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  • Asianet COO Mohan Nair quits, joining Maharaja Television as CEO

    MUMBAI: After six years at the helm, Malayalam language network Asianet’s COO Mohan Nair is moving on. Nair, who put in his papers last week, is joining Sri Lanka’s Maharaja Television Channel Pvt Ltd (MTVC) as chief executive from 3 October.
     
     
     

    At MTVC, Nair will have overall charge of the three entertainment channels that constitute the network. MTVC runs three terrestrial television channels — MTV, Sirasa and Shakthi — in Sri Lanka. While Sirasa is a Sinhalese channel, Shakthi targets the Tamil segment.
     
     
     

    Confirming the development to indiantelevision.com, Nair said, “I have achieved what I set out to do in Asianet. I now look forward to the fresh challenges that heading a terrestrial network in Sri Lanka offers me.” It was on Nair’s watch that Asianet went from being a single channel network to a three channel one.

     

    Before moving to Asianet as COO in mid-1999, Nair was senior editor and chief of bureau of leading pink paper The Economic Times.

  • Abraham Thomas joining Red FM as COO

    MUMBAI: Abraham Thomas, who recently resigned as ad sales head of MTV India, is joining Red FM, the India Today Group’s radio arm, as chief operating officer.
     

    Confirming the development to Indiantelevision.com, Thomas said he would be taking charge at Red FM beginning April. “I believe my years in television and print will bring in fresh thinking into what I believe is a sunshine industry poised for phenomenal growth and penetration.
     
     

    Thomas added that the challenge of moving up to the next level of leadership was also a huge factor in his decision to leave MTV.

    Before MTV, Thomas was heading ad sales at SET for the entertainment part of their bouquet. He was with Sony for three years. Prior to that, Thomas was with the Indian Express.