News Broadcasting
Time Warner Telecom delivers data, internet and voice solutions to Inoveris
MUMBAI: Time Warner Telecom Inc. has installed a full suite of voice and data communications services for Inoveris, LLC of Dublin, Ohio. The product-to-market solutions provider is using these services to support mission-critical software applications, operational efficiency initiatives and business growth.
“These new services allow us to streamline our business internally so that we can support more business and enhance employee productivity,” says Inoveris director for Dublin, Roy Gilliam. “By turning up high-capacity metro Ethernet and centralizing our production data center into a resilient collocation facility, we are able to integrate our workflow infrastructure so our three locations — Ohio, Utah and Canada — work together as one. This gives us the 24 by 7 availability our operations require.”
Time Warner Telecom is delivering a wide range of services to Inoveris to support its nationwide communications network. These services include 10 Mbps of Ethernet Internet service capability and 100 Mbps metro Ethernet connecting the Columbus collocation site and the Dublin-based headquarters. Local and long distance voice services as well as long-haul DS-1 and Internet connectivity to Inoveris in Orem, Utah, are also provided by Time Warner Telecom, states an official release.
“We rely heavily on our extranet to communicate with and process manufacturing and distribution orders from our customers,” says Inoveris network manager Jonathan O’Connor. “From a revenue and reputation standpoint, we simply had to go with a provider that met our high uptime criteria. The customer service we’ve received from Time Warner Telecom far exceeds any we’ve seen from other providers and that played a key role in our decision.”
“Infrastructure consolidation has become a strategy for businesses to cut costs, increase efficiencies and improve employee productivity,” says Time Warner Telecom VP and GM for Columbus, Brad Thien. “Our end-to-end solutions offer the voice, data and collocation services that make these goals possible. Our highly reliable fiber-based services are particularly important to businesses like Inoveris, where downtime of any kind can affect their efficiencies.”
News Broadcasting
Mihir Bhatt appointed as chief content officer at News18 Studios
The media veteran brings two decades of experience across television, digital and radio to one of India’s biggest broadcast networks, Disney+ Hotstar, Discovery+
NEW DELHI: Network18 has a new strategist in the building. Mihir Bhatt, one of Indian media’s more versatile operators, has joined News18 Studios as chief content officer, stepping into a role that will see him shape content strategy, build multi-platform properties and drive brand partnerships across the network.
Bhatt brings more than two decades of experience spanning television, digital and radio, with a track record of doing something rare in Indian media: combining editorial ambition with hard commercial results. At Times Network, where he served as managing editor and chief business officer of Times Influence, he built one of the industry’s more respected content studios, launching marquee properties such as the India Economic Conclave, the Times Now Summit and Leaders of Tomorrow. He also pushed the network into premium OTT territory through tie-ups with Disney+ Hotstar and Discovery+.
His resume stretches well beyond the studio. Bhatt has led Global Investor Summits for multiple state governments, worked alongside the World Economic Forum and played a pivotal role in launching the Indian Pickleball League. Earlier, as editor of Zee Business, he pioneered investor education initiatives that are still cited as industry benchmarks.
At News18 Studios, Bhatt will report to chief executive S Shivakumar and will oversee the studios execution vertical alongside revenue verticals covering emerging markets and campaigns. Sidharth Saini, Hemanth Kumar and Nimar Sarkaria will work under him.
Rahul Joshi, managing director and editor-in-chief of Network18 Group, made the announcement in an internal communication. “Mihir’s ability to build enduring brands, foster strategic partnerships and navigate a rapidly evolving media landscape will be instrumental as we continue to strengthen our position and explore new avenues of growth in the Studios business,” Joshi said.
In a media industry lurching between disruption and reinvention, Network18 has bet on a man who has spent two decades thriving in exactly that chaos. Whether he can do it again, at greater scale, is the question worth watching.
