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  • TV5 appoints Dinesh Akula as editor

    TV5 appoints Dinesh Akula as editor

    MUMBAI: 2016 has seen several key movements in the television news industry. The latest addition to that is Dinesh Akula who has joined  Telegu news channel TV5 as its editor. He joins the news channel from  Hyderabad based channel Express TV where he was senior VP-editorial and operations.  Akula will be responsible for the channel’s overall editorial content that goes on-air for TV5, which is run by  Shreya Broadcasting P ltd.

    When asked about his new role, Akula said, “At present I am trying to the understand the system and then will work on the new packaging for the channel. There are lot of ideas which the managing director B.Ravindranath has and it will be my main job to implement it smoothly and successfully.” 

    The move has come after he spent one year in Express TV and close to seven years in TV9 where he was responsible for the on-air content, the look and feel, planning and execution of content strategies for TV9 Telugu and was earlier handling national news desk  for all the six TV9 channels. 

    With 22 years of experience in media, Akula has worked with BBC in Bristol, Sky News in London, Star News (Now ABP News) and Hindustan Times in India among others.

  • TV5 appoints Dinesh Akula as editor

    TV5 appoints Dinesh Akula as editor

    MUMBAI: 2016 has seen several key movements in the television news industry. The latest addition to that is Dinesh Akula who has joined  Telegu news channel TV5 as its editor. He joins the news channel from  Hyderabad based channel Express TV where he was senior VP-editorial and operations.  Akula will be responsible for the channel’s overall editorial content that goes on-air for TV5, which is run by  Shreya Broadcasting P ltd.

    When asked about his new role, Akula said, “At present I am trying to the understand the system and then will work on the new packaging for the channel. There are lot of ideas which the managing director B.Ravindranath has and it will be my main job to implement it smoothly and successfully.” 

    The move has come after he spent one year in Express TV and close to seven years in TV9 where he was responsible for the on-air content, the look and feel, planning and execution of content strategies for TV9 Telugu and was earlier handling national news desk  for all the six TV9 channels. 

    With 22 years of experience in media, Akula has worked with BBC in Bristol, Sky News in London, Star News (Now ABP News) and Hindustan Times in India among others.

  • Dinesh Akula quits TV9, joins Express TV

    Dinesh Akula quits TV9, joins Express TV

    MUMBAI: It seems to be a season of movements in the news television sector. And the latest to join the long list is former TV9 executive editor Dinesh Akula.

     

    Akula has joined a Hyderabad based start up channel Express TV as senior VP-editorial and operations. In his new role, Akula will be responsible for the channel’s overall editorial content that goes on-air. “I will also be looking at the two websites-Telugu and English, of the network, apart from overlooking the entire operations,” says Akula.

     

    On the future plans, he says, “Well, it’s been just a couple of days since I joined and so currently I am understanding the structure of the organisation and then will start working on the network’s future plans.”

     

    Express TV is looking at launching two news channels in Tamil and Kannada languages. Not only this, the network is also hoping to launch an entertainment channel soon. “The biggest challenge this year was covering the general elections, and after that I was looking at changing my profile and Express TV gave me that opportunity,” he adds.

     

    The move has come after he spent close to seven years in TV9 where he was responsible for the on-air content, the look and feel, planning and execution of content strategies for TV9 Telugu and was earlier handling national news desk  for all the six TV9 channels. 

     

    With over 20 years of experience in media, Akula has worked with BBC in Bristol, Sky News in London, Star News (Now ABP News), Times of India and Hindustan Times in India among others.

     

  • Express TV to launch in Andhra Pradesh

    Express TV to launch in Andhra Pradesh

    MUMBAI: As the country gears itself for what is being called the ‘Election of the Century’ by many existing news channels, another new News channel is set to make space for itself in Andhra Pradesh.  Backed by industrialist Jayaram Chigrupati, Express TV will see the light of the day on 31 March that coincides with the Telugu New Year.

     

    With 280 employees on board, the channel will have Bhaskar Nemani as the editorial head and Sai Ramakrishna as the business head. Headquartered in Hyderabad, the channel will operate out of Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam, Tirupati and Warangal with two journalists and two camerapersons in each office. With its launch coinciding with the election season, the channel is looking at providing detailed election coverage through its election related programmes along with Nemani, who will be anchoring the primetime news at 9:00 pm.

     

    The TG is men and women between 23 to 45 years of age. However, Nemani says that the channel will focus on women stories for at least two hours a day.

     

    Broadcasting from Intelsat 17, Express TV has three OB vans and 10 backpack gears on 2mbps 3G for its journalists in the various bureaus and one in Delhi.

     

    “There are nearly 16 news channels in Andhra Pradesh and most of them owned by political parties which is not the case with us. Our goal is development and responsible journalism,” says Nemani.

     

    The marketing campaign has begun across the states on outdoor buses and hoardings. The creative has been done by an in-house team. With an investment of above Rs 20 crore, the channel is looking at breaking even in the next two years.

     

    Currently, the channel has no advertisers on board but it is looking at gaining a decent viewership through elections. The channel will be available on Tata Sky and Hathway for the start and will soon get on board other platforms as well. However, it says that distribution may take a little while.