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Srijith Jagdish made SVP-Entertainment of ad sales at JioStar

Srijith Jagdish has stepped into a new role as Senior Vice President – Entertainment Ad Sales at JioStar, taking on a wider mandate within the company’s commercial leadership. The appointment marks a significant progression in his career, which spans media mon...

SPNI plans workforce trim amid cost-cutting push

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI), operating under Culver Max Entertainment Pvt Ltd, is reportedly set to trim its workforce and restructure senior management as part of a broader cost-cutting exercise aimed at improving profitability. The company is understood to be planning layoffs affecting over 100 employees across multiple verticals. A...

Prasar Bharati launches Creator’s Corner to empower creators

India’s public broadcaster Prasar Bharati yesterday launched Creator’s Corner, a new initiative on DD News aimed at providing a national platform to digital content creators from across the country, which is inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to recognise and promote India’s rapidly growing creator eco...

JioStar secures strong sponsor mix for Tata WPL 2026

Building on the rapid rise of women’s cricket as a mainstream sporting and commercial property, the TATA Women’s Premier League (WPL) is set to return with its fourth edition, scheduled to run from January 9 to February 5, 2026. The upcoming season marks another milestone for the league, underlining its growing stature within India’s sports a...

Network18 CEO-Broadcast Avinash Kaul exits after 10+ years

Avinash Kaul has resigned from his position as CEO of Network18 (Broadcast) and Managing Director of A+E Networks, bringing to an end a long and influential tenure at Network18 Media & Investments Limited, which oversees Network18 group of news channels, according to sources familiar with the matter.

MIB’s WaveX, IIT Delhi in pact to boost M&E innovations

WaveX, a startup accelerator initiative under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB), has signed a memorandum of understanding with Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT) of the Indian Institute of Technolog...

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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!