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  • Bebaq. Bekhauf set to change; TV18 to revamp IBN7 on 9 Nov

    Bebaq. Bekhauf set to change; TV18 to revamp IBN7 on 9 Nov

    MUMBAI: Owned by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries, Network18 Media and Investments has a thorough makeover on the cards, again. After successfully revamping its English news channel CNN-IBN to CNN-News18 earlier this year, the network is in the middle of a rebranding and content-refreshing exercise for its Hindi news channel IBN 7.

    A company official has confirmed the news with indiantelevision.com that the new brand name and logo will be announced on 9 November. Currently, the media network is running several teasers on the channel about a big announcement.

    The channel’s new name will also adopt News18 element shedding its old IBN brand which stands for Indian Broadcasting Network. Its current tagline – Bebaq. Bekhauf – will also change.

    Besides the rebranding, the channel will also unveil its fresh programming.

    In an earlier interview with indiantelevision.com, IBN News Network chief executive officer Avinash Kaul had said, “You will see us relooking at the entire IBN7 proposition in 3-4 months. That is also on the cards but we are looking at one thing at a time.”

    http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/news-broadcasting/you-will-us-relooking-at-the-entire-ibn-7-proposition-in-3-4-months-avinash-kaul-160418

    Network18 Group is a media and entertainment group which, through its subsidiary, TV18, operates news channels such as CNBC-TV18, CNBC Awaaz, CNBC-TV18 Prime HD, CNN-News18, and IBN7.

    In the regional space, the group operates CNBC Bajar, IBN Lokmat and operates 13 regional news channels under the ETV umbrella and five regional entertainment channels under the Colors brand.

    The group also operates a 24-hour an Indian news channel in English – News18, targeting global audiences. TV18 and Viacom18 have formed a strategic joint venture called IndiaCast, a multi-platform ‘content asset monetization’ entity that drives domestic and international channel distribution, placement services and content syndication for the bouquet of channels from the group and third parties.

  • Trai effect: Vodafone falls in line with Jio

    Trai effect: Vodafone falls in line with Jio

    Vodafone telecom service provider is committed to continue playing its responsible role in further developing the Indian telecom sector and in creating value for the consumer.

    Vodafone India has always provided Points of Interconnect (PoI) to other operators for all their fair, reasonable and legitimate requirements and will continue to do so.

    Following guidance from Trai and clarifications from Jio regarding its commercial launch, Vodafone India has decided to increase the Points of Interconnect (POIs) between the two operators by three times.
    Accordingly, it will increase the capacity to connect.

    Vodafone is hopeful that all issues that it has raised with Trai and Jio will be duly considered and resolved at the earliest.

    To create a truly connected, inclusive and Digital India, it is vital to have a level playing field between providers offering the same service, encourage innovations and judiciously use a portfolio of technologies – 2G, 3G & 4G to service the evolving needs of consumers across the country.

    Vodafone is one of India’s leading telecom service providers, a co-creator of the telecom ecosystem, and a catalyst of the telecom revolution in India.

  • Trai effect: Vodafone falls in line with Jio

    Trai effect: Vodafone falls in line with Jio

    Vodafone telecom service provider is committed to continue playing its responsible role in further developing the Indian telecom sector and in creating value for the consumer.

    Vodafone India has always provided Points of Interconnect (PoI) to other operators for all their fair, reasonable and legitimate requirements and will continue to do so.

    Following guidance from Trai and clarifications from Jio regarding its commercial launch, Vodafone India has decided to increase the Points of Interconnect (POIs) between the two operators by three times.
    Accordingly, it will increase the capacity to connect.

    Vodafone is hopeful that all issues that it has raised with Trai and Jio will be duly considered and resolved at the earliest.

    To create a truly connected, inclusive and Digital India, it is vital to have a level playing field between providers offering the same service, encourage innovations and judiciously use a portfolio of technologies – 2G, 3G & 4G to service the evolving needs of consumers across the country.

    Vodafone is one of India’s leading telecom service providers, a co-creator of the telecom ecosystem, and a catalyst of the telecom revolution in India.

  • Zee Media launches global English news channel Wion

    Zee Media launches global English news channel Wion

    MUMBAI: It is pretty significant that Zee TV group promoter Subhash Chandra used 15 August, India’s 70th Independence Day to launch Zee Media’s global English news channel World is One News (WION) on TV screens. Wion launched as a free to air satellite service in 37 countries and is available in India on Dish TV (#605), Reliance (#459), Tata Sky (#628), Siti – Mumbai (#419) Delhi (#419 ) Bangalore (#319) Indore (#419) Kolkata (#430) and on Den Supreme Mumbai (#371) Kolkata (#371).

