Sports - Indian Broadcasting World

India-Eng Test series hands JioHotstar record digital viewership

In a historic milestone for digital sports streaming, JioHotstar attracted over 170 million viewers for the recently concluded India–England Test series, which was the highest-ever reach for a Test series on a digital platform.

World Padel League S3 to air live in 150+ countries from Aug 12

The Meteora Developers World Padel League (WPL) is set to return with its third season, bringing world-class padel action to fans in more than 150 countries. Organised by Iconik Sports & Events and powered by Maisour, the tournament will take place from August 12 to 16 at Mumbai’s NESCO Centre.

Durand Cup ‘25 to air on Sony LIV, Sony Sports Network

The legendary Durand Cup, Asia’s oldest and among India’s most celebrated football tournaments, is back for its latest edition with a stellar line-up of 24 teams. The 2025 tournament promises to deliver thrilling football as clubs from across the nation compete in six tightly-contested groups in the group stage. Organisers have confirmed t...

Kerala football league signs $ 11mn global b’cast, mktng. deal

The Nasdaq-listed SEGG Media Group, a company involved in sports, entertainment and gaming, has announced its first official football league partnership in the Indian subcontinent through a major five-year commercial agreement with the

Sony LIV to stream India women’s England T20I tour live

Cricket fans are in for an exciting summer as Sony LIV gears up to stream the much-awaited India women’s tour of England 2025. The five-match T20I series, featuring two of the top teams in women’s international cricket, will be av...

Sanjog Gupta moves to ICC as CEO; Chatterjee named JioStar Sports chief

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced Sanjog Gupta as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). A seasoned leader with a formidable track record across global media, entertainment, and sports ecosystems, Gupta will officially assume office on July 7, 2025, becoming the seventh person to hold the position in ICC's history. The ann...

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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!