on television broadcasting services could significantly increase the tax burden on digital entertainment platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and gaming apps, according to tax experts and legal p...

Cellular firms move govt over TRAI suggestions on satcom pricing

Industry body Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) has approached the Telecom Department to raise concerns over Trai recommendations on the satcom spectrum, saying "incorrect assumptions" have led to unjustifiably low spec...

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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!