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Dish TV expands South India focus with regional language packs

Dish TV India Ltd. has strengthened its focus on South India with the launch of a new regional entertainment offering designed around language-first content, affordable pricing and uninterrupted viewing experiences for households across the region. According to a press release, the enhanced offering has been curated specifically for audiences...

OTT platform Abhijat Marathi unveiled at Cannes Film Fest

Abhijat Marathi, an OTT platform, was officially unveiled at Cannes Film Festival 2026, marking a significant milestone for Marathi entertainment and regional storytelling on the global stage. The platform, dedicated exclusively to M...

Pogo launches LotPot comics-inspired show ‘Sampat Champat’

Warner Bros. Discovery South Asia has launched a new original intellectual property on kids’ channel POGO, with a factual entertainment senior executive announcing the debut of...

As Indian b’cast deal eludes FIFA for WC26, officials come visiting

FIFA media rights officials are visiting India this week, three sources said, ahead of next month's World Cup for which soccer's ruling body has not struck a broadcast deal with India due to differences over pricing, a Reuters repor...

57th ABBY Awards 2026 introduces new categories

The Advertising Club has announced several new categories and honours for the 57th edition of the ABBY Awards 2026, aiming to make the platform more inclusive, globally aligned and reflective of the evolving advertising and medi...

Ofcom nudges tech firms to reduce illegal intimate online images

British communications regulator Ofcom announced yesterday it was strengthening its Illegal Content Codes by introducing a new recommendation that tech firms use automated detection technology to reduce the spread of illegal intim...

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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!