iWorld
Tata Play Binge welcomes Fuse+ onboard
Mumbai: Tata Play Binge – one of India’s largest OTT app aggregators, added a new partner to its vast portfolio of aggregated OTT apps. The latest entrant Fuse+ is a platform dedicated to empowering and entertaining young, multicultural and millennial audiences with concepts that resonate with their unique perspectives. Fuse+ is one of the top 10 multicultural and youngest US entertainment networks, that now wishes to reach out to like-minded Indian viewers through Tata Play Binge.
Fuse+ features original series, documentaries and films that aim at positively shifting the audience perspective by motivating and elevating unheard and unseen stories. The channel also showcases superstars and emerging talent in a collection of music specials and unscripted series. With its vibrant programming like Big Freedia Means Business featuring Grammy-winning artist Big Freedia, T-Pain’s School of Business, We Need to Talk About America, Like a Girl, Upcycle Nation, and biographies spotlighting artists such as Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, BTS, and Coldplay, the platform gives its viewers access to 500 plus hours of original content and along with 30 hours of new licensed content per year.
Commenting on the new partnership, Tata Play’s chief commercial and content officer, Pallavi Puri said “Fuse+’s programming is diverse, differentiated, and contemporary. We are delighted to have them onboard, as more and more viewers are looking to expand their entertainment choices. Viewers on Tata Play Binge today are spoilt for choice as content from 25 plus OTT apps is available through a single subscription and single log in. With each new partner addition, the idea is to make space for new content and find its right audience match.”
“With a programming slate that serves as an entertainment destination for so many viewers, partnering with Tata Play Binge was a natural fit for Fuse Media as we continue our global expansion,” said Fuse Media chairman and CEO Miguel Roggero. “Fuse+’s library is made up of vibrant, culturally diverse stories, and we’re thrilled to introduce our empowering original programming and music-focused specials to Indian viewers.”
Fuse+ is represented by Brandwith, a premier representative and distribution company in the Asia Pacific region.
Fuse+ will join other popular OTT platforms on Tata Play Binge like Disney+ Hotstar, Apple TV+, ZEE5, SonyLIV, Jio Cinema, Hallmark, MX Player, Lionsgate Play, Aha, VROTT, Sun NXT, ReelDrama, Chaupal, Namma Flix, Planet Marathi, manoramaMAX, iStream, Tarang Plus, Hungama Play, Eros Now, ShemarooMe, Curiosity Stream, EPIC ON, Travelxp, DocuBay, ShortsTV, Playflix, KliKK along with Gaming. Content from all these platforms is available to the viewers of Tata Play Binge through a single subscription and a single user interface. Netflix and Amazon Prime Video plans are available for Tata Play DTH subscribers. Viewers can enjoy all 25+ apps on large-screen connected devices through Tata Play Binge+ Android Set Top Box, Tata Play edition of the Amazon FireTV Stick and www.TataplayBinge.com.
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.
