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Prime Video launches Goldmines Play add-on for dubbed South hits

Prime Video has expanded its add-on subscription portfolio in India with the onboarding of Goldmines Play, the streaming service from Goldmines Telefilms, further strengthening its family-focused and mass-entertainment offering. With this integration, Prime Video<...

Zee Telugu launches dance reality show ‘Aata’, premieres Feb 7

Zee Telugu has expanded its non-fiction slate with the announcement of a new dance reality show titled ‘Aata’, set to bring competitive energy and large-scale performances to weekend television. The show will premiere on February 7, 2026, at 9pm on Zee Telugu, ...

ZEE5 Malayalam to stream ‘Nellikkampoyil Night Riders’ from Feb 6

ZEE5 Malayalam is set to premiere the Malayalam film ‘Nellikkampoyil Night Riders’ digitally from February 6, bringing audiences a genre-blending tale that combines mystery, humour and elements of the supernatural. The film invites viewers into the atmospheric village of Nellikkampoyil, where folklore, fear and youthful ambition collide over ...

Sippy Films repositions as character IP-led studio with backing

Sippy Films, the iconic banner behind some of Indian cinema’s most enduring cultural milestones, including ‘Sholay’, is entering a new phase of transformation as it repositions itself as a character IP–led content studio. The shift is being driven under th...

ET Now Swadesh tops YouTube news viewership

Times Network’s Hindi business news channel ET Now Swadesh has emerged as the leading YouTube destination in January 2026, clocking over 89 million video views, according to data from Playboard. The milestone underlines the channel’s growing influence among digital-first audiences seeking credible and easy-to-understand business news in Hindi. ...

Prasar Bharati CEO rejects DD FreeDish encryption demand

Prasar Bharati CEO Gaurav Dwivedi has drawn a clear line on the future of DD Free Dish, categorically ruling out any move to encrypt the country’s largest free-to-air direct-to-home platform, according to a Storyboard18.com report. Addressing concerns fr...

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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!