Planetcast Media Services Limited
Sakthibalan B possesses over a decade of experience in broadcast operations, currently serving as Senior Broadcast Executive Operations at Shalini Television Network Private Limited since January 2021. Prior roles include Senior Broadcast Executive positions at Planetcast Media Services Limited and Captain Media Private Ltd from May 2017 to present and April 2010 to May 2017, respectively. Sakthibalan B holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology from Vel Tech HighTech Dr. Rangarajan Dr. Sakunthala Engineering College and a Diploma in ECE from IRT Polytechnic College, completed between 2003 and 2006.
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Planetcast Media Services Limited
PlanetCast is a technology service provider specializing in uplinking and downlinking services for broadcasting and satellite communication industries. It is into media broadcasting, teleporting, content management, pre, and postproduction, distribution for multi-platform/multi-devices along with satellite-based telecom services and mobile connectivity via DSNG vans. The company is on its way in adopting cloud technology and going forward will focus its approach on international markets including SAARC, SEA, Middle East, and Africa. PlanetCast (formerly Essel Shyam) wins the world's First Green Teleport Award. Recognition by the World Teleport Association (WTA) on the green initiatives of PlanetCast. The company has been providing complete playout and broadcast facilities for STAR TV, Disney-UTV and Sony in India and installed satellite earth station and newsgathering network for India TV. It also has helped broadcasters in Bangladesh and Afghanistan. PlanetCast has also been instrumental in transmitting the high definition feeds for the third season of IPL. It supports the live streaming feeds for YouTube as well. Not just media, the company has also installed a hub and over 300 remote VSAT terminals nationwide for ONGC in C and Ku Band and implemented its SAP ERP. For Maharashtra Police, Essel Shyam had also provided the first police network of voice & data using VSAT's. It was also the key vendor for the e-governance project of the treasury department of the Madhya Pradesh government. The company has also diversified into defence contracts, high-end hydrometeorology system for the management of Bhakra Beas Management Board's water reservoirs. PlanetCast is responsible for the supply, installation, and commissioning of the system located in the Sutlej and Beas basins.