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  • Women empowerment: One-minute film contest to mark I-Day on lines of DD

    NEW DELHI: Even as Doordarshan is holding a competition of short films to mark seventy years of independence, the Chennai-based Human Rights Advocacy and Research Foundation [HRF] has invited entries for one-minute films for a Festival to be held next month.

    The “Freedom.Film.Festival” (competitive) will be held on 12 August 2017 in Chennai on the theme of “Women and Freedom”.

    The films will explore the challenges overcome by women since independence or challenges that remain. Some questions posed are: Do women really enjoy their freedom at home, at their work place, on road, in the society, among relations etc? Are women of India really empowered in all areas and do all women get their requirements?

    The best entry will be awarded a prize of Rs 25,000 and the best three will be recognized. Twenty selected finalists will be given certificates.

    The final date for entries is 5 August 2017 in response to numerous requests and due to the increased interest in women empowerment. Details are available on https://www.facebook.com /HRF2017/

  • Brand Street sets up fourth branch in Chennai

    MUMBAI: Brand Street India , an integrated marketing agency, continues geographic expansion with the opening of it’s branch in Chennai. This will be the brand’s fourth office in India and second office in southern India after Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. The Chennai branch will be headed by Sreeram Bhaskar, who will be responsible for spearheading growth of the company in the south and managing client expectations.

    The Chennai division will provide end-to-end experiential marketing to its clientele with the help of Sreeram’s nine years’ experience in sales &marketing. Sreeram has worked with some of the leading brands like IBM, McAfee & Reliance prior to joining Brand Street India’s Chennai office. His leadership qualities and his zeal for innovation will help scale the branch to new heights. Apart from exploring new horizons in experiential marketing the branch will also provide add on’s to their existing list of clients. Sreeram is originally from Bangalore and will be travelling to Chennai frequently to oversee the business and operations.

    Brand Street India’s business head (south) Rajinikanth will assist Sreeram in expanding his operations and efforts in the client base and managing campaigns. Rajnikanth also comes with over 15 years of experience and with prior leadership experience organizations like Hungama.com; JWT and Dentsu Aegis Network in the field of experiential marketing.

    Bhaskar said, “We are on the way to bolsterinng our presence in southern India which will help us reach new heights in the experiential marketing segment. ”

    Rajinikanth said, “Sreeram’s experience of working with industry bigwigs has lent him a certain roundness which is similar to the ethos we at BSI believe in.” Brand Street India national head Surendra Singh says “We look forward to scaling greater heights on this journey together.”

  • Hathway launches GPON in Chennai, to invest Rs 500 cr in south

    MUMBAI: Internet service-provider (ISP) and cable multi-system operator (MSO) Hathway, over the next three years, plans to invest to the tune of Rs 500 crore in south India as part of its strategy to launch highspeed broadband service. It will be establishing data centres and other infrastructure so as to cover five lakh customers in three years.

    A senior company official told PTI that the Mumbai-based firm, which is into providing internet service through “Docsis 3” technology, has made commercial launch of the service through Gigabite Passive Optical Networks Fiber to Home (GPON Fibre to Home) technology. The company on Thursday announced the launch of its services in India with ultra-high-speed broadband technology.

    Consumption of OTT content from the likes of Amazon Prime, Netflix and HOOQ has been increasing and this would require high-speed dependable services. With broadband business present in 10 cities, Hathway has tied up with Cisco, Oracle, ZTE and Nokia for hardware and software components.

    Hathway Cable and Datacom managing director Rajan Gupta said, in Chennai, they had observed an explosion in demand (for broadband internet) last year. The average broadband consumption across the country is 45GB whereas, in Chennai, it was 90GB per month. It has just commercially launched in Chennai with GPON technology, he added.

    Noting that the incumbent operators provided broadband service through copper wires, Gupta said that Hathway would offer high-speed end-to-end fibre solution through fibre cables with the package starting at Rs 999 a month for speeds up to 150Mbps and 1000GB data unload.

  • IOA reverses decision on Kalmadi, Chautala; Goel happy

    IOA reverses decision on Kalmadi, Chautala; Goel happy

    NEW DELHI: Youth affairs and sports minister Vijay Goel expressed satisfaction over the decision by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) of cancelling the appointment of Suresh Kalmadi and Abhay Singh Chautala as lifetime presidents.

