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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...

Of OTT revolution, interactivity, AI & unexplored India

In a conversation charged with vision and verve industry thought-leaders from India’s M&E dwelt on various aspects of streaming and how technology is changing the way a story is told to audiences even as opportunities abound in a country like India that has always had a tradition of story-telling since time-immem...

WAVES 1st edition right mix of M&E reality-check, biz, glamour

The premier edition of World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025 concluded on a high note yesterday in Mumbai, registering an overwhelming response from exhibitors, domestic...

Ted Sarandos: Netflix investments in India equals $2+ bn in economic impact

Ted Sarandos, Co-CEO of Netflix, while talking to actor Saif Ali Khan in an engaging conversation on the third day of the inaugural World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) said that the streaming platforms had enabled democratization of film making in India.

The conversat...

WAVEX ’25 highlights investment potential of M&E startups

WAVEX 2025, a startup initiative under the World Audio-Visual Entertainment Summit (WAVES), held in Mumbai, was a promising intersection of innovation, entrepreneurship, and investment.

Ashutosh Mohle, Joint Director at the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (

Unless tackled, piracy to cost India digital video sector $2.4bn by ’29

Sample some facts. India’s online video sector generated an estimated US$4.2 billion in 2024, with 75 percent driven by advertising and 25 percent from subscriptions. SVOD alone contributed US$1 billion. There are over 50 big and small OTT platforms in India (both global and domestic).

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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!