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YouTube appoints Gunjan Soni as country managing director for India

In a decisive move to curb spam and fraudulent communications in the country, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) convened a meeting of the Joint Committee of Regulators (JCoR) on April 25, 2025, at its headquarters in New Delhi. The meeting brought together key representatives from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Insurance Regu...

Future of Video India 2025 set to redefine M&E landscape

The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) is all set to host the highly anticipated Future of Video India 2025 conference on May 2, 2025, at the Trident, Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), Mumbai. As part of the inaugural World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (

Centre bans 16 Pakistani YouTube channels

In a decisive move, the Centre has banned 16 YouTube channels originating from Pakistan, amid heightened tensions following the deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam that claimed the lives of 26 civilians. The ban, enforced on Monday, comes as part of India's broader crackdown on misinformation and propaganda being spread from across the border. ...

Forbes India unveils W-Power 2025 to celebrate India’s self-made women leaders

In a powerful tribute to women who lead with purpose and build lasting legacies, Forbes India, in collaboration with L’Oréal Paris, has announced the 2025 edition of W-Power—a celebration of self-made achievers shaping India’s future. The much-anticipate...

Zee News launches ‘Ideas on Education’

Zee News has announced the launch of ‘Ideas on Education’, an ambitious new platform dedicated to driving change, innovation, and inclusion in the education sector. Set to take place on April 28, 2025, at The Lalit, New Delhi, the initiative will bring together some of the country’s most respected policymakers, education leaders, and visionaries...

Netflix now offering more subtitle options

Fifty percent of Americans are of the opinion that they watch content with subtitles most of the time. It’s a habit that’s seen reflected on Netflix too --- nearly half of all viewing hours on platform in the US happen with subtitles or captions on.

With such data in hand, Netflix, a...

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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!