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  • Anooj Kapoor bids adieu to Sony Pictures Network India

    Anooj Kapoor bids adieu to Sony Pictures Network India

    MUMBAI: After championing the growth of channel Sab within the fabric of Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN), Sab TV business head Anooj Kapoor has decided to move on to pursue an independent venture. He will serve his last day tomorrow.

    SPNI CEO NP Singh said, “Anooj has played a key role in the curation of SAB as a family humour channel. His contribution has been instrumental in creating a strong viewer base for SAB. As he moves on to embrace a new future, I wish him the best in all his endeavours.”

    Kapoor added, “My best memories have been shaped at SPN. As I move on to pursue other dreams. I thank my team at SAB for being one of the best teams anyone can get to work with.”

  • Anooj Kapoor bids adieu to Sony Pictures Network India

    Anooj Kapoor bids adieu to Sony Pictures Network India

    MUMBAI: After championing the growth of channel Sab within the fabric of Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN), Sab TV business head Anooj Kapoor has decided to move on to pursue an independent venture. He will serve his last day tomorrow.

    SPNI CEO NP Singh said, “Anooj has played a key role in the curation of SAB as a family humour channel. His contribution has been instrumental in creating a strong viewer base for SAB. As he moves on to embrace a new future, I wish him the best in all his endeavours.”

    Kapoor added, “My best memories have been shaped at SPN. As I move on to pursue other dreams. I thank my team at SAB for being one of the best teams anyone can get to work with.”

  • Iyengar quits Disney, leads digital at Albertsons

    Iyengar quits Disney, leads digital at Albertsons

    MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company vice-president Narayan Iyengar quit this month, and joined Albertsons Companies as the SVP, digital marketing and e-commerce. Iyengar was the Disney VP (eCommerce and digital travel trade) from May 2015 to January 2017. Earlier, between September 2013 and May 2015, he was Disney’s VP — eCommerce & Digital Analytics.

    Albertsons announced that Iyengar has been selected as the senior vice-president, digital marketing and e-commerce. In this role, Iyengar will be responsible for leading all aspects of digital marketing including loyalty programs, shopper marketing and the overall digital presence, as well as the e-commerce business, including home delivery.

    “As a company, we’ve made significant investments in the customer experience over the last two years, from new technology that originated in our Culinary Kitchens and Technical Center to our comprehensive data and analytics platforms,” said Chief Marketing & Merchandising Officer Shane Sampson. “E-Commerce, digital and social media channels hold unlimited potential for delivering the kind of personalized service our customers want. Narayan’s expertise will enable us to deploy new service and marketing models to attract more shoppers and grow our business both in stores and online.”

    Iyengar’s career spans nearly 20 years in e-commerce, digital and business transformation. He joins Albertsons from the Disney, where, as the VP, he built, enhanced and optimized e-commerce capabilities across an eco-system spanning 20 websites and apps. Iyengar has an MBA in management from Columbia Business School in New York, where he was on the Dean’s list, and an Engineering degree in Electronics & Communication from University of Mysore, India.

    Prior to this, Iyengar was a leader in McKinsey’s Digital and Business Technology group where he focused on helping global firms drive business value using technology. He started his career as a software engineer with IBM Global Services in 1996, as a part of the e-commerce team, and subsequently held several technology delivery and leadership roles in different firms.

    Iyengar said, “I look forward to working with Shane and the Albertsons leadership team across all 14 divisions to enable and enhance their core business by using digital tools across more product lines to personalize the shopping experience for customers.”

  • Iyengar quits Disney, leads digital at Albertsons

    Iyengar quits Disney, leads digital at Albertsons

    MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company vice-president Narayan Iyengar quit this month, and joined Albertsons Companies as the SVP, digital marketing and e-commerce. Iyengar was the Disney VP (eCommerce and digital travel trade) from May 2015 to January 2017. Earlier, between September 2013 and May 2015, he was Disney’s VP — eCommerce & Digital Analytics.

    Albertsons announced that Iyengar has been selected as the senior vice-president, digital marketing and e-commerce. In this role, Iyengar will be responsible for leading all aspects of digital marketing including loyalty programs, shopper marketing and the overall digital presence, as well as the e-commerce business, including home delivery.

    “As a company, we’ve made significant investments in the customer experience over the last two years, from new technology that originated in our Culinary Kitchens and Technical Center to our comprehensive data and analytics platforms,” said Chief Marketing & Merchandising Officer Shane Sampson. “E-Commerce, digital and social media channels hold unlimited potential for delivering the kind of personalized service our customers want. Narayan’s expertise will enable us to deploy new service and marketing models to attract more shoppers and grow our business both in stores and online.”

