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JioStar ropes in 27 sponsors for IPL 2026

JioStar has announced a strong line-up of 27 sponsors for the upcoming TATA IPL 2026, reinforcing its position as one of India’s most powerful platforms for brands to engage with audiences at scale across television and digital. According to a press release issued by JioStar, the sponsor roster spans a wide range of sectors including AI, cons...

Sudhir Chaudhary turns film producer; dwells on a scribe’s journey at SATCAB’26

Veteran journalist Sudhir Chaudhary sparked interest around a potential new venture with Ekta Kapoor during a candid fireside chat at the SATCAB Symposium 2026 held in New Delhi. The session, moderated by Amitabh Srivastava, offered rare insights into Chaudhary’s views on news evolution, AI, and the future of media. Responding to a question a...

Kiran Mani exits JioStar, to lead OpenAI’s Asia Pacific expansion

In a significant leadership shift within the global technology landscape, Kiran Mani has stepped down as CEO – Digital at JioStar and is set to join OpenAI as Managing Director for Asia Pacific. The move comes at a time when the region is witnessing rapid growth in artificial intelligence adoption and digital transformation. According to a re...

AIDCF vs. Prasar Bharati case on linear TV at TDSAT posted for Apr 29

India’s communications and broadcast disputes tribunal TDSAT yesterday admitted a petition of the All India Digital Cable Federation (AIDCF), which has challenged Prasar Bharati’s move to onboard linear TV channels on WAVES OTT platform, and issued notices to respondents, including the public broadcaster.

BBC names former Google exec Matt Brittin as new DG

The BBC named former Google executive Matt Brittin as its new Director General yesterday, replacing Tim Davie who quit last year after a misleading edit of a speech ‌by US President Donald Trump. The BBC is facing a $ 10 billion lawsuit from Trump, who accuses the publicly funded broadcaster of defamation over how it...

Govt starts initiatives on AI skilling, MYWAVES, FreeDish tuners

Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw yesterday launched three key initiatives --- including a national AI skilling programme and in-built satellite tuner-enabled television systems for the pubcaster’s DTH service --- aimed at strengthening India’s media ecosystem, expanding digital content c...

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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!