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Calcutta HC: hotels need IPRS licence for TV content

The Calcutta High Court has ruled that hotels must obtain a proper copyright licence before providing cable TV services containing copyrighted works to guests in their rooms. According to The Bar Bulletin report,the court held that offering such content without permission from copyright owners amounts to copyright infringement under the Copyrigh...

KICK secures exclusive streaming rights for BGMS S5

NODWIN Gaming has announced a partnership with KICK, the global livestreaming platform, for the exclusive digital streaming rights of BGMI Masters Series (BGMS) Season 5. With this deal, KICK will become the official Digital Streaming Partner for India’s popular BGMI esports tournament. Under the partnership, all matches of BGMS Season 5 will...

XIIth BCS Ratna Award 2026: Media achievers honoured

The XIIth BCS Ratna Award 2026 concluded successfully on August 5, 2026, at New Delhi, celebrating excellence across India's broadcasting, cable TV, digital media, OTT, entertainment and technology sectors. The annual awards recognised leading media organisatio...

Tata Play celebrates 20 years, Harit Nagpal thanks subscribers

Tata Play has completed 20 years of its commercial Direct-to-Home (DTH) journey, marking a significant milestone in India's television industry. To commemorate the occasion, Managing Director and CEO Harit Nagpal penned a handwritten postcard expressing gratit...

Zee Kannada to launch ‘Halli Power Reloaded’ on August 8

Zee Kannada is set to introduce a new reality show, ‘Halli Power Reloaded’, celebrating the traditions, values and simplicity of rural Karnataka. The show will premiere on August 8 and will air every Saturday and Sunday at 9pm and Monday to Friday at 9.30pm,...

Anil Kapoor to host ‘India Ke Top 1%’ from Sept.5

Star Plus and JioHotstar are all set to launch ‘India Ke Top 1%’, the Indian adaptation of the globally acclaimed game show format ‘The 1% Club’, on September 5 as part of their festive programming line-up. Hosted by Bollywood actor

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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!