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  • Independent TV gets new ops head

    Independent TV gets new ops head

    MUMBAI: The NDTV Worldwide and Beximco-owned Independent Television has found a new operations head as it readies to get going in Bangladesh.

    Biswajit Borkataky, who earlier had launched NDTV Profit and Bloomberg UTV, is taking up the position and will shift base to Dhaka beginning July.

    Sources indicate that the duo want the channel to be up and running by the end of year with NDTV Worldwide looking after the technology and operational setup.

    Currently, Borkataky is associate executive producer at Bloomberg UTV.

    Borkataky has nine years of broadcast experience and is known to specialise in new setups and process building. In his new capacity, he will be responsible for setting up and running all functions excluding content, at Independent Television.

    The NDTV and Beximco alliance includes channel planning and execution as well as NDTV assisting the Beximco Group with the operational and business management of the venture.

  • NDTV partners with Beximco Group for news channel in Bangladesh

    NDTV partners with Beximco Group for news channel in Bangladesh

    MUMBAI: Dr Prannoy Roy-promoted NDTV Worldwide, the media consulting division of NDTV Ltd, will help a local firm launch a news and current affairs channel in Bangladesh.

    NDTV said Monday it is partnering with Bangladesh-based private sector industrial conglomerate Beximco Group to launch and manage Independent Television.

    Beximco Group, which also manages the publication The Independent, is planning to launch the channel by early September 2010 through its media subsidiary, Independent Television Ltd.

    NDTV will be assisting the Beximco Group with the overall operational and business management of the channel.

    NDTV said in a statement that this partnership will offer news in a refreshing and thought-provoking manner to its discerning Bangladeshi viewers.

    “Beximco Group has planned to expand its presence in the media sector, by launching Independent Television. We aim to make Independent TV a leading news and current affairs channel in the country and would follow the highest ethical values to ensure that we achieve this objective,” said Beximco Group deputy chairman Salman F Rahman. “NDTV is the ideal partner for the launch of our channel. Together, we now look forward to establishing a viewer focused channel that will transform the Bangladesh media industry.” 

    Commenting on the alliance, NDTV Ltd chairman Roy said, “We are delighted to tie up with the Beximco Group in their expansion plans to become a leading media group in Bangladesh. We are confident that Independent Television will set the standards in the Bangladeshi media sector for the times to come”.