iWorld
MX Player to bring new original and international shows in September
Mumbai: MX Player announced its latest slate of originals and international series on Friday. The OTT platform brings plenty of drama, fiction, romance, mystery, and thrill with the web-shows scheduled to launch in the month of September.
As a part of MX’s original series slate, Shiksha Mandal is set to launch on 15 September.
Shiksha Mandal is a hard-hitting narrative inspired by true events that revolves around the biggest scam in the educational system in India. With a socially relevant premise, Shiksha Mandal will reveal corruption, fraud, cheating, and criminal conspiracy that affect vulnerable students in India.
Shiksha Mandal is directed by Syed Ahmad Afzal and stars Gauahar Khan, Gulshan Devaiah, and Pavan Raj Malhotra in lead roles.
In addition to Shiksha Mandal, as a part of their latest content category – MX VDesi, MX Player is also bringing six acclaimed international shows from across the globe, including one of the most popular Korean dramas, Boys Over Flowers, which started the K-wave in India with the same love of melodrama, intricate storylines, and adrenaline-pumping action.
The shows included in the pipeline for a September launch are:
Boys Over Flowers
The 21-episode long Korean drama, Boys Over Flowers, starring Ku Hye Sun, Lee Min Ho, and Kim Hyun-Joong, launches on 7 September in Hindi. The blockbuster series follows the story of a humble girl who attends the prestigious Shin Hwa High School. She is immediately bullied by the leader of F4 (the four richest boys), who eventually falls in love with her. However, she has a crush on his best friend. Whom will she pick? Tune in to find out.
Alphas
Up next is the Hollywood hit series Alphas. Alphas are ordinary citizens with amazing abilities, including superhuman physical and mental abilities, who operate within the department of defence. A secret group, led by pre-eminent neurologist Dr. Lee Rosen, investigates cases that point to others with similar Alpha abilities. With its unique premise, this show will keep you on your toes throughout 12 episodes. The science fiction drama will be streamed in Hindi from 14 September onwards.
Secret of Love
All 30 episodes of the hit show Secret of Love will be streamed in Hindi from 21 September onwards on MX Player. The show revolves around the story of Su Yi, who loses her memory after getting burnt in a fire accident. She meets Li Jia Cheng, who has countless ties to the incident. The pair form a tactical partnership on equal footing after Su Yi challenges his outlook and beliefs.
Signed, Sealed and Delivered
A crew of postal detectives seeks to unravel the mysteries behind undeliverable letters and packages from the past, delivering them at crucial moments in the Hollywood production Signed, Sealed, and Delivered. Watch 34 episodes of this series in Hindi starting 21 September.
Wild District
After the signing and approval of the Colombian Peace Agreements, a deadly guerrilla warrior escapes from the forest and makes his way to Bogotá, where he attempts to reintegrate into society. Watch all 20 episodes of this Spanish series in Hindi streaming from 28 September onwards!
Innocent Defendant
At the Seoul central district prosecutors’ office, a prosecutor wakes up one morning to discover that he is a death row inmate. He is temporarily amnesiac and is unaware of the events that led to his arrest. Before his time is out, he tries to jog his memory and clear his name. Catch this award-winning Korean series starring Seong Ji, Ki-joon Uhm, and Jo Jae-yoon on 28 September in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, and Malayalam!
iWorld
Telcos push for unified rules as spam shifts to OTT platforms
Over 80 per cent fraud moves online, operators seek common framework.
MUMBAI: The spam may have left your phone network but it hasn’t left you alone. India’s telecom operators are once again dialling up the pressure for a unified regulatory framework, warning that fraud is rapidly migrating to internet-based platforms where oversight remains far looser. According to industry communication, a leading operator has written to multiple arms of the government including the Department of Telecommunications, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the Ministry of Finance arguing that tighter controls on traditional telecom networks are inadvertently pushing bad actors towards over-the-top (OTT) communication platforms.
The concern is not new, but the framing has sharpened. What was once an industry grievance is now being positioned as a consumer protection issue. Operators say that tackling spam in silos no longer works, as fraudsters seamlessly shift across platforms, exploiting regulatory gaps. The result: a moving target that traditional safeguards struggle to contain.
Executives point to a clear shift in fraud patterns. OTT platforms are increasingly being used for phishing links, impersonation scams and bulk unsolicited messaging, with industry estimates suggesting that over 80 per cent of spam activity has now migrated online. In this environment, the lines between telecom networks, messaging apps and financial fraud are blurring fast.
At the heart of the industry’s demand is a call for a technology-neutral regulatory framework, one that applies consistently across telecom and internet-based communication services. Operators argue that the absence of uniform safeguards, such as sender verification systems, robust spam filters and clearly defined accountability mechanisms, has created enforcement blind spots that fraudsters are quick to exploit.
The proposal is straightforward but far-reaching. Telcos are pushing for baseline anti-fraud measures across all communication platforms, alongside faster response systems and deeper coordination between ministries. Given the interconnected nature of telecom networks, digital platforms and financial systems, they argue that fragmented oversight only weakens the overall defence.
The broader issue is regulatory arbitrage, the ability of bad actors to hop between platforms based on which is least regulated at any given time. Without harmonised rules, operators say, efforts to curb fraud risk becoming a game of whack-a-mole.
As digital communication continues to expand, the debate is shifting from who regulates what to how consistently it is regulated. For now, telecom operators are making their case clear: in a world where spam travels freely, regulation cannot afford to stay fragmented.
