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  • Telangana govt & film industry set up crime unit to fight software piracy

    Telangana govt & film industry set up crime unit to fight software piracy

    NEW DELHI: The Telangana Intellectual Property Crime Unit (TIPCU), which has been in the planning for almost five years, is being formally launched this week in Hyderabad to create a sustained platform to bridge communication between industry stakeholders, ISPs, policy makers, enforcement agencies aided by legal and financial experts to fight software piracy.

    TIPCU has been set up by the Telangana government in collaboration with the United States Trade Marks and Patents Office (USTPO), the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the Telugu Film Industry and the Motion Picture Distributors Association (MPDA, India).

    State IT minister K T Rama Rao and United States Ambassador Richard Rahul Verma will formally launch TIPCU on 24 June at a meet followed by a discussion on the copyright enforcement model by key government officials and senior industry leaders.

    TIPCU will set in motion, online content protection initiatives through proactive and stringent enforcement measures to counter online film piracy.

    Rajiv Aggarwal, Joint Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion of the Central Government which now deals with IPR issues and state IT Secretary Jayesh Ranjan will also speak on the occasion. Several filmmakers are also expected to speak at the event.

    TIPCU will create a watch list of pirate websites similar to the IWL (Infringing Website List) of the British PIPCU at regular intervals; evolve mechanisms to counter online film piracy; and create an industry interface for sharing of intelligence on such syndicates.

    It will work on effective measures to curb flow of revenues to infringing sites; and monitor high risk (Ad-supported) websites and initiate suitable actions to choke revenues to such sites. It will bring down and block infringing links, websites, hosting and streaming sites; provide immediate relief to the film Industry without having to obtain Court orders; and systematically eradicate pirate websites and platforms illegally hosting or streaming copyright content.

    It will also evolve enforcement mechanisms to align with the ever-changing digital content landscape and criminal syndicates operating therein.

    Earlier on 6 May 2016, indiantelevision.com had reported about the setting up of TIPCU and the collaboration of the state IT Department with the film industry and the USTPO. 

    Also read:

    Telangana leads fight against online piracy in partnership with film industry
    http://www.indiantelevision.com/movies/hindi/telangana-leads-fight-against-online-piracy-in-partnership-with-film-industry-160506

  • Make the internet accessible, open and safe for all Indians to close the digital divides

    Make the internet accessible, open and safe for all Indians to close the digital divides

    NEW DELHI: At least 8 in 10 individuals in India own a mobile phone and digital technologies are spreading rapidly but with nearly a billion people still not connected to the internet, the opportunities for increasing access to digital technology for creating higher growth, more jobs, and better public services are significant for India.

    The `World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends,’ launched in India today, the aggregate impact of digital technologies has fallen short and is unevenly distributed. Therefore, greater efforts must be made by countries across the world to connect more people to the internet to create an environment that unleashes the benefits of digital technologies for everyone.

    The report recognizes India’s early success in digital technology when it became a global powerhouse for information services. India is currently the largest exporter of ICT services and skilled manpower in the developing world.

    Even while having the largest number of offline population in the world, India has the third highest number of internet users by absolute number, only behind China and the United States. Moreover, adoption of digital technologies shows great variation within the country: very high for government and relatively low for businesses, especially among small and medium enterprises. 

    The Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry today employs more than 3.1 million workers, 30 percent of them are women. In rural India, a three-year awareness program on opportunities in the BPO industry increased women’s enrollment in relevant training programs, as well as school enrollment among young girls, by 3–5 percentage points.

    Biometric registration, authentication, and payments in India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, the world’s largest workfare program, reduced the time for paying beneficiaries by 29 percent.

  • Make the internet accessible, open and safe for all Indians to close the digital divides

    Make the internet accessible, open and safe for all Indians to close the digital divides

    NEW DELHI: At least 8 in 10 individuals in India own a mobile phone and digital technologies are spreading rapidly but with nearly a billion people still not connected to the internet, the opportunities for increasing access to digital technology for creating higher growth, more jobs, and better public services are significant for India.

