Category: People

  • DEN Networks appoints Gaurav Tikoo as GM, Brand

    DEN Networks appoints Gaurav Tikoo as GM, Brand

    MUMBAI: DEN Networks has appointed Gaurav Tikoo as general manager, Brand to accelerate its transformation from a B2B business into a leading consumer facing digital cable and broadband company.

     

    Tikoo joins DEN from HCL Infosystems where he was the head of Global Marketing Mobility Solutions. Prior to HCL, he has worked with Samsung India Electronics as lead, marketing communications for its Home Appliances Division. He has previously been associated with companies like Radico Khaitan, Max New York Life Insurance and LG Electronics.

     

    Gaurav brings with him over a decade’s experience in the field of strategic brand management and establishing brand identities. He was instrumental in creating and managing HCL’s “ME” tablet brand globally. His work on ME tablets helped HCL win prestigious awards like Marketing Campaign of the Year, Emerging Brand, Best use of Social Media, Brand Excellence at the CMO Asia forum. He has also been conferred with the Star Youth Achiever award by the Global Youth Marketing Forum for his work at HCL.

     

    Commenting on the appointment DEN Networks chairman and managing director Sameer Manchanda said, “It is my pleasure to welcome Gaurav to the DEN team. DEN is at the cusp of a rapid evolution into a B2C company serving digital cable and high speed broadband to millions of Indians. We are very happy to have Gaurav on board to take charge of DEN’s transformation into a leading digital entertainment brand.”

  • DTH services to launch shortly in Pakistan

    DTH services to launch shortly in Pakistan

    MUMBAI: Pakistan will soon open its doors to direct-to-home (DTH). Pakistan’s minister for information and broadcasting and senator Muhammad Ali Durrani says that the ministry would soon launch DTH in collaboration with the private sector.

    Media reports state that he was addressing the participants of a capacity building course of Information Group Officers here at the Information Service Academy (ISA). Director General ISA Ghulam Hazoor Bajwa was also present.

    The minister, during his lecture, said the government believed in development of an independent media which is the most effective accountability tool.

    The government he says, believes in the development of an independent media, which is the most effective accountability tool. If the government policies are free of corruption, nepotism and malpractices, the independent media helps its functioning by making it more efficient and vibrant.

    He says that the government will fully facilitate the capacity building of the private media and the ministry is taking steps to ensure transmission launching of private TV channels from Pakistan.

  • DTH Television Group, Romania selects MagnaQuest for its digital services

    DTH Television Group, Romania selects MagnaQuest for its digital services

    MUMBAI: MagnaQuest is extending its subscriber billing solutions to Romania. The Hyderabad-based company has bagged a contract from DTH Television Group, Romania for providing its convergent customer management and billing solution, MQSubscribe.

    MQSubscribe will manage the subscriber billing, inventory, dealer and customer care operations. DTH Television Grup has launched digital TV services, which would include different packages of video channels, pay-per-view programmes (PPV) and interactive television.

    Says MagnaQuest CEO Vijay Debbad, “This is one of our important wins in Europe, which strengthens our position in the region. We look forward to supporting DTH Television Grup in their endeavors to offer pay TV, PPV and other value-added services on our convergent billing platform.”

    MQSubscribe is being deployed to support DTH Television Grup’s increasing subscriber growth and billing operations and will enable the company to quickly launch value added services. MQSubscribe will be integrated with NDS, a leading conditional access system.