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Lionsgate sells Lionsgate Play in India, Southeast Asia to founder Rohit Jain

Lionsgate has sold its streaming service Lionsgate Play in India and Southeast Asia to Rohit Jain, the executive who built and led the platform across the region over the past eight years. Jain, who served as President of Lionsgate Play Asia, will now take full ownership and management of the OTT service and will exit Lionsgate as part of the tr...

Indian Govt, Netflix collab on skilling initiative result in 8 short films

Federal Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting Dr. L. Murugan yesterday said that India is at a pivotal moment where storytelling, creativity and culture are emerging as key pillars of Bharat’s economy, enabling creators to take Indian stories to global audiences.

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Amagi banks on media customers moving to cloud to boost revenue

General Atlantic-backed Indian cloud software player Amagi Media Labs is banking on media customers moving to the cloud to boost revenue, the company's chief executive said. The Bengaluru-based firm, which provides software for the broadcast and streaming TV industries, launched a $199 million IPO yesterday.

AI & data pioneer Stats Perform is FIFA official betting partner

Global football administrator FIFA yesterday announced that it has selected sports AI and data pioneer Stats Perform as its first-ever official betting data and betting streaming rights distributor in a landmark multi-year agreement.

The partnership, according to a FIFA statement, gr...

Yas Island Abu Dhabi, Holiday Tribe launch #MyYasVibes creator campaign

Yas Island Abu Dhabi has partnered with travel-tech brand Holiday Tribe to roll out #MyYasVibes, a new creator-led campaign that brings the destination’s thrill, adventure and entertainment offerings to Indian audiences through immersive storytelling. The campaign went live this month with a group of 12 macro influencers from India travelling...

Shemaroo acquires ‘Chatha Pacha’ for global release

Shemaroo Entertainment has strengthened its push into large-scale regional cinema by partnering with Reel World Entertainment for the worldwide distribution of the upcoming Malayalam action-entertainer ‘Chatha Pacha – The Ring of Rowdies’. Slated for a theatrical release on January 22, 2026, the film is being positioned as a bold, high-...

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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!