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IPL tickets to cost more as GST upped from 28% to 40%

Indian cricket fans, who love turning up for IPL matches across the country, will have to shell out more for tickets next season with the government raising the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on admission to these games from 28 per cent to 40 per cent.

According to a Ministry of Financ...

Zee 24 Taas’ Ganpati coverage new benchmark in fest reporting

Ganesh Utsav, Maharashtra’s most revered and widely celebrated festival, witnessed unmatched media coverage this year with Zee 24 Taas leading the way. The channel brought viewers an immersive, culturally rich experience --- ranging from live updates at iconic mandals to specially curated programming that ca...

Zee Telugu expands prime-time lineup, to air fiction shows

Zee Telugu has announced a significant expansion of its programming slate, with all its prime-time serials now set to air seven days a week. Beginning this... has announced a significant expansion of its programming slate, with all its prime-time serials now set to air seven days a week. Beginning this week, viewers can enjoy uninterrupted enter...

Zee Tamil to premiere ‘Paarijatham’ on Sep. 8

Zee Tamil is set to strengthen its fiction line-up with the launch of its latest prime-time show ‘Paarijatham’, which will premiere on September 8, 2025, airing Monday to Friday at 9.30 pm. The channel said the new series brings together a refreshing storyline and powerful characters designed to strike an emotional chord with audiences. Accor...

CNN-News18 extends dominance in English news with 42.1% market share

CNN-News18 has further cemented its position as the clear leader in the English news genre, with the latest BARC ratings confirming its wide lead over competitors. The channel, which has consistently topped the segment for more than three years, continues to outpace NDTV 24x7 and Times Now by a significant margin. According to BARC India data...

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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!