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WAVES 2025 boosts vision of ‘Create in India, Create for the World’

The ‘Waves 2025’ event this year witnessed participation from over 90 countries, with more than 10,000 delegates, 1,000 creators, over 300 companies, over 350 startups and an overall footfall of approximately 1 lakh attendees — spanning diverse sectors including broadcasting, infotainment, AVGC-XR, films and digi...

Madras HC halts release of ‘Akhanda 2’ in major relief for Eros International

The Madras High Court has granted an injunction restraining the release of the upcoming film ‘Akhanda – II’, delivering a significant legal win for Eros International Media Limited.

The order was passed by a Division Bench comprising Justice S.M. Subramaniam and Justice C. K...

Tributes pour in from all corners for ‘He-Man’ Dharmendra

A "bonafide legend" of Indian cinema, "an inspiration for generations" and the "original He-Man" is how celebrities, including Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Allu Arjun and Karan Johar, remembered Dharmendra who breathed his last on Monday. The homage-paying legion was led by no less than India’s President Murmu and Prime...

IFFI Day2: India’s creative potentials were on display

The second day of the 56^th India International Film Festival (IFFI) 2025 in Goa yesterday witnessed a dynamic blend of global cinematic exchange, emerging talent showcases, high-level diplomatic engagement and vibrant ...

Murugan: Film Bazaar ‘bridge between creators, producers’

The WAVES Film Bazaar, South Asia’s global film market, opened yesterday in Panjim, Goa with an inspiring inaugural ceremony attended by a distinguished gathering of leaders, policymakers, filmmakers and global delegates.

Held annually alongside the prestigious International Film Fes...

IFFI opening turns Goa streets into open-air cultural carnival

The 56^th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) opened its 2025 edition yesterday in Goa with an unprecedented, citywide celebration that spilled out of auditoriums and onto the streets. In its first-ever open-city ...

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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!