    In a statement, he said: “I am happy that IOA has reversed its decision which augurs well for governance of sports in the country.”

    “By reversing their earlier decision, which appears to have been taken in a hurried manner, IOA has complied with its own constitutional obligation and also with conditionality approved by International Olympic Committee (IOC),” he added.

    “In the renewed circumstances, we look forward to partnering with IOA in making India a sporting nation,” he added.

    IOA President N Ramachandran, in reply to a show cause notice from the ministry, has clarified that the decision to appoint Kalmadi and Chautala does not stand owing to technicalities.

    The appointment of Kalmadi and Chautala has been declared “null and void” in order to not just get the recognition from ministry but also to avoid any possible action from the IOC.

    Kalmadi and Chautala were elevated to the honorary position at the IOA’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Chennai on 27 December 2016, but the Olympic body was forced to reverse its decision after it was opposed by a majority of IOA members.

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  • IOA reverses decision on Kalmadi, Chautala; Goel happy

    IOA reverses decision on Kalmadi, Chautala; Goel happy

    NEW DELHI: Youth affairs and sports minister Vijay Goel expressed satisfaction over the decision by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) of cancelling the appointment of Suresh Kalmadi and Abhay Singh Chautala as lifetime presidents.

    In a statement, he said: “I am happy that IOA has reversed its decision which augurs well for governance of sports in the country.”

    “By reversing their earlier decision, which appears to have been taken in a hurried manner, IOA has complied with its own constitutional obligation and also with conditionality approved by International Olympic Committee (IOC),” he added.

    “In the renewed circumstances, we look forward to partnering with IOA in making India a sporting nation,” he added.

    IOA President N Ramachandran, in reply to a show cause notice from the ministry, has clarified that the decision to appoint Kalmadi and Chautala does not stand owing to technicalities.

    The appointment of Kalmadi and Chautala has been declared “null and void” in order to not just get the recognition from ministry but also to avoid any possible action from the IOC.

    Kalmadi and Chautala were elevated to the honorary position at the IOA’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Chennai on 27 December 2016, but the Olympic body was forced to reverse its decision after it was opposed by a majority of IOA members.

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  • Arasu says MIB can’t enforce analogue switchoff in Chennai on 31 Dec ’16

    Arasu says MIB can’t enforce analogue switchoff in Chennai on 31 Dec ’16

    MUMBAI: Digital addressable system (DAS) or digitisation of India cable TV could well see a further slowdown if the Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation Ltd (TACTV) has its way. The government-owned Chennai-based MSO has written to the information and broadcasting ministry (MIB) saying that its order to broadcasters to shut off analogue signals by 31 December 2016 cannot be adhered to for the city.

    The reason: the Madras High Court has yet to pass judgment on TACTV’s litigation with the MIB and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on the applicability of DAS regulations in Chennai and on the issue of a DAS licence to it.

    TACTV had earlier applied to the MIB for a DAS licence but not met with any success as both it and the TRAI believe that distribution of television via cable TV should be kept out of the purview of government owned undertakings, which the former is.

    Following the rejection of its application, the cable TV MSO had approached the Madras High Court through two writ petitions bearing nos. 7067/2013 and 7068/2013. Both had sought direction to the MIB to process its DAS licence applications dated 5 July 2012, and 23 November 2012. But both are pending before the court.

    The Madras High Court had then passed a restraining order on writ petitions 34213/2013 and 40365 of 2015, disallowing the disconnection of analogue TV signals in Chennai.

    TACTV says that if broadcasters heed the 31 December 2016 analogue signal switch off notification sent by the MIB to them, it would tantamount to contempt of court and could attract proceedings in that direction.

    The cable TV MSO says that the “MIB had itself admitted as much in a counter affidavit dated November 18, 2013 filed before the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT).”

    TRAI had through a press release on 10 December 2013 termed the transmission of analogue signals in Chennai as illegal and had tried to restrain TACTV from transmitting the same.

  • Arasu says MIB can’t enforce analogue switchoff in Chennai on 31 Dec ’16

    Arasu says MIB can’t enforce analogue switchoff in Chennai on 31 Dec ’16

    MUMBAI: Digital addressable system (DAS) or digitisation of India cable TV could well see a further slowdown if the Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation Ltd (TACTV) has its way. The government-owned Chennai-based MSO has written to the information and broadcasting ministry (MIB) saying that its order to broadcasters to shut off analogue signals by 31 December 2016 cannot be adhered to for the city.

