In Broadcast - January 2020 - 22

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Eros Now Chooses Verizon
Media Platform
E

ros Now, a premier South Asian
OTT entertainment platform, is
using the Verizon Media Platform to
meet global consumer demand for high
quality streaming of Indian cinema.
India is home to Bollywood, the
world's largest film industry with an
annual output of almost 2,000 films.
Global demand for Bollywood content
is growing rapidly and Eros Now has
attracted over 177 million users to its
service by housing over 12,000 movie
titles, TV shows, Eros Now Originals,
and short-format content - Eros Now
Quickie. In order to retain its market
leading position in India and also
futureproof its ability to penetrate
additional markets, Eros Now chose
to migrate from its technology-dense
streaming stack to a fully managed
streaming service.
"As we continue our mission of
bringing Bollywood content to a global
audience, it's crucial that we invest in
cutting edge technologies to maintain
high quality online experiences for the
millions of users accessing our service

from a range of devices and locations.
Verizon Media's Platform is renowned
for its unparalleled streaming
capabilities and high performance
network, which will play an important
role in helping us deliver an unrivalled
user experience to our customers
around the world," said Ali Hussein,
CEO, Eros Now.

Eros Now chose the Verizon Media
Platform to simplify its video workflow
and provide an end to end managed
service from ingest to delivery. Verizon
Media's workflow includes encoding,
storage, delivery and provides support
for all major DRMs including license
server management. The cost and
time-consuming nature of constantly
updating these services individually
is mitigated by delivering them all
seamlessly via the Verizon Media

Eros Now - bringing Bollywood content to a global audience

Platform. With more than 140 points
of presence globally and 100Tbps
of capacity at the end of 2019, the
Verizon Media Platform provides
Eros Now with a high performance
streaming network to reach consumers
in India and worldwide.
"One of the biggest challenges content
service providers face is being able
to deliver high quality experiences
to international audiences," said Ralf
Jacob, President, Verizon Media. "Eros
Now is meeting this challenge head-on
by using the Verizon Media Platform
to simplify its video workflow so it
can focus on delivering compelling
user experiences. We're honoured
that Eros Now chose Verizon Media
to help further elevate the visibility
of Bollywood content among an
international audience."
Verizon Media's platform is built on
a global network that has over 130
points of presence on six continents,
ensuring high-quality viewing of
digital content on any device, anytime,
anywhere.
Eros Now (www.erosnow.com) is Eros
International Plc's on-demand South
Asian entertainment video service
accessible worldwide to viewers across
internet enabled devices including
mobile, web and TV.

Ensign InfoSecurity CEO Tham Appointed
to Mediacorp Board of Directors
M

ediacorp has appointed Ms
Tammie Tham to its Board of
Directors, effective from 2 January,
2020.
Ms Tham is Chief Executive Officer
of Ensign InfoSecurity, one of Asia
Pacific's largest pure-play cybersecurity firms offering bespoke, endto-end security solutions to enterprises
and governments globally.
Ms Tham has extensive experience
running cyber businesses across
the ASEAN region. Prior to Ensign,
she was the Chief Executive Officer
and Founder of Accel Systems &
Technologies (Accel), a cybersecurity
systems integrator. She led the APAC
Cyber Security Business Unit at BT
Frontline, a subsidiary of BT Global
Services, and was responsible for
expanding its cyber business in ASEAN
and building a footprint in Asia Pacific.
Before that, Ms Tham led the ASEAN
Security Practice at IBM.
Ms Tham is on the executive
committee of industry association
SGTech (formerly known as SiTF).

She is also a member of Cyber Security
Agency's Cyber Security Awareness
Alliance, which aims to enhance
awareness and promote adoption of
essential cybersecurity practices, and
sits on the Board of Trustees of the
Singapore Institute of Technology.
Mediacorp Chairman Niam Chiang
Meng said of the appointment:
"Tammie has a wealth of experience
in technology and especially deep
expertise in leading-edge, disruptive
cybersecurity. Having started a
company, she is also well clued in
on the need for a business to be
competitive and to always look out for
opportunities. We welcome Tammie to
the Mediacorp board and look forward
to benefitting from her insights and
experience in these fields."
Of joining the Mediacorp board, Ms
Tham said: "Mediacorp plays an
essential role in our community,
creating content that connects and
inspires people. I am excited to join
the board at a time when the company
is transforming from traditional

broadcaster to multiplatform media Mr Yap Chee Keong, concurrently
network with demonstrably innovative Director, Olam International.
digital content and initiatives to Mr
Zainul
Abidin
Rasheed,
engage a new generation."
concurrently
Ambassador
(NonThe Mediacorp board of directors Resident) to Kuwait.
comprises:
Tammie Tham joins
Mr
Niam
Chiang
Meng,
Mediacorp Board
of Directors
concurrently Chairman, Maritime
and Port Authority of Singapore.
Ms Tham Loke Kheng, concurrently
CEO, Mediacorp.
Mr Robin Hu, concurrently Head,
Sustainability and Stewardship Group,
Temasek International.
Mr Pang Kin Keong, concurrently
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of
Home Affairs.
Mr Roy Quek, concurrently Director,
Thomson Medical Group.
Mr Rajesh Sreenivasan, concurrently
Equity Partner, Rajah & Tann
Singapore LLP.
Ms Tammie Tham, concurrently
CEO, Ensign InfoSecurity.
Ms
Wong
Su-Yen,
concurrently
Chairman,
Nera
Telecommunications.

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