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  • Sriram Kilambi to head BloombergUTV

    Sriram Kilambi to head BloombergUTV

    MUMBAI: BloombergUTV has appointed former Radio Mirchi marketing head Sriram Kilambi to head the channel.

    Kilambi joined today, replacing Deepak Lamba who put in his papers recently.

    Kilambi had quit Radio Mirchi in March this year. He had joined Entertainment Network India (ENIL) as vice-president and cluster head- east and was promoted as marketing head in May 2011.

    Kilambi has spent over 12 years across FMCG and media sectors in various roles like sales, marketing, and customer management. Prior to joining ENIL, he had worked with Coca-Cola India

  • BloombergUTV biz head Deepak Lamba quits

    BloombergUTV biz head Deepak Lamba quits

    MUMBAI: Deepak Lamba has resigned as business head of the English business news channel BloombergUTV.

    Lamba had joined the channel in January 2010.

    Highly placed sources in the company informed Indiantelevision.com that Lamba has put in his papers and will be serving his notice period till the end of this month.

    It is learnt that Lamba will remain in the media space, and joining a media conglomerate with a larger role.

    Prior to BloombergUTV, Lamba was with MTV Networks India as director of Viacom Brand Solutions.

    He was unavailable for comment till the filing of this report.

  • Bloomberg UTV readies for season 2 of ‘The Pitch’

    Bloomberg UTV readies for season 2 of ‘The Pitch’

    MUMBAI: Bloomberg UTV is gearing up to launch the second season of its business reality show, The Pitch.

    The business news channel is inviting potential entrepreneurs with sound business ideas to send in their entries to win a funding of Rs 50 million to execute their business plan. The last date to submit your entries is 23 October.

    The Pitch aims to identify, evaluate and encourage potential entrepreneurs who not only have the most deserving business ideas, but also possess the critical skills required to execute them successfully. Following the nationwide call-for-entries, a jury comprising renowned professionals will shortlist the participants who will be called to make their elevator pitches in Mumbai. The jury and angel investors will closely evaluate these shortlisted aspirants not only on the merit of their business pitches, but also on their individual brilliance and identify the finalists who will appear on The Pitch.

    Bloomberg UTV business head Deepak Lamba said, “Through this show, BloombergUTV continues to strengthen its commitment to enrich the business news viewing experience. We encourage the spirit of entrepreneurship in the country and the response to Season 1 of the Pitch goes to prove that there is no dearth of ideas in the country. We will not only identify the next big business idea but also the most deserving entrepreneur who has the right balance of all the necessary elements required to succeed out there.”

    During the show the aspirants will face challenges thrown to them by prominent business leaders. Each week on a fresh episode, a new business leader will design and assign tasks to the participants. The tasks will challenge the aspirants on the most critical skills required to be a successful entrepreneur and by eliminating the weakest performer, narrow down to the most competent and deserving aspirant who goes on to receive the funding of up to Rs 50 million from the investors to start their business.

    This season of The Pitch is presented by Samsung Electronics.

  • Bloomberg UTV announces The Assignment 2

    Bloomberg UTV announces The Assignment 2

    MUMBAI: Bloomberg UTV, the English business news channel, has announced the second season of its business reality show, The Assignment.

    The show, which is to be launched in early July, will see model Nethra Raghuraman as the anchor.

    Season 2 of show will see 13 professionals, taking on untried and untested assignments outside their comfort zones. The show is being presented by okia.

    Continuing its core philosophy of bridging the gap between the two significantly distinct sectors of the Indian landscape, this season of The Assignment will see participants from a diverse range of professions stepping into unchartered markets, catering to unlikely audiences.

    The weekly show will not only put to task the participant’s presence of mind and decision making abilities, but will also capture the individual’s ability to pull off the task most effectively, the channel said.   
        
      Bloomberg UTV business head Deepak Lamba stated, “Inspired by an overwhelming response from our viewers and advertisers, we are back with the second season of The Assignment. Our objective is to delight our viewers with an exciting format which combines the best of education with entertainment. In keeping with our promise of being the blunt and sharp business news channel, our efforts like The Assignment will continue to strive towards strengthening our innovative programming, while fulfilling the business news needs of our viewers.”

    Also, IIM Ahmedabad will bring alive the core fundamental behind the experience of The Assignment to students, the company said.

    Lamba added that the channel will have more such shows in the fiscal as he is looking to expand the base of the channel and eyeing a 70 per cent topline growth in the fiscal.
     

  • Ashu Dutt joins Bloomberg UTV as chief consulting editor – Financial Markets

    Ashu Dutt joins Bloomberg UTV as chief consulting editor – Financial Markets

     MUMBAI: Bloomberg UTV has roped in Ashu Dutt as its chief consulting editor – Financial Markets. This follows the recent appointment of Vivek Law who joined the channel as Editor.

    At Bloomberg UTV, Dutt would lead the markets band programming right from pre-market hours till post market-closing. In the new assignment, Dutt will be reporting to Law.

    Said Bloomberg UTV business head Deepak Lamba, “With Ashu’s inclusion in the editorial lineup, our strength in the markets space will be enviable. We believe his experience and understanding of the domain will help us strengthen our promise of being a consumer centered business channel – a channel that will open up a new opportunity for the growth aspiring Investor.”

    Prior to joining Bloomberg UTV, Dutt was associated with ET Now in the capacity of chief consulting editor – Financial Markets. 
         
      Dutt said, “I‘m looking forward to my role as the chief consulting editor – Financial Markets at Bloomberg UTV. The channel has always shown promise in their programming and I have some exciting plans to compliment the existing line-up.”

    In the last few decades, Dutt has experienced three complete market cycles across the globe.
    Dutt is also the author of the ‘The Penguin Guide to Personal Finance‘ and the ‘The Penguin Guide to Winning on the Stock Market‘ published by Penguin Books.

  • Bloomberg UTV targets the growth aspirants with bluntness

    Bloomberg UTV targets the growth aspirants with bluntness

    MUMBAI: Bloomberg UTV, the English business news channel, is eyeing a wider set of audiences with its new makeover.

    The channel, which has changed its tagline to ‘Blunt and Sharp’, claims that going forward, its focus will be on a larger audience who are growth aspirants, and not just on the stock markets.

    Talking to Indiantelevision.com, UTV Global Broadcasting (UGBL) CEO MK Anand affirmed that he is looking at an overhaul by practically measuring the way business news is being presented in India. “After a detailed eight-week survey of our SEC AB 25+ male audiences, we have come to know that only nine per cent viewers invest actively in the stock market. The business news should be much more than that and thus, we believe our focus should be on catering to the needs of the remaining 91 per cent audience.”

    The channel has been correcting its distribution post IPL, and changed its look and feel during May-end. Recently, it had also launched a new advertising campaign to promote its new programming strategy.

    Via the new ‘blunt and sharp’ campaign, the channel is addressing its various stakeholders, including viewers, traders and advertisers. The campaign is done by TapRoot India, the channel’s creative agency.

    Talking about content, Bloomberg UTV business head Deepak Lamba said that within the next three months, the channel will launch new shows with a complete refreshed perspective.

    “We will be using simpler terms, and launching new shows on smart money, real estate etc. Our aim is to simplify the things for our viewers,” Lamba said.