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

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a corrigendum to its October 3 recommendations on the Digital Radio Broadcast Policy for Private Broadcasters, revising the migration fee formula to enhance fairness and predictability. The amendment affects cities where no bids are received for new digital frequencies. Previously, TRAI proposed using the Average Determined Price (ADP) from similar category cities with successful bids. Upon review, TRAI noted this could cause “certain aberrations” compared to the reserve price of the concerned city. “In case no bids are received for new frequencies in a city, then Reserve Price (RP) for that city should be considered as the basis for migration amount for the purpose of migration of existing broadcasters,” the Authority stated in the corrigendum. This revision alters paragraph 3.74(g) of the earlier recommendations submitted to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB). It impacts FM broadcasters consideri

  Republic Media Network has announced the launch of a new vertical, Republic Education. With the network’s foray into the education space, the new vertical is set to undertake India’s largest college ranking exercise powered by Collegedunia.com. According to the company, “the rankings will emerge as not just the largest exercise of its kind, but also the most authentic, setting a new benchmark for credibility, scale, and transparency in higher education evaluation.” The Republic Education College Rankings will cover more than 3093 colleges and universities across India, a transformative step towards bringing transparency, data integrity, and accessibility to the decision-making process for students and parents across India. Announcing the initiative, Arnab Goswami, founder and editor-in-Chief of Republic Media Network, said: “We are proud to announce the launch of our new vertical — Republic Education. This project is very close to my heart because it will directly

Image source: TOI and Copilot; Edited by Dinesh Raj M   Delhi looked skyward with hope on Tuesday — and found nothing but haze. The capital’s much-hyped cloud-seeding experiment, meant to coax rain and cleanse its choked air, ended in disappointment. Despite two back-to-back sorties by IIT Kanpur’s Cessna aircraft, not a single measurable drop of rain fell in Delhi. Only trace precipitation — 0.1 mm in Noida and 0.2 mm in Greater Noida — was reported, and even that came from a weather app, not an official gauge. What was meant to be India’s boldest experiment in weather modification turned, quite literally, into a damp squib. Priyangi Agarwal for The Times of India reported that the Delhi government conducted two cloud-seeding trials across the NCR on Tuesday, but the skies refused to respond. The flights, each carrying 4 kg of seeding material, released flares over Burari, Mayur Vihar, Noida, Karol Bagh, Modinagar, and Meerut, yet not a drop reached the ground. II

The 2025 Digital Originals shortlisted teams with SBS, Photo credit: Teniola Komolafe. SBS, NITV and Screen Australia have unveiled the 10 projects shortlisted for the first round of the 2025 Digital Originals initiative. Now in its sixth year, the award-winning program champions bold, innovative scripted storytelling from the next wave of Australian screen talent. Select series will be commissioned and premiere on SBS On Demand and NITV. A flagship partnership between SBS, NITV and Screen Australia, SBS says Digital Originals is central to the broadcaster's commitment to developing and commissioning bold and risk-taking scripted series from diverse voices both on screen and behind the camera. The initiative supports rising talent from underrepresented communities in the sector, including those who identify as culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD), First Nations, people with disability, female and gender diverse, LGBTQ+, and those based in regional and remote areas.  

In an era dominated by digital communication, the humble phone call and the power of personal relationships are still proving invaluable tools for public relations professionals seeking to capture the attention of busy editors. Marc Dodd, editor at nine.com.au, talked on Influencing Insider about the challenges and opportunities facing PRs today, and underlined the importance of tailored approaches and genuine connections. Dodd, who admits to receiving "something like 120 PR pitches" in his inbox daily, highlighted the struggle for email pitches to stand out.  "It's really hard to make inbox PR pitches stand out," he confessed. While acknowledging the volume, he surprisingly expressed a fondness for a more traditional method: "Honestly, I don't mind a phone call... I do feel like the phone calls are kind of a forgotten art these days." However, Dodd's preference for a call comes with a caveat: it's about finding "the right person to call." He advises PRs to "find out who they

Paul McIntyre, Executive Editor at long-form publication Mi3 is stepping away from the hands-on role after seven years with the publication. He says, “it’s time to step back from the frontline.” McIntyre penned a detailed - what else would you expect from Mi3 - and at times touching missive on the publication’s website, saying, “audience, revenues and profits were our best yet for the 2025 financial year”.  “So it’s the right time after seven years on the tools building Mi3, and 35 years as a business journalist and editor, to step back from the frontline,” he said. “My first day as a journalist had me staring, terrified, at a typewriter in a terrace house in Sydney’s Surry Hills in 1989; my final days at Mi3 as Executive Editor had me looking at our Fast News AI news editions delivering the same audience numbers as our flagship, journalist-authored Daily Editions – with 20 per cent of the human workload – max.  “Only a beaten, old typewriter in my