Sports - Indian Broadcasting World

JioStar named official b’cast partner for Rugby Premier League

In a significant boost for the growing popularity of rugby in India, JioStar has been announced as the Official Broadcast Partner for the inaugural season of the Rugby Premier League (RPL). The much-anticipated season is set to kick off in June 2025 and promises to bring high-octane rugby action to audiences across the country. The Rugby Prem...

Esports to make debut at Khelo India Youth Games 2025

In a groundbreaking move for the Indian sporting ecosystem, Esports will make its debut at the upcoming Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) 2025 as a demonstration sport. The decision marks a significant step towards recognizing Esports as a mainstream competitive discipline alongside traditional sports. The 2025 edition of KIYG, set to be held in...

ConfirmTkt renews RCB partnership ahead of IPL start

ConfirmTkt, India’s leading online train-utility and ticketing platform, has renewed its association with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) as their official Train Ticketing Partner for the T20 season of 2025. This year, ConfirmTkt's brand logo will be prominently displayed on the sleeve of RCB’s official and trainin...

JioStar secures 20 top brands for TATA IPL 2025

With the excitement building for the upcoming TATA IPL 2025, official broadcaster JioStar has onboarded 20 brands across multiple industries, cementing its status as the ultimate destination for advertisers seeking high-impact visibility.

Brain science powers Reliance’s IPL pitch to advertisers

After striking an $8.5-billion media merger with Walt Disney, Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani is targeting small businesses and promoting unconventional neuroscience studies to boost its revenues from the IPL, the world's most valuable cricket league, a Reuters report from Bengaluru stated yesterday.

Indo-Pak CT clash gets record 600mn viewership on JioHotstar

The highly anticipated India vs. Pakistan clash during the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy has set an all-time record for live sports streaming, hitting a staggering 60.2 crore peak concurrency on JioHotstar. This marks the highest viewership ever recorded for a cricket match on a digital platform, solidifying India’s cricketing rivalry as the ulti...

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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!