    The `World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends,’ launched in India today, the aggregate impact of digital technologies has fallen short and is unevenly distributed. Therefore, greater efforts must be made by countries across the world to connect more people to the internet to create an environment that unleashes the benefits of digital technologies for everyone.

    The report recognizes India’s early success in digital technology when it became a global powerhouse for information services. India is currently the largest exporter of ICT services and skilled manpower in the developing world.

    Even while having the largest number of offline population in the world, India has the third highest number of internet users by absolute number, only behind China and the United States. Moreover, adoption of digital technologies shows great variation within the country: very high for government and relatively low for businesses, especially among small and medium enterprises. 

    The Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry today employs more than 3.1 million workers, 30 percent of them are women. In rural India, a three-year awareness program on opportunities in the BPO industry increased women’s enrollment in relevant training programs, as well as school enrollment among young girls, by 3–5 percentage points.

    Biometric registration, authentication, and payments in India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, the world’s largest workfare program, reduced the time for paying beneficiaries by 29 percent.

  • India has failed to move up the GCI index, despite the Digitization push and increase in broadband base

    India has failed to move up the GCI index, despite the Digitization push and increase in broadband base

    NEW DELHI: Despite the stress on Digital India, India retains its rank at the 44th position in GCI 2016 – the same as last year. India has a huge consumer base that’s connected to the globe mainly by submarine cables..

    Huawei’s 2016 Global Connectivity Index (GCI) released today.says India can focus on speeding up its optical fiber Bharat Broadband Networks to bring high-speed Internet connectivity to rural areas. Strategies for increasing mobile broadband supply will increase demand in the nation.

    Both the public and private sectors need to invest in their networks to serve the growing subscriber base, and provide universal broadband access with digital literacy programs to close the rural-urban divide. The government plans to train an additional 10 million people in ICT from towns and villages to help digitize rural communities.

    Global improvements have been seen in overall levels of national and economic digitization.

    In its third year, the report measures the progress of 50 nations in investing in and deploying Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to achieve economic digitization.

    The greatest improvements across the globe have been seen in broadband coverage and speed, but nations are also making headway with cloud, big data, and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies.

    GCI 2016, Connect where it counts, measures how nations are progressing with digital transformation based on 40 indicators that cover the supply, demand, experience, and potential of five technology enablers: broadband, data centers, cloud, big data, and IoT. Investing in these five technologies enables nations to digitize their economies.

    Average national connectivity levels are 5 percent higher than they were in 2015.

    Twelve countries improved their positions, while four experienced a drop. The top three developed economies are the United States, Singapore, and Sweden. The leading developing economies are the United Arab Emirates in 19th place, Qatar in 21st, and China in 23rd.

    Examples of countries that moved up the index include the UK in 5th, up one place from last year; Malaysia, which jumped four places to 25th; and Indonesia, which moved up two places to 41st. Malaysia and Indonesia’s gains are attributable to broadband rollout, which in turn influences data center development. These two basic technologies lay the foundation for the three advanced technology enablers: cloud, big data, and IoT.

    GCI scores continue to show a positive correlation with GDP, similar to last year’s findings. However, the extent to which GCI influences GDP varies with the stage of digital transformation in each country.

    GCI 2016 identifies three groups of nations: Starters are beginning their digital journey and score between 20 and 34. At the moment, their digital infrastructure is not developed enough to strongly influence GDP. Adopters in the middle range have a stronger digital infrastructure and score between 35 and 55. They experience the greatest GDP gains per GCI point increase. Frontrunners show the greatest digital development with scores above 55, although GDP gains per GCI point are slightly less than Adopters.  However, Frontrunners show more mature cloud, big data, and IoT in readiness for more extensive economic digitization.

