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Aravamudhan K elevated as EVP-Legal & Regulatory at JioStar

Aravamudhan K has announced that he has taken on a new leadership role as Executive Vice President (Legal & Regulatory) at JioStar India Pvt Ltd. The senior legal and regulatory professional shared the update through a LinkedIn post, expressing both gratitude and excitement.

In his LinkedIn announcement...

Will AI redefine global cinema? Probably yes, say IFFI veterans

The sixth day of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2025 yesterday featured a thought-provoking masterclass titled ‘The New AI Cinema: A Discourse on Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs)’, bringing togethe...

WAVES Film Bazaar ‘25 wraps up with momentum at IFFI

The Waves Film Bazaar 2025 wrapped up with a grand closing ceremony at the 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), marking the end of five vibrant days filled with collaboration, creativity and breakthrough cinematic showcases. According to a p...

Tributes pour in from all corners for ‘He-Man’ Dharmendra

A "bonafide legend" of Indian cinema, "an inspiration for generations" and the "original He-Man" is how celebrities, including Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Allu Arjun and Karan Johar, remembered Dharmendra who breathed his last on Monday. The homage-paying legion was led by no less than India’s President Murmu and Prime...

Malaysia enforces social media ban for under-16s from next year

Malaysia has announced plans to bar users under the age of 16 from accessing social media platforms starting in 2026, joining a growing number of countries tightening digital restrictions to safeguard children from online harms. The decision comes amid rising global concern over the impact of

PTC Punjabi, Australia’s temple sign landmark 3-film co-production deal

PTC Punjabi has entered into a major collaboration with Australian production house Temple to co-present three Punjabi-language feature films under the Australia–India Audiovisual Co-Production Treaty, marking one of the largest regional-language partnerships forged through the bilateral agreement. The move positions Australia as a strategic ...

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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!