The India Digital Networks Summit 2007

It’s year one for digital broadcasting and media convergence in India and the land grab for consumers and market share has begun even amid some major stumbling blocks. The India Digital Networks Summit, now in its third year, supported by both the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, is the ultimate tool with which to navigate the digital maze: Regulation, TV channel proliferation and fragmentation, CAS, DTH, Broadband, Investment, Expansion strategies and the ultimate truth about returns. Watch, interact and network with industry leaders as they debate the future of digital in India’s next phase of media development.

Date: October 17, 2007
India Habitat Centre
New Delhi

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Schedule

  9:00 ?10:00   Registration  
  10:00 ?10:20  

Opening & Market Overview

Media Partners Asia
Indian Television Dot Com		  
 

Keynotes

  
  10:20 ?10:40  

The Regulatory Roadmap

Asha Swarup, Secretary
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting		  
  10:40 ?11:00  

Embracing Digital Convergence

Lord David Currie, Chairman
Ofcom (UK)		  
 

Morning Sessions

  
  11:00 ?11:25  

Regulatory Q&A

Asha Swarup, Secretary
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting

Lord David Currie, Chairman
Ofcom (UK)

Rajiv Choubey, Advisor, TRAI

  
  11:30 ?12:20  

Can the Market Deliver?

Amitabh Kumar, Director, Essel Group

Sameer Manchanda, MD
Global Broadcast News

Peter Mukherjea, Chief Strategy Officer, INX Media

Jagi Panda, CEO, Ortel

Uday Shankar, COO, STAR India

  
  12:20 ?13:20  

Lunch on the Lawn hosted by

  
 

Afternoon Sessions

  
  The Winning Formula  
 

13:25 ?13:45
13:45 - 14:05

  

Spotlight:
Perspectives From the Front Line

Sameer Nair, CEO, NDTV Imagine
Vikram Kaushik, CEO, Tata Sky Ltd

  
  14:05 ?15:20  

Panel: Delivering Digital’s Cutting Edge

Puneet Garg, General Manager, IPTV
Bharti Airtel

K Jayaraman, CEO
Hathway Cable & Datakom

Brigadier TM Sridharan, CTO, In Cablenet

Ravi Deshmukh, President & CEO
Last Mile Communications

Sue Taylor, Vice President and General Manager, NDS Asia Pacific

Jason Chao, Director of Business Development, Scientific Atlanta

Deepak Chandnani, CEO, WWIL

  
  Finance & Investment  
  15:25 ?15:45  

Spotlight: Will Digital Deliver?

Brahmal Vasudevan, Managing Director
ChrysCapital

  
  15:45 ?16:25  

Panel: The Sum of All Hopes

JS Kohli, CEO, Digicable

Bhupesh Gupta, MD
GE Commercial Finance (Media), Asia Pacific

Sanjeev Prasad
Co-Head, Institutional Equities
Kotak Securities

  
  16:25 ?16:30  

Closing Remarks

  
  16:30   Tea & Coffee on the Lawn  
 

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Endorsed by
   

Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
 
 

Industry Partners
   
 
 

Support Partners

  

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