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  • Is ETV’s Jagdish Chandra joining Zee Media?

    Is ETV’s Jagdish Chandra joining Zee Media?

    MUMBAI: ETV News Network’ Jagdish Chandra has called it a day as the company’s CEO and has already served his notice period.

    Chandra, a source said, plans to join Zee Media Corporation and is already negotiating with Essel Group chairman Subhash Chandra. He was not available for comment.

    It is interesting to note that Zee Business, an arm of Zee Media, does not have a head as of yet.  

    Chandra was a senior administrator in Rajasthan before he took voluntary retirement in 2008 to join ETV Madhya Pradesh and ETV Rajasthan, and also head the editorial section.

    Recently, ETV hired Samsung’s Rajiv Mishra as the business head for the group to manage satellite TV channels namely — News18 Tamil Nadu, News18  Kerala,  News18  Assam and North East,  ETV Rajasthan, ETV Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand, ETV Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, ETV Bihar and Jharkhand, ETV Urdu, ETV Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, ETV News Gujarati, ETV News Bangla, ETV News Kannada and ETV News Odia.

    TV18 Broadcast, a subsidiary of Network 18, acquired the Ramoji Rao-promoted ETV network in January 2014 for Rs 2,053 crore. The deal resulted in it acquiring 100 per cent of regional Hindi news channels ETV Uttar Pradesh, ETV Madhya  Pradesh,  ETV Rajasthan, ETV Bihar and ETV Urdu and 50 per cent in ETV Marathi, ETV Kannada, ETV Bangla, ETV Gujarati and ETV Odia.

    Telugu news and GEC channels ETV Telugu and ETV Telugu News will, however, see TV18 owning only 24.50 per cent equity.

  • Is ETV’s Jagdish Chandra joining Zee Media?

    Is ETV’s Jagdish Chandra joining Zee Media?

    MUMBAI: ETV News Network’ Jagdish Chandra has called it a day as the company’s CEO and has already served his notice period.

    Chandra, a source said, plans to join Zee Media Corporation and is already negotiating with Essel Group chairman Subhash Chandra. He was not available for comment.

    It is interesting to note that Zee Business, an arm of Zee Media, does not have a head as of yet.  

    Chandra was a senior administrator in Rajasthan before he took voluntary retirement in 2008 to join ETV Madhya Pradesh and ETV Rajasthan, and also head the editorial section.

    Recently, ETV hired Samsung’s Rajiv Mishra as the business head for the group to manage satellite TV channels namely — News18 Tamil Nadu, News18  Kerala,  News18  Assam and North East,  ETV Rajasthan, ETV Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand, ETV Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, ETV Bihar and Jharkhand, ETV Urdu, ETV Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, ETV News Gujarati, ETV News Bangla, ETV News Kannada and ETV News Odia.

    TV18 Broadcast, a subsidiary of Network 18, acquired the Ramoji Rao-promoted ETV network in January 2014 for Rs 2,053 crore. The deal resulted in it acquiring 100 per cent of regional Hindi news channels ETV Uttar Pradesh, ETV Madhya  Pradesh,  ETV Rajasthan, ETV Bihar and ETV Urdu and 50 per cent in ETV Marathi, ETV Kannada, ETV Bangla, ETV Gujarati and ETV Odia.

    Telugu news and GEC channels ETV Telugu and ETV Telugu News will, however, see TV18 owning only 24.50 per cent equity.

  • Rajiv Mishra to hold charge of CSR in addition to media in Samsung

    Rajiv Mishra to hold charge of CSR in addition to media in Samsung

    NEW DELHI: Senior journalist Rajiv Mishra, who had joined Samsung Electronics in August as vice president (media) of its south west Asia office in Gurgaon has been given the additional charge of heading the CSR division in India.
     
    Samsung said it lay strong emphasis on corporate social responsibility, which involves extending the company’s legacy of innovation to create value for society by addressing societal needs and challenges. Through the CSR initiatives Samsung hopes to open newer possibilities that positively transform people’s lives.
     
    Speaking about the development, Samsung south west Asia senior vice president H W Bang said: “At present, our CSR programmes focus in the areas of education, culture, sports, social welfare and community development. I am confident that under Rajiv’s leadership, Samsung’s CSR initiatives will cross new milestones.”
     
