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India could become a manufacturing hub for flat screens
BANGALORE: Union minister of communications and technology Dayanidhi Maran is hopeful that Korean companies will make India a manufacturing hub for flat screens.
“Today, flat screens are replacing most of the CRT screens for computers, televisions. My next visit will be to Korea, since the Koreans are the big players in flat screen,” said Maran, who was speaking on the sidelines of the second day of the valedictory session of the ISA summit in Bangalore.
Maran made an oblique reference to Samsung as one of the companies he could approach.
During the address, Maran revealed that a Frost & Sullivan report conducted for the ISA had estimated that the Indian Semiconductor industry (SCI) was expected to grow from the current $2 billion annually to $36 billion by 2015, with a potential to create 3.6 million jobs and that the sector would contribute around 12 per cent to India’s GDP.
He assured that the Central and State Governments had now become aware of the potential of the SCI and were very proactive to nurture this industry.
Maran said that his focus was now on building successes in design and software services to become an attractive location for the semiconductor and electronic equipment manufacturing industry.
Bangalore headquartered ISA or the India Semiconductor Association is an organization established in 2004, representing the Indian semiconductor industry as the name suggests, and has around 90 members from leading companies in their space. This summit is the first one being held since the formation of the ISA.
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EPIC Company unifies all brands under single EPIC identity
IN10 Media rebrand aligns TV, digital and films into one ecosystem
MUMBAI: The EPIC Company, formerly known as IN10 Media Network, has announced a sweeping brand consolidation, bringing its television channels, digital platforms and content IPs under a single identity, EPIC.
The move is aimed at simplifying the company’s structure while creating a more connected content ecosystem spanning television, digital and films. By aligning multiple verticals under one umbrella, the company is looking to present a sharper, more cohesive face to both audiences and partners.
As part of the transition, several channels have been rebranded to align with the EPIC identity. EPIC will now operate as EPIC TV, while Nazara becomes EPIC Bharat, Filamchi is now EPIC Bhojpuri, Gubbare transitions to EPIC Kids, and ShowBox is reintroduced as EPIC Music. Ishara will continue under the identity EPIC Parivaar, maintaining its core positioning.
The company has also refreshed EPICON, its streaming platform, to reflect a more unified and modern brand experience. The overhaul is designed to improve content discovery and create a seamless experience across platforms.
This consolidation follows the recent launch of EPIC Studio, a unified production arm that brings together Juggernaut Productions and MovieVerse Studio, as the company expands its footprint across films, OTT and television.
The EPIC Company managing director Aditya Pittie said, “As our scale has grown, it has become important to simplify how we operate and how we present ourselves to the ecosystem. This consolidation gives us a clearer, more future-ready structure to partner, invest, and build at scale, while ensuring that for viewers, the experience is more seamless and intuitive.”
With the rebrand, The EPIC Company is positioning itself as a platform-agnostic content network, focused on scale, simplicity and integrated storytelling. By bringing everything under one banner, it is aiming to make its content universe easier to navigate and harder to ignore.
