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  • ET Now, ET Now Swadesh announce special programming for Diwali

    ET Now, ET Now Swadesh announce special programming for Diwali

    Mumbai: Business channels ET Now and ET Now Swadesh have unveiled an exclusive programming lineup for 2, 3, and 4 November on the theme ‘naya saal, nayi shuruat.’

    The two channels have announced a three-day special programming that will feature interactive and engaging content that celebrates India’s diverse business communities and brings dedicated expert advice on stocks, markets, wealth creation ideas, investment insights and more.

    “Diwali Mela” features eminent industry voices including Hiranandani Group of Companies managing director Niranjan Hiranandani; Popley Group director Rajiv Popley; Ikea India chief commercial officer Kavitha Rao, and Big Bazar CEO Kamaldeep Singh, amongst others who will share the most updated information on market trends during Diwali season. The show will air on 2 November starting at 5:30 p.m.

    “The Money Show Special” is a personal finance show on ET Now featuring market experts including Kotak AMC MD Nilesh Shah and Feroze Azeez, helps viewers to plan their savings and spending during the Diwali. It will air on 2 and 3 November at 2, 3, and 7 p.m.

    “Diwali Laxmi” is a special show that will air on both channels on 3 and 5 November. This show will host a mix of mythologists, tarot card readers, numerologists and best of the market experts and answer viewers’ questions on business, money, life and share market.

    “Dhamaka Duo” is a show that will air on both channels on 4 November starting at 9 p.m. It will showcase a candid interaction between investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala and Bollywood actress Shraddha Kapoor.

    “Muharat Day” is a one hour special program that will air on 4 November from 6 p.m onwards. The show will air on both channels and will bring a special coverage of the live trading session.

    The channels have also curated special features including “StartUp Central Special” and “Brand Equity Diwali Special” on ET Now, “Kuch Meetha Ho Jaaye” and “Commodity Dhanteras Special” on ET Now Swadesh.

    On 2 and 3 November, ET Now Swadesh has launched an on-air contest ‘Diwali Dhamaka’ where the channel will post one question related to stocks and markets every hour between 8 a.m and 4 p.m.  Participants can enter the contest by selecting the right answer and sharing it via SMS to the number flashing on their screens. Five participants with the maximum correct answers through the day, will win digital gold worth Rs 5000 and one bumper winner of the day will be offered an opportunity to get portfolio management advice from market expert Nilesh Shah, said the channels in a statement.

  • CNBC-TV18 addresses gender divide in finance with ‘Financial Quotient’

    CNBC-TV18 addresses gender divide in finance with ‘Financial Quotient’

    Mumbai: English business news channel CNBC-TV18 is launching a special series “Financial Quotient” that caters to women in their journey towards financial freedom. The first season of the show goes live on 3 September at 2 p.m and will air every Friday.

    The channel has roped in Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund and Zebpay as sponsors for the show.  

    The show will be hosted by CNBC-TV18, deputy editor, Sumaira Abidi and each episode will focus on contemporary and relevant topics such as investing for the first time, insurance, estate planning, risk profiling, assessment, inheritance management, reviewing and consolidation of investments, etc.

    It will also shed light on aspects such as retirement planning, maternity planning and career breaks, thus keeping women at the centre of the conversation. Additionally, the show will focus on providing wealth solutions for the entire family, making it relevant to men as well.

    “The growing share of women opting for credit, opening trading accounts, investing in mutual funds and equity markets and checking CIBIL scores clearly points to the emergence of a healthy appetite for investment-related guidance among the female audience,” said the channel in a statement.

    “Fund your dreams, fund your freedom, it’s your time. This is the central theme behind ‘Financial Quotient’. We could not have been prouder to bring such a unique and powerful content offering to our women audience in this form,” said Network18, chief executive officer, business news, Smriti Mehra. “As a nation, we have faced some very tough challenges in the last 1.5 years, and our endeavour as a brand has always been to be the best possible ally to our audience in their journey towards wealth creation and financial planning. Our women and money series is simply the natural progression to carry this philosophy forward.”

    “We have held several impactful and large-scale initiatives over the years that have propagated investment awareness,” said Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC, managing director and chief executive officer, A Balasubramanian. “While our efforts have been recognised, our pursuit to spread financial education is relentless and we have now embarked on an ambitious journey with For HER – one of the largest financial literacy initiatives aimed at women in India in collaboration with The Women’s Collection, and we aim to reach over 10 million women across the country in next three years.”

    “ZebPay’s Women’s DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) is an all-women-led decision-making project that uses blockchain technology. The goal of this initiative is to promote more women in ZebPay’s leadership roles by providing a supportive environment and also create new programs for higher engagement with women customers,” said ZebPay, co-chief executive officer, Avinash Shekhar.

  • CNBC-TV18 sets up new show ‘Mad About Markets’ for young & budding investor

    CNBC-TV18 sets up new show ‘Mad About Markets’ for young & budding investor

    Mumbai: Business news channel CNBC-TV18 has launched a weekly show called “Mad About Markets” that will air every Wednesday at 3.30 p.m. The show will be hosted by the anchors Ritu Singh and Mangalam Maloo who will examine the markets, explain and analyse trends, and look at social media buzz on market-related chatter. 

    “Mad About Markets” will cater to millennial and GenZ viewers and keep them updated on the latest happenings in markets, business, technology by de-jargonising finance, demystifying investment trends, all in an easy to comprehend style and a snackable format, said the channel in a statement on Thursday.

    Starting with ‘On Top of Mind!’ to share the headlines, the show will discuss all the ‘Yays’ and ‘Mehs’ of the top stories, and ‘The Bigger Q’ will identify the underlying trends of business and finance. Exciting segments like ‘Number Crunchhhhh’ will give an idea of how big the markets are in terms of numbers and size. ‘Quack Quack’ will explain how to read & comprehend the big news of the week, while ‘Newsreel’ will give the audience quick bytes on the stories of the week. In addition to this, the last segment ‘Viral’ will focus on what’s trending in the world of social media by sharing interesting reels and video clips.

    “Mad About Markets is our latest offering that stays true to our promise of providing credible, actionable financial information. This show is unique as it attempts to connect a whole new generation of young retail investors to what matters in the markets. Sharp financial insights are delivered in a format and style that a younger demographic is familiar with,” said CNBC-TV18, managing editor, Shereen Bhan. “Over the past two decades, CNBC-TV18 has helped create a culture of equity investing and we hope our new programming line-up will resonate with future investors.”

  • CNBC Bajar aims to expand business news viewership

    CNBC Bajar aims to expand business news viewership

    MUMBAI: Giving Gujaratis of the world a taste of their own mother tongue in the trade that is most attributed to them is TV18’s new Gujarati business news channel CNBC Bajar. 

     

    CNBC channels and Forbes India CEO Anil Uniyal said, “On every economic parameter, from industrialisation to GDP per household, Gujaratis are top performers today. However, there isn’t enough content being created to serve this hugely affluent set of viewers. It was thus a very simple decision for us when we decided to start this channel. Not only that, no other community devours content revolving around finance, markets, business and economics the way this community does.”

     

    Speaking on the launch, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “You have understood the mindset and lifeline of Gujarat and I believe this Gujarati channel will get you the highest profit, as compared to all other channels of your network.”

     

    Launched on 1 July, CNBC Bajar is the third business news channel apart from the existing CNBC TV-18 and CNBC Awaaz with the tagline ‘Business Ni Matrubhasha,’ which means ‘the mother tongue of business’.

     

    CNBC Awaaz and Bajar marketing senior manager Kunj Sanghvi says that approximately Rs 4 crore has been pumped into a month-long promotion campaign.

     

    The Bajar marketing campaign also launched on first is created by O&M with the theme ‘the mother tongue of business’. It will be visible on TV, print, outdoor, online, mobile, on ground and railway stations. For print, Bajar Mint, Sandesh, Gujarat Samachar and Forbes have been targeted. Network18 channels including Colors, MTV, CNBC channels, IBN channels, ETV Gujarati, ETV Rajasthan, ETV MP, History, MTV Indies, Comedy Central and VH1 will air Bajar TVCs.

     

    The channel says that more than 120 outdoor spots have been booked across Gujarat while 30 sites have been taken in Mumbai, this being handled by media agency Madison. Big FM is the radio channel that is being used in Surat, Baroda and Rajkot.

     

    CNBC Awaaz editor in chief Sanjay Pugalia will also hold the same position in Bajar. Pradeep Pandya and Aashka Goradia will represent the channel as its prime anchors. Though the new channel will offer news related to NSE, BSE, currency, retail, local Gujarat business, tax, real estate and entrepreneurship, Bajar will focus and expand the commodity news sector. Specific advice will be given on trading, stock market, investor education and personal finance. Other programming inclusions on Bajar are lifestyle, food, fashion and entertainment, CNBC Awaaz doesn’t focus too much on some of these Gujarati tastes. 

     

    The Bajar team consists of 40 journalists and production professionals. Headquartered in Mumbai, it has bureaus in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Rajkot. A new studio has been created in the main office with SD quality cameras. “We want to show with CNBC Bajar that a language product can also be as sophisticated as international channels. Regional journalism has been mediocre in the country but we want to establish that we can create good quality standards,” avers Pugalia.

     

    However, Pugalia does not feel that this will take away viewership from its Hindi business news channel but will rather expand the genre. “When we launched Awaaz, many people said it will cannibalise the main channel but we proved them wrong. The genre actually expanded. Bajar will create a new viewership for itself in the Gujaratis of the world specially those who don’t consume business news itself,” he points out.

     

    An ecstatic Pugalia informs that CNBC Bajar is not a regional channel but a Gujarati channel. “This is a channel for Gujaratis not just in India but all over the world. Bajar is actually an extension of Awaaz but the channel is an independent one,” he adds.

     

    The channel has a one year long partnership with infibeam.com, an online shopping portal based out of Ahmedabad. Infibeam will get channel association wherever CNBC Bajar is named but the channel says that it will not get any editorial advantage because of its association. Advertisers include Infibeam, Adani, Ganesh Housing and Tradebull.

     

    Now that the channel has been launched officially, it will scout for more advertisers. As per sources, approximately Rs 10 crore to Rs 12 crore has been invested in the channel and the aim is to break even within one year.

  • Bloomberg TV India asks ‘Will The Government Walk the Talk’

    Bloomberg TV India asks ‘Will The Government Walk the Talk’

    MUMBAI: The year 2014 saw a landmark in the Indian political system with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coming to power with a landslide majority.

     

    Since then, all eyes have been on the new government’s moves and with the budget just a couple of weeks away, news channels especially the ones which cover business have once again gone into a tizzy. It is time for them to decipher the next phase.

     

    A channel that prides itself in being a part of the biggest financial network in the world is setting a benchmark for the upcoming budget. ‘Will They Walk the Talk’, essentially Prime Minister Narendra Modi and finance minister Arun Jaitley, is the question that Bloomberg TV India will seek answers to through its three week long special budget programming. 

     

    Bloomberg TV India editor Vivek Law points out that the new BJP government is riding on high expectations from both Indian as well as global investors. “The budget is the first detailed statement that will be very closely watched. We have heard the government’s campaign and manifesto that clearly said that once in power, they will resurrect the economy. Stock market is all about the foreign institutional investors (FII) and this market is only standing on the legs of the money that FIIs are bringing in. It is very important how they perceive the performance of the government and what this budget will give them,” he says.

     

    Keeping this in mind, the channel has decided to begin its budget programming from 30 June, dedicating 60 to 70 per cent of time addressing the global audience.  In the run up to the budget which is fixed for 10 July, the various programmes will focus on India Inc, global view, youth and personal finance wherein discussion will be on what should be the government’s agenda and post the budget it will analyse what Jaitley has put forth for year 2014-15. “For the last few years, Indian investors have not been participating in the equity market much.  They are now keen to know if it is time to get back in the overall growth. Once the budget is announced we will discuss whether they have really managed to bring back the retail investor into the market,” adds Law.

     

    Shows will focus primarily on the global investor with Vivek Law, Harsha Subramaniam, Anupriya Nair and Priyank Lakhia leading the pack. Panel discussions both in and out of studio have been arranged in Mumbai/Delhi, youth discussions in campuses and market and corporate shows in public locations. On 10 July, Bloomberg TV India says it will have global investors and experts from Hong Kong, Dubai, Sydney, London, Tokyo, Singapore and the US on board stating whether the budget sticks to its word or not.

     

    The channel will also be leveraging its Bloomberg Terminal that has close to 350,000 subscribers world over and allows them to watch the channel live. “Given the fact that we are a JV, we have access to the entire network & content and that’s a huge advantage. If you are outside India and you want cutting edge live information, you can only get it from our terminal,” says Law.

     

    Even though focus is on global investors, sponsors will not be very different with the primary sponsors from BFSI, automobiles and the consumer durables sector who are being approached. A 360 degree marketing campaign created by Triton Communications has been designed including outdoor, TV, print, online, social media, radio, ground activations and PR to promote the budget programming with spends close to Rs 80 lakhs to Rs 90 lakhs, the channel says.

     

    Since 2012 the broadcaster has aimed at positioning the channel as an extension of its parent channel Bloomberg. Law is certain that it is not a day trader channel. “You will not get tips or any buy/sell calls on our channel. We reach out to the aspirational and influential audience, who are not necessarily rich. It could be the judiciary, political establishment, bureaucracy, top corporate professionals or global investors. This is in sync with the way our channel is world over,” he says. To add to this, changes have also been incorporated in the channel’s design and more are to be expected, soon.

  • The Agenda 2014 – Vote on Account only on ET NOW

    The Agenda 2014 – Vote on Account only on ET NOW

    MUMBAI: ET NOW India’s #1 Stocks and Business News channel takes the economic policy debate beyond just a vote-on account,witha day-long live programming onFebruary 17from 8:00am to 10:30pm. Watch a complete analysis of the economic report card of the UPA Government along with the biggest CEOs, economists and market experts.

     

    Stay tuned to ET NOW to watch the sharpest news anchors and finest editorial team Spearheaded by Swaminathan Aiyar, along with Mythili Bhusnurmath and Punita Kumar Sinha, decode the economic agenda for 2014 with a special line up of shows dedicated to the vote-on account.

     

    The special programming line-up is as follows:

     

    About ET NOW: ET NOW, India’s No.1 Stocks and Business News channel, helps you make money every day, by providing breaking news that impacts the market, trading strategies, cutting edge analysis and in-depth interviews. ET NOW is supported by the unmatched resources and expertise of The Economic Times, India’s leading business daily. ET NOW engages with viewers in 16 countries across the globe.

    About Times Television Network: Times Television Network is part of India’s largest media conglomerate, The Times Group.  It houses upscale brands including ET NOW – India’s No. 1 Stocks and Business News channel; MOVIES NOW – India’s leading English Movies channel; ROMEDY NOW – a unique destination for Love and Laughter; TIMES NOW – India’s No. 1 English News channel; and zoOm – India’s No. 1 Bollywood channel. The network delivers segmented and differentiated content under one umbrella. It informs, entertains and engages over 100 million urban affluent viewers in India and is available in 76 countries across the globe.

    For media queries, please contact:Uma Rane /Jimit Shah LinOpinion – GH Mobile: 99203 97971 / 98332 28876 E-mail –uma.rane@linopiniongh.com / jimit.shah@linopiniongh.com

     

  • Ruminate over 2013 and envision the outlook of 2014 on ET NOW

    Ruminate over 2013 and envision the outlook of 2014 on ET NOW

    MUMBAI: ET NOW, India’s #1 Business News Channel, bids adieu to 2013 on a high note. Adjudged as the viewer’s choice channel in the business news genre, ET NOW comprehensively led the genre in 2013 with an indomitable 46% viewership share * and widened its lead in the last 1 month, with its viewership (12.61 Lakhs)** higher than CNBC TV 18, NDTV Profit and Bloomberg TV all put together .

    The channel ushers in the New Year celebrations with a host of special shows for its viewers. Go ahead and block your date and time for the exclusive line up of shows to explore the future of markets and economy and its impact on your finances.

    Date
    Time
    Show Name
    Show Highlights
    Dec 25, 2013
    10.30am, 1.30pm& 10.30pm
    Brand Equity
    ET NOW’s,one of the most popular show anchored by Sonali Krishna, reviews the top ten campaigns of 2013 with guest editor and renowned filmmaker, Imtiaz Ali.
    Dec 25, 2013
    2pm
    Crystal Gazing 2014
    A special panel of industry experts like V.S. Parthasarthy – CFO at M&M, top Corporate lawyer Zia Mody – AZB and investment banker Sunil Sanghai – Head of HSBC India, analyze the repercussions of norms established in the year 2013 on the M&A street.
    Dec 25, 2013
    12.30pm, 5.00pm,& 9.00pm
    2014: Polity at Crossroads
    Witness an insightful debate on how the power games of politics in 2014 will build the future of the nation
    Dec 28, 2013
     
    9.30am, & 12.30pm
     
    The Property Guide
     
    Explore areas  with growth potential and promising projects in the real estate arena on the special episode of The Property Guide with Faye D’Souza
    Dec 28, 2013
    &
    Dec 29, 2013
    10pm
     
    10.30am
    Investors Guide
    Value research online ’s CEO Dhirendra Kumar  identifies the funds to bet on for the year 2014 on the special episode of Investor’s Guide with anchor Faye D’Souuza
    Dec 30, 2013
    6.30pm
    Best of Global Mantra: Outlook 2014
    A special show where the biggest global fund managers, like Sean Taylor – Deutsche Asset Management, Nikhil Srinivasan – Generali, and Jim O’Neill former chairman Goldman Sachs AM give  their expert comments on how the global events could map out the progression of Indian markets in 2014
    Dec 31, 2013
     
    10pm
    Top 10 of 2013
    Watch the top 10 stories revolving around the world of business, politics and sports, which shaped the face of 2013 with Supriya Shrinate
    Jan 03, 2014
    6.30 pm
    Market and Macros with Vallabh Bhanshali
    Nikunj Dalmiya, anchor on ET NOW, plays host to the Dalal Street’s most revered deal maker and market commentator as he looks ahead at how macro-economic developments in 2014 will affect the  markets

    Tune into ET NOW this December to scan the highlights of the year gone by and chart out a profitable new year, starting December 25.

  • ET NOW in association with DuPont presents The Power of Shunya: Challenge for Zero

    ET NOW in association with DuPont presents The Power of Shunya: Challenge for Zero

    ET NOW, India’s No.1 business news channel in association with DuPont India, a leader in market driven science & innovation is launching an inspiring television competition series ‘The Power of Shunya™: Challenge for Zero’. This unique show will give university students the opportunity to present their best ideas and innovations that will help India achieve progress against the goal of Shunya or zero – a country of zero hunger, zero malnutrition, zero accidents, zero lives lost, zero carbon footprint. The 10-part series will be hosted by popular television anchor Gaurav Kapur and will premiere on Saturday, October 12, at 6:30 pm only on ET NOW.

     

    ‘The Power of Shunya™: Challenge for Zero’ is an invitation to the best minds from science, technology and business schools to come together to showcase ground-breaking innovations and their go-to-market strategies across key sectors like food, agriculture, nutrition, health, energy, mobility, infrastructure, safety and sustainability.

  • CNBC-TV18 to air Luxury Edge from 15 September

    CNBC-TV18 to air Luxury Edge from 15 September

    MUMBAI: Business news channel CNBC-TV18 is launching a new show titled ‘Luxury Edge’.

    Starting 15 September, the show will air every Saturday at 9.30 pm.

    According to the channel, luxury is back in fashion despite the downturn. The market for luxury goods has grown in the past couple of years, despite volatility in the market.

    The show will talk about whether the emerging markets are having a stronger growth for luxury goods compared to matured economies.

  • UTVi is ‘Business News Channel to Watch Out For’ at NT Awards

    UTVi is ‘Business News Channel to Watch Out For’ at NT Awards

    MUMBAI: UTVi, the latest entrant in the English business news space from the UTV group, was conferred the ‘Movico Technology Award for Business News Channel To Watch Out for in the Coming Year’ at Indiantelevision.com’s News Television (NT) Awards held in Delhi on 9 August.

    UTVi boasts of achievements like exclusive interviews of finance minister P Chidambaram, Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, home minister Shivraj Patil as well as international thought leaders like Adrian Mowat and commodities guru Jim Rogers amongst others. All of this within a few months of its launch.

    Speaking on the success of the channel, CEO Shantonu Aditya said, “UTVi’s explosive growth in such a short span of time is a result of its insightful, intelligent and inspiring content which is backed by the best in class research support and an appeal that is designed to meet the business acumen of the progressive India.”

    “The ever-growing base of unique viewers who don’t tune in to any of the much older competing brands and the fast adoption from the SEC A 6-metro segments have added to our confidence,” says Sumit Gupta, COO, UTVi.