Digital Studio - June 2018

The journey of creating something magnificent requires dedication, perseverance and knowledge. But above this all, it requires the ability to deal with rejection. That is what 19-year Bhushan Kumar had to repeatedly manage when he was thrust with the responsibility of T-Series, a popular record label and a fledgling production house in 1997, following the untimely death of his father, music mogul Gulshan Kumar.
A newbie in the business, Kumar has done it all – from convincing reluctant producers on the verge of backing out from T-Series because they felt he could promote their film’s music the way his father did, to getting into film productions, to tying up with OTT platforms like Amazon to distribute its movies within eight weeks of its theatrical debut. And he did it the hard way, by learning on the job.
In Digital Studio’s cover story, Kumar reveals how he could build T-Series into one of the India’s biggest growth stories by making the right investments – in people, content and technology. And he believes that the best is yet to come.
Talking about upcoming events, this issue brings a sneak peek into BroadcastAsia 2018, which will take place from 26th to 28th June, at Singapore. This year, the event will combine the strengths of CommunicAsia, ConnecTechAsia, and the newly launched NXTAsia. While the legacy events CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia have served the telecommunications and broadcast media sectors respectively for nearly 40 years, the new NXTAsia builds upon this to bring new technologies that are shaping Asia’s increasingly innovation-driven economy. At the same time, with the advent of the industry 4.0, ConnecTechAsia will present a holistic ecosystem of infrastructure, technology, and services that businesses and governments in Asia need to thrive in this new era.