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‘Criminal Justice: A Family Matter’ becomes 2025’s biggest OTT opener yet

The newest installment of the ‘Criminal Justice’ franchise, titled ‘Criminal Justice: A Family Matter’, has set a new benchmark on India’s streaming landscape. With an estimated 8.4 million views in its debut week, the series has emerged as the most-watched OTT original across pay and freemium platforms for the week of May 26 to June 1, 2025. ...

RunnTV’s FAST channels now live on Airtel Xstream Play

RunnTV has announced that its lineup of high-quality FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television) channels is now officially available on Airtel Xstream Play, one of India’s most prominent content aggregation platforms. This development marks a major milestone for RunnTV in its mission to deliver premium, curated, and ad-supported entertainment...

Tata Play Binge celebrates everyday as Mother’s Day with iconic on-screen moms

Tata Play Binge goes beyond just flowers and cards by curating a heartfelt celebration of motherhood — not for a day, but for every day. With a special showcase titled ‘Everyday is Mother’s Day’, the platform is spotlighting five unforgettable on-screen moms...

Indian creators aim for global impact, say streaming is redefining storytelling

At the World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES), a dynamic panel titled ‘Taking the Leap: Storytelling from India, by India, for the World’ brought together some of the country’s leading filmmakers and creative minds, including Vikramaditya Motwane, Nikkhil Advani, Sudip Sharma, Shubh Shivdasani, Salona Bains Joshi, and key executiv...

Ted Sarandos: Netflix investments in India equals $2+ bn in economic impact

Ted Sarandos, Co-CEO of Netflix, while talking to actor Saif Ali Khan in an engaging conversation on the third day of the inaugural World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) said that the streaming platforms had enabled democratization of film making in India.

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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!