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Spotify to launch Audiobooks in India on Nov 12

Spotify is expanding its audiobooks offering to more than 180 markets by the end of 2026, with India set to get access to the service from November 12. The expansion will take Spotify’s audiobook offering from 22 markets to more than 180, giving listeners access ...

Indian artists’ Spotify royalties rise 29 percent in 2025

Indian artists earned 29 percent more royalties from Spotify in 2025 compared with the previous year, according to Spotify’s latest Loud & Clear report. According to The Economic Times report today, regional-language music saw strong growth, with Tel...

Spotify introduces Playlist Notes feature for users and editors

Spotify has introduced a new feature called Playlist Notes, allowing users and Spotify editors to add personal thoughts and context to playlists.

According to an official announcement from Spotify...

Spotify forecasts lower-than-expected Q3 profit, MAUs

Spotify forecast third-quarter profit and monthly active users below Wall Street estimates yesterday, underscoring the streaming service's challenges in maintaining growth despite expanding its offerings of AI-based features to f...

Sidhant Gupta-starrer short film ‘Duet’ to stream on Spotify

Actor Sidhant Gupta is all set to headline the upcoming short film 'Duet', which will premiere on Spotify on July 30. The film will also be released on Getaway Pictures official YouTube channel, giving audiences another ...

Vi partners with Spotify to offer complimentary premium streaming for postpaid users

Telecom operator Vi (Vodafone Idea) has announced a strategic partnership with Spotify to offer its postpaid subscribers complimentary access to Spotify premium, strengthening its digital entertainment portfolio with premium music and podcast streaming benefits...

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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!