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About VBS 2024

India is in the grips of seismic changes as far as video and broadband consumption is concerned. Pay TV cord-cutting is rampant even as free TV subscriptions are on the rise and OTT buy ins are churning with sign ups for certain platforms stagnating, even as others are seeing rapid increases and some are seeing cataclysmic drops. Aggregators of OTTs are popping up on the horizon promising cheap bundles along with value-added services for cable TV and DTH. There’s a rush to set up free advertising supported TV channels by TV set manufacturers and smart TV device makers. There’s the Jio factor where it is seeking to convert most pay TV customers to free streaming of video content by offering access to consumers at no cost. The consumer continues to demand bandwidths higher than ever imagined even as prices are dropping. Margins are under pressure as every player goes one up on each other o acquire and retain customers.

Clearly, the video and broadband distribution landscape has not been as vibrant as it is now.. How long will this pot-boiling continue? What will the magic potion of video and broadband look and taste like? And what’s the end game?

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Agenda

08:30 AM

Registration

10:00 AM - 10:05 AM

Opening Address

10:05 AM - 10:15 AM

Partner AV & Lamp Lighting

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM

Opening Session: FSC 1- Topic: Evolving Content Distribution Landscape

  • Saurabh Sancheti, Group CFO, Jio Platforms
  • in Conversition with
  • Anil NM Wanvari, Founder, Chairman & Editor in Chief, Indian Television.com group

10:40 AM - 11:30 AM

PANEL 1 - The Churning Video Distribution Ecosystem - What’s next?

  • Prem Ojha, Group CEO, Fastway
  • Amit Arora, President, IndiaCast.
  • Manoj Dobhal, CEO, Dish TV India
  • Ruchir Jain, Head of Distribution and Eurosport - South Asia, Warner Bros. Discovery
  • Sandeep Gupta, COO Broadcasting Business, Shemaroo Entertainment
  • Alexandre Paugam, Streaming Market Development Director, EMEA-APAC, Harmonic
  • Session Chair: Ashish Pherwani, Partner, Media & Entertainment Advisory Services, Ernst and Young

11:30 AM - 12:20 PM

PANEL 2- The FAST TV phenomenon: The next growth phase

  • Prashant Chothani, Co-Founder & CEO, Travelxp
  • Vikas Khanchandani, APAC Head, DistroScale, Inc.
  • Gulshan Verma, CEO, Jioads
  • Kunal Mehta, Head Partnerships, Samsung TV-Plus
  • Venugopal Iyengar, COO, Digital, Planetcast
  • Jay Ganesan, SVP (Sales)-APAC, Amagi
  • Session Chair: Sunil Lulla, Founder & Chief Evangelist, The Linus Adventures

12:20 PM - 01:10 PM

PANEL 3 - The OTT Aggregation game

  • Ravikant Sabnavis, CEO, Arha Media & Broadcasting
  • Anil Khera, Founder & CEO, One Take Media Co.
  • Yatin Gupta, Senior Vice President, GTPL Hathway Limited
  • Manish Verma, VP Engineering, Warner Bros. Discovery
  • Akshat Singhal, Head, Dangal TV
  • Aamir Mulani, Founder & CEO, Playbox TV
  • Archita Jasani, COO, VHunt Digital Media, OTT, Chana Jor.
  • Session Chair: Anuj Gandhi, Media Consultant

01:10 PM - 01:25 PM

FSC 2 - OTT aggregation and Beyond

  • Anil Dua, Chief Revenue Officer (HT Labs) at HT Media Ltd.
  • in Conversition with
  • Anil NM Wanvari, Founder, Chairman & Editor in Chief, Indian Television.com group

01:25 PM - 02:15 PM

Lunch Break

02:15 PM - 03:05 PM

PANEL 4 - Stopping the leakages in the pay TV ecosystem

  • Rouse Koshi, COO, NXT Digital
  • Nagesh Chhabria, Promoter, MetroCast Network India
  • Atul Saraf, Chairman & Managing Director, Sabot One Pvt. Ltd.
  • Sourjya Mohanty, Chief Operating Officer, EPIC ON & Stream-Sense
  • Padmakumar N, Chief Operating Officer, KCCL and KVBL
  • Session Chair: Karan Taurani, Senior Vice President, Elara Capital

