India Digital TV News

Reliance Jio introduces JioTele OS smart TV operating system
Feb 18, 2025 – Reliance Jio has introduced JioTele OS, a smart TV operating system designed for the Indian market. Smart TVs powered by the OS will be available from February 21, 2025.
News categories: Jio, Digital TV, India, Smart TV, TV OS

JioHotstar and Nielsen collaborate on advanced ad measurement
Feb 17, 2025 – Nielsen has collaborated with JioStar to power advanced analytics for its OTT platform – JioHotstar, enabling advertisers and agencies to optimize campaign performance during the TATA IPL 2025.
News categories: Nielsen, JioStar, Arnaud Frade, Ishan Chatterjee, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, India, Streaming

Lionsgate reports results for third quarter FY2025
Mar 6, 2025 – Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B) and Lionsgate Studios (Nasdaq: LION) have reported results to December 31, 2024. North American OTT subscribers declined 6% YoY while growing 170,000 QoQ to finish at 12.57 million.
News categories: Lionsgate, Jon Feltheimer, Digital TV, India, Middle-East, North America, Results, Streaming, Subscribers

Airtel adds 29,000 Digital TV subscribers in 4Q 2024
Feb 6, 2025 – Bharti Airtel has announced results for the quarter ended December 31, 2024. In the quarter Digital TV subscribers grew by 29,000 to finish the year at 15.823 million.
News categories: Airtel, Digital TV, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

India telecom and pay TV revenue to grow at 2.5% CAGR
Dec 27, 2024 – Telecom and pay TV revenue in India is to increase at a CAGR of 2.5% from $44.9bn in 2024 to $50.7bn in 2029, forecasts GlobalData. Pay TV revenue will decline over the forecast period.
News categories: GlobalData, Srikanth Vaidya, Broadband, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Mobile, TV Services

Glance and Airtel turn idle TV screens into smart experiences
Dec 11, 2024 – Glance has unveiled Glance TV, a feature that transforms idle TV screens into AI-powered smart surfaces. The platform has launched in India on Airtel Xstream devices powered by Android TV OS.
News categories: Airtel, InMobi, Siddharth Sharma, Piyush Shah, Android TV, Digital TV, India, Set Top Box, UX

India E&M revenue to soar with a CAGR of 8.3%
Dec 9, 2024 – According to PwC, the Indian E&M industry is projected to grow at a CAGR of 8.3% to hit $19.2 billion in 2028, outpacing the global rate of 4.6%. OTT is expected to average growth of 14.9%.
News categories: PwC India, Manpreet Singh Ahuja, Advertising, Digital TV, Gaming, India, Market Research, Streaming, TV Services

Samsung enables pay TV in India without the need for a set-top
Dec 4, 2024 – Samsung has announced that its Samsung TVKey Cloud is currently available through GTPL and Dish TV in India. The technology, co-developed with NAGRAVISION, eliminates the need for traditional STBs.
News categories: Samsung, GTPL, Dish TV, NAGRAVISION, Dipesh Shah, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Streambox Media launches subscription-financed TV in India
Nov 27, 2024 – Streambox Media has launched a 4K QLED TV in India that brings together content from multiple OTT services. Users pay only an 'activation fee' for the TV, along with a subscription for the services provided by the TV's OS.
News categories: Streambox Media, Digital TV, India, Smart TV, Streaming, TV OS