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Dish TV, C21Media to host Content India 2026 in Mumbai

Dish TV India, in partnership with C21Media, is set to host Content India 2026, a three-day industry summit that will bring together leaders from across the entertainment ecosystem to discuss the evolving future of content in India. The event will be held from March 16 to 18 in Mumbai and is expected to attract broadcasters, streaming platforms,...

Debkumar Dasgupta joins Dangal TV as Head of Syndication

Veteran media executive Debkumar Dasgupta has joined Enterr10 Television Pvt. Ltd. as Head of Syndication for its flagship Hindi general entertainment channel Dangal TV. In his new role, Dasgupta will be responsible for driving both domestic and international content syndication for the network. Dasgupta brings more than three decades of expe...

Hari Nair to step down as Tips Music CEO

Hari Nair will step down as Chief Executive Officer of Tips Music on April 30, marking a leadership transition at the veteran music label as it begins the search for his successor, The Economic Times has reported. The company said that during the transition period, Girish Taurani, Executive Director, and Sushant Dalmia, Chief Financial Office...

Devika Prabhu returns to SPNI as Business Head – Hindi Movies

Media industry veteran Devika Prabhu has been appointed Business Head – Hindi Movies at Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI), marking her return to the network where she began an important phase of her career. Prabhu shared the update through a post on Link...

Content India 2026 to bring global entertainment leaders to Mumbai

Content India 2026 is set to emerge as a major platform for conversations around the future of India’s entertainment industry, bringing together leading broadcasters, streaming platforms, studios and creators from across the world. The three-day event will be held from March 16 to 18 in Mumbai. According to a press release, the summit is bein...

Vaishnaw: Creator economy offers citizens a democratic platform

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has highlighted the growing significance of the creator economy, saying it provides a “democratic platform” for citizens to showcase India’s diverse culture and creativity while opening new opportunities for young talent in the digital era.

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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!