    GCI 2016 finds that investing in digital infrastructure correlates to GDP gains because it increases economic dynamism, efficiency, and productivity. To drive further GDP gains, countries need to move up the technology stack by investing in new technologies and ensuring they are adopted by governments, industry, and people.

    According to the report, nations with high GCI scores are also more competitive and innovative, with a close correlation found between GCI scores and ratings in the WEF Global Competitiveness Index and the Global Innovation Index, jointly published by Cornell University, INSEAD, and the UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization.

    “A revolutionary shift is occurring in the way the world works, with economies across the planet going digital fast. Nations that are in the early stages of economic digitization should develop long-term technology plans that include broadband and data centers to reap the benefits of enhanced growth,” said Kevin Zhang, president of Huawei Corporate Marketing. “Developed economies wanting to capitalize on their frontrunner ICT status should invest more in cloud, big data, and IoT technologies and solutions to experience the full benefits of a digital economy.”

    The 50 countries assessed by GCI 2016 account for 90 percent of global GDP and 78 percent of the world’s population.
    For information about Huawei Connectivity Index, visit: www.huawei.com/gci

     

  • India has failed to move up the GCI index, despite the Digitization push and increase in broadband base

    India has failed to move up the GCI index, despite the Digitization push and increase in broadband base

    NEW DELHI: Despite the stress on Digital India, India retains its rank at the 44th position in GCI 2016 – the same as last year. India has a huge consumer base that’s connected to the globe mainly by submarine cables..

    Huawei’s 2016 Global Connectivity Index (GCI) released today.says India can focus on speeding up its optical fiber Bharat Broadband Networks to bring high-speed Internet connectivity to rural areas. Strategies for increasing mobile broadband supply will increase demand in the nation.

    Both the public and private sectors need to invest in their networks to serve the growing subscriber base, and provide universal broadband access with digital literacy programs to close the rural-urban divide. The government plans to train an additional 10 million people in ICT from towns and villages to help digitize rural communities.

    Global improvements have been seen in overall levels of national and economic digitization.

    In its third year, the report measures the progress of 50 nations in investing in and deploying Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to achieve economic digitization.

    The greatest improvements across the globe have been seen in broadband coverage and speed, but nations are also making headway with cloud, big data, and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies.

    GCI 2016, Connect where it counts, measures how nations are progressing with digital transformation based on 40 indicators that cover the supply, demand, experience, and potential of five technology enablers: broadband, data centers, cloud, big data, and IoT. Investing in these five technologies enables nations to digitize their economies.

    Average national connectivity levels are 5 percent higher than they were in 2015.

    Twelve countries improved their positions, while four experienced a drop. The top three developed economies are the United States, Singapore, and Sweden. The leading developing economies are the United Arab Emirates in 19th place, Qatar in 21st, and China in 23rd.

    Examples of countries that moved up the index include the UK in 5th, up one place from last year; Malaysia, which jumped four places to 25th; and Indonesia, which moved up two places to 41st. Malaysia and Indonesia’s gains are attributable to broadband rollout, which in turn influences data center development. These two basic technologies lay the foundation for the three advanced technology enablers: cloud, big data, and IoT.

    GCI scores continue to show a positive correlation with GDP, similar to last year’s findings. However, the extent to which GCI influences GDP varies with the stage of digital transformation in each country.

    GCI 2016 identifies three groups of nations: Starters are beginning their digital journey and score between 20 and 34. At the moment, their digital infrastructure is not developed enough to strongly influence GDP. Adopters in the middle range have a stronger digital infrastructure and score between 35 and 55. They experience the greatest GDP gains per GCI point increase. Frontrunners show the greatest digital development with scores above 55, although GDP gains per GCI point are slightly less than Adopters.  However, Frontrunners show more mature cloud, big data, and IoT in readiness for more extensive economic digitization.

    GCI 2016 finds that investing in digital infrastructure correlates to GDP gains because it increases economic dynamism, efficiency, and productivity. To drive further GDP gains, countries need to move up the technology stack by investing in new technologies and ensuring they are adopted by governments, industry, and people.

