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Bajaj Pune Grand Tour 2026 goes global with JioStar, WBD onboard

Indian cycling is set to enter a new global chapter with the launch of the inaugural Bajaj Pune Grand Tour 2026, the country’s first UCI 2.2 category multi-stage road race, as organisers unveiled an expansive international broadcast plan in partnership with JioStar and Warner Bros. Discovery. The five-day event, scheduled to begin on January ...

GTPL Hathway reports 14% rise in PBT, revenue grows 5% in Q3 FY26

GTPL Hathway Limited, India’s largest digital cable TV service provider and a leading broadband player, has reported steady financial performance for the quarter ended December 31, 2025, with Profit Before Tax (PBT) rising 14 per cent year-on-year in Q3 FY26. The company announced its results on January 12, reflecting resilience in a competitive...

DishTV appoints Amit Sarabhai as National Sales Head – VZY TV

DishTV has appointed Amit Sarabhai as the National Sales Head – VZY TV, strengthening its leadership team at a time when media and device-led businesses are sharpening their focus on revenue growth and market expansion. The move signals the company’s intent to scale its sales operations and deepen its presence across competitive, high-volume ...

Tata Play Bollywood Masala lines up Salman Khan b’day special

Tata Play Bollywood Masala is set to celebrate the birthday of Bollywood’s enduring superstar Salman Khan with a specially curated four-day programming block that traces the many phases of his cinematic journey. From his early days as a romantic rebel to his evolution into a larger-than-life entertainer, the channel will air a lineup of some ...

Tata Play Cartoon Network Forever rings in Christmas with classic toon specials

Tata Play Cartoon Network Forever is set to turn this festive season into a nostalgic celebration with a special Christmas programming block featuring some of the most loved Cartoon Network classics. From December 20 to December 31, viewers can relive time...

DTH revenue slide to ease to 3–4% this fiscal year: Report

India’s private direct-to-home (DTH) television operators are expected to witness another year of revenue decline in FY26, but the fall is likely to moderate to 3–4 per cent compared with a sharper 5 per cent drop in the previous fiscal.

The sector, which has been under sustained pre...

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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!