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Adani Group takes full control of news agency IANS

Billionaire Gautam Adani's group has taken full control of news agency IANS by purchasing the remaining 24 per cent stake for an undisclosed sum of money. AMG Media Networks Ltd, the media arm of the group's flagship firm Adani Enterprises, has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire the remaining stake in IANS India Private Limite...

Pocket FM appoints former Meta scientist Vasu Sharma as Head of AI

Audio series platform Pocket FM has appointed Vasu Sharma, a former AI scientist at Meta, as its new Head of Artificial Intelligence, strengthening the company’s focus on building advanced AI-driven storytelling and content creation capabilities. The appointment comes as Pocket FM sharpens its technology roadmap to scale narrative formats and lo...

India Today, Business Today take India’s voice to Davos 2026

India Today and Business Today, the flagship brands of the India Today Group, are set to play a prominent role at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026 in Davos, positioning India firmly within the global economic and policy conversation. With a strong on-ground presence, India Today TV and the Business Today Multiverse will deliver co...

Sony Pictures Networks India elevates Akshay Agrawal as Head – Linear Ad Sales

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has elevated Akshay Agrawal as Head – Linear Ad Sales, entrusting him with the mandate to drive revenue growth, deepen advertiser partnerships and deliver high-impact, insight-led solutions for brands across the network’s linear portfolio. In his new role, Agrawal will report to Rajesh Kaul, Chief Revenue Offi...

Sanjeevani launches ‘The Pink Tag Project’ to promote breast health awareness among women

Sanjeevani: United Against Cancer, a joint initiative by the Federal Bank Hormis Memorial Foundation, the News18 Network and knowledge partner Tata Trusts, has unveiled ‘The Pink Tag Project’, a new behavioural change campaign aimed at encouraging early breast cancer awareness among women through a simple yet deeply personal intervention. The in...

TV ad market under pressure, but post-GST recovery shows promise: JioStar’s Kevin Vaz

JioStar delivered a resilient operating performance during the quarter despite a challenging macroeconomic environment, supported by steady subscription growth and record digital entertainment monetisation. Kevin Vaz, CEO – Entertainment, JioStar, said the company managed to post healthy EBITDA even as advertising spends remained uneven across s...

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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!