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FIFA, YouTube sign preferred platform pact for World Cup ‘26

World football’s governing body FIFA has announced that YouTube will be a Preferred Platform for the FIFA World Cup 2026. In collaboration with the competition’s Media Partners and creators, this game-changing partnership between the two organisations will provide audiences with more ways to enjoy the tour...

Kettle Chips partners ICC for women’s T20 World Cup ’26

The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that Kettle Chips as an Official Supporter of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, to be held in England and Wales from June 12 to July 5.

The association said in a statement earlier this week that the addition of the premium FMCG bran...

Cricket ace Zaheer Khan joins as co-owner of EUT20’s Antwerp Anchors

Cricket is being brought to European Union now in a big way. Antwerp Anchors, a franchise in the EUT20 Belgium Cricket League, yesterday announced that former India fast bowling legend and World Cup winner Zaheer Khan has joined the club as a co-owner.

One of the most celebrated left...

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.

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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!