Tatas enter entertainment with Thomson tie-up

(Re-updated at 07:00 pm)
Televisionpoint.com Team
The Thomson Group known for its Technicolor, Grass Valley, RCA and Thomson brands, has joined hands with Tata group's Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd, VSNL, to explore new opportunities and collate their expertise to come up with new technologies for the Indian market.

Through the partnership, Thomson will gain a foothold in the Indian market and will leverage the reputation of the Tatas, the brand recognition of Tata Indicom and VSNL's expertise and presence to grow its broadcast, network and telecom activities.

Commenting on the collaboration, N. Srinath, director (Operations), VSNL, said, "The Media and Entertainment sector in India has seen unprecedented growth in the recent past primarily due to the increasing appetite of the Indian consumer, the potential for which is growing by the day. It is therefore a challenging task for service providers like us to provide state-of-the-art solutions which facilitate opportunities for growth for our Media and Entertainment Customers from this sector."

Thomson's expertise in digital video technologies will offer significant benefits to VSNL and the companies will explore new opportunities in managing and delivering content for third parties.