The event
At India Mobile Congress 2024 (IMC 2024), the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India organised a symposium on emerging trends and technologies in the broadcasting sector. It reflects the Government of India's moves to build a strong foundation for immersive technologies.
Speakers
- Vishal Arya, Head of Technology, Tata Play (Session Chair)
- Siddharth Sharma, CEO, Bharti Telemedia Ltd
- Bo Hagerman, Director of Advanced Technology, Ericsson APAC
- Ganesh, Senior Solutions Architect, Dolby Laboratories
- Arunava Konar, Senior VP, Zee Entertainment
- Ted Laverty, VP, Global Standards, Xperi
- Alan Norman, Public Policy Director, Meta Platforms
- Rrahul Sethi, founder and Managing Director, Metaverse911
The talk
Rrahul's message to the panel was that companies need to see things from the point of view of young people when they create content, build products and roll out solutions. Young people are into immersive content and gamification, and that is where the future lies.
At our Metaverse Experience Center, industry leaders can try these technologies for themselves.
Key points
The symposium covered three areas:
- Immersive technologies in broadcasting: how 5G, IoT, AI, AR/VR and the metaverse open new opportunities for growth and innovation in India
- D2M and 5G broadcasting: the opportunities and challenges new technologies bring to terrestrial broadcasting
- Digital radio deployment in India: digital radio technologies and systems, their costs and benefits, and how digital terrestrial systems can work with existing analogue networks
