MUMBAI: SmarDTV Global, with more than 20 years’ experience and millions of devices successfully deployed across the globe, is a European leading company in designing, developing and delivering secure and reliable devices for the digital pay TV industry. 
The company has established longstanding partnerships with top key specialists in the overall pay tv ecosystem: system on chip (SoC), security providers, software, hardware, app creation and manufacturing, acquiring a deep understanding and knowledge of complex and constantly evolving ecosystems. Cumulating inhouse expertise in security data communication and access control, hardware design and software engineering in the video industry, SmarDTV Global is able to solve pay TV operators’ problems by overcoming new technology challenges and handling complex integration for them in an end-to-end solution.

The company is focusing on long-term and sustainable relationships with customers to create together durable successes, keeping up innovation, while minimizing investments. Today, SmarDTV Global  can help and support them during the ongoing digital pay-tv transition, with a wide range of consumer devices from broadcast to hybrid solutions, on satellite, cable or terrestrial networks including new IP-based services.

With an international presence, the company is close to its  customers to deliver tailored solutions and support.  SmarDTV Global is innovating by co-defining with customers enriched TV viewing experiences and creative features for the best value to monetise.

The company provides worldwide operators with 100+ products including set-top-boxes and conditional access modules (CAM) for the consumer market and solutions for the professional and hospitality industry. The largest operators have selected its solutions in 100+ countries with a full presence in extended Europe.

SmarDTV Global, as a key contributor to the worldwide pay tv industry, reinforces its position in Asia and mainly in India with SmarDTV Global Technology, its Bengaluru office focused on R&D development, customer delivery and support and an office in Noida to contribute to develop sales and marketing products, closely working on Indian market expectations and customers’ requests.

“SmarDTV Global can actively contribute in the Indian pay tv business, benefiting from a broad experience and knowhow in delivering accurate and cost-effective devices, supporting operators to cope with new technical, commercial and skills challenges as complexity constantly increases with growing and evolving ecosystems” said SmarDTB Global chief operating officer Hervé Mathieu. “To overcome such exciting challenges, we are extremely pleased to announce that business development veteran Sumeer Raina joins us as sales & marketing director to focus and strengthen SAARC business opportunities."

Sumeer’s responsibility encompasses business expansion plan in the SAARC region, contributing to SmarDTV Global marketing & business Sales strategies thus by acceleratingthe company’s growth and revenue.

Sumeer brings 20 years of rich broadcast & telecom experience in business development leadership. Prior to joining SmarDTV Global, Sumeer gained leadership momentum and expertise working with technology multinational companies like Huawei Technologies, Nagravision SA and STMicroelectronics. He has has worked on different products ranging from digital content security, semiconductors, telecom and pay TV. He has a strong understanding of the whole gamut of the value chain in technology business. He is a graduate of Pune University in electronics engineering and has honed his business management leadership being part of Harvard Business School Alumni.

SmarDTV global sales team is strengthened with Sumeer’s presence in India. He is excited to accelerate business plans in India and extended SAARC region to deliver high quality customized products with local technical and commercial support. The Product offering encompasses the video domain ranging from set top boxes, CAM and with any differentiator break through to come.

Sumeer believes being a global technology leader in CAM technology, SmarDTV Global can be an advisor and offer Indian customers help to migrate CI Plus 2.0 standard (USB CAM) for STB’s and TV in line with recent mandate from TRAI.

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Contact : Nadine FAVENNEC, nadine.favennec@smardtv.com | +33442838000