Tag: Buena Vista Television

  • Nimar Sarkaria joins Network18 as VP-content solutions

    Nimar Sarkaria joins Network18 as VP-content solutions

    MUMBAI: Veteran media professional Nimar Sarkaria has stepped into a new role as vice president – content solutions & network campaigns at Network18 Media & Investments Ltd, bringing over two decades of industry experience to one of India’s leading media conglomerates.

    Sarkaria joins Network18 after a brief but impactful nine-month stint as national sales head – branded content at India Today. Her appointment signals Network18’s aggressive push to bolster its content monetisation strategies across its vast portfolio of television and digital assets.

    Before her India Today chapter, Sarkaria spent over a decade in two separate stints at NDTV, most recently serving as senior vice president – brand solutions (sales) for more than four years. During her tenure, she led a 12-member team and developed monetisation strategies that significantly boosted the network’s revenue streams.

    Sarkaria’s CV reads like a who’s who of Indian media houses, with previous roles at Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd. (Times Group), Hindustan Times, CNBC TV18, Buena Vista Television, and Sony Pictures Networks India. At Hindustan Times, she handled an impressive portfolio as general manager of ad For equity.

    Throughout her career, Sarkaria has earned a reputation for exceeding sales targets. Her trophy cabinet includes accolades such as “CNBC TV18 Awaaz Super Achiever,” “Quarter Cracker For Highest Revenue Generation,” and “The Most Promising Team Leader,” underscoring her exceptional performance in the cut-throat world of media sales.

    Based in New Delhi, Sarkaria will be tasked with spearheading Network18’s content solutions initiatives and orchestrating network-wide campaigns in an increasingly challenging and competitive media landscape.

  • Animax ropes in Supriya Bambawale as marketing manager in India

    Animax ropes in Supriya Bambawale as marketing manager in India

    MUMBAI: SPE Networks’ Japanese anime channel Animax has appointed Supriya Bambawale as marketing manager in India.

    In this capacity, Bambawale will oversee the functions of programming, marketing and creative services, as well as conquering new markets to expand the channel’s reach.

    Animax seeks to adopt mature content combined with edgy animation, essentially recreating its appeal to attract young adult viewers.

    Bambawale’s experience at DQ Entertainment and Buena Vista Television India provides her knowledge to spearhead the move forward for Animax, identifying programmes and marketing initiatives that will connect and interact with today’s youth.

  • US women’s channel Lifetime gets ‘Desperate Housewives’

    US women’s channel Lifetime gets ‘Desperate Housewives’

    MUMBAI: The women of Wisteria Lane have just found a second home! US women’s broadcaster Lifetime Television has acquired the basic cable rights from Buena Vista Television, along with the repurposing rights, for the show Desperate Housewives.

    In India the show airs on Star World while in the US it helped turn around the fortunes of ABC.

    Along with the repurposing rights starting in September 2008, Lifetime will begin airing the first season of Desperate Housewives on a weekly basis this August.

    The show is in its second season on ABC and Star World. Marcia Cross, Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Eva Longoria and Nicollette Sheridan star in this comedic look at suburbia — where the secret lives of housewives aren’t always what they seem. It averages 22.5 million total viewers and 8.3 million women ages 18-49 during its run on ABC and is the number one scripted series among that age group in the current 2005-06 broadcast season.

    Lifetime Entertainment Services senior VP, planning, scheduling and acquisitions Leslie Glenn-Chesloff, , said, “This brilliant water-cooler series makes us laugh and makes us cry with its insightful windows into the lives, emotions, dreams and disappointments of diverse women. As a pop-culture icon with powerful appeal to women viewers, Desperate Housewives is a perfect addition to our schedule.”

    Buena Vista Television executive VP, general sales manager Jed Cohen says, “We view Lifetime, the leader in women’s television, as the ideal partner for Desperate Housewives. Desperate Housewives has had a tremendous impact on the primetime landscape and we believe that Lifetime Television is the perfect environment to extend the success of this distinguished and popular series.”