    According to the report, nations with high GCI scores are also more competitive and innovative, with a close correlation found between GCI scores and ratings in the WEF Global Competitiveness Index and the Global Innovation Index, jointly published by Cornell University, INSEAD, and the UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization.

    “A revolutionary shift is occurring in the way the world works, with economies across the planet going digital fast. Nations that are in the early stages of economic digitization should develop long-term technology plans that include broadband and data centers to reap the benefits of enhanced growth,” said Kevin Zhang, president of Huawei Corporate Marketing. “Developed economies wanting to capitalize on their frontrunner ICT status should invest more in cloud, big data, and IoT technologies and solutions to experience the full benefits of a digital economy.”

    The 50 countries assessed by GCI 2016 account for 90 percent of global GDP and 78 percent of the world’s population.
    For information about Huawei Connectivity Index, visit: www.huawei.com/gci

     

  • Antrix earned over 80 million Euros through foreign satellite launch between January 2013 and December 2015

    Antrix earned over 80 million Euros through foreign satellite launch between January 2013 and December 2015

    New Delhi: Antrix, the commercial wing of Indian Space Research Organization, earned revenue of 80.6 Million Euros through launching of 28 international customer satellites. 

    The Cryogenic Rocket Development Programme is funded by the Government, Minister of State for Space Dr Jitendra Singh told Parliament today. 

    During the last three years starting from January 2013 until December 2015, a total of 28 International customer satellites belonging to nine countries were launched – Austria (two), Canada (five), Denmark (one), France (one), Germany (one), Indonesia (one), Singapore (one), United Kingdom (six), and United States (four).

    These satellites were launched onboard India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) under the commercial arrangement entered into between Antrix Corporation Limited (Antrix), the commercial arm of ISRO and the international customer.

    A leading space company from the United States is under initial phase of discussion with Antrix to utilise India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) launch services for one of its communication satellite.

    Entities from other countries that have shown interest in utilising GSLV launch services include space agencies/ companies from Canada, France, Republic of Korea and Turkey.

  • Antrix earned over 80 million Euros through foreign satellite launch between January 2013 and December 2015

    Antrix earned over 80 million Euros through foreign satellite launch between January 2013 and December 2015

    New Delhi: Antrix, the commercial wing of Indian Space Research Organization, earned revenue of 80.6 Million Euros through launching of 28 international customer satellites. 

    The Cryogenic Rocket Development Programme is funded by the Government, Minister of State for Space Dr Jitendra Singh told Parliament today. 

    During the last three years starting from January 2013 until December 2015, a total of 28 International customer satellites belonging to nine countries were launched – Austria (two), Canada (five), Denmark (one), France (one), Germany (one), Indonesia (one), Singapore (one), United Kingdom (six), and United States (four).

    These satellites were launched onboard India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) under the commercial arrangement entered into between Antrix Corporation Limited (Antrix), the commercial arm of ISRO and the international customer.

    A leading space company from the United States is under initial phase of discussion with Antrix to utilise India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) launch services for one of its communication satellite.

    Entities from other countries that have shown interest in utilising GSLV launch services include space agencies/ companies from Canada, France, Republic of Korea and Turkey.

  • iTV Network’s Shikha Rastogi bags World Women Leadership Award

    iTV Network’s Shikha Rastogi bags World Women Leadership Award

    NEW DELHI: iTV Network president and group head – Human Resources Shikha Rastogi has been awarded the “Exemplary Women Leadership Achievement Award” by the World Women Leadership Congress 2016 (WWLC).

    The award was given to Rastogi for demonstrating “excellent leadership and management skills” in the organisation and for making changes and achieving results.

    Rastogi has been working to transform two key products, India News and NewsX through innovative talent management models and for “creating a culture of performance differentiation.”