    Chandra has for long been advocating that the world needs to see south Asia, and more specifically India, through a pair of local unfiltered glasses, not colored by Western or any other perspective. He had announced last year that Zee Media would launch WION and had appointed a former CNN and CNBC journalist Rohit Gandhi to head the news channel as its editor in chief.

    For the past couple of months, it has been putting out news on various online platforms, right from YouTube to Facebook and has been focused on presenting global news developments from a south Asian perspective.

    Said Gandhi in an opinion piece on the Wion website announcing the launch today: “For decades, media has been pushing the agenda of a country or a group of countries. Primarily Western news outlets have occupied that space and they push their viewpoint. They try and come as close possible to an “unbiased” approach. But they are far removed from reality as they are unable to decipher the intricacies involved… The stories were myopic and many times their selection was biased. The only stories that made to the forefront were about poverty, manual scavenging or the monkeys. I knew that I couldn’t work in a myopic news environment; I had to tell the stories that were nuanced and looked at all sides of a society or societies. “

    He added that WION will be “working to deliver an unbiased news network where people will be able to take pride in the phenomenal world that they live in and are able to learn from the successes and failures in general. As we launch the ‘World Is One News’ Network, we hope to share the stories and our journey with you.”

    Zee Media has set up bureaus or hired journalists in the major regions including Europe, west Asia and the US.

    The channel says it will also have a strong focus on participatory journalism from viewers. “We encourage people to submit their stories, photos, opinions, comments and videos,” says its website.

  • Zee Media launches global English news channel Wion

    Zee Media launches global English news channel Wion

    MUMBAI: It is pretty significant that Zee TV group promoter Subhash Chandra used 15 August, India’s 70th Independence Day to launch Zee Media’s global English news channel World is One News (WION) on TV screens. Wion launched as a free to air satellite service in 37 countries and is available in India on Dish TV (#605), Reliance (#459), Tata Sky (#628), Siti – Mumbai (#419) Delhi (#419 ) Bangalore (#319) Indore (#419) Kolkata (#430) and on Den Supreme Mumbai (#371) Kolkata (#371).

    Chandra has for long been advocating that the world needs to see south Asia, and more specifically India, through a pair of local unfiltered glasses, not colored by Western or any other perspective. He had announced last year that Zee Media would launch WION and had appointed a former CNN and CNBC journalist Rohit Gandhi to head the news channel as its editor in chief.

    For the past couple of months, it has been putting out news on various online platforms, right from YouTube to Facebook and has been focused on presenting global news developments from a south Asian perspective.

    Said Gandhi in an opinion piece on the Wion website announcing the launch today: “For decades, media has been pushing the agenda of a country or a group of countries. Primarily Western news outlets have occupied that space and they push their viewpoint. They try and come as close possible to an “unbiased” approach. But they are far removed from reality as they are unable to decipher the intricacies involved… The stories were myopic and many times their selection was biased. The only stories that made to the forefront were about poverty, manual scavenging or the monkeys. I knew that I couldn’t work in a myopic news environment; I had to tell the stories that were nuanced and looked at all sides of a society or societies. “

    He added that WION will be “working to deliver an unbiased news network where people will be able to take pride in the phenomenal world that they live in and are able to learn from the successes and failures in general. As we launch the ‘World Is One News’ Network, we hope to share the stories and our journey with you.”

    Zee Media has set up bureaus or hired journalists in the major regions including Europe, west Asia and the US.

    The channel says it will also have a strong focus on participatory journalism from viewers. “We encourage people to submit their stories, photos, opinions, comments and videos,” says its website.

  • Reliance revamps Bloomberg TV as Business Television India

    Reliance revamps Bloomberg TV as Business Television India

    MUMBAI: After Bloomberg ended a seven year old tie -up with the Anil Ambani led Reliance group, it is now all set to rebrand its business news channel Bloomberg TV which is run by Business Broadcast News Private Limited. The channel will be renamed as Business Television India (BTVIn) early next month, reported a daily newspaper. It has signed an agreement for data feed with Thomson Reuters Corp.

    The new website and logo will be unveiled next month. It is also reported that Reliance Capital Ltd and entrepreneur Ronnie Screwvala, among others, are shareholders in BTVIn.

    According to reports, Siddharth Zarabi will continue to head the editorial operations of the channel, the company has hired Monica Tata, a former managing director of HBO India, to head the restructuring on the business side of the news operations on a project basis.

