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ZEE secures 12+ marquee brands for FIFA World Cup 2026 coverage

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (ZEE) has secured partnerships with more than 12 leading brands for its coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2026, underlining the growing commercial appeal of football in India and the tournament's significance for advertisers seekin...

ZEE5 brings Bhaichung Bhutia on board for FIFA World Cup 2026 coverage

ZEE5 is set to strengthen its sports content portfolio with comprehensive coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2026, which begins on June 11. The streaming platform has announced that it will offer live matches, highlights and exclusive programming to football fans across India, while also bringing Indian football icon

Zee announces return to sports with FIFA WC’s India rights

Zee Entertainment has secured the rights to broadcast the 2026 FIFA World Cup and 38 other FIFA events through 2034, ending a months-long standoff over the tournament's availability in one of the world's last major unsold markets. Financial details of th...

Future, Tyla to debut ‘Game Time’ at FIFA WC opening ceremony

Grammy-winning artists Future and Tyla will perform their new collaboration ‘Game Time’ at the FIFA World Cup 2026 opening ceremony in Los Angeles on June 12, the governing body of football announced.

As Indian b’cast deal eludes FIFA for WC26, officials come visiting

FIFA media rights officials are visiting India this week, three sources said, ahead of next month's World Cup for which soccer's ruling body has not struck a broadcast deal with India due to differences over pricing, a Reuters repor...

FIFA offered $20mn for WC’26 broadcast rights for India market

Millions of soccer fans in the world's two most populous nations may not be able to watch the World Cup that starts next month, due to a deadlock ‌over broadcast rights in India and no official decision in China. In India, a Relianc...

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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!