    Iyengar’s career spans nearly 20 years in e-commerce, digital and business transformation. He joins Albertsons from the Disney, where, as the VP, he built, enhanced and optimized e-commerce capabilities across an eco-system spanning 20 websites and apps. Iyengar has an MBA in management from Columbia Business School in New York, where he was on the Dean’s list, and an Engineering degree in Electronics & Communication from University of Mysore, India.

    Prior to this, Iyengar was a leader in McKinsey’s Digital and Business Technology group where he focused on helping global firms drive business value using technology. He started his career as a software engineer with IBM Global Services in 1996, as a part of the e-commerce team, and subsequently held several technology delivery and leadership roles in different firms.

    Iyengar said, “I look forward to working with Shane and the Albertsons leadership team across all 14 divisions to enable and enhance their core business by using digital tools across more product lines to personalize the shopping experience for customers.”

  • Discovery appoints Tanna as VP – S Asia; Dua to head M&A

    Discovery appoints Tanna as VP – S Asia; Dua to head M&A

    MUMBAI: In line with its ambition to expand and accelerate growth in India through new investment and leadership, Discovery Networks has appointed Vikram Tanna as Vice President, Head of Advertising Sales and Business Head of Regional Clusters, South Asia. The current product suite has 11 unique content channels in the factual and lifestyle genres. Tanna takes over from Karamjit Dua who moves into a new role as head of new business and mergers and acquisitions in line with Discovery’s focus on inorganic growth opportunities in both linear and channel business with immediate effect.

    Tanna will be based out of Mumbai and will report to Karan Bajaj, SVP and GM-South Asia, Discovery Networks Asia Pacific. Tanna will further strengthen the company’s efforts towards building engaged local audience franchises and re-instate its omni-channel platform play.

    Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific SVP & GM-South Asia Karan Bajaj said, “India is a high-priority market for us and we have very aggressive growth ambitions here as we look to future-proof our business and build a broader product eco-system. I am thrilled to have someone of the calibre of Vikram Tanna joining our team. He brings the relevant product and revenue experience and strategic planning ability that will be integral to our efforts in re-defining our ad sales, improving workflow and growing our business nationally and across regional clusters.”

    An industry veteran, Tanna brings with him over two decades of experience spanning the broadcast, gaming and online industries. Tanna joins from Star India where was the Senior Vice President leading Product & Revenue strategy for three of the major channel clusters- Hindi Movies & Music and HSM Regional Channels (West Bengal & Maharashtra). He has grown in various roles at Star from heading revenue for Channel V, Star Digital & V Events. Prior to which, Tanna was the revenue lead for Zapak Digital Entertainment that operated the online gaming portal. Earlier in his career, he worked with MTV for two years and with Star Movies and Star World.

    Tanna has done MBA in marketing from Mumbai University and is a visiting faculty at management institutes in Mumbai.

  • Discovery appoints Tanna as VP – S Asia; Dua to head M&A

    Discovery appoints Tanna as VP – S Asia; Dua to head M&A

    MUMBAI: In line with its ambition to expand and accelerate growth in India through new investment and leadership, Discovery Networks has appointed Vikram Tanna as Vice President, Head of Advertising Sales and Business Head of Regional Clusters, South Asia. The current product suite has 11 unique content channels in the factual and lifestyle genres. Tanna takes over from Karamjit Dua who moves into a new role as head of new business and mergers and acquisitions in line with Discovery’s focus on inorganic growth opportunities in both linear and channel business with immediate effect.

    Tanna will be based out of Mumbai and will report to Karan Bajaj, SVP and GM-South Asia, Discovery Networks Asia Pacific. Tanna will further strengthen the company’s efforts towards building engaged local audience franchises and re-instate its omni-channel platform play.

    Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific SVP & GM-South Asia Karan Bajaj said, “India is a high-priority market for us and we have very aggressive growth ambitions here as we look to future-proof our business and build a broader product eco-system. I am thrilled to have someone of the calibre of Vikram Tanna joining our team. He brings the relevant product and revenue experience and strategic planning ability that will be integral to our efforts in re-defining our ad sales, improving workflow and growing our business nationally and across regional clusters.”