    The reason: the Madras High Court has yet to pass judgment on TACTV’s litigation with the MIB and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on the applicability of DAS regulations in Chennai and on the issue of a DAS licence to it.

    TACTV had earlier applied to the MIB for a DAS licence but not met with any success as both it and the TRAI believe that distribution of television via cable TV should be kept out of the purview of government owned undertakings, which the former is.

    Following the rejection of its application, the cable TV MSO had approached the Madras High Court through two writ petitions bearing nos. 7067/2013 and 7068/2013. Both had sought direction to the MIB to process its DAS licence applications dated 5 July 2012, and 23 November 2012. But both are pending before the court.

    The Madras High Court had then passed a restraining order on writ petitions 34213/2013 and 40365 of 2015, disallowing the disconnection of analogue TV signals in Chennai.

    TACTV says that if broadcasters heed the 31 December 2016 analogue signal switch off notification sent by the MIB to them, it would tantamount to contempt of court and could attract proceedings in that direction.

    The cable TV MSO says that the “MIB had itself admitted as much in a counter affidavit dated November 18, 2013 filed before the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT).”

    TRAI had through a press release on 10 December 2013 termed the transmission of analogue signals in Chennai as illegal and had tried to restrain TACTV from transmitting the same.

  • HOOQ videos for Hyderabadis through ACT Fibernet

    HOOQ videos for Hyderabadis through ACT Fibernet

    MUMBAI: Singapore based video-on-demand service, HOOQ, has joined hands with Bengaluru’s ACT Fibernet. With this strategic partnership, ACT customers of Hyderabad will be able to avail a month’s free subscription of the service.

    The partnership is being piloted in Hyderabad, and will later be taken to other ACT markets such as Bengaluru, Chennai and Delhi.

    “Under this partnership, ACT customers will be able to avail one month of free HOOQ subscription that translates into a window to unlimited streaming of over 10,000 Hollywood, Bollywood and local movies along with drama titles available on HOOQ,” said HOOQ India MD Salil Kapoor.

    Through this, the viewers can view HOOQ’s exclusives and television shows like Flash, Arrow, Gotham, The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, etc. Further, the viewers could download the content for viewing at leisure, he explained.

    ACT Group CEO Bala Malladi added, “Hyderabad is one of the highest internet penetrated markets.”

    Furthermore, as earlier reported by Indiantelevision.com, the VOD service plans to invest $ 2 million in original Indian content. This is a part of its APAC strategy to start sourcing local original content in Asian countries.

    HOOQ, a joint venture of SingTel, Sony Pictures TV and Warner Bros., entered the Indian market in May this year with a catalogue of over 10,000 movies and TV series.

  • HOOQ videos for Hyderabadis through ACT Fibernet

    HOOQ videos for Hyderabadis through ACT Fibernet

    MUMBAI: Singapore based video-on-demand service, HOOQ, has joined hands with Bengaluru’s ACT Fibernet. With this strategic partnership, ACT customers of Hyderabad will be able to avail a month’s free subscription of the service.

    The partnership is being piloted in Hyderabad, and will later be taken to other ACT markets such as Bengaluru, Chennai and Delhi.

    “Under this partnership, ACT customers will be able to avail one month of free HOOQ subscription that translates into a window to unlimited streaming of over 10,000 Hollywood, Bollywood and local movies along with drama titles available on HOOQ,” said HOOQ India MD Salil Kapoor.

    Through this, the viewers can view HOOQ’s exclusives and television shows like Flash, Arrow, Gotham, The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, etc. Further, the viewers could download the content for viewing at leisure, he explained.

    ACT Group CEO Bala Malladi added, “Hyderabad is one of the highest internet penetrated markets.”

    Furthermore, as earlier reported by Indiantelevision.com, the VOD service plans to invest $ 2 million in original Indian content. This is a part of its APAC strategy to start sourcing local original content in Asian countries.

    HOOQ, a joint venture of SingTel, Sony Pictures TV and Warner Bros., entered the Indian market in May this year with a catalogue of over 10,000 movies and TV series.

  • Amazon.in announces the launch of an urban Fulfilment Centre in Chennai

    Amazon.in announces the launch of an urban Fulfilment Centre in Chennai

    MUMBAI: Amazon.in today announced the launch an urban Fulfilment Centre (FC) located at Virugambakkam in Chennai. Offering a storage area of close to 100,000 cubic feet, the FC is spread over an area of close to 50,000 square feet in the heart of Chennai. The urban FC model will further enable Amazon.in to support deliveries under its recently launched Prime program and offer faster delivery to a wider set of customers during the upcoming festive season. With this launch, Amazon.in has 23 operational Fulfilment Centres in 10 states across the country with a combined storage space of more than 6 million cubic feet. This is the 2 of the 6 FCs planned in readiness for the festive season.

    Amazon.in’s new Fulfilment Centre has been set up in a Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) building which used to be the erstwhile ‘Golden Studios’. The building has been renovated extensively, transforming it into an Amazon Fulfilment Centre. Apart from enabling faster delivery and creating direct employment, this FC will fuel the growth of ancillary businesses such as packaging, transportation, logistics, and hospitality across the state.

    Talking about its benefits, Amazon India VP customer fulfilment Akhil Saxena said, “Since the start, we have been relentlessly focusing on strengthening our logistics & delivery infrastructure to ensure faster delivery to shoppers across the country. With this urban FC in the heart of Chennai, we are moving closer to our customers. This will not only support our Prime promise of one-day & two-day delivery but will also allow us to efficiently serve customers in the upcoming festive season. A lot more customers will now be able to opt for Cash on Delivery, Guaranteed Next-Day, Same Day, Release Day, Morning delivery and Sunday delivery on Amazon.in.”

    Local sellers, weavers, craftsmen & artisans involved in traditional textiles & local handicrafts too would be able to reach a wider set of customers and provide a delightful customer experience through Fulfilment By Amazon (FBA) offered via the FC. When using FBA, sellers across India send their products to Amazon’s FCs and once an order is placed, Amazon picks, packs and ships the order to the customer, provides customer service and manages returns on behalf of the sellers. Orders fulfilled by Amazon are eligible for Cash on Delivery, Guaranteed Next-Day, Same Day, Release Day, Morning delivery and Sunday delivery. Sellers save money by replacing their upfront capital expense with low variable cost and pay only for the storage space they use and the orders that Amazon fulfils. Sellers always have the flexibility to choose the number of products they want to have fulfilled by Amazon and scale according to their business requirements.

    Since its launch in June 2013, Amazon.in has been working extensively to launch services that meet different business requirements of sellers and help them grow their business profitably online. Over the past three years, Amazon.in has introduced the most comprehensive suite of offerings for sellers to sell online in India. From running an extensive education and skilling program for SMEs called Seller University, offering Fulfilment By Amazon (a pay-as-you-go fulfilment service wherein Amazon.in packs, ships and delivers products to customers, manages returns and does customer service on behalf of the sellers), innovating Easy Ship (an assisted shipping service that makes it easy for sellers to ship products across India), launching Seller Flex(bringing Amazon’s flagship FBA experience to the seller’s doorstep by implementing the FBA technology at sellers’ warehouses), introducing Amazon Tatkal (a service-on-wheels to help SMBs get online within 60 minutes), to building the largest storage capacity in ecommerce in India for sellers to the tune of 7.5 million cubic feet, Amazon.in has been helping sellers reach millions of customers across the country. Amazon launched its Global Selling Program for sellers in India in May last year and today over 12,000 sellers from India are selling their ‘Make in India’ products on Amazon’s nine global marketplaces to over millions of active worldwide customers. The company also launched its most loved offering Prime to Indian shoppers last week. With Prime, Indian customers in over 100 cities can enjoy unlimited free one-day and two-day delivery on lakhs of eligible products from India’s largest online shopping selection.

    All consumers on www.amazon.in and the Amazon mobile shopping app have an easy and convenient access to over 65 million products across hundreds of categories. They benefit from a safe and secure ordering experience, convenient electronic payments, Cash on Delivery, Amazon’s 24×7 customer service support, and a globally recognized and comprehensive 100% purchase protection provided by Amazon’s A-to-Z Guarantee.