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iTV Network elevates Akshansh Yadav, Rishabh Gulati to top leadership roles

iTV Network has announced two significant leadership elevations that signal a bold new chapter for the organisation. Effective Wednesday, August 13, 2025, Akshansh Yadav has been appointed CEO – Digital, while senior journalist Rishabh Gulati has been elevated to CEO – NewsX,

WION’s I-Day shows to capture essence of India’s growth

At a time when the story of India is being written in boardrooms, laboratories, classrooms, borders, and villages alike, WION’s 79th Independence Day programming will capture the essence of what drives the nation forward.

The special Independence Day’s line-up of shows is designed to...

Live Times launches interview-based ‘Point Blank’

India’s first Global Multicast News Hub, Live Times, has launched its flagship hard-hitting interview series, ‘Point Blank’, hosted by veteran journalist Deepak Chaurasia. The programme takes a no-nonsense approach to one-on-one c...

Zee Media launches PINEWZ, India’s first citizen-led hyperlocal news app

In a bold step towards reshaping the future of journalism in India, Zee Media Corporation Limited has launched PINEWZ, the country’s first hyperlocal, citizen-led news application. Timed to coincide with the 79th Independence Day celebrations, the platform pro...

News18 Odia to host ‘Rising Odisha 2025’ leadership conclave on August 19

News18 Odia is set to present the latest edition of ‘Rising Odisha’, a premier platform that showcases the state’s growth story while addressing the challenges that shape its developmental journey. The event will take place on Aug...

News18 Tamil Nadu to go break-free in morning prime time slot

News18 Tamil Nadu has announced that it will go completely break-free from 7 am to 10 am during the morning prime-time hours. The initiative ensures uninterrupted news coverage, enabling viewers to follow the day’s top headlines without...

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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!