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Prasar Bharati extends WAVES onboarding deadline to March 31

Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has extended the deadline for linear satellite television channels to apply for distribution on its OTT platform WAVES, giving broadcasters additional time until March 31, 2026, at 5 pm to submit their applications. The revised timeline, announced on February 19, relates to the original invitation issued on N...

‘Decode’ completes 200 episodes, drives major digital growth for DD News

DD News’ prime-time programme ‘Decode with Sudhir Chaudhary’ has completed 200 episodes, marking a significant milestone for the national broadcaster’s digital journey. The show, which airs in the 9 PM slot, has emerged as a major driver of viewership and subscriber growth on the channel’s YouTube platform since its launch. According to a pre...

Reliance Jio appoints Anuj Gandhi as CBO – Digital Entertainment

Reliance Jio has appointed media and distribution veteran Anuj Gandhi as Chief Business Officer – Digital Entertainment, strengthening its leadership team as the company sharpens its focus on building a consumer-centric digital entertainment ecosystem in India. The development was announced by Gandhi in a LinkedIn post, where he shared that h...

WPL 2026 shatters records to become most-viewed season

The 2026 edition of the Women's Premier League (WPL) has emerged as the most-watched season since the tournament’s inception, with official digital and broadcast partner JioStar reporting record-breaking viewership across both digital and television platfor...

Aaj Tak launches ‘VPaper’ with Dailyhunt for video-integrated news experience

Aaj Tak has announced the launch of its next-generation ePaper, ‘VPaper’, in collaboration with Dailyhunt, introducing a video-integrated news format aimed at digital-first audiences. The initiative seeks to combine the depth of print journalism with the immediacy of digital media, offering readers early morning access to curated news content. ...

JioHotstar partners OpenAI for conversational streaming initiative

JioHotstar has introduced a new AI-powered conversational streaming experience in partnership with OpenAI, allowing users to discover and explore content using natural language voice and text interactions across multiple languages. According to a press release, the collaboration integrates ChatGPT-powered voice discovery and immersive feature...

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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!