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Shemaroo Video wins Sansui DVD awards for ‘Baghban’
MUMBAI: Sansui India together with Optical Disc Systems magazine announced India’s first DVD awards for excellence in DVD Authoring and Creation.
In a ceremony at the Taj Palace Hotel in New Delhi the award for the Best DVD Creation was given to Shemaroo Video for VR Films’ Baghban. The award for the Best DVD Design went to Ultra Distributor for Koi Mil Gaya.
While the first is a technical award that recognises a superior encoding process that contributes to audio visual quality of a DVD, the Design Award recognises packaging and presentation of DVD discs.
The Sansui ODS DVD awards are a pioneering initiative that recognise a rapidly growing new age medium for the first time in the country.
The winners were decided after a careful evaluation of all DVD titles available in the Indian market, each evaluated for technical qualities, content, presentation and packaging. The specifications for each category have been developed by the DVD Forum, Japan.
Sansui managing director Anil Khera, “DVD home entertainment in India has tremendous potential. Sansui is on a mission to develop the growth of DVD which depends on realising the much higher quality that DVD offers. The Sansui ODs Awards will definitely create a positive awareness of the DVD-enhanced home cinema.”
In the emerging DVD category, Sansui has already sold 220,000 DVD units in 2004 making it one of the leaders in the DVD category.
Optical Disc Systems magazine informs that the revenues in the US from DVD at $ 12 billion has far exceeded the cinema theatrical revenues of $ 9 billion.
In India, the DVD market is set to explode with the rapid growth in affordable incomes and promotion of home entertainment at the malls and multiplexes. The structure of the entertainment industry in India will soon emulate the developed economies. The exponential growth of DVD in India that is estimated has not been realised due to rampant piracy.
With the public awareness about DVD quality, a change in consumers’ preferences is possible. “Sansui is offering DVD players of very high quality at very reasonable prices. The Indian consumer I’m sure will respond enthusiastically once he experiences a good quality DVD and the Sansui ODs DVD Awards is the best thing that could happen to add some energy to DVD home entertainment,” Khera says.
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TCS and ServiceNow join forces to fast-track AI in enterprises
New partnership aims to turn clunky workflows into smart, self-learning engines
MUMBAI: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and ServiceNow have teamed up to help businesses move from AI experiments to full-scale adoption. The multi-year partnership will see TCS building industry-specific AI solutions on the ServiceNow platform, transforming slow, manual processes into intelligent, autonomous workflows that learn and improve over time.
Enterprises are eager for smarter ways to handle back-office functions like HR, finance, supply chain, procurement, and employee services. With this collaboration, TCS will offer AI-led solutions that bring together trusted AI, modern workflows, and deep industry knowledge, helping businesses work faster, smarter, and more efficiently.
ServiceNow president and chief product officer Amit Zavery said, “Enterprises need partners who can combine innovation, execution, and governance. Together with TCS, we are embedding AI directly into workflows, modernising legacy systems, and driving measurable results.”
TCS executive director and COO Aarthi Subramanian added, “Companies are ready to move beyond pilots to enterprise-wide transformation. Our partnership will embed intelligence across IT, operations, and customer functions, unlocking speed, efficiency, and lasting advantage.”
The solutions are designed to break down silos, giving organisations a holistic, insight-driven view. HR operations, for instance, could shift from fragmented services to a smooth hire-to-retire lifecycle, boosting productivity and engagement. Similarly, order processing could evolve from a slow, multi-step cycle into a fast-moving engine that drives revenue and cash flow.
TCS is already ServiceNow’s largest user for IT Asset Management, rolling out the system across thousands of devices in just three months. Both companies will also invest in co-innovation labs, solution showcases, and joint go-to-market initiatives to bring these AI capabilities to clients.
With this partnership, enterprises can look forward to workflows that think for themselves, helping businesses stay ahead in the AI era.
