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India showcases cinema, innovation at Berlin Film Market

India marked a strong presence at the European Film Market (EFM) 2026 with the launch of the Bharat Pavilion, highlighting the country’s growing global role across cinema, culture and creative technologies. The initiative reflects India’s expanding engagement with international film industries and its strategic push to position itself as a gl...

India, AI, future of entertainment takes centre stage at Ficci Jan 13 meet

As artificial intelligence continues to reshape global creative industries, the question of who will lead the next phase of entertainment has taken renewed urgency. Against this backdrop, a high-level pre-summit event titled ‘India, AI, and the Next Global Shift: Who Owns the Future of Entertainment?’ will be held on January 13, 2026, i...

India, Japan, China to lead APAC premium VOD revenue growth: MPA

Media market research firm Media Partners Asia (MPA), which released its flagship report titled ‘Asia-Pacific Video & Broadband 2026’ (AVB 2026) yesterday, said India will overtake China to emerge as the largest market for SVOD subscriptions by 2030 with 358 million individual subscriptions

India’s interactive media surge redefines audience engagement

India’s digital entertainment ecosystem is at a decisive inflection point, with interactive media emerging as the fastest-growing segment, according to a Redseer report. The study notes that formats such as micro-dramas, social discovery platforms, astro and devotional technology, new-age audio, and AI-enabled content are expanding far quicke...

India, Sri Lanka to co-host first Women’s T20 Blind WC ’ 25

The Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) yesterday announced that India and Sri Lanka will co-host the historic first-ever Women’s T20 World Cup for the Blind, scheduled to take place from November 11 to 25, 2025.

Originally planned across New Delhi, Bengaluru and Kathma...

India sees 357% jump in royalty collections; IPRS leads creative rights movement

India has recorded an impressive 357 percent growth in royalty collections since 2020, with collections crossing Rs. 7 billion in FY24-25, positioning the country among the fastest-growing music markets globally. The achievement has been spotlighted in the 2025 Global Report released by CISAC (International Confederation of Societies of Autho...

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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!