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Vivek Raina steps down as Excitel CEO after over a decade

Vivek Raina has stepped down from his leadership role at Excitel Broadband, the company he co-founded and led for more than a decade, according to an update shared through his LinkedIn profile. The development marks a significant transition for the broadband service provider, which has expanded rapidly since its ince...

SPNI rejiggs linear ad sales leadership roles to drive growth

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has unveiled another round of leadership restructuring across its linear ad sales organisation, realigning responsibilities across clusters, regions and genres as it gears up for its next phase ...

Sania Fazal joins JioStar as Creative Director for Brand Solutions

Sania Fazal has joined JioStar as Creative Director – Brand Solutions, Content Partnerships & Branded Content, stepping into a leadership role focused on driving branded storytelling and strategic partnerships across the company’s television and digital pla...

MIB spotlights startups, creators, tech at AI Impact Summit

The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) has taken centre stage at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 --- inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday in New Delhi --- spotlighting India’s growing leadership in artificial intelligence across media, entertainment, gaming, content creation and creativ...

SPNI bags TV rights for Indian Super League 2025–26 season

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has secured the exclusive television broadcast rights for the Indian Super League (ISL) 2025–26 season, further strengthening its sports portfolio. The linear television rights have been sublicensed to SPNI by FanCode, which holds the media rights for the league, with primary telecast scheduled on Sony Sports ...

Govt. issues stringent 3-hour content takedown rule for SM firms

India's government said social media companies would have to take down unlawful content within three hours of being notified about it, tightening yesterday an earlier 36-hour timeline in what could be a compliance challenge for Meta, YouTube and X.

According to a Reuters report from ...

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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!