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ShemarooMe to bring its rich content library to JioFiber subscribers
KOLKATA: ShemarooMe, the video streaming OTT platform from the house of Shemaroo Entertainment, has associated with Jio, India's leading digital service providers, to bring its content catalogue to JioFiber users through the JioTV+ app.
JioFiber users will now have access to ShemarooMe's vast content library, including its premium content such as Bollywood Premiere, ShemarooMe Classics Filmy Gaane, Regional and much more through the Jio Set Top Box. The entire content catalogue will be integrated within the JioTV+ app. The ShemarooMe library can be accessed by all Jio subscribers including those on mobility services. Overall, Jio users can access over more than 3500 plus titles across different languages and genres such as Bollywood, Devotional, Regional, Comedy and Kids.
Shemaroo has always been at the forefront of providing entertainment to its audiences and has ensured that its wide array of content offerings reaches the right set of viewers through unique partnerships. Shemaroo's association with leading service providers such as Jio will enable the company to provide content that appeals to a mass audience. With Jio’s extensive reach into not only urban but also the hinterlands of India, Shemaroo will now be able to cater to the growing Jio user base.
Shemaroo Entertainment Limited CEO Hiren Gada said, "Shemaroo has always believed in offering the best of entertainment and our integration with Jio will strengthen this promise even further and help our content reach deeper markets. Jio is one of the leading digital services companies in India that enjoys a rapidly expanding user base and, together, we will be providing the best of family entertainment with premium quality standards to consumers across all platforms."
Gaming
MTG gaming chief Benninghoff joins NODWIN board as esports firm primes for IPO
The Gurugram-based esports firm is pursuing a public listing, has returned to profitability and is growing revenues by 42 per cent
GURUGRAM: NODWIN Gaming is moving fast. The Gurugram-based gaming and esports company has launched a pre-IPO fundraising round, appointed UBS as lead adviser for both the round and a subsequent public listing, and landed a heavyweight board director, all in one go.
The new board member is Arnd Benninghoff, executive vice president of gaming at Stockholm-listed Modern Times Group (MTG), who has overseen the group’s strategic investments and portfolio growth since 2014. He is no stranger to building things: Benninghoff has founded and built fifteen companies, served as chief digital officer at ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, managing director of SevenVentures, and chief executive of Holtzbrinck eLAB. He began his career as a journalist at Deutsche Presse Agentur and various TV networks, holds a Diplom-Kaufmann in business and administration from the University of Münster, and previously sat on the board of Edgeware AB.
The numbers back the ambition
NODWIN is not pitching a story without substance. The company has returned to EBITDA profitability and posted a 42 per cent year-on-year revenue surge, reaching $58.5m in the first nine months of FY2026. The pre-IPO round will combine a primary issuance to fund global expansion through organic growth and acquisitions, alongside a secondary sale to give existing shareholders some liquidity.
Akshat Rathee, co-founder and managing director of NODWIN Gaming, said Benninghoff understands “the entire lifecycle of the gaming and media ecosystem, from the boots-on-the-ground reality of building startups to the strategic complexity of managing multi-billion dollar global portfolios.”
Benninghoff, for his part, said the company “sits at the intersection of sports, entertainment, and technology, making it one of the most exciting players in the global gaming landscape today.”
A portfolio built for the global south
Founded in 2014 by Rathee and Gautam Virk, NODWIN has quietly assembled one of the more compelling esports portfolios outside the Western hemisphere. Its properties include DreamHack India and Comic Con India, and it recently acquired StarLadder, the Ukraine-based tournament organiser behind premier events in CS:GO and Dota 2. The company also serves as a long-term strategic marketing partner for the Evolution Championship Series (EVO), the world’s most prominent fighting game tournament, helping push it into new geographies.
Its geographic focus spans South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Backers include Nazara Technologies, KRAFTON, Sony Group Corporation, JetSynthesys, and the founders’ investment vehicle Good Game Investments.
What comes next
With UBS running the books, a board freshly reinforced with European media and gaming expertise, and revenue heading in the right direction, NODWIN is laying the groundwork deliberately. The esports industry has burned investors before with big promises and thin margins. NODWIN’s return to profitability, combined with a real portfolio of owned intellectual properties across gaming, music and youth culture, gives it a more credible runway than most. The IPO clock is now ticking.
