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ZEE5 Global unveils slate of Telugu originals

ZEE5 Global, the platform for South Asian content, reaffirmed its commitment towards its viewers and content partners from South India by unveiling a compelling slate of 11 Telugu originals in a star-studded event in Hyderabad, India. With its strong consumer proposition, ZEE5 Global has been winning the hearts of audiences across the globe. The platform’s […]

June 15, 2022

QYOU Media India expands digital footprint via One Plus

QYOU Media has announced that QYOU Media India is launching flagship channel The Q, the company’s Hindi language youth oriented channel, now available in over 125 million TV households and to over 680 million users via OTT, mobile and app based platforms in India along with previously announced new channels Q Marathi, Q Kahaniyan and Q Comedistaan on One Plus Smart TV systems […]

June 13, 2022

Smurfs makes its way to India on Sonic

Making a television debut, the iconic gang of little blue Smurf Village inhabitants has made its way to India. In some Smurf-tacular news, the much-loved Smurfs, one of the most popular characters, are expanding their adventures and now will have a village in Sonic, part of India’s leading kids’ entertainment franchise Nickelodeon, starting from 13th […]

June 13, 2022

NXTDIGITAL, Thaicom partnership

NXTDIGITAL (NDL) and Thaicom have signed a binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a strategic partnership to enter the Broadband-over-satellite market and related services in India. The MOU envisages a partnership that includes deployment of BoS systems on India-focused capacity, which could be deployed on future additional capacity on state-of-art software-defined high throughput satellite […]

May 31, 2022

Telesat demos LEO over India

Canadian satellite operator Telesat has showcased its potential low Earth orbiting Lightspeed system with a connectivity demonstration over India. Telesat, working with Indian satellite service provider Nelco, used its first LEO test satellite, to provide the demo. The signals went to a routine 85 cm parabolic dish antenna at Nelco’s Teleport outside Mumbai. Round-trip signals […]

May 19, 2022By Chris Forrester

India: HITS channel on Airtel Digital TV

Airtel Digital TV has announced the arrival of its new channel, Airtel HITS HD. Featuring a selection of some of the most popular, iconic, and award-winning Hollywood television content from the 60s to the early 2000s, the channel aims to take viewers in India on a trip down memory lane. HITS will launch on Airtel […]

May 19, 2022

Attack: Part 1 on ZEE5 Global on May 27

ZEE5 Global, the streaming platform for South Asian content, has announced the World Digital Premiere of Bollywood’s biggest sci-fi action film, “Attack: Part 1” on ZEE5 on 27th May. Starring John Abraham, Jacqueline Fernandez and Rakul Preet in lead roles, Attack is the first Indian super soldier film with high-octane action, romance, and drama. Directed […]

May 16, 2022

Data: India’s DTH subs fall

India’s four giant DTH operators saw a fall in their combined subscriber numbers according to data from regulator TRAI. Tata Sky, Airtel Digital TV, Dish TV and Sun Direct saw combined subscriber numbers fall slightly from 68.89 million in September 2021 to 68.52 million in December 2021. There are more DTH viewers in the service […]

May 11, 2022By Chris Forrester

ZEE5 Global, BBC Studios India partner on The Broken News

ZEE5 Global , the streaming platform for South Asian content, has announced a partnership with BBC Studios India, the production and distribution arm of British media conglomerate, the BBC. The two top entertainment companies will work to build a robust content slate of new ZEE5 Global originals in Hindi across genres exclusively for ZEE5 viewers […]

May 11, 2022

Chaudhry invests $4m in HONO

Aakash Chaudhry, Managing Director, Aakash+BYJU’s, India’s largest test-preparation company, and a serious deep-tech investor, has led the Series A funding of HONO – a frontrunner in Human Resource Automation – by investing USD 4 Million. HONO has raised USD 1 Million from other individual investors such as Mr Hemant Sultania, Mr Amit Khanna of Amaya […]

May 11, 2022