Monday, 2 December 2013

Profile of the company and the CEO - Global Takeoff

Global Takeoff Inc. is a global leader in providing converged OTT (over the top) live and Video on demand Solutions. It is a five year old company with its headquarters in Atlanta, GA and having branch offices in the USA and India.

The company through its platform is the leading OTT player for Indian programs with distribution rights to over 100 Indian TV Channels delivered to the six screens for Video content consumption i.e. Connected TVs, Internet STBs, PCs, Smart Phones, Tablets and Facebook. The service currently has one of the industry’s highest content usages per subscriber.

GTO’s robust technology platform provides a combination of technologies that enable consumers the convenience of a virtual home environment, companies with maximum global reach and content providers with ideal platforms and services to launch their content easily and economically. Global Takeoff enables Content providers & Broadcasters to reach their target audience worldwide through all 6 screens.

The YuppTV platform-as-a-service (PaaS) solution is GTO’s White Label OTT solution which enables content owners, broadcasters, telecom and mobile operators to deliver live TV and video-on-demand over six screens. For the first time, video content providers and operators have access to a turnkey, end to end OTT solution for distributing and monetizing live TV and on-demand video services - anywhere in the world at the lowest cost of ownership and delivery.

Another product of the company, YCast.TV is an Instant OTT Platform that facilitates content providers and broadcasters across the world to reach and monetize their content globally, over 6 screens, instantly. This platform provides a turnkey solution to overcome the technical hurdles to stream & integrate LIVE & On-Demand content on multiple screens like Connected TVs, Internet STBs, Smart Phones, Tablets and Facebook. This product is on DIY (Do It Yourself) model for broadcasters to control the distribution & pricing strategy of their content. Daily subscriber reports also enable them to know their end customers.

The mission of the company is to make it simple and instant for content providers to deliver live TV and VOD anytime and anywhere in the world to any internet enabled device.





Udaynandan Reddy

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Global Takeoff Inc.



Udaynandan Reddy founded Global Takeoff Inc in 2007 with the vision to create a company which converges technologies that provide a virtual home based access to information, communication and entertainment anytime, anywhere across the globe. From Social networking portals, Internet TV, Live mobile TV, to Online advertising; he led Global Takeoff to create its own identity through continuous expansion and innovation.  His successful venture being Freedocast.com an interactive live broadcasting portal and Yupptv.com Live Indian TV channels portal.

Prior to opting to become an entrepreneur, he served as a Director for Nortel, where he was responsible for Cable and Wireless Sales in Caribbean. His 14 years of rich experience in Telecom and Networking arena with specialty in Market penetration strategies, Top line growth, deployment of 2.5/3G networks in various countries, New product Introduction with go to market strategy and Complex Contract negotiations has resulted in strong relationships with key players in both operator and vendor communities in India, Caribbean, Latin America, United States and Asia Pacific markets. His Sales leadership has been demonstrated by delivering revenue of US$100M in a country with a population of 1.3M people for two consecutive two years before leaving Nortel.

Uday is also a visionary philanthropist. His foundation, the modernvillagevision2020.com is an effort to reduce the social and economic disparity between rural and urban sectors through the introduction of technological infrastructure into the rural sector. A focused attempt has already begun in Veenavanka, a village in Karimnagar District, AP.

Uday is an Engineering Graduate of Electronics and Communications from Delhi College of Engineering Delhi University. He has completed various Leadership and Management programs while working with Nortel. He has done an Executive Management Program in Finance with the prestigious Kellogg School of Management. He chose to be entrepreneur instead of joining Executive MBA program in Kellogg School of Management.

Uday’s career can be expressed in his three strengths – market understanding, respect for the potential of new technologies, and people management.

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