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JioHotstar’s Tadka leads India’s micro-drama boom in May 2026

India's fast-growing micro-drama segment took a major leap in May 2026, with new data from COTT Analytics showing that audiences are spending significant time consuming short-form, vertically shot serialised dramas. Leading the category was JioHotstar's Tad...

‘Dhurandhar The Revenge’ draws 50mn viewers on JioHotstar

‘Dhurandhar The Revenge’ has recorded the biggest digital opening for a film on JioHotstar, attracting 50 million viewers within its opening weekend and emerging as a major streaming success for the platform. According to JioHotstar, the film's digital premiere significantly expanded its audie...

‘Dridam’ to premiere on JioHotstar on June 12

Mumbai: Malayalam crime thriller ‘Dridam’, presented by Jeethu Joseph, is set to make its digital debut on JioHotstar on June 12. The film will be available for streaming in Malayalam, along with dubbed versions in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi....

JioHotstar secures exclusive digital rights for JT20 League until 2028

The Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) has announced a three-year exclusive digital streaming partnership with JioHotstar for the Jharkhand T20 League (JT20 League), marking a significant milestone for the state's premier franchise-based cricket comp...

JioHotstar elevates Shivangi Dikshit as ad revenue director

JioHotstar has promoted Shivangi Dikshit to the position of director – LCS ad revenue, effective June 2026. the promotion comes less than seven months after she joined the company as associate director in November 2025, highlighting her...

JioHotstar expands Magnite partnership for programmatic ads

JioHotstar has expanded its partnership with advertising technology company Magnite to enhance programmatic monetisation across its growing portfolio of live sports, entertainment and streaming content.

Under the expanded collaboration, JioHotstar will leverage Magnite’s SpringServe ...

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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!