New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) has reported a 14 per cent rise in revenue for the second quarter of FY26 compared to Q1, and a 10 per cent increase year-on-year, the company said in an exchange filing on Wednesday. The broadcaster credited the growth to content innovation and business consolidation, highlighted by new primetime shows and the addition of anchors Padmaja Joshi, Syed Suhail, and Shubhankar Mishra. NDTV also completed a rights issue, merged four entities to streamline operations, and hosted the NDTV World Summit in Delhi on October 17–18, featuring global leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Under its Good Times banner, NDTV organised a concert by Sonu Nigam in Srinagar — the valley’s first major cultural event since the Pahalgam terror attack. The company said it remains focused on content excellence, digital integration, and growth-driven investments.

Image source: Copilot, Canva   When Donald Trump takes the stage, diplomacy often sounds like stand-up. In South Korea this week, the former U.S. president once again mixed policy with performance — announcing that a long-stalled trade deal with India is “almost ready,” sprinkling in praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and retelling his problematic claim of having “stopped a war” between India and Pakistan using tariff threats. Behind the theatrics, though, sits a potentially real breakthrough — one that could reset tariffs, energy ties and the tone of India–U.S. trade itself. Hot Off The Press At the APEC CEO Summit in South Korea, Chidanand Rajghatta for The Times of India reported that former U.S. President Donald Trump signalled an imminent trade deal with India, declaring he has “great respect and love” for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Stripping away Trump’s characteristic theatrics, the message was clear — a provisional framework agreement has

PAX Aus 2025, held from October 10–12 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, has been described as both “huge” and “phenomenal” by Qualbert’s Ben Schuster and Infinite Lives’ Harrison Polites. “It was phenomenal to go to PAX this year with a media pass. It's the first time I’d gone as part of the media in almost a decade…it was a really phenomenal event,” Polites told Influencing. According to Qualbert founder Schuster, the event is only getting bigger and better. “If you’re like me and passionate about indie games, as PAX Rising - the indie developers’ section of the show floor seems to be expanding each year,” Schuster said. “There are so many games that they are starting to take up more of the show floor, and tens of thousands of people come through those doors over the course of the weekend.” As part of Melbourne International Games Week, both journalists highlighted several standout titles - including Metroid Prime 4. “I'm a

This year's AFR Young Rich List reveals Canva co-founders Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht are number one on the List for the sixth year, worth a combined $18.5 billion, up from $14 billion. Margot Robbie is Australia’s richest entertainer under 40, worth $193 million.  F1 driver Oscar Piastri debuts on the List with an estimated wealth of $122 million, while Daniel Ricciardo has increased his wealth despite no longer racing by $7 million to $194 million. But, basketball is still the biggest creation of sport wealth, with six basketballers on the Young Rich List. There are 21 Young Rich Listers who have made their wealth through retail, contributing $4.5 billion to the total wealth of the top 100 in 2025. The Canva couple, aged 38 and 39 respectively, have a $13.9 billion lead on the next Young Rich Lister, Ed Craven, the co-founder of online cryptocurrency casino site stake.com who has an estimated wealth of $4.6 billion. The full Financial Review Young Rich List will be av

Yes it’s that time of year when all - well, pretty much all - is revealed about both TV and radio’s big plans for the year ahead, and today it's ARN's turn.   There’s some extensive and very detailed media coverage of ARN’s Upfronts by the specialist press today, including the advertising and marketing angle assessed by Nathan Jolly at Mumbrella, plus newly appointed media editor Natasha Lee at Mediaweek with their take on what it all means, and Radio Info zeroing in on some of the radio and audio specifics.   Starting with radio, key points are: Kent “Smallzy” Small, has signed with ARN to launch a brand-new show across the KIIS Network in 2026. Starting January, The Smallzy Show will air in two national timeslots on the KIIS Network and on demand via the iHeart app. The Smallzy Show which will be on from 3-4pm in the week and a night edition from 7-9pm. He will be heard on KIIS 1065, KIIS 1011, KIIS 97.3, KIIS 102.3 and KIIS DAB+ Perth from January.  That chan

Welcome to Thursday and let's begin in Melbourne with The Age because there are two linked motifs this morning - fashion and figures. Yes Melbourne Cup is fast approaching and for race fans and Melbourne that's the big one, and the build-up begins with a lovely picture this morning by Simon Schluter.  But it also means interest rate watchers and economists will be staring intently at the action because the big race day always coincides with the Reserve Bank looking at the state of the economy and deciding what to do with rates. The smart money, as they say, is on no movement at all on rates given the sudden spike in inflation - those figures out yesterday.   That finance story is on the front page of both The Age and sister paper The Sydney Morning Herald. Written by Shane Wright and Millie Muroi, and headlined in the Melbourne paper as 'Inflation spike dims rate cut hope', it reports inflation has had its biggest single jump this year and that likely puts the brakes on an

WaveX, the startup accelerator initiative focusing on media and entertainment under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB), Government of India, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with T-Hub, the world’s largest startup hub, to strengthen India’s creative, content, and media-technology ecosystem. The MoU was formally signed and exchanged by the CEOs of WaveX and T-Hub in the presence of Sanjay Jaju, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; Sanjay Kumar, Special Chief Secretary, Information Technology, Electronics and Communications Department, Government of Telangana; and other senior officials from the ministry. Speaking at the event, Sanjay Jaju said India’s AVGC-XR (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics, and Extended Reality) sector is witnessing rapid expansion and becoming a key driver of the country’s creative economy. He added that WaveX has been conceptualised as a national accelerator platform to nurture startups and empower