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India’s telecom user base crosses 1.33 billion in March

India’s telecommunications sector continued its steady expansion in March 2026, adding 9.28 million subscribers to take the total number of telephone users in the country to 1,330.58 million. The latest data reflects a monthly growth rate of 0.70 per cent, underlining the sector’s resilience and continued demand across both urban and rural marke...

Warner Chappell Music enters India with direct publishing setup

Warner Chappell Music, the publishing arm of Warner Music Group, has announced the launch of direct operations in India, marking a strategic shift from its earlier sub-publishing model to a full-fledged local presence. The move signals a deeper commitment to the Indian music ecosystem as global players continue...

S8UL to compete in 13 titles at Esports World Cup 2026

S8UL has announced its participation across 13 titles at the Esports World Cup 2026, marking the highest number of entries by an Indian organisation at a global esports event. The move comes shortly after S8UL’s selection under the Club Partner Program, further strengt...

Nawazuddin’s ‘I’m Not an Actor’ to release in India on May 8

Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Chitrangada Satarupa starrer ‘I'm Not an Actor’ is set to hit theatres across India on May 8. The film will be distributed nationwide by Platoon One Films after completing its run in the United Kingdom and gaining recognition on the ...

Amazon Music India to stream Ashwin’s ‘Ash Ki Baat’ exclusively

Amazon Music India has partnered with Ravichandran Ashwin to exclusively release his popular cricket podcast ‘Ash Ki Baat’ during the ongoing cricket season, strengthening its push into the podcast and audio entertainment space. According to an Amazon release, the collaboration will ...

Govt extends TRP suspension for News Channels

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has extended its directive to withhold Television Rating Points (TRPs) for news channels, asking the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC India) to continue the suspension for another four weeks or until further orders. The move comes amid concerns over sensational and speculative coverage linked...

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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!