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92% Indians plan to maintain or up ‘25 festive spending: JioStar survey

Indian consumers are entering the 2025 festive season with strong confidence, as 92 percent plan to maintain or increase spending this year, according to the JioStar Festive Sentiment Survey 2025. The findings point to a Rs.16,500 average ...

Actors say ‘Saare Jahan…’ spies essayed as dilemma-laden humans

Actors Pratik Gandhi and Sunny Hinduja, who play RAW and ISI agents, respectively, in Netflix’s 70s set drama series ‘Saare Jahan Se Accha’, said the spies in their world are presented as conflicted humans full of dilemmas ...

Why are MSOs running a scroll about WBD channels in India?

Viewers of channels like Pogo, Discovery Channel, etc were surprised recently to see a scroll running on various distribution platforms stating that the channels of Discovery Communications India will be available on ala carte basis from August 6.

The scrolls running on some of the ...

‘Bigg Boss Malayalam’ S7 sets record opening on JioHotstar

'Bigg Boss Malayalam' S7 has made a historic start on JioHotstar, delivering the biggest season opening ever for the popular reality show. Hosted by Mohanlal, the launch weekend was packed with high-voltage drama, standout moments, and engaging interactive features that drew audiences in. The opening weekend alone clocked 12.6 crore minutes of c...

Jio Studios crosses Rs.1,000cr at box office in FY25

Jio Studios has achieved a major milestone, with its total net box office collection (NBOC) in India surpassing the Rs.1,000 crore mark in FY25, according to the latest annual report of Reliance Industries. In the previous fiscal year, the films produced by the media and ...

Imtiaz Ali-directed ‘Chamkila’ bags top honours at Screenwriters’ Awards

Imtiaz Ali’s directorial ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ was bestowed with the three top honours at the 6th edition of the Screenwriters Association Awards, which honours groundbreaking films, series and TV shows of 2024 that pushed the envelope of storytelling.

Held in Mumbai on Aug ...

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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!