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Global PE firms ready to bowl on IPL pitch seeing opportunities

Global private equity investors like KKR and Blackstone have a new investment hotspot in India: cricket. The Indian Premier League, the world's richest cricket league, counts Bollywood stars, Indian tycoons and spirits maker Diageo among its backers, but is now attracting major private equity firms with the prospect ...

Vaishnaw tells global tech, content platforms to follow local rules

India's Information & Broadcasting and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said yesterday that big tech platforms like Google's YouTube, Meta , X and Netflix must operate within the country's constitutional framework, a week after New Delhi tightened its content-takedown rules.

His comm...

India BO off to strong Jan start; total gross Rs. 1,327cr: Ormax

India’s domestic box office got off to a strong start in 2026, with films released in January grossing Rs. 1,327 crore, marking a 30 percent rise over January 2025. Led by the major Hindi action film ‘Border 2’ and a cluster of Telugu Sankranthi releases, producers and distributors reported broad gains, even...

ITG, BharatGen unveil new AI-driven news anchor Sutra

‘Tell Me Lies’ to end with Season 3, confirms showrunner

‘Tell Me Lies’ will conclude with its third season, bringing the curtain down on the popular relationship drama, showrunner Meaghan Oppenheimer has confirmed. According to a UNI report, Oppenheimer shared the update on Instagram, revealing that the latest episode marks the series finale. She noted that the ending had always been part of the c...

Amul celebrates Farhan’s Ravi Shankar Hollywood debut

India’s dairy brand Amul has celebrated Farhan Akhtar’s upcoming Hollywood debut with its signature witty topical, highlighting the actor’s portrayal of legendary sitar maestro Ravi Shankar in director Sam Mendes’ ambitious project ‘The Beatles: A Four-Film ...

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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!