    Samsung has, over the years, leveraged its legacy of technology innovation through philanthropic initiatives focused on helping communities lead healthier, smarter and more sustainable lives. In addition to skill development among youth, Samsung also places substantial focus on providing underprivileged children a chance at quality education and in helping bridge the digital gap that exists in India.

     
    This is done through Samsung Smart Schools, set up in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas across the length and breadth of the country. The Smart Classes are equipped with an interactive Samsung whiteboard, Samsung laptops for the students, a printer, wi-fi and a power backup since power outages are common. Over 198 Smart Schools have been set up to date in India, benefitting 75,000 secondary class students. Samsung continues to expand the programme based on positive feedback received from the schools on the impact on students learning and attendance.

     
    Before joining Samsung, Mishra had been chief executive officer of Lok Sabha TV for about three years.

     
    Mishra had begun his 21 year long career in media at Hindustan Times before switching over to the electronic media.

     
    He began as manager –programming in Star, then joined as senior manager – corporate in Zee TV, Reliance Infocomm as general manager – corporate affairs, News 24 (BAG Films and Media), as COO and director, India News as COO. He launched Times Now of the Times of India group in USA as India Now while working for CineMaya Media of USA.

     
    Mishra was with Lok Sabha TV as CEO in an official rank and status of additional secretary.

     
    Mishra is also the founder and first president of Association of Radio Operators for India (AROI). AROI is the industry representative body of all FM radio broadcasters/stations of India. He also founded Association of Regional Television Broadcasters of India

  • Rajiv Mishra joins Samsung as VP- media

    Rajiv Mishra joins Samsung as VP- media

    NEW DELHI: Senior journalist Rajiv Mishra, who held the post of chief executive officer of Lok Sabha for about three years until he left some months ago, has been appointed as vice president (media) of Samsung’s south west Asia office in Gurgaon.

     

    Mishra began his 21 year long career from Hindustan Times and later switching over to electronic media.

     

    He began as manager – programming in Star, then joined Zee TV as senior manager – corporate, Reliance Infocomm as general manager – corporate affairs, News 24 (BAG Films and Media) as COO and director and India News as COO. He launched Times Now of the Times of India group in USA as India Now while working for CineMaya Media of USA.

     

    Mishra was with Lok Sabha TV as CEO in an official rank and status of additional secretary.

     

    He is also the founder and first president of Association of Radio Operators for India (AROI). AROI is the industry representative body of all FM Radio Broadcasters/Stations of India. He also founded Association of Regional Television Broadcasters of India.

  • Act of removing LS TV CEO by caretaker speaker unconstitutional: Mishra

    Act of removing LS TV CEO by caretaker speaker unconstitutional: Mishra

    NEW DELHI: Rajiv Mishra, who was removed on 30 May night as Lok Sabha Television’s chief executive officer, has described the move as unconstitutional and an attack on the freedom of the press.

     

    Mishra told indiantelevision.com that senior Congress leader and former Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath had already been appointed as pro-tem speaker and therefore Meira Kumar who was speaker in the fifteenth Lok Sabha had no right to remove him or make any other changes in Lok Sabha TV.

     

    Kumar had removed him with immediate effect without citing any reasons for her action. 

    In a letter dated 30 May, Mishra was told: “The Speaker has limited the tenure of Rajiv Mishra as chief executive officer of LSTV till 31 May 2014.”

     

    Mishra alleged that his exit could be due to the channel flashing the news of Kumar having lost the Sasaram seat in Bihar’, a seat held by her and earlier by her father Jagjivan Ram for many terms. 

    “My colleagues told me that ‘Madam’ was angry that the channel ran the flash of her having lost the Sasaram seat,” Mishra said.

     

    Mishra said the action was mala fide as Kumar was only a caretaker Speaker of the lower house till the new house was sworn in.

     

    The sixteenth LS meets from 4 to 12 June during which the new MPs will take oath. The new Speaker is expected to be elected on 6 June. 

