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JioBLAST names Zohair Shaikh as Head of Marketing

JioBLAST has appointed marketing and digital strategy professional Zohair Shaikh as its new Head of Marketing, strengthening its leadership team as the company looks to expand its presence in India's rapidly growing esports and gaming ecosystem. Shaikh announced his move through a LinkedIn post, where he described the Indian esports industry ...

ZEE5 Global elevates Parul Goel to head UK, Europe operations

ZEE5 Global has promoted Parul Goel as Territory Head for the UK and Europe, entrusting him with the responsibility of driving the company's next phase of growth across one of its most important international markets. The elevation marks a significant milestone in Goel’s nearly two-decade-long journey with Zee E...

SPNI names Rasesh Upadhyay as Deputy CFO

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has appointed media and telecom industry veteran Rasesh Upadhyay as its Deputy Chief Financial Officer, further strengthening its leadership team as the company navigates an increasingly competitive and rapidly evolving medi...

Govt opens consultation for draft telecom rules for TV, radio services

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) yesterday released the draft Telecommunications (Television, Radio and Associated Services) Rules, 2026 for public consultation, seeking to create a unified regulatory framework...

Govt notifies expanded list of sports events of national importance

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has notified a fresh list of sporting events of national importance under the Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharati) Act, 2007, bringing a wide range of international and domestic competitions within the ambit of mandatory sharing with th...

Sony AATH appoints Kausik K Misra as head of non-fiction programming

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has appointed Kausik K Misra as Head – Programming, Non-Fiction for its Bengali general entertainment channel, Sony AATH, strengthening its leadership team as the network continues to expand its regional content offerings. Misra announced the development t...

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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!