Den ups Sharma to CEO, Azhar is COO

MUMBAI: Den has promoted Shailender Nath Sharma to the position of chief executive officer with immediate effect. Earlier, he was president, operations since 2007.

Den has also elevated Mohammad Ghulam Azhar to the role of chief operating officer. He was earlier president, strategy and business development since 2007.

As had been reported earlier by Indiantelevision.com, the Sameer Manchanda -promoted multi-system operator (MSO) plans to invest Rs 2 billion in the first phase of digitisation. Den has ordered for two million STBs, in addition to 500,000 that is already lying with it.
 
“Our backend infrastructure is in place as we knew that the government is going to mandate digitisation. We will require to seed 1.5 million STBs in Delhi and 700,000 in Mumbai. We have recently acquired a small network in Kolkata and will need to service that market too,” Azhar had told Indiantelevision.com in an earlier interview.