    Bloomberg L.P. and Business Broadcast News decided to end their media licensing agreement in India on 31 March 2016. Both parties have mutually ended the licensing agreement and pursued their respective new business strategies. While Business Broadcast News continued to operate the TV channel with fresh branding effective 1 April, subject to regulatory approval, Bloomberg announced Raghav Bahl’s Quint as the media partner.

    Bahl and Bloomberg will together invest Rs.100 crore in the venture. While, Bahl will own a 74 per cent stake, Bloomberg will have the rest. The agreement is for a 10-year period.

    The Bloomberg Quint website has already gone live, while the news channel is expected to be launched later this year.

  • Reliance revamps Bloomberg TV as Business Television India

    Reliance revamps Bloomberg TV as Business Television India

    MUMBAI: After Bloomberg ended a seven year old tie -up with the Anil Ambani led Reliance group, it is now all set to rebrand its business news channel Bloomberg TV which is run by Business Broadcast News Private Limited. The channel will be renamed as Business Television India (BTVIn) early next month, reported a daily newspaper. It has signed an agreement for data feed with Thomson Reuters Corp.

    The new website and logo will be unveiled next month. It is also reported that Reliance Capital Ltd and entrepreneur Ronnie Screwvala, among others, are shareholders in BTVIn.

    According to reports, Siddharth Zarabi will continue to head the editorial operations of the channel, the company has hired Monica Tata, a former managing director of HBO India, to head the restructuring on the business side of the news operations on a project basis.

    Bloomberg L.P. and Business Broadcast News decided to end their media licensing agreement in India on 31 March 2016. Both parties have mutually ended the licensing agreement and pursued their respective new business strategies. While Business Broadcast News continued to operate the TV channel with fresh branding effective 1 April, subject to regulatory approval, Bloomberg announced Raghav Bahl’s Quint as the media partner.

    Bahl and Bloomberg will together invest Rs.100 crore in the venture. While, Bahl will own a 74 per cent stake, Bloomberg will have the rest. The agreement is for a 10-year period.

    The Bloomberg Quint website has already gone live, while the news channel is expected to be launched later this year.

  • Reliance backed eCommerce startup DYSH raises $250K from Venture Catalysts

    Reliance backed eCommerce startup DYSH raises $250K from Venture Catalysts

    MUMBAI:  Dont Scratch Your Head (DSYH), a SaaS-based reconciliation platform for e-commerce channels, has raised $250,000 funding from Venture Catalysts (VCats). The round was led by Gaurav Singhi of VCats (Surat) and Zaffiro Ventures. DSYH is a part of the four-month Scalerator Program at the Reliance-backed GenNext Hub and powered by Microsoft Accelerator India.

    Speaking about the $250,000 raised, DSYH CEO Suraj Vazirani says, “We will use the funds to upgrade our technological infrastructure and customer support team – both key to our business growth. 

    Praising Venture Catalysts (VCats), he adds, “Venture Catalysts has stood true to its name, acting as true catalysts in our journey right from the start. In India, where there are very few seed-stage venture platforms, VCats has been a great mentor – its quick evaluation process, and even quicker decision to invest in DSYH, giving Indian e-commerce a great boost.”

    By the end of 2016, e-commerce industry is likely to touch $38 billion in India says a GenNext Hub release. It is projected to surge to $100 billion by 2020, with over 5 lakh sellers joining the bandwagon. Sellers selling on multiple platforms, such as Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon, get their payments only after the marketplaces have deducted charges as per policies.

    Some of the major hassles faced by a seller while selling across multiple marketplaces are: reconciling accounts, payments, returned orders, promotional amounts, reimbursements, etc. DSYH, with its e-commerce seller ecosystem of ‘reconciliation’ across multiple marketplaces through a single window, removes these hassles claims the release. Solving the reconciliation pain point makes marketplaces more efficient, and helps sellers service Indian consumers better and faster.

    Sharing his experience of being a part of the Scalerator Program, DSYH co-founder & COO Sumit Karanji says, “DSYH owes its success to top RIL senior executives, mentors, investors and industry connects. Together they have helped us refine our business model and products, as well as scale up strategy and funding. We have also received great technological inputs through the Microsoft Accelerator partnership with GenNext Hub. It is helping us shape our product offerings.”

