Tag: Amitosh Pal

  • News18 Network appoints Amitosh Pal to lead business in Eastern markets

    News18 Network appoints Amitosh Pal to lead business in Eastern markets

    Mumbai: News18 Network has announced the appointment of Amitosh Pal as branch head – Indian Languages (East) & business head – News18 Bangla, Odiya, Assam.

    As part of his new role, Amitosh will lead an effort to establish News18 Bangla as the preferred choice for advertisers and agencies along with leading sales efforts for News18 Assam and News18 Odiya. He will also lead the monetisation initiative for News18 India for the east markets and scale revenue for News18 India from the region.

    Amitosh is an experienced media sales professional with a career spanning 25 years, predominantly with ABP Network for the last 19 years. He led sales for ABP Ananda as part of his last stint and also held positions at Zee Network, Siti Cable Network, and Tata Infomedia in the past. Amitosh has diverse interests outside work, including academics, negotiation studies, and travelling.

    Amitosh will report to Munish Atrey, CRO, Indian Languages who will continue to report to Mitul Sangani, CEO – Indian Languages, News18 Network.

    News18 Indian Languages cluster consists of Hindi as well as regional languages. (News18 India, News18 Rajasthan, News18 MP/Chhattisgarh, News18 Bihar Jharkhand, News18 UP/Uttarakhand, News18 Punjab/ Haryana, News18 Bangla, News18 Gujarati, News18 Kannada, News18 Tamil Nadu, News18 Telugu, News18 Odia, News18 Assam/NE, News18 Lokmat, News18 Kerala and News18 Jammu Kashmir Ladakh Himachal) 

  • ABP Network rejigs its sales leadership team

    ABP Network rejigs its sales leadership team

    New Delhi: ABP Network has recalibrated its sales leadership team by imparting additional responsibilities to its leaders, to keep up with the ever-evolving dynamics of the market and foster innovation within the organisation.

    The media company has elevated Amitosh Pal to national sales head – ABP Ananda. Pal will continue to assume the role of regional director, east zone, apart from driving sales for the Bengali channel.

    Parul Kamra has been promoted to national sales head – ABP Ganga. She will continue to assume the role of regional director, north zone, while also driving sales for ABP Ganga. 

    Rakesh Kumar has been elevated to national sales head – government. In his new role, he will be responsible for all government-related business across broadcast and digital, while Amit Kumar Singh, who currently handles digital sales –  government will directly report to him.

    All three members within the sales leadership team will continue to report to Munish Atrey, who will further report to ABP Network chief revenue officer Mona Jain who joined the organisation in 2019 and carries experience of over 30 years in media marketing and promotions, stated the company on Thursday.

    “2020-21 was full of unpredictability and unsurmountable challenges as far as business goes but despite all the odds – ABP Network’s sales leadership team performed and delivered targets consistently. The sales team has been instrumental in driving steady growth for the network. Their strong capabilities coupled with their dedication to helping the organisation reach its business and financial goals led to this well-earned promotion. We are confident that ABP Network will continue to grow many folds in the future,” said  Jain. 

    The network stated that it has been able to overcome the initial uncertainty and tumultuousness of the Covid2019 crisis, and has successfully maintained business continuity.