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‘Bridgerton’ S5 adds three new cast members

‘Bridgerton’ is expanding its ensemble for the upcoming fifth season, with Tega Alexander, Jacqueline Boatswain and Gemma Knight Jones joining the cast. The Regency-era romantic drama, backed by Netflix and Shondaland, is currently filming in London. Accordin...

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 ...

Banijay picks up ‘Battleground’ fitness competition format

Banijay Entertainment has expanded its unscripted portfolio by acquiring the global rights to ‘Battleground’, a fitness-based competition format created by Mumbai-based Rusk Media. The move signals Banijay’s growing focus on digital-first, youth-dri...

SPNI dedicates ‘Wheel of Fortune’ episode to distribution partners

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has dedicated a special episode of its game show ‘Wheel of Fortune’ to its trade and distribution partners, recognising their role in taking the network’s channels to millions of homes across India. According to an SPNI press r...

Platform 8 to premiere ‘Ichchepuran’ on Poila Boishakh

Platform 8 has announced the launch of its upcoming Bengali web series ‘Ichchepuran’, set to premiere on April 10, 2026, marking the festive occasion of Poila Boishakh. Directed by Haranath Chakraborty, the series explores the complex interplay between desire, destiny, and moral choic...

Moves afoot to empanel OTT platforms for govt. ads

The government has taken a significant step towards integrating streaming platforms into its advertising ecosystem by opening financial bids for the empanelment of over-the-top (OTT) platforms. The move is part of a broader strategy to strengthen digital outreach and streamline how government campaigns are delivered across emerging media channel...

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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!