  • Reliance backed eCommerce startup DYSH raises $250K from Venture Catalysts

    Reliance backed eCommerce startup DYSH raises $250K from Venture Catalysts

    MUMBAI:  Dont Scratch Your Head (DSYH), a SaaS-based reconciliation platform for e-commerce channels, has raised $250,000 funding from Venture Catalysts (VCats). The round was led by Gaurav Singhi of VCats (Surat) and Zaffiro Ventures. DSYH is a part of the four-month Scalerator Program at the Reliance-backed GenNext Hub and powered by Microsoft Accelerator India.

    Speaking about the $250,000 raised, DSYH CEO Suraj Vazirani says, “We will use the funds to upgrade our technological infrastructure and customer support team – both key to our business growth. 

    Praising Venture Catalysts (VCats), he adds, “Venture Catalysts has stood true to its name, acting as true catalysts in our journey right from the start. In India, where there are very few seed-stage venture platforms, VCats has been a great mentor – its quick evaluation process, and even quicker decision to invest in DSYH, giving Indian e-commerce a great boost.”

    By the end of 2016, e-commerce industry is likely to touch $38 billion in India says a GenNext Hub release. It is projected to surge to $100 billion by 2020, with over 5 lakh sellers joining the bandwagon. Sellers selling on multiple platforms, such as Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon, get their payments only after the marketplaces have deducted charges as per policies.

    Some of the major hassles faced by a seller while selling across multiple marketplaces are: reconciling accounts, payments, returned orders, promotional amounts, reimbursements, etc. DSYH, with its e-commerce seller ecosystem of ‘reconciliation’ across multiple marketplaces through a single window, removes these hassles claims the release. Solving the reconciliation pain point makes marketplaces more efficient, and helps sellers service Indian consumers better and faster.

    Sharing his experience of being a part of the Scalerator Program, DSYH co-founder & COO Sumit Karanji says, “DSYH owes its success to top RIL senior executives, mentors, investors and industry connects. Together they have helped us refine our business model and products, as well as scale up strategy and funding. We have also received great technological inputs through the Microsoft Accelerator partnership with GenNext Hub. It is helping us shape our product offerings.”

  • Startup OYO features in LinkedIn’s Top Attractors List

    Startup OYO features in LinkedIn’s Top Attractors List

    MUMBAI: India’s branded network of hotels OYO has become the youngest Indian startup to be included in the LinkedIn Top Attractors list for India in 2016. Ranked at number 16 overall and 6th in the rank of home-grown Indian companies, OYO is the only hospitality company among the 25 companies featured. The list also features biggies such as Amazon, Google and Flipkart.

    Speaking about the achievement, OYO CEO and founder Ritesh Agarwal, CEO said, “We are ecstatic at being recognized as a top attractor by LinkedIn. People and technology form the crux of our operations and this survey along with its methodology represents the best convergence of the two. OYO is a preferred employer on account of being an agent of transformation. In the very short time since our launch, we have driven positive impact in the hospitality sector as well as the experience of lakhs of Indian travellers. The OYO DNA is all about being innovative, agile and responsive. This recognition further validates our belief in our vision of becoming the most-loved hotel brand in the world.”

    The Top Attractors list is the first ranking of its kind to be based entirely on actions of LinkedIn users. According to LinkedIn, the 25 companies featured on the list are the best in India at attracting and keeping top talent. OYO pipped eCommerce companies such as MakeMyTrip and Zomato, and veterans such as Cisco, Reliance and Accenture, that are also featured in the same list.

    Globally, the list featured companies such as Apple, Facebook and Uber. LinkedIn partnered with Censuswide Research to carry out an online survey of 6,266 workers between 18 May and 23 May 2016. The countries surveyed were Australia, Brazil, France, India, UK and USA.

    The list comprises companies where people most eagerly want to land jobs, and stay in them, as determined by 12 metrics that measure online actions taken by LinkedIn’s members. Among those metrics are the number of views and applications per job posting on LinkedIn and other career sites, the number of views of a company’s career page, and employee retention statistics as measured through profile updates.

    In just three years since its inception, OYO says that it has managed to expand its network to include 70,000 rooms in 180 Indian cities, with 2.3 million room-nights booked in the first quarter of 2016. CB Insights has cited OYO as one of the top 50 startups most likely to next reach unicorn status.

    OYO’s vision is to become the world’s most preferred and trusted hotel brand. It is backed by the world’s leading investors including the SoftBank Group, Greenoaks Capital, Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed India.

    OYO has partnered with IRCTC, Airtel, Samsung, Lenovo, Biotique, Cleartrip, Itzcash, FreeCharge, Mobikwik,  Peppertap and Grofers to deliver a seamless and standardized experience to guests.