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‘Saiyaara’ stars Ahaan, Aneet bag IMDb ‘Breakout Star STARmeter’

Debutant Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda have bagged the IMDb ‘Breakout Star STARmeter’ awards for their romantic hit ‘Saiyaara’. In the Mohit Suri directorial, Panday plays the role of Krish Kapoor, an emotionally complex musician while Padda plays a budding journalist, Vaani Batra, who aids Krish through writing songs. Their romance and...

JioHotstar offers free access to entire library on Aug 15

In a special gesture to mark India’s 79th Independence Day, JioHotstar has announced ‘Operation Tiranga’, a platform-wide celebration honouring the nation’s spirit of freedom. The campaign, themed ‘Tiranga Ek, ‘Kahaniyaan Anek’, brings together a thoughtfully curated line-up of stories reflecting the courage, resilie...

DocuBay expands original slate with purpose-driven documentaries

DocuBay, the IN10 Media Network-backed streaming platform for premium, thought-provoking documentaries, is strengthening its position as a hub for impactful, non-fiction storytelling. With a growing library of acclaimed titles, the platform is pushing the b...

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 ...

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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!