03:05 PM - 03:20 PM

SPOTLIGHT SESSION: Topic - India's Digital Revolution with JioCinema

Simran Channey, AVP-Brand Solutions, Viacom18 Sports

03:20 PM - 03:35 PM

INDUSTRY SESSION: Enrich End User Experience Using Internet Exchange

Raunak Maheshwari, ED & CEO, Extreme

03:35 PM - 03:50 PM

FSC 3- Driving Distribution Success with NexC

  • Sanjay Duda, CEO, Planetcast
  • in Conversition with
  • Anil NM Wanvari, Founder, Chairman & Editor in Chief, Indian Television.com group

03:50 PM - 04:40 PM

PANEL 5 - Perspectives on the advertising economy & the role of video

  • Priyanka Khaneja Gandhi, Director- Integrated Brand Experience Lead Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd.
  • Sonam Pradhan, Head-Media & Digital Marketing (South Asia), Kellogg's India
  • Sheena Kapoor, Head- Marketing, Corporate Communications and CSR, ICICI Lombard
  • Trishul Bhumkar, Managing Partner, Zenith India
  • Amita Srivastava, Vice President- West, Carat India
  • Session Chair: Deepak Sonpar, Managing Partner, EssenceMediacom India

04:40 PM - 5.25 PM

Felicitation Ceremony: Felicitation of the Game Changers in the Video, Distribution & Broadband industry

05:30 PM

Closing Remark

Speakers

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Prem Ojha

Group CEO
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Amit Arora

President
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Sandeep Gupta

COO Broadcasting Business
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Manoj Dobhal

CEO

Dish TV India Limited

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Ashish Pherwani

Partner, Media & Entertainment Advisory Services
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Prashant Chothani

Co-Founder & CEO
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Vikas Khanchandani

APAC Head
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Kunal Mehta

Head Partnerships
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Jay Ganesan

SVP (Sales)-APAC
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Sunil Lulla

Founder & Chief Evangelist
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Anil NM Wanvari

Founder, Chairman & Editor in Chief
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Yatin Gupta

Senior Vice President
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Ravikant Sabnavis

CEO
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Anil Khera

Founder & CEO
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Manish Verma

VP Engineering
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Rouse Koshi

COO
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Nagesh Chhabria

Promoter
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Aamir Mulani

Founder & CEO
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Karan Taurani

Senior Vice President
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Raunak Maheshwari

ED & CEO
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Ruchir Jain

Head of Distribution and Eurosport-South Asia
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Sourjya Mohanty

Chief Operating Officer
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Akshat Singhal

Head
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Anuj Gandhi

Media Consultant

Gulshan Verma

CEO
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Archita Jasani

COO, VHunt Digital Media, OTT
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Trishul Bhumkar

Managing Partner
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Sonam Pradhan

Head- Media & Digital Marketing (South Asia)
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Simran Channey

AVP, Brand Solutions
Viacom18 Sports

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Sanjay Duda

CEO
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Saurabh Sancheti

Group CFO
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Alexandre Paugam

Streaming Market Development Director, EMEA-APAC
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Priyanka Khaneja Gandhi

Director - Integrated Brand Experience Lead
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Deepak Sonpar

Managing Partner
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Venugopal Parthasarathy Iyengar

COO, Digital
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Sheena Kapoor

Head- Marketing, Corporate Communications and CSR
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Padmakumar N

Chief Operating Officer
Kerala Communicators Cable Ltd (KCCL)and Keralavision Broadband Ltd (KVBL)
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Amita Srivastava

Vice President- West
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Atul Saraf

Chairman & Managing Director
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Anil Dua

Chief Revenue Officer (HT Labs)
HT Media Ltd.

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