General - Indian Broadcasting World

12th BCS Ratna Award a roaring success; honours excellence in M&E

The XIIᵗʰ BCS Ratna Award 2026 was successfully held in New Delhi yesterday, bringing together leading personalities from India's broadcasting, cable & satellite, OTT, digital media, entertainment, and technology sectors. The prestigious event celebrated e...

Airtel Q1 profits up 37% riding subs addition, plan upgrades

India's second-largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel posted a 37.3 percent rise in first quarter profit yesterday, driven by subscriber additions and users upgrading to costlier plans. The company's ‌consolidated net profit rose ...

PVR INOX launches SMART cinemas eyeing smaller cities

PVR INOX has launched a new cinema format called PVR INOX SMART Cinemas to expand its presence in tier III cities across India. The multiplex chain will begin the rollout of this new initiative from Muzaffarpur in Bihar, which wi...

Finn Wittrock, Justice Smith join ‘Trust the Man’ cast

Hollywood actors Finn Wittrock and Justice Smith have joined the cast of the upcoming Vietnam War thriller 'Trust the Man'. The two actors are the latest additions to the film, which is being directed by Will Graham.

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Spotify forecasts lower-than-expected Q3 profit, MAUs

Spotify forecast third-quarter profit and monthly active users below Wall Street estimates yesterday, underscoring the streaming service's challenges in maintaining growth despite expanding its offerings of AI-based features to f...

WWE star Dave Bautista likely to play Kratos in ‘God of War’

Former WWE star and Hollywood actor Dave Bautista is reportedly being considered to play Kratos in the upcoming live-action 'God of War' series after act...

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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!