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Hemlata Sharma bids farewell to Zee Media

After a distinguished career spanning more than 25 years, senior media professional Hemlata Sharma has officially concluded her journey with Zee Media Corporation Ltd., marking her last working day on October 7, 2025.

This farewell closes her fifth stint with the Zee Group --- a rare...

MIB Secy calls for bold creative expansion tempered with safeguards

At the 25th edition of FICCI Frames 2025 in Mumbai, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Secretary Sanjay Jaju yesterday urged India’s media and entertainment sector to embrace a dual vision: bold creative expansion and robust safeguards against misinformation and piracy.

His k...

IMC ’25 to spotlight 6G, satcom, cybersecurity, AI, IoT

Minister for Communications Jyotiraditya M. Scindia yesterday said that the 2025 edition of the India Mobile Congress (IMC) in New Delhi would highlight and usher in a new paradigm for connectivity, where telecommunications would become the highway and pathway for technologies such as 5G, AI, ML, IoT and satellite co...

IBDF prez Vaz underscores the resilience of linear TV

The Indian Broadcasting & Digital Foundation (IBDF) held its 26th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in the capital on September 29, bringing together industry leaders to assess the sector’s performance and outline the road ahe...

PM Modi to launch BSNL’s indigenous 4G stack today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil two major initiatives on September 27 — BSNL’s homegrown 4G stack and the government’s ambitious 100 per cent 4G saturation project under the Digital Bharat Nidhi scheme. Union Minister for Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia announced the launch on Friday, calling it a...

To boost AVGC, WaveX launches 7 new incubation centers

WaveX, the dedicated startup accelerator platform under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB)’s WAVES initiative, has announced the launch of seven new incubation centers across India.

These centers, according to an official statement yesterday, are aimed at nurturing ...

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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!