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CCI clears Birla-led consortium’s Rs 16,660cr IPL champ RCB buyout

Fair trade regulator CCI yesterday cleared the acquisition of IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore by a consortium of Aditya Birla Group, The Times of India Group, Bolt Ventures and Blacksto...

Prasoon Joshi to head panel on measures to strengthen film sector

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has constituted a high-level committee under Prasar Bharati Chairman Prasoon Joshi to recommend measures for strengthening India's film sector, with a focus on making the industry more competitive, future-ready and

Modi top influencer; cricket team leads brands’ rankings: Comscore

Prime Minister Narendra Modi emerged as the top-performing influencer across social media platforms in India during June 15-21, while the Indian Cricket Team retained the top spot among brands with more than 43.7 million total actions, according to Comsco...

Saregama India appoints Abhishek Kapoor as new CFO

Saregama India Ltd., a music and entertainment company, has appointed Abhishek Kapoor as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He will take charge from July 15, 2026. Until then, Kuldeep Kothari will serve as the Interim CFO from June 24 to July 14, 2026. Ac...

Shashi Shekhar Vempati gets Padma Shri honour

Shashi Shekhar Vempati, Chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has been honoured with the prestigious Padma Shri award one of India’s highest civilian honours. According to a PIB press release, the award has been given in recognition of his valuable contributions in the fields of public service, technology, media, and ...

Planetcast appoints Kaushal Nanavati as SVP for Sales & Business Development

Planetcast Media Services has appointed media industry veteran Kaushal Nanavati as Senior Vice President – Sales & Business Development (Domestic), as the company strengthens its leadership team to drive growth across India's rapidly evolving media and con...

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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!