    An industry veteran, Tanna brings with him over two decades of experience spanning the broadcast, gaming and online industries. Tanna joins from Star India where was the Senior Vice President leading Product & Revenue strategy for three of the major channel clusters- Hindi Movies & Music and HSM Regional Channels (West Bengal & Maharashtra). He has grown in various roles at Star from heading revenue for Channel V, Star Digital & V Events. Prior to which, Tanna was the revenue lead for Zapak Digital Entertainment that operated the online gaming portal. Earlier in his career, he worked with MTV for two years and with Star Movies and Star World.

    Tanna has done MBA in marketing from Mumbai University and is a visiting faculty at management institutes in Mumbai.

  • CoD: CEO Kundra no longer offers ‘Best Deal’

    CoD: CEO Kundra no longer offers ‘Best Deal’

    MUMBAI: Prospects of Best Deal TV seemed to be bleak as Raj Kundra, the husband of Shilpa Shetty, who was the CEO of the home shopping channel, has put in his papers.

    Best Deal TV was launched in March 2015 by Kundra and Shetty who jointly owned a majority stake while Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar owned eight per cent as part of his endorsement deal with the channel, whereas UY Industries MD Deepak Kothari invested a significant amount.

    Best Deal, in December 2016, had suspended operations after experiencing a sharp falls in business after demonetisation, which directly affected cash-on-delivery (CoD) — the most preferred way of payment in India.  Soon after, on 15 December 2016 itself, Kundra reportedly sent his resignation to the company.

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  • CoD: CEO Kundra no longer offers ‘Best Deal’

    CoD: CEO Kundra no longer offers ‘Best Deal’

    MUMBAI: Prospects of Best Deal TV seemed to be bleak as Raj Kundra, the husband of Shilpa Shetty, who was the CEO of the home shopping channel, has put in his papers.

    Best Deal TV was launched in March 2015 by Kundra and Shetty who jointly owned a majority stake while Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar owned eight per cent as part of his endorsement deal with the channel, whereas UY Industries MD Deepak Kothari invested a significant amount.

    Best Deal, in December 2016, had suspended operations after experiencing a sharp falls in business after demonetisation, which directly affected cash-on-delivery (CoD) — the most preferred way of payment in India.  Soon after, on 15 December 2016 itself, Kundra reportedly sent his resignation to the company.

    Also Read:

    Best Deal TV appoints Hari Trivedi as COO

    Shop CJ’s regional space initiatives for revenue boost

     

  • Shantanu Gangane leaves Times for Vuclip; will report to Vishal Maheshwari

    Shantanu Gangane leaves Times for Vuclip; will report to Vishal Maheshwari

    MUMBAI: Times Network’s Shantanu Gangane has resigned as the head of marketing and joined Vuclip as the head of marketing, Viu India.. Gangane served his last day on 13 January in Times Network where he was heading the marketing of Times Now, ET Now and Zoom.

    A source close to the development confirmed the news to Indiantelevision.com that Gangane has joined Vuclip from 16 January. He will report to Vuclip India country head Vishal Maheshwari.

    Gangane served as the head of marketing at Times Television Network for two and a half years from August 2014. He was the associate business head of Movies Now of the same group between April 2013 and June 2014 after being the head – marketing since September 2010.

    Prior to that, he was the senior manager – marketing – MTV at Viacom18 Media. Between September 2007 and August 2010, he was the senior brand manager at Radio City India before which he was the manager marketing at Nickelodeon for close to two years till August 2007.

    Starting his career with FCB Ulka as the client servicing manager in June 2003, Gangane had joined Viacom18 in March 2005 where he served for 10 months before making the next switch.

  • Shantanu Gangane leaves Times for Vuclip; will report to Vishal Maheshwari

    Shantanu Gangane leaves Times for Vuclip; will report to Vishal Maheshwari

    MUMBAI: Times Network’s Shantanu Gangane has resigned as the head of marketing and joined Vuclip as the head of marketing, Viu India.. Gangane served his last day on 13 January in Times Network where he was heading the marketing of Times Now, ET Now and Zoom.

    A source close to the development confirmed the news to Indiantelevision.com that Gangane has joined Vuclip from 16 January. He will report to Vuclip India country head Vishal Maheshwari.

    Gangane served as the head of marketing at Times Television Network for two and a half years from August 2014. He was the associate business head of Movies Now of the same group between April 2013 and June 2014 after being the head – marketing since September 2010.

    Prior to that, he was the senior manager – marketing – MTV at Viacom18 Media. Between September 2007 and August 2010, he was the senior brand manager at Radio City India before which he was the manager marketing at Nickelodeon for close to two years till August 2007.

    Starting his career with FCB Ulka as the client servicing manager in June 2003, Gangane had joined Viacom18 in March 2005 where he served for 10 months before making the next switch.