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JioStar’s unscripted shows reach 1bn people, record 460bn minutes of watch time

JioStar has unveiled ‘The Billion Emotions Engine: Home of Unscripted’, a coffee table book highlighting the reach, audience engagement and industry impact of its Hindi unscripted entertainment portfolio. Launched at FICCI FRAMES 2026, the book brings toget...

‘Bigg Boss South’ crosses 550mn watch hours in five weeks: JioStar

JioStar’s four South Indian editions of ‘Bigg Boss’ have crossed 550 million watch hours in just five weeks, marking the biggest launch in the franchise’s history across Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. For the first time, all four editions premiered on t...

JioStar, Bonkers Corner launch ‘Hustle S5’ streetwear collection

JioStar Consumer Products has partnered with homegrown streetwear brand Bonkers Corner as the official Drip Partner for ‘Hustle Season 5’, ‘Apna Homeground’. The collaboration brings the hip-hop sty...

Amit Malhotra leads JioStar’s International business expansion

Amit Malhotra, Head of International Business at JioStar, is leading the company’s expansion beyond India across its enterprise business, television networks and streaming platform JioHotstar. Based in Singapore, Malhotra brings more than 25 years of global exper...

Regional-language cricket gains ground on JioStar’s TATA IPL 2026 presentation

Regional-language cricket consumption is emerging as a significant growth driver for the sports ecosystem, with JioStar reporting strong audience engagement across Kannada, Telugu and Tamil feeds during TATA IPL 2026. The company has now launched ‘Beyond Bound...

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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!