  • IDBI, Bank of Baroda pick up 20 per cent in B.A.G Infotainment

    IDBI, Bank of Baroda pick up 20 per cent in B.A.G Infotainment

    MUMBAI: The appetite of Indian banks for investing in private FM radio business has begun. IDBI Bank and Bank of Baroda have picked up 10 per cent each in B.A.G Infotainment, the subsidiary company under which B.A.G Films operates its radio business.

    “We have offloaded 20 per cent in our radio company to the two banks for Rs 40 million. We are issuing the shares to them on par value,” B.A.G Films managing director Anuradha Prasad tells Indiantelevision.com.
    B.A.G Infotainment will also be diluting an additional 20 per cent to a foreign private equity investor at a higher valuation. The promoters of B.A.G will keep the remaining 60 per cent with them.

    “We are in advanced negotiations with private equity investors for parting with 20 per cent equity at a higher premium. We hope to finalise the deal soon,” says Prasad.

    The government regulation makes it mandatory for the promoter of private FM radio stations to have at least 51 per cent holding in the company. “We could have diluted a further nine per cent but have decided to keep it with us,” says Prasad.

    B.A.G has earmarked an investment of Rs 480 million for its radio business. The company has already pumped in Rs 140 million including Rs 50 million towards licence fee for the 10 radio stations it plans to operate in.

    The company will kick off its first radio station in March, says Prasad. The stations it has successfully bid for include Patiala, Hissar, Karnal, Simla, Ahmadnagur, Jalgaon, Dhule, Ranchi, Jabalpur and Muzaffarpur.

    “We have already lined up 1000 hours of programming. We have ordered for the equipment and are on track to launch the stations as per schedule,” says B.A.G Infotainment chief operating officer Rajiv Mishra.

  • Primetime in JV with South African firm for radio services

    Primetime in JV with South African firm for radio services

    MUMBAI: Radio can turn out to be a game for the big boys. Radio Mirchi, Radio City, Sun TV group and Anil Ambani-controlled Adlabs have aggressive rollout plans and are willing to loosen the purse strings.

    Small and regional FM radio operators are toying with the idea of forming a consortium to sell advertising and buy equipment in bulk to match the size of the national players.

    Foreign companies are eyeing this as an opportunity to offer their management and technical expertise. One such company has announced its entry into India.
    Kagiso Media, a leading radio company in South Africa, has floated a 50:50 joint venture with Mumbai-based Primetime International Services, an independent media sales firm.

    The new entity, Primetime Kagiso, will offer comprehensive services to radio stations and advertisers. “Our aim is to assemble a group of radio stations and handle their ad sales. We are close to signing an agreement with Malar Publications and a Delhi-based firm. We also plan to provide management consultancy and training facilities,” says Kagiso Media executive director Omar Essack.

    Malar plans to operate in six cities including Chennai, Madurai and Pondicherry. Primetime Kagiso is scouting for other regional operators so that it can form a big consortium.
    Primetime has been an active player since 1985 in marketing time and space across media including TV, Out-of-Home and are now venturing into the radio domain.

    B.A.G Infotainment Ltd is also planning to lead a 40-member consortium which will give it a national footprint to present before advertisers. Speaking at the India Radio Forum 2006 on “The challenges before regional/local FM radio broadcasters,” BAG Infotainment COO Rajiv Mishra said, “Through the consortium, it will offer more number of stations and volume discounts to the national advertisers.”

    Agreed Gwalior Farms promoter Manmeet Gulzar: “Radio Mirchi is already an invisible competitor in the Gwalior radio space. Though it does not exist in the city, it still has a high recall value here. The advertisers may take to the big players.”

  • B.A.G Films’ Rajiv Mishra Asia-Pac secy-gen of AIR-IAB

    B.A.G Films’ Rajiv Mishra Asia-Pac secy-gen of AIR-IAB

    NEW DELHI: The board of directors of AIR-IAB has nominated BAG Films radio division head Rajiv Mishra as secretary general of the global organisation’s Asia Pacific region, in a meeting held at Montevideo, Uruguay.

    The International Association of Broadcasting (IAB) and Asociacion Internacional de Radiodifusion (AIR), is the non governmental organization of commercial radio and television networks of the world. It is also a consultant to the United Nation.

    Mishra will present a paper on commercial broadcasting industry scenario in Asia Pacific region to AIR-IAB board of directors in a meeting slated to be held in Guatemala in October.

    He will also work closely with AIR-IAB director-general Héctor Oscar Amengual for the expansion of AIR-IAB to the Asia Pacific region, especially with important private commercial broadcasting countries such as Japan, Korea, Australia, and the Philippines.

    Mishra is the convener of Association of Radio Operators of India (AROI) and COO of BAG Infotainment, presently engaged in establishing 10 FM Radio stations across India

  • PMO sets up panel to develop policy paper on radio, TV & digital tech

    PMO sets up panel to develop policy paper on radio, TV & digital tech

    MNEW DELHI: The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has set up a committee to develop a policy paper for radio, television and digital technology to be covered under the 11th Five-Year plan.

    The high-profile panel’s first meeting will be held on 21 June. B.A.G Infotainment CEO and convener of Association of Radio Operators in India Rajiv Mishra and Times of India group’s AP Parigi are among the private sector nominees to the working group.

    The following activities will be covered by the newly-constituted group:

    # To suggest approaches for formulation of plans and programmes for radio and TV, keeping in view the emerging trends in technology, convergence issues, IP multimedia and IT-enabled media applications.

    # To recommend measures for optimum expansion of transmission network of radio and TV through appropriate technologies to hitherto uncovered areas.

    # To put in place the basic policy framework, fiscal incentives and workout a mission mode project for moving from analogue transmission to digital transmission before 2015.

    # To develop a mission mode project for implementation mobile media solutions by establishing requisite infrastructure for transmission in, say, 700 MHz band in association with mobile service providers and technology partners.

    # To identify excess spectrum and bandwidth arising through migration to digital transmission and work out strategies for its redeployment/farming.

    # To assess the total investment required in hardware and to suggest measures to stimulate greater private investment in this sector.

    The members of this group also include Prasar Bharati CEO, director-generals of Doordarshan and All India Radio, head of Broadcast Engineering Society of India Ltd, Planning Commission’s advisor of communication and information and IT software industry body Nasscom’s chairman Kiran Karnik.

  • B.A.G plans to invest Rs 500 million in radio biz

    B.A.G plans to invest Rs 500 million in radio biz

    MUMBAI: B.A.G Infotainment, a wholly owned subsidiary of B.A.G. Films Ltd, plans to invest over Rs 500 million for its FM radio business spread over 10 towns.

    The investment includes expenses towards infrastructure, equipments and studio facilities. The company will also have to contribute to the common transmission infrastructure. “We have bid successfully at very low costs. This has given us an edge and our outgo towards license fee is just 10 per cent of our project cost,” says B.A.G Intotainment CEO Rajiv Mishra.

    B.A.G is also trying to work out an equity arrangement among a consortium of small and regional radio operators who are in the process of being formed for collectively tapping advertising. “Our feeling is that there should be a common bonding for the consortium that will make it last. This will be best served by an equity arrangement among the partners. We are in talks towards this,” says Mishra.

    The consortium of radio operators for ad sales is in the process of being finalised. B.A.G will lead this combination which will have a national footprint to present before advertisers. Besides pressuring on higher ad rates, the partnership arrangement can help drive down operating costs for these FM broadcasting companies.
    B.A.G expects to rope in 40 radio companies as members of this consortium. The idea is to counter the bigger players like Radio Mirchi, Radio City, Sun TV group and Anil Ambani-controlled Adlabs. “We hope to form the consortium by 15 July. We have already signed up with six companies including Renecka Fincon and Gwalior Farms. We are also in advanced talks with many others,” says Mishra.

    B.A.G has bagged licenses to operate stations in Shimla, Patiala, Karnal, Hissar, Ahmednagar, Jabalpur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Muzzaffarpur and Ranchi. “We expect the second phase of FM stations to be active by December. The marketing efforts should start somewhere in September-October. As for selecting radio companies who would form the consortium, we are careful that in each locality no competing operator is selected. We are selecting geographical blocks,” says Mishra.