    She has been instrumental in nurturing and developing people’s function and leadership from the scratch in various organisations. Her plans, policies, initiatives and leadership skills have fostered growth, commitment, success and brought changes by achieving results for the organisations.

    The World Women Leadership Award appreciates the profound role played by women as leaders, executioners and decision-makers, in shaping the future of the sector.

    Speaking on the occasion, Rastogi said, “I am highly privileged to receive the recognition and would like to thank my entire team for their dedication, hard work and continuous support towards making this a success.”

    Rastogi is an XLRI alumnus with over 15 years of experience. She has worked in diversified work environments like media, telecom, IT and ITES business operations spread across multiple geographies in India, the United States and South-East Asian countries.

    She has been closely involved in creating winning teams and leaders by providing strategic direction, driving Talent Life-Cycle, leadership development, transitions and change management during M&A and international workforce relations.

  • iTV Network’s Shikha Rastogi bags World Women Leadership Award

    iTV Network’s Shikha Rastogi bags World Women Leadership Award

    NEW DELHI: iTV Network president and group head – Human Resources Shikha Rastogi has been awarded the “Exemplary Women Leadership Achievement Award” by the World Women Leadership Congress 2016 (WWLC).

    The award was given to Rastogi for demonstrating “excellent leadership and management skills” in the organisation and for making changes and achieving results.

    Rastogi has been working to transform two key products, India News and NewsX through innovative talent management models and for “creating a culture of performance differentiation.”

    She has been instrumental in nurturing and developing people’s function and leadership from the scratch in various organisations. Her plans, policies, initiatives and leadership skills have fostered growth, commitment, success and brought changes by achieving results for the organisations.

    The World Women Leadership Award appreciates the profound role played by women as leaders, executioners and decision-makers, in shaping the future of the sector.

    Speaking on the occasion, Rastogi said, “I am highly privileged to receive the recognition and would like to thank my entire team for their dedication, hard work and continuous support towards making this a success.”

    Rastogi is an XLRI alumnus with over 15 years of experience. She has worked in diversified work environments like media, telecom, IT and ITES business operations spread across multiple geographies in India, the United States and South-East Asian countries.

    She has been closely involved in creating winning teams and leaders by providing strategic direction, driving Talent Life-Cycle, leadership development, transitions and change management during M&A and international workforce relations.

  • SintecMedia acquires Broadway Systems, eyes expansion in ad sector

    SintecMedia acquires Broadway Systems, eyes expansion in ad sector

    NEW DELHI: Broadway Systems, a provider of broadcast management solutions, has been acquired by SintecMedia.

     

    Broadway Systems manages several billion dollars in advertising revenues across news, sports, music, and entertainment networks for customers in the media industry, including three of the Top 15 rated cable television networks in the United States.

     

    “We are excited about the addition of Broadway Systems to the SintecMedia family and look forward to bringing our two companies together. With its technology leadership and extensive industry experience, Broadway fits seamlessly into the SintecMedia portfolio,” said SintecMedia CEO Amotz Yarden. 

     

    “The media industry is changing and it requires an experienced partner and strong technology to navigate the complexity of new channels, new advertising methods and new business models. Our strategy is to use the best people and systems to deliver that to the market,” Yarden added.

     

    “We recently launched OnBoard, a TV sell side platform (SSP) that gives networks the tools they need to control their Linear and Digital advertising inventory. Integrating OnBoard with Broadway Systems’ innovative solutions will provide Broadway customers a path to enhance their business, particularly in the growing category of digital, programmatic solutions,” he said.

     

    “The acquisition of Broadway Systems will contribute to the further expansion of SintecMedia in the US. We will continue to invest in and support the Broadway Systems products, as well as leverage our expanded portfolio to offer Broadway’s customers exciting new solutions. We will integrate Broadway into the wider SintecMedia product suite, providing all our customers with enhanced technology offerings and superior customer service. We are looking forward to having Broadway join the SintecMedia team,” said SintecMedia Americas president Amir Lavi.