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Comic Con India to open 2025-26 season in Hyderabad on Oct 31

Comic Con India, the country’s biggest pop culture celebration, is gearing up for its 13th edition with the 2025-26 season set to kick off in Hyderabad from October 31 to November 2. The three-day event will be held at HITEX Exhibition Centre and promises an unmatched mix...

Jio Q1 report card robust; ARPUs modest: Brokerage firms

Reliance Jio turned in a Q1 report card of robust subscriber addition and 5G user tally with strong traction seen in the home broadband segment, though growth in average revenue per user was modest, according to analysts.

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GTPL Hathway FY26 Q1 revenues pegged at Rs. 900cr

Cable TV distribution firm and broadband provider GTPL Hathway Limited, which yesterday announced its financial results for the FY26 first quarter ended June 30, 2025, said Q1 revenues crossed Rs. 900 crore or Rs. 9091 million, s...

Jio’s subscriber gains signal tariff upside for telecom: Jefferies

Reliance Jio continues to strengthen its dominance in the telecom market with sustained growth in active subscriber additions, a trend that augurs well for potential tariff hikes across the sector, according to a report by Jefferies. As per an ANI report, Jio’s active subscriber market share has expanded by 150 basis points over the last 12 m...

AI-native, full-service marketing firm Theblurr launched

In a strategic and forward-looking development for the advertising and marketing industry, Shamsuddin Jasani, Aatsi Desai Jasani, and Gopa Kumar Menon have officially announced the launch of Theblurr—a full-service, AI-native marketing company aimed at delivering smarter outcomes and creative excellence in a data-driven world. According to a ...

1.5cr rural HHs to get subsidised b’band under Bharatnet phase 3

Subsidised broadband will be provided to 1.5 crore rural households (HHs) under the Bharatnet phase 3 scheme, Minister of State for Telecom Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani said yesterday in Bengaluru.

While speaking at a roadshow for India Mobile Congress 2025 in Bengaluru, Pemmasani said B...

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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!