Tag: R Bharat

  • Bharat24 onboards news anchor Shazia Nisar

    Bharat24 onboards news anchor Shazia Nisar

    Mumbai: National Hindi news channel Bharat24 on Monday announced the appointment of senior anchor Shazia Nisar to host its daily 5 p.m. debate show, Public Hai Sab Janti Hai.

    In addition to her prime-time show, Shazia will also be covering the upcoming assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh for Bharat24’s mega election show, Mukhyamantri.

    Prior to joining Bharat24, Nisar was associated with RBharat as a prime-time anchor for the past four years.

    The anchor is also known for her recent ground reporting of the Russia-Ukraine war, the 2019 General Elections, the Assembly Elections in Uttar Pradesh and Bengal, and  the farmers’ agitation in New Delhi.

    Born and brought up in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, Nisar is an alumnus of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. She has also worked with TV9 Bharatvarsh, India News, and Zee Media.

  • Republic TV and R Bharat go live on Flipkart video

    Republic TV and R Bharat go live on Flipkart video

    MUMBAI: Republic Media Network and Flipkart Video, a video streaming platform of e-commerce giant Flipkart have announced a strategic partnership, in which Republic TV and Republic Bharat’s live news will be available round-the-clock on its over-the-top (OTT) platform.

    Republic Media Network is already present on various high-definition OTT platforms such as Republic World, Republic World App, DailyHunt, Hotstar, JIO, Vodafone Play, Ola Play, Justdial, Paytm, Zee5, Airtel TV, Tata Sky, among others.

    This strategic partnership will enable the network to further expand its news digital presence on OTT platforms, thereby, giving audiences access to reliable news on any platform of their choice.

    With over 5000+plus TV shows and films already available on Flipkart Video, this partnership further gives its users an unrestricted access to quality news and analysis by Republic TV and R Bharat.

    Republic Media Network chief executive officer Vikas Khanchandani sadi: “Republic Media Network is available on every smart phone in the country through our exhaustive distribution strategy. News video brings in immense engagement and DAU’s (daily active users) for all kinds of OTT's including video, telco, and non-video OTT platforms.”

    “We are seeing scale and huge volumes as smartphone penetration has crossed 450 million bringing in newer audiences and higher consumption with easy access on devices. Believe it will open up opportunities for both brands to create strategic revenue through respective strengths. Republic will see higher monetisation and scale for the network as we expand our viewership base exponentially agnostic of devices and screens in 2020," adds Khanchandani.

  • Republic Media Network expands content solutions vertical, launches R.Fluid, felicitated at Golden Awards of Montreux, Switzerland

    Republic Media Network expands content solutions vertical, launches R.Fluid, felicitated at Golden Awards of Montreux, Switzerland

    Within five months of launching R.Bharat, Republic Media Network set to achieve another milestone- R.Fluid; the new venture to strengthen its distinctive competence of storytelling and story-doing for advertisers.

    Arnab Goswami-owned Republic Media Networkannounces its new venture R.Fluid which thriveson creating strong platform-agnostic content-led opportunities for brands.Keeping brands at centre, R.Fluidweaves stories that result in an unforgettable experience for the brand’s consumers.

    Rachit Tiwary is going to lead R.Fluid as the Business Head. This is in continuation to his role as the Director of Brand Solutions at Republic Media Network. Rachit started his career as a NBCUniversal Page executive and worked on shows such asThe Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Saturday Night Live. In addition, Priya Raman has been appointed as theProgramming Head of this function. She joins this vertical with over two decades of experience in content & production.

    “Content-led conversations, discussions, features, activations, and events with a platform/media agnostic approach is required to find effective solutions.I am confident that the Fluid team will strive to make the partners and brands win using Republic as its pivotal asset, considering the large reach and high engagement across platforms,” said the Group CEO of Republic Media Network, Vikas Khanchandani.

    The R.Fluid will approach brand solutions in a varied format-be it large scale cause-led marketing initiatives, media solutions, network IPs, or on-ground events &activations.“The key task is to grab the ever-fleeting attention of today's hyper-bored consumer and having engagement throughcontent. The birth of Fluid epitomises the market’s need for creation of clutter-bursting ideas that can avoid the quicksand of consumer indifference. The strength of Fluid is its fluidity to adopt and adept at any contextual imperatives of its customers,” said Dr Bhaskar Das, Group President of Republic Media Network.

    Over the last two years, the team has successfully partnered with more than 25 brands across various verticals such as HMSI (Honda Motorcycles & Scooters India), Facebook, Ola, DHFL Pramerica Life Insurance, and Apollo Hospitals, among others.

    The Content President and Chief Executive Producer of Republic Media Network, Charu Thakur, further elaborates on the belief of R.Fluid, “Republic is a 100 percent content driven company. Fluid is an extension of our brand and we are excited about bringing top-notch content opportunities to our audiences through this new member of our network.”

    The launch of R.Fluid comes at a perfect time with the Republic Media Network winning its first award for the DHFL Pramerica Life InsuranceBehtar India campaignat the prestigious International Advertising CompetitionGolden Award of Montreux 2019.The Network won this award among 3000+ entriesregistered from 37 countries. About the win, the Chief Marketing and Digital Officer of DHFL Pramerica Life Insurance, Anshuman Verma, said, “Montreux award certification is recognised worldwide and has a highly credible International jury. This award is a testament of how Behtar India is one of the finest social innovation programmes in the world, which is building a conscious society through development of leadership qualities in school students. The collective enthusiasm and the infectious energy of our teams, Republic TV and schools; made Behtar India an astounding success and made this award possible.”