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BCCI awards T20 WC-winning Indian team $14.24mn cash bonus

The Twenty20 World Cup-winning Indian cricket team was awarded a bonus of 1.31 billion rupees ($14.24 million) yesterday by the country's cricket ‌board, six times the prize money they claimed for lifting the title in Ahmedabad.

India secured their historic third men’s T20 World Cup ...

T20 World Cup 2026 crosses 500 mn viewers in India: Jay Shah

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 has emerged as the most-watched edition in the tournament’s history, crossing 500 million viewers in India, according to the International Cricket Council. The milestone was revealed by ICC Chairman Jay Shah in a post on X, highlighting the scale of audience engagement the tournament has generated in its biggest ...

India’s football body invites commercial rights bids for 15 years

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) yesterday invited bids for the commercial rights of both men's and women's club competitions for a period of 15 years minimum starting with the 2026-2027 season, offering two packages for bidding pertaining to men's and women's club competitions.

SPNI to air Women’s Asia Cup Rising Stars 2026 from Feb 13

Sony Sports Network, part of Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI), is set to broadcast the Women’s Asia Cup Rising Stars 2026 live across its television channels and Sony LIV, bringing the next generation of women’s cricketing talent to viewers across the co...

After backtracking on boycott threat, PCB claims ICC concessions

Amidst a flurry of memes and jokes, finally one thing has become clear: the cricketing world successfully called Pakistan’s bluff. After pouting and posturing for a few days and threatening not to play India in the ongoing Men’s T20 World Cup and lobbying unsuccessfully with other cricketing nations, Pakistan finally...

Men’s T20 WC digital engagement up 53%; spike in SEA, UAE, US

Fans around the world have been captivated by the opening weekend of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, with supporters packing stadiums and digital engagement soaring, the International Cricket Council said yesterday, adding digital engagements till now have shown a 53 percent spike compared to the previous edition o...

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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!