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  • 1st India Television Summit ready to roll

    MUMBAI: The clock is winding down for tomorrow’s first ever India Television Summit, organised by Indiantelevision.com and Media Partners Asia.
     
     
    Endorsed by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the landmark event brings together top industry executives and government agencies to discuss the commercial and regulatory factors shaping the future of the Rs 132 billion television industry in India, with comparative global perspectives.

    At the time of writing, over 300 delegates had confirmed their participation for this exclusive power summit, with more registrations coming in.
     
     

    Speakers for the one-day summit include – Federal Communications Commission (the United States regulator) commissioner Kathleen Abernathy, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting secretary SK Arora, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India chairman Pradip Baijal, Sony Entertainment Television India CEO Kunal Dasgupta, Star India CEO Peter Mukerjea, Madison World chairman Sam Balsara, Sahara One CEO Shantonu Aditya, UTV CEO Ronnie Screwvala, Eastern Multimedia Co chairman Faizal N Syed, Reliance Infocomm president Prakash Bajpai, DSP Merrill Lynch Investment Banking/M&A senior vice president Saurabh Agarwal, Morgan Stanley TMT Investment Banking head Paul Aiello, CLSA Media Investment Banking head Simon Dewhurst, Dish TV CEO Sunil Khanna, Tata Sky Ltd CEO Vikram Kaushik, NDS Asia Pacific vice president and general manager Sue Taylor, Group M South Asia CEO Ashutosh Srivastava, CNBC TV18 CEO Haresh Chawla, Turner Entertainment Networks Asia vice president ad sales Soumitra Saha and TAM India CEO LV Krishnan .

    The India Television Summit has been divided into five panels:

    Regulatory Panel
    Strategic Panel
    Digital and Distribution Presentation (International)
    Digital and Distribution Presentation (Domestic)
    Niche Content Panel
    Media Financing Panel
    The sponsors for the Summit include Cartoon Network, CSG Systems, NDS, Pogo, Sahara One, Star TV and Tandberg Television. Bright Advertising is the outdoor partner and NDTV Profit is the telecast partner.

  • USA Network to roll out new initiatives for covering US Open

    MUMBAI: USA Network, an American cable network, will cover the US Open tennis tournament for the 22nd time.The event, which kicks off on 29 August, will air in India on Ten Sports.
     
     

    USA Network will conduct two initiatives – Mac-Phone and Point Tracker for the third time. Mac-Phone, conducted during rain delays, allows tennis fans to call former tennis player turned TV commentator John McEnroe live on the air and ask questions.

    USA Network will also incorporate Point Tracker into its coverage of matches in Arthur Ashe Stadium and Louis Armstrong Stadium, providing viewers a better look at close line calls. This is the third straight year USA has utilised Hawkeye ball-tracking technology. USA Network had introduced the technology at the 2003 US Open and earned an Emmy nomination for technical innovation. Point Tracker is sponsored by IBM.
     
     

    NBC Universal Sports president Ken Schanzer says, “The totality of USA Network’s live US Open coverage is the most comprehensive of any tennis event by any US cable or broadcast television network. We are looking forward to providing tennis fans the comprehensive and entertaining coverage of America’s Grand Slam that they have come to expect from us over the last two decades.”

    Ted Robinson and John McEnroe enter their 14th year together as USA Network’s lead US Open broadcast team. McEnroe is a four-time US Open singles champion, has earned two Emmy Award nominations for his tennis commentary, and is a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Also Fellow Hall-of-Fame Tracy Austin and four-time Grand Slam champion Jim Courier will also provide analysis.