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Northern Waves TV conference unveils 2024 agenda
Mumbai: Northern Waves TV, the streaming TV conference in the Nordics, has announced its agenda featuring speakers from various broadcasters and streaming service providers. Scheduled for Thursday, 24 October 2024, in Oslo, the conference will include keynote speakers from Viaplay, NRK, SVT, NBCUniversal, TalkTalk, and others. Hosted by Oslo-based Norigin Media since 2018, including virtual formats during the pandemic, the event will highlight business, products, and innovation in the streaming TV industry.
The unique keynote format and day-long conference boasts a line-up of global speakers including:
● Google, head of video partnerships Northern Europe, Tim DuBois
● Telia, CTO of TV & streaming, Marius Haugen
● Mediavision, CEO, Marie Nilsson
● NBCUniversal, director of creative products, Shannon McKenzie
● NRK, head of distribution, Bjarne Andre Myklebust
● Elisa Estonia, TV product owner, Brigita Brjuhhanov
● Allente Nordic, CTO, Jon Espen Nergård
● ViaPlay Group, product manager streaming, Niklas Hammarbäck
● Sýn-Vodafone Iceland, head of TV development & platform, Kristjana Thors Brynjólfsdóttir
● TalkTalk UK, head of sustainability & ESG, Will Ennett
● SWR / Südwestrundfunk, distribution strategy, Dr. Roland Beutler
● Hub Entertainment Research, founder and principal, Jon Giegengack
● Altibox, head of TV technology, Jarle Johnsen
● DPP, CEO, Rowan de Pomerai
● SVT, manager engineer AI, Johan Lindén
● IABM, head of knowledge & insight, Chris Evans
● VGTV, Schibsted, product manager video, Kristin Nyland
The agenda features engaging 25-minute-long presentations across a range of topics showcasing the most relevant innovations, technologies, case studies, and trends within the ever-evolving streaming TV industry. The finale includes a panel with CTOs from Norwegian distributors Altibox, Telia and Allente.
Norigin Media CEO Ajey Anand said, “This conference is unique because we put this agenda together with all the speakers who share unseen insights with dedicated keynote presentations. I take this as a responsibility to ensure the streaming TV industry shares knowledge amongst ourselves while preparing a great deal for the future of TV. I look forward to welcoming all delegates to Oslo.”
NBCUniversal’s McKenzie will present the hottest topic fresh off the Paris Olympics: A case study in cross-platform experience design, while Ennett of PXC, TalkTalk will speak to sustainability and achieving net-zero in the TV and telecom industry, and ViaPlay Group’s Hammarbäck will highlight issues around piracy, what causes it, and how we can mitigate its impact going forward.
The event is sponsored by Norigin Media with media partners IABM, DPP, and Streaming Media Magazine.
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PNB partners Kiwi to launch credit-enabled UPI for users
Targets 180 million customers; RuPay card offers 0.5 per cent to 1.5 per cent cashback
MUMBAI: Swipe, tap, or scan credit is quietly slipping into the rhythm of everyday payments, and Punjab National Bank wants in on the action. The state-run lender has partnered with Kiwi to roll out credit-enabled UPI payments for its 180 million customers, marking a significant push to blend traditional banking with India’s fast-evolving digital payments ecosystem.
At the centre of the collaboration is the launch of the PNB Kiwi Credit Card on the RuPay network. The card is designed with a digital-first approach, offering fully online onboarding and seamless integration with UPI, allowing users to transact via scan-and-pay while accessing credit.
The offering also brings in a rewards layer, with cashback ranging from 0.5 per cent to 1.5 per cent on online transactions, positioning the product as both a convenience play and a spending incentive.
The move comes as UPI continues to dominate India’s digital payments landscape, increasingly blurring the lines between debit-led transactions and credit access. For PNB, which operates over 10,000 branches around 60 per cent in semi-urban and rural areas, the partnership signals a targeted effort to extend formal credit to segments that have traditionally remained underserved.
The collaboration also reflects a broader industry shift, where banks and fintech platforms are converging to embed credit directly into payment flows, reducing friction while expanding access.
With RuPay credit cards gaining traction and UPI evolving beyond peer-to-peer transfers, the PNB–Kiwi tie-up positions both players at the intersection of scale, accessibility, and the next phase of digital finance in India.
