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  • Kumaramangalam Birla in conversation with Shereen Bhan on ‘Power Turks III’ only on CNBC-TV18

    Kumaramangalam Birla in conversation with Shereen Bhan on ‘Power Turks III’ only on CNBC-TV18

    Friday, August 11, 2006 at 7 pm
    Repeat telecast on Sunday, August 13, at 1 pm and 9.30 pm

    Power Turks III is a free-flowing show where established professionals of India Inc meet for a t?te-?-t?te with Shereen Bhan. The first episode of Power Turks in its third season takes a look at the life of Kumaramangalam Birla, among the richest person in India and the eighth youngest billionaire outside India according to the Fortune magazine.

    Kumaramangalam Birla , son of Aditya Birla, was just 28 years-old when his father died. A holder of an MBA from London Business School, Kumaramangalam was compelled to be the chairman of the $4.5 billion group.

    Kumaramangalam Birla now heads the Aditya Birla Group, the world number one in viscose staple fibre; the world’s largest single-location palm oil producer and Asia’s largest integrated aluminium producer; a globally competitive, fast-growing copper producer, the number two private sector insurance company and the fourth-largest asset management company in India and the world’s eighth-largest producer of cement and the largest in a single geography;

    The group employs about 72,000 people, has some 800,000 shareholders and aggregate revenue of US$ 7.9 billion as of this year. Aditya Birla Group has operations in 18 countries across four continents.

    Watch Kumaramangalam Birla share aspects of his life not just limited to the corporate world with Shereen Bhan only on CNBC-TV18. The show brings to light his motivations and the environment that the super achiever – Kumaramangalam Birla – functions in.

    Catch the sometimes reclusive and often inspiring Kumaramangalam Birla as he talks about his work, his life and his dreams on Power Turks II only on CNBC-TV18.

    Kumaramangalam Birla in conversation with Shereen Bhan on ‘Power Turks III’ only on CNBC-TV18
    Friday, August 11, 2006 at 7 pm
    Repeat telecast on Sunday, August 13, at 1 pm and 9.30 pm

  • CNBC-TV18’s Banking Industry Vector Series in Mumbai

    The business landscape of BFSI sector is quickly evolving. With their extensive IT budgets, BFSI players continue to create major revenue opportunities for IT solutions providers. TCS, i-flex solutions Ltd, Oracle etc are front runners in this respect. Globally, financial services firms are among the biggest spenders in the $72 billion enterprise software market. Services specifically ATM, phone banking, net banking etc require a greater level of integration and stronger networking capabilities.

    Banks are increasingly relying on computerized services to address the growing needs of the consumers. But in the process of computerization and integration of these services, are banks beginning to lose the “Human” touch? Has convenience, and the quantum strides of computing power, turned banks into gigantic, faceless Teller Machines?

    The discussion brought forth the salient features of these arguments and different perspectives were highlighted by Mr. H N Sinor, Chief Executive, Indian Banks Association alongwith Omkar Goswami, CERG India founder and India’s leading economist with CNBC-TV18’s Vivek Law.

    Commenting on the Industry Vector Series, Omkar Goswami said, “The Industry vector series on CNBC-TV18 promises to be an in-depth journey to the heart of the Indian industry”.

    The Industry Vector series is an 8 episode series on CNBC-TV18 focused on 8 hot sectors specifically: Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Media, Pharma, Logistics, Banking & Financial Services Industry, Education and ITES. Dedicated to industry verticals, Industry Vectors seek industry opinion, highlight burgeoning issues and encourage industry doyens to come together and address them.

    The series will be telecast only on CNBC-TV18 on Saturdays at 10:30pm and on Sundays at 2:30pm.

    About CNBC-TV18:
    CNBC-TVI8 is India’s No.1 business medium. CNBC-TV18 is the undisputed leader in the business. The channel’s benchmark coverage extends from corporate news, financial markets coverage, expert perspective on investing and management to industry verticals and beyond. CNBC-TV18 has been constantly innovating with new genres of programming that helps make business more relevant to different constituencies across India. CNBC-TV18 is currently available in over 20 million households in India.

  • Sony takes Dish TV basic tier pricing up by Rs 38

    Sony takes Dish TV basic tier pricing up by Rs 38

    NEW DELHI: Subhash Chandra’s Dish TV has increased the price of its basic tier of DTH service by Rs 38 after Sony-Discovery One Alliance came on board earlier this month.

    The basic tier would now cost a consumer Rs 180, plus taxes. Earlier it was priced at Rs 142, exclusive of taxes.

    The new pricing is a fair indicator as to the money that Dish TV is paying One Alliance for its channels per subscriber.

    However, AXN has been kept out of the basic tier, which includes all the other One Alliance fare and the likes of Zee TV, HBO and three sports channels (ESPN, Star Sports and Ten Sports).

    Dish TV’s other packages include Dish Plus package, which comes packed with a wide selection of national and international channels at Rs 125 per month and offers channels like Zee Studio, HBO, TCM, MCM, Reality TV; Dish Bioscope, which features Zee Premier, Zee Action, Zee Classic and Pakistani film channel Filmazia and costs Rs 55 per month. News is packaged in Dish News with Zee Business, Euro News, Euro Sports News, NDTV 24×7, CNBC TV18, Awaaz and CNN Headlines News. The cost: Rs 60 per month.

    Dish Pick is an a-la-carte package that allows subscribers to pick and choose extra regional channels. Two channels come for Rs 30 per month, five channels for Rs 50 per month and all regional channels come for Rs 100 per month. (All the prices listed here are exclusive of taxes.) Channels included in this package include Zee TV, Sahara One Zee Punjabi, ETV – Rajastan, ETV – UP, ETV – Bihar, Geo TV, Zee Telugu, Jaya TV, Jeevan TV, Akash Bangla, Zee Bangla, Zee Gujarati and Marathi, India TV and NDTV India.

  • CNBC TV18’s ‘Industry Vector series spells the relevance of technology in media business

    CNBC TV18’s ‘Industry Vector series spells the relevance of technology in media business

    MUMBAI: Technology is making all the difference to the way the people the world over access news. CNBC-TV18 will showcase the Industry Vector series 2006 today at 10:30 PM The channel hosted the Industry Vector series, where ‘The Relevance of Technology in the Media Business’ had been the focal point.

    The repeat of the show will air on 26 March at 2:30 PM Reliance Entertainment Pvt Ltd chairman Amit Khanna, CERG Founder and economist Omkar Goswami along with CNBC’s Senthil Chengalvarayan debated on the issue, while exploring the current media scenario in India.

    As technology is making all the difference, the source is no longer just one single window. The average Indian not only has the world at his fingertips, he also has it within a few seconds.

    The convergence of two key trends – the growing demand for rich media and the exploding availability of affordable bandwidth, have combined to propel the media industry to growth levels unheard of even a few years ago. The new digital transmission system, is just one example of how technology is radically altering the way the media industry thinks and operates, informs an official release.

    Have Indian media organizations truly been able to capitalize on these new technologies, to give them the competitive edge? Have they been able to utilize technology to explore new options and orient them to the changing nature of competition? In fact, how exactly does one keep pace with the rapidly changing technology, and still at the same time maintain the organisation’s profitability? What impact will the changing nature of the media market have on the major and minor players?

    The Industry Vector series is an eight episode series on CNBC-TV18, which started from the second week of March 2006 running right up to April 2006. The eight hot sectors this series will focus on are: Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Media, Pharma, Logistics, Banking & Financial Services Industry, Education and ITES.

  • Penguin India & CNBC-TV18 present the Business Year book – 2006-07

    Penguin India & CNBC-TV18 present the Business Year book – 2006-07

    MUMBAI : India’s leading publishing house Penguin and leading business news and analysis network CNBC-TV18 have come together to present the first ever Business Yearbook with comprehensive information on India – The Penguin – CNBC-TV18 Business Yearbook 2006-07, compiled and edited by Derek O Brien.

    Speaking on the initiative, Ajay Chacko, Head – Marketing, CNBC-TV18 and CNBC Awaaz said, “The Penguin CNBC-TV18 Business Yearbook 2006-07 is a catalogue of valuable information by established names like Penguin and CNBC-TV18. The Yearbook provides valuable insights and facts and encapsulates all the milestones that made an impact on the economy during the year 2005-06. This first-of-its-kind yearbook is an essential guide for executives, consultants, students and examination candidates as it is a reference on Indian business and economy and incorporates the latest figures. Making this book truly special are the feature contributions on the progress of the Indian economy by leading industry stalwarts like Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, former RBI Governor Bimal Jalan and many others”

    Thomas Abraham, CEO and President Penguin Books India added, ” The Penguin CNBC Yearbook 2006-07 is a vital extension to our reference list. Filling a gap in the market (it’s the first ever business yearbook in India), the book produced in partnership with India’s premier business channel, will be an invaluable addition to every business executive’s shelf. The key to success today is information and never before has it been so compactly put together for the user. The book will be an annual feature with topical and thematic variations that will always ensure that India’s business community now has a one stop shop for essential reference.”

    Some of the highlights of The Penguin CNBC-TV18 Business Yearbook 2006-07 are:

    Business and Economy Timelines: A brief history of business from 7500 BC to the present.

    The Year in Review: Day-by-day developments in the business world in 2005 and 2006.

    Newsmakers: People from the business world who hit the headlines this year (2005-2006).

    Indian Economy:A complete dossier on Indian business, economy, industry and investments, with the latest figures Highlights on key issues like the rise and fall and rise again of the Sensex, VAT, PSUs and FII In-depth review and current data on key sectors like agriculture, engineering, petroleum, electronics, IT and FMCG Comprehensive coverage of the state economies and the 2006 Union and Railway Budgets.

    World Economies:Key info on the economies of the G8 countries, the EU, and major Asian, African and Gulf economies Plus profiles of the economies of all 193 nations in the world.

    Organizations: Info on the IMF, the World Bank, UNDP, WTO, ILO, FAO, OECD etc.

    Companies: Listings of major companies (both Indian and international) across industries.

    Who’s Who: Thumbnail sketches of the most prominent players in the business world today.

    Career and featured Articles by Amartya Sen, Bimal Jalan, C.K. Prahalad, Gurcharan Das, Nirmalya Kumar, Seetha,Steven D. Levitt, Sumantra Ghoshal, Thomas Friedman, Tim Harford and many more.