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ESPN takes over MLB.tv, expands teams’ in-market streaming

ESPN has officially taken control of Major League Baseball’s out-of-market streaming service, MLB.tv, marking a significant step in the league’s revised media rights strategy and strengthening the broadcaster’s position in the evolving sports streaming ecosystem.

According to a Reute...

Lovejeet Alexander joins Bloomberg as Director – New Economy

Lovejeet Alexander has joined Bloomberg as Director – New Economy, where he will help advance the Bloomberg New Economy initiative from India, marking a key addition to the global media and financial information company’s efforts to deepen engagement around economic transformation and policy dialogue. The development was shared by Lovejeet Al...

Southeast Asia premium VOD sees strong growth in 2025

The premium video-on-demand (VOD) market in Southeast Asia recorded robust growth in 2025, driven by a sharp rebound in subscriber additions, rising connected TV (CTV) adoption and the growing influence of local content across the region, according to a report released by Singapore-based Media Partners Asia (MPA). The findings are part of a p...

JioStar records biggest opening day for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 has kicked off with record-breaking viewership on JioStar, marking the biggest-ever opening day for any ICC event across JioHotstar and the Star Sports network. The tournament, being held in India and Sri Lanka, delivered strong audience engagement across digital and television platforms, reflecting the growin...

‘Saiyaara’ wins top spot at JioSaavn Superhits awards

Music streaming platform JioSaavn on Wednesday announced the winners of the second edition of the India Superhits Awards, recognising the most-streamed songs and artists that shaped India’s listening habits over the past year. The awards reflect audience preferences based entirely on streaming and engagement data recorded on the platform between...

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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!