Digital India – The Four Phases of Cable Enlightenment is this year’s theme for the Casbaa India Forum 2016. A diverse roster of expert speakers will discuss India’s continued growth, including such topics as digitization challenges, security aspects, Indian OTT industry, advertising trends in Digital India, impact of digital advertising on traditional media, satellite industry in India among others.
Speaking about the India Forum 2016, Christopher Slaughter, CEO, Casbaa said, “The Government of India’s Digital India initiative has brought about a revolution in the country’s economy and has ushered in a plethora of opportunities for sectors to drive the overall digital revolution in India. We see that digital content in India is at an inflection point and the nation is at the top of digital and high-definition (HD) adoption. Further, we have observed that the content creators and broadcasters are increasingly evaluating new media and content delivery alternatives and are planning significant capital expenditure to upgrade their infrastructure in the coming years.”
Several industry experts are expected to attend this event. R.S. Sharma, Chairman, TRAI, is expected to deliver the opening keynote address. The inaugural address will be made by. J.S. Mathur, Special Secretary, MIB and the industry keynote address will be delivered by Harit Nagpal, MD & CEO, Tata Sky (Industry Keynote).
Others attending the event includes S.K. Gupta (Principal Advisor, Broadcast & Cable, TRAI), R. Jaya (Joint Secretary, Broadcasting, MIB), Thomas Antony (Sales Director, India & Middle East, APT Satellite), William Wade (CEO, AsiaSat), Naveen Jhunjhunwala (COO, BBC Global News), Nikhil Gandhi (Vice President, Disney India Media Networks), Nicholas Daly (MD, Eutelsat), UK, Nitin Bawankule (Industry Director, Google India), Jagdish Kumar (CEO, Hathway), Anthony D’Silva (CEO-Media, Hinduja Group), Gaurav Kharod (Country Manager-India, Intelsat), Paul Brown-Kenyon (CEO, MEASAT), T. Gangadhar (Managing Director, South Asia, MEC), and Gaurav Gandhi (COO, Viacom18 Digital Ventures).
This year, corporate partners for the CasbaaIndia Forum 2016 include SES (Supporting Sponsor), AsiaSat, Diagnal, Eutelsat, MEASAT, Verimatrix, Videocon d2h and WWE Network (Sponsors).
