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Pocket FM to launch audio adaptation of Kevin Missal’s ‘The Kalki Trilogy’

Pocket FM has kicked off 2026 with the announcement of a large-scale mythological audio adaptation of author Kevin Missal’s bestselling book series ‘The Kalki Trilogy’. The project marks the platform’s first major intellectual property launch of the year and reinforces its growing focus on IP-led storytelling in the audio space. According to ...

Mumbai radio stations’ simulcast spotlights Dharavi transformation

Mumbai’s radio industry has scripted a first by coming together for an unprecedented multi-station simulcast to support the human-centric transformation of Dharavi in an initiative spearheaded by the Adani Group. Titled ‘Radio Community Ek Saath’, the city-wide broadcast marked a landmark moment for India’s advertisi...

Red FM launches ‘The Aditi Mittal Show’ as new weekend comedy offering

Red FM has expanded its weekend programming with the launch of a new comedy format titled ‘The Aditi Mittal Show’, now airing across 28 cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Indore, Chandigarh and Jammu. The show brings stand-up comedian and writer Aditi Mittal to radio in a character-driven format that blends satire, so...

BIG FM’s Santa Cause 2025 cheers hearing-impaired kids

BIG FM, one of India’s leading radio networks, brought the spirit of Christmas alive with the successful culmination of its Santa Cause 2025 initiative, spreading joy and warmth among students of The Stephen High School for the Deaf and Aphasic. The festive outreach saw enthusiastic participation from BIG FM’s RJ team along with actress Akanksha...

Chandan Das joins Mirchi as VP, Business Director for Karnataka

Radio and audio entertainment network Mirchi has appointed Chandan Das as Vice President and Business Director for Karnataka, strengthening its leadership as it sharpens its focus on integrated, platform-led growth in the region. Das will be based in Bengaluru and has taken charge from December 2025, with end-to-end profit and loss responsibilit...

Fever FM elevates Rohini Ramnathan, Hrishikesh Kannan in major leadership reshuffle

Fever FM has announced a significant leadership overhaul as part of its strategy to accelerate content innovation, digital expansion, and integrated brand solutions across the network.

In a major move, the company has elevated popular radio personality and content strategist Rohini R...

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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!