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  • Cracking Chrome DM-Da Vinci code as legalities take over

    Cracking Chrome DM-Da Vinci code as legalities take over

    MUMBAI:  When business partners — erstwhile or otherwise— part ways acrimoniously, dirty linen gets washed in public. Almost a year after parting ways, Da Vinci Learning (DVL) TV channel, through its Indian JV partner Quintillion Media Pvt. Ltd, has served a breach of contract notice to channel’s distributor Chrome Data and Media Analytics (Chrome DM), which has hit back with a counter legal notice to The Quint.

    DVL, which announced its formal launch in India November 2015, is a 50:50 joint venture in India between Da Vinci Media GmbH and Quintillion Media Pvt. Ltd (The Quint),  a digital venture founded by Ritu Kapur and Raghav Bahl, former founder-promoters of Network18 Group that was bought over by the Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries Ltd. in 2014.

    The legally drafted notice from The Quint states that the data solution provider (Chrome DM) under-performed and could not deliver to what was discussed and decided by the two partners. The distribution of the educational channel DVL in India was entrusted to Brickworks Media, a sister concern of Chrome DM that is focused on quantitative and qualitative market research.

    According to information collated, Da Vinci’s Indian operations owes to Chrome DM approximately Rs 15 million (Rs. 1.5 crore) in unpaid bills.

    Chrome DM founder and CEO Pankaj Krishna, a media industry veteran, took to social media to voice his side of the story. In an open letter on Facebook late last week, he said, “Dear Raghav Bahl, you did manage to pleasantly surprise me when I happen to go though some letters you have sent to our registered office…And today u have resorted to some rather immature tactics of sending out unfounded letters and communication, 11 months after parting ways!!”

    Krishna went on to further state: “To rewind, it was the 25th of January, 2016 when you felt that you could usurp the Brickworks’ team efforts and investments towards Da Vinci and take on the balance project yourself and save on some hard earned money. Sadly, you failed and failed till date.”

    According to Krishna, Bahl and his team were initially game to make the payments later, but soon stopped accepting any calls or messages from the Chrome team.

    Indiantelevision.com sent an email to Bahl to get his reactions to Krishna’s FB post. After several attempts, though Bahl did not comment, Da Vinci Media (DVM)’s marketing director Monomita Mukhopadhyay replied to our mail.
    “Mr. Pankaj Krishna’s Facebook post is a reaction to a demand notice sent by Da Vinci Media to his company for breach of contract. There is no logic behind Mr. Krishna’s post; it’s his opinion. They did not deliver (on) to what was discussed and did not perform well. DVM and its lawyers are doing the needful,” Mukhopadhyay explained.

    However, Chrome DM marketing head Harnoor Kanwar told indiantelevision.com that it was The Quint/DVM that decided to part ways without fulfilling their financial obligations.

    “I have attended all the meetings with Raghav Bahl and his team. Our last meeting was on 25 January 2016 when he decided to turn the tables and took charge of the distribution of his channel. We all were simply surprised. Post that, he was very much a part of all my communications regarding the investments. He owes us a few crores (of rupees) but that was ok with us. But now, he has sent us this letter demanding damages. Why has he suddenly awakened after a11-month sleep? We surely are going to take counter measures,” Kanwar counter-punched.

    Chrome DM and Brickworks Media specialises in brand and other market related research, including those pertaining to television sector. Bahl and his wife-promoted Quintillion Media Pvt. Ltd is a digital media company that has a joint venture with Bloomberg for the Bloomberg business news channel in India and also operates a co-branded news website, apart from other independent ventures.

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  • Cracking Chrome DM-Da Vinci code as legalities take over

    Cracking Chrome DM-Da Vinci code as legalities take over

    MUMBAI:  When business partners — erstwhile or otherwise— part ways acrimoniously, dirty linen gets washed in public. Almost a year after parting ways, Da Vinci Learning (DVL) TV channel, through its Indian JV partner Quintillion Media Pvt. Ltