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  • Rashmi Jha gets branded content sales head role at Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV

    Rashmi Jha gets branded content sales head role at Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV

    MUMBAI: A large part of her career has been spent in the television news business though she has flirted with entertainment TV, and consumer goods for short periods. Now Rashmi Jha is headed back to TV news. She has joined Arnab Goswami’s ARG Outlier Media as head of branded content sales, presumably for Republic World, Bharat, Bangla, and Kannada.

    This is after almost four years of being employed with Associated Broadcasting (TV9) from 2020-2024 where she finally was designated as assistant general manager.

    She spent nearly two years working with Zee Entertainment Enterprises as a senior manager, innovation studio custom content, Zee Unimedia. Her exposure to consumer goods was with Green Ply Industries where she worked for two years and a bit more as brand manager.

    Rashmi took a stab at being employed at CNN-IBN but she spent only a year and some months there. Prior to that she had taken up a four-year spell with Zee News as marketing manager.

    The History graduate and PG diploma in advertising & PR landed her first job after her course studies at Maxesposure Media where she sold space for Ampersand magazine.

    “I am looking forward to driving impactful collaborations and delivering excellence. Here’s to growth, challenges, and creating something extraordinary!,” said Rashmi on Linkedin.

     

  • Wion managing editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay quits

    Wion managing editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay quits

    Mumbai: English news broadcaster Wion on Friday said its managing editor, Palki Sharma Upadhyay, has quit. She announced her resignation in a meeting with the Wion team held on Friday at 2 p.m.

    Sharing the news, journalist and TV anchor Vir Sanghvi wrote on Twitter: “A great loss to Wion & a huge coup for whichever channel lands her.”

    Upadhyay was associated with the news broadcaster for over five years. She joined as an executive editor and was promoted to be the managing editor of the channel in May 2022. She was hosting the prime-time news programme Gravitas.

    Prior to Wion, Upadhyay was associated with iTV Network and CNN-IBN as anchor and senior editor.

    Upadhyay has been at the forefront of covering news from all over the world for more than 20 years in the field of journalism. Not only have viewers from all over the world praised her reporting on the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, but also world leaders like Dr. Igor Polikha, the Ukrainian ambassador to India.

  • Tech Mahindra brings in N Dilip Venkatraman as global head, M&E

    Tech Mahindra brings in N Dilip Venkatraman as global head, M&E

    Mumbai: Tech Mahindra has brought N Dilip Venkatraman on board as global head, media and entertainment.

    With over 20 years of corporate experience, Venkatraman has held key positions at India Today Group, Dish TV, Pugmarks, and Zee Network.

    Prior to joining Tech Mahindra, Venkatraman had launched a video technology startup VideoTap in 2016, which helps video content producers across genres to increase engagement within the video itself and achieve higher ROI.

    He was previously associated with iTV Network as group COO, strategy and business development, where he was responsible for planning strategic solutions and business development for the network. He also helped the media company revamp its digital strategy for the entire Network and relaunch newsx.com, inkhabhar.com, sundayguardianlive.com

    An alumnus of IIM-Bangalore, Venkatraman has also been the CEO of Network18-owned CNN-IBN & IBN7, where he was responsible for the strategic, financial, and operational management of the channels. 

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  • BTVi hires Times’s Shetty & CNN IBN’s Pisharody, strengthens rev & strategy team

    MUMBAI: BTVi – Business Television India has appointed Shilpa Shetty and Seema Pisharody to jointly work towards revenue generation for the channel. They will be closely working with the COO Megha Tata (Monica Tata) to drive the business news channel to strengthen the next level growth in India.

    BTVi is reinforcing senior experienced people in the team to build a quality think tank with a focus on the revenue model of the channel. Anuj Katiyar, who has recently joined the team as the marketing & research head, has played an integral role in channel’s development in the past two months.

    Shetty will be actively involved in the strategic planning for generating revenue for the channel. Shetty was last associated with the Times Network as the vice-president – revenue and was the national sales head for the Times Network cluster of channels for several verticals. Shetty was also associated with the Network18 group for 10 years.

    On joining BTVi, Shetty said, “I felt it is an interesting opportunity that has come my way to lead BTVi and create a path towards success.”

    Pisharody, in her role will be investing her expertise in crafting strategic approach for business development for the channel. Pisharody has over 15 years of experience in the media &entertainment industry with brands like Turner and Hindustan Times. Her last assignment was with CNN IBN, as the head of Branded Content for South region.

    On the new role, Pisharody said, “BTVi is poised to be a game changer in the dynamic Business News segment. And I am excited to be part of this winning team.”

    Welcoming them to the team, Tata said, “We believe that their expertise in the domain will be a valuable asset to the channel.”

  • VideoTap to unveil interactive smart video platform, to deliver dynamic, personalised VOD

    MUMBAI: VideoTap Digital, the media technology company, promoted by media veteran Dilip Venkatraman, former CEO of CNN-IBN and IBN7 and Savvy Dilip, former Group CMO of ITV Network, is all set to showcase VideoTap, the next generation video platform at 4YFN – Mobile World Congress at Barcelona. VideoTap is a highly innovative, cloud based Interactive Smart Video platform, powered by proprietary patent pending technology, that is all set to transform the way video content is delivered, viewed and monetised.

    Consumers want video on demand, but many times they want to watch only a specific segment within a video, and not the full video. They also want to watch many such specific segments one after the other, continuously, for a personalized experience. They do not want to waste time to search from many videos. Addressing this gap VideoTap offers consumers personalized real time video compilations, interactivity on videos, and direct-to-scene watching.

    Commenting on this VideoTap founder and CEO Dilip Venkatraman said: “VideoTap is an original concept and is fundamentally differentiated from existing offerings in the world. Our highly motivated and innovative in-house technology team has built this platform from scratch. We are very excited about showcasing VideoTap at a global platform.”

    VideoTap co-founder and COO Savvy Dilip adds: “Consumers want more control over their viewing experience, and we have built an entire ecosystem to deliver an unparalleled user experience. We are excited about working with video publishers, especially broadcasters and production houses, to unlock the value of their content libraries.”

    Dilip Venkatraman’s last assignment was as the Group COO of ITVNetwork, which operates news channels India News, NewsX, and Sunday Guardian. Prior to that he worked at Network18 as the CEO of CNN-IBN & IBN7. Dilip has over 23 years of corporate experience, including 3 years in USA. Prior to joining TV18, he held key positions at the India Today Group and the Zee Network. He was the Head of Brand Management at Zee News and the President of Marketing for Dish TV. Dilip is an accomplished professional, with many industry benchmark setting initiatives to his credit. In 2011 Dilipwon the prestigious “News CEO of the Year Award” at the “Exchange4media News Broadcast Awards”. He is a Graduate in Public Administration, and has completed his management Program from IIM Bangalore, and the Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School, Boston.

    Savvy Dilip till recently was the Group CMO of the ITVNetwork, (India News, NewsX & Sunday Guardian), where she developed and launched the network identity. Prior to that she worked at Network18 as the VP – Marketing for CNN-IBN & IBN7. She has vast experience in product management, brand management, and brand building across media including digital media, strategic alliances, programming planning, events & experiential marketing, sales enablement and public relations. Savvy was the driving force behind some of the most popular, credible and editorial driven media awards like CNN-IBN Indian of the year, IBN7 Diamond States Awards, Real Heroes, IBN7 Super Idols, Zindagi Live Awards, India Positive Awards, Citizen Journalist Awards, Young India Leaders, Guru Sishya Awards, 4GLTE, ShauryaSanman Awards. She is a Commerce Graduate and has completed her management Program from IIM Bangalore, and the Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School.

  • iTV’s CRO and NewsX CEO Sanjay Dua quits

    iTV’s CRO and NewsX CEO Sanjay Dua quits

    MUMBAI: iTV Network’s group chief revenue officer Sanjay Dua has stepped down from his responsibilty. Dua was responsible for providing strategic direction and creating new opportunities in the market. He also worked towards innovative revenue mode;ls for the network’ growth and was also closely associated with the company’s commercial sports property.

    “There is no solid reason behind his resignation. He wishes to pursue other opportunities in life and give some valuable time to his personal life. He is just taking a short break for now”, said founder and promoter of iTV Network Kartikeya Sharma.

    He had joined NewsX as the CEO and iTV as CRO in September 2014.

    Dua comes with a lavish experince of working with Network18 News Media as the CEO andd handles CNN-IBN, IBN7, IBN-Lokmat and History TV18. He also managed the advertising sales of CNBC-TV18, CNBC-Awaaz, CNN-IBN, IBN7, IBN-Lokmat and History TV18. Before joining Network18, he was National Sales Head for Zee News Network.

  • iTV’s CRO and NewsX CEO Sanjay Dua quits

    iTV’s CRO and NewsX CEO Sanjay Dua quits

    MUMBAI: iTV Network’s group chief revenue officer Sanjay Dua has stepped down from his responsibilty. Dua was responsible for providing strategic direction and creating new opportunities in the market. He also worked towards innovative revenue mode;ls for the network’ growth and was also closely associated with the company’s commercial sports property.

    “There is no solid reason behind his resignation. He wishes to pursue other opportunities in life and give some valuable time to his personal life. He is just taking a short break for now”, said founder and promoter of iTV Network Kartikeya Sharma.

    He had joined NewsX as the CEO and iTV as CRO in September 2014.

    Dua comes with a lavish experince of working with Network18 News Media as the CEO andd handles CNN-IBN, IBN7, IBN-Lokmat and History TV18. He also managed the advertising sales of CNBC-TV18, CNBC-Awaaz, CNN-IBN, IBN7, IBN-Lokmat and History TV18. Before joining Network18, he was National Sales Head for Zee News Network.

  • Network18 unveiled CNN-News18 outlook at 8 pm

    Network18 unveiled CNN-News18 outlook at 8 pm

    MUMBAI: Setting a new benchmark in television news, Network18 has announced the re-branding of its English general news channel CNN-IBN to CNN-News18.  The channel has unveiled a new name and logo, its revamped studio and a new look and feel to the news screen tonight at 8 pm. Refreshing the approach to news telling, CNN-News18 will make news more relevant to its viewers by bringing immersive journalism to the forefront. IBNLive.com, the digital destination of the channel, is also changing to News18.com.

    Speaking on the occasion, Network18 chairman Adil Zainulbhai said, “A decade back, CNN-IBN re-invented news by getting to its viewers the benefits of a reputed international news partner CNN, and eventually emerging as the most awarded English general news channel.  We are now at a time when breaking news role is taken by social media and there is an oversupply of news sources because of which just breaking news isn’t enough. In this problem of plenty, quality suffers and consumers don’t know what to believe or trust in. Also the insights into an issue keep getting compromised for lack of time and resources. Realizing this gap, we have decided to take the onus of breaking this clutter by focusing on quality of reporting, in-depth analysis and an all-round view of key issues. We are optimistic about bringing this change wherein we will keep the journalist and the consumer at the centre of our programming, which is the critical need of the hour.”

    Speaking about the re-branding and revamped content, IBN News Network CEO Avinash Kaul, said, “The refreshed identity of CNN-News18 aims to bring the value of immersive journalism to its viewers. Inspired by our new tagline – ‘On Your Side’, CNN-News18 will strive to make news more objective keeping the viewers at the centre of its content strategy. We will significantly ramp-up our digital presence to ensure that viewers are seamlessly able to interact and engage with our content.”

    CNN-News18 is bringing to viewers new formats of programming and a panel of the country’s top commentators including Vir Sanghvi, Swapan Dasgupta, Ayaz Memon and Ajoy Bose. Prime Time 2.0, from 8 pm to 11 pm, will bring together an unmatched blend of on-ground reporting, opinions, debates and even a daily dose of humour. The weekend will see several new shows including Virtuosity – an exclusive show on the week’s key issues with Vir Sanghvi.

    “CNN-News18’s programming will focus on leveraging our strength in reporting to offer in-depth on-ground coverage by deploying even more resources in news gathering and bring out multiple angles to each story. We will raise the quality of debates and in-studio discussions by engaging the nation’s foremost journalists & opinion makers. The channel will bring freshness to news television by developing new on-air talent and exploring diverse genres of programming. CNN-News18 will not just offer the latest national news, but also an Indian perspective to international developments. Our partnership with CNN will enable us to bring to you the best of CNN reporters, anchors and their best known shows. It will allow us to align our editorial strengths and upgrade workflows through exchange of best practices, technology and training  to offer our viewers the best experience of news consumption in India” added Avinash Kaul.

  • Network18 unveiled CNN-News18 outlook at 8 pm

    Network18 unveiled CNN-News18 outlook at 8 pm

    MUMBAI: Setting a new benchmark in television news, Network18 has announced the re-branding of its English general news channel CNN-IBN to CNN-News18.  The channel has unveiled a new name and logo, its revamped studio and a new look and feel to the news screen tonight at 8 pm. Refreshing the approach to news telling, CNN-News18 will make news more relevant to its viewers by bringing immersive journalism to the forefront. IBNLive.com, the digital destination of the channel, is also changing to News18.com.

    Speaking on the occasion, Network18 chairman Adil Zainulbhai said, “A decade back, CNN-IBN re-invented news by getting to its viewers the benefits of a reputed international news partner CNN, and eventually emerging as the most awarded English general news channel.  We are now at a time when breaking news role is taken by social media and there is an oversupply of news sources because of which just breaking news isn’t enough. In this problem of plenty, quality suffers and consumers don’t know what to believe or trust in. Also the insights into an issue keep getting compromised for lack of time and resources. Realizing this gap, we have decided to take the onus of breaking this clutter by focusing on quality of reporting, in-depth analysis and an all-round view of key issues. We are optimistic about bringing this change wherein we will keep the journalist and the consumer at the centre of our programming, which is the critical need of the hour.”

    Speaking about the re-branding and revamped content, IBN News Network CEO Avinash Kaul, said, “The refreshed identity of CNN-News18 aims to bring the value of immersive journalism to its viewers. Inspired by our new tagline – ‘On Your Side’, CNN-News18 will strive to make news more objective keeping the viewers at the centre of its content strategy. We will significantly ramp-up our digital presence to ensure that viewers are seamlessly able to interact and engage with our content.”

    CNN-News18 is bringing to viewers new formats of programming and a panel of the country’s top commentators including Vir Sanghvi, Swapan Dasgupta, Ayaz Memon and Ajoy Bose. Prime Time 2.0, from 8 pm to 11 pm, will bring together an unmatched blend of on-ground reporting, opinions, debates and even a daily dose of humour. The weekend will see several new shows including Virtuosity – an exclusive show on the week’s key issues with Vir Sanghvi.

    “CNN-News18’s programming will focus on leveraging our strength in reporting to offer in-depth on-ground coverage by deploying even more resources in news gathering and bring out multiple angles to each story. We will raise the quality of debates and in-studio discussions by engaging the nation’s foremost journalists & opinion makers. The channel will bring freshness to news television by developing new on-air talent and exploring diverse genres of programming. CNN-News18 will not just offer the latest national news, but also an Indian perspective to international developments. Our partnership with CNN will enable us to bring to you the best of CNN reporters, anchors and their best known shows. It will allow us to align our editorial strengths and upgrade workflows through exchange of best practices, technology and training  to offer our viewers the best experience of news consumption in India” added Avinash Kaul.

  • BARC week 11: Entire news genre sees a decline in the ratings

    BARC week 11: Entire news genre sees a decline in the ratings

    MUMBAI: Times Now continued to be the undisputed leader in the English News space while CNBC TV 18 dominated the English business news genre. In the Hindi news genre Aaj Tak continued to lead securing the number one position. According to week 11 Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) All India data, the entire news genre saw a decline in the ratings.  

    Meanwhile, CNBC Awaaz stood at the first spot in Hindi business news space.

    News 9 entered the English news space whereas News Nation made a comeback in the Hindi news genre.

    English news

    Times Now maintained its first position with 290 (‘000s) followed by India Today Television with 251 (‘000s). NDTV 24×7 took the third birth with 122 (‘000s). News 9 made a comeback this week grabbing the fourth position with 116 (‘000s) whereas CNN-IBN bagged the fifth position with 111 (‘000s).

    English business news

    CNBC TV 18 secured its number one position with 268 (‘000s) followed by ET Now securing the second slot with 238 (‘000s). NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime with 58 (‘000s) and Bloomberg TV with 17 (‘000s) took the third and fourth position respectively.

    Hindi News

    Aaj Tak stood at the first spot with 79605 (‘000s), while India TV took the second position with 72602 (‘000s).  India News jumped to the third position with 58344 (‘000s) followed by ABP News securing the fourth position with 48198 (‘000s). News Nation entered the top 5 list taking the fifth position with 45567 (‘000s).

    Hindi business news

    CNBC Awaaz saw a decrease in the ratings grabbing the first spot with 1050 (‘000s), while Zee Business stood at the second spot with 681 (‘000s).