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Priyadarshan Garg appointed CBO at IDPL

IndiaDotcom Digital Private Limited (IDPL), the digital arm of Zee Media Corporation Limited (ZMCL), has bolstered its leadership team with the appointment of Priyadarshan Garg as Chief Business Officer (CBO). The move reflects IDPL’s focus on accelerati...

Delhi HC support to Aishwarya Bachchan’s on personality rights

The Delhi High Court has protected the personality rights of Bollywood actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, barring online platforms from illegally using her name, images for commercial gain.

The high court said when the identity of a fam...

Paramount names Meta exec Dane Glasgow as chief product officer

Paramount has said that Meta executive Dane Glasgow will join the media company as its chief product officer. In his new role, Glasgow will oversee the company's product strategy and vision across digital platforms and AI-powered capabilities. He will report directly to

Senior journo Gaurav Laghate joins SPNI as PR & Corp Comm head

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has appointed senior journalist Gaurav Laghate as its new Head of Public Relations and Corporate Communications, effective September 2025. In his new role, Laghate will spearhead the company’s communications strategy with a sharp focus on strengthening corporate reputation and stakeholder engagement across ...

David Lang steps down from WPP Media after two decades

David Lang, one of the most influential figures in WPP Media, has announced his departure after 20 years, marking the end of an era in content-driven marketing. Lang, who built the Mindshare Content team—formerly Mindshare Entertainment—from the ground up, playe...

Five country-markets in top tier of Netflix’s August ISP index

Streamer Netflix has said that in August, 0.5 percent of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) saw an increase of 0.2 Mbps, 18 percent stayed the same, 81 percent decreased 0.2 Mbps, and 0.5 percent went down 0.4 Mbps on the Netflix ISP Speed Index, a monthly update on which ISPs provide the best prime-time

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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!