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FIFA WC ’26 expanded 48-nation format fuelling sports gambling

The 2026 football World Cup is already setting sports gambling records before the knockout stage has even begun, with an increased number of teams and market-favourable kickoff times raising industry expectations that it could become the ...

Football legend Sunil Chhetri joins Z5’s FIFA WC experts panel

ZEE5 has announced the onboarding of Indian football legend Sunil Chhetri as part of its expert panel for the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2026. The move is aimed at strengthening the platform’s football coverage and offering viewers ex...

Aiming expansion, International Tennis Fed rebranded World Tennis

The International Tennis Federation, the organisation that has governed tennis on a global basis since 1913, yesterday became World Tennis, and announced its vision for the long-term sustainable growth of the sport worldwide.

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‘Spinny Cup’: India vs Ireland T20Is in Belfast

India will return to Belfast for a two match T20 international series against Ireland, scheduled for 26 and 28 June 2026 at Stormont. The series has been named the ‘Spinny Cup’, celebrating the shared spirit of cricket and the connections it builds across countries...

Cricket website ESPNcricinfo reverts to original name Cricinfo

JioStar, which is a joint venture of Reliance Industries and The Walt Disney Company, yesterday announced that ESPNcricinfo will be rebranded as Cricinfo. The rebranding of the world’s leading cricket website is a key step in the...

Mathrubhumi rolls out multi-platform FIFA World Cup campaign

With the FIFA World Cup capturing the attention of football fans across the globe, Mathrubhumi Group has launched a series of initiatives across its print, digital, television, radio, and magazine platforms to enhance audience engagement and celebrate the exciteme...

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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!