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MX Player joins Tata Play Binge as its 17th OTT platform
Mumbai: Tata Play Binge and MX Player have collaborated to entertain India and Bharat together. Following this partnership, MX Player will join the band of the 16 existing popular OTT platforms on Binge like Disney+ Hotstar, ZEE5, SonyLIV, Voot Select, hoichoi, Planet Marathi, NammaFlix, Chaupal, SunNxt, Hungama Play, Eros Now, ShemarooMe, Voot Kids, CuriosityStream, EPIC ON, and DocuBay. Content from all these platforms is available to the viewers of Tata Play Binge through a single subscription and a single user interface. Viewers can also enjoy free content on Tata Play Binge.
With the latest addition, viewers will have access to an additional 5000+ films and 800+ shows in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and other languages from MX Player, further strengthening its commitment to offer viewers the best of entertainment.
MX Player will unlock a differentiated content library on Tata Play Binge consisting of MX Originals, Bollywood and Hollywood movies, South Indian dubbed movies, Korean dramas and more.
Subscribers of Tata Play Binge who have MX Player as part of their package will get to enjoy an ad-free content viewing experience without any interruptions. Tata Play Binge can be accessed through large-screen connected devices—Tata Play Binge+, an Android set-top box, and the Tata Play edition of the Amazon FireTV stick, along with the Tata Play Binge mobile app and the website.
Commenting on the addition of a new partner app, Tata Play chief commercial and content officer Pallavi Puri said, “We now proudly host 17 coveted OTT apps under one roof and aim to create a unique and robust platform for all things entertainment through Tata Play Binge. Teaming up with MX Player and adding its rich content library to our OTT aggregation platform will bring great value to our viewers; and together, we hope to expand the viewership base of each other.”
Speaking of this collaboration, MX Player business head-SVoD Abhishek Joshi said, “At MX Player we are committed to creating an immersive digital entertainment ecosystem that provides our users with content that is universally appealing and engaging. Our partnership with Tata Play Binge gives us an opportunity to make our content widely accessible and available, further strengthening our existing user base. We are delighted to partner with them in their endeavour to bring the best of entertainment and unleash the power of an enriching content viewing experience for all viewers.”
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Meta plans 8,000 layoffs in new AI-led restructuring wave
First phase from May 20 may cut 10 per cent workforce amid AI pivot.
MUMBAI: At Meta, the future may be artificial but the cuts are very real. The social media giant is reportedly preparing a fresh round of layoffs, with an initial wave expected to impact around 8,000 employees as it doubles down on its artificial intelligence ambitions. According to a Reuters report, the first phase of job cuts is slated to begin on May 20, targeting roughly 10 per cent of Meta’s global workforce. With nearly 79,000 employees on its rolls as of December 31, the move marks one of the company’s most significant workforce reductions in recent years.
And this may only be the beginning. Sources indicate that additional layoffs are being planned for the second half of the year, although the scale and timing remain fluid, likely to be shaped by how Meta’s AI capabilities evolve in the coming months. Earlier reports had suggested that total cuts in 2026 could reach 20 per cent or more of its workforce.
The restructuring comes as chief executive Mark Zuckerberg continues to steer the company towards an AI-first operating model, committing hundreds of billions of dollars to the transition. Internally, this shift is already visible: teams within Reality Labs have been reorganised, engineers have been moved into a newly formed Applied AI unit, and a Meta Small Business division has been created to align with broader structural changes.
The trend is hardly isolated. Across the tech sector, companies are trimming headcount while investing aggressively in automation. Amazon, for instance, has reportedly cut around 30,000 corporate roles nearly 10 per cent of its white-collar workforce citing efficiency gains driven by AI. Data from Layoffs.fyi shows over 73,000 tech employees have already lost jobs this year, compared with 153,000 in all of 2024.
For Meta, the move echoes its earlier “year of efficiency” in 2022–23, when about 21,000 roles were eliminated amid slowing growth and market pressures. This time, however, the backdrop is different. The company is financially stronger, generating over $200 billion in revenue and $60 billion in profit last year, with shares up 3.68 per cent year-to-date though still below last summer’s peak.
That contrast underlines the shift underway. These layoffs are less about survival and more about reinvention. As Meta restructures itself around AI from autonomous coding agents to advanced machine learning systems, the question is no longer whether the company will change, but how many roles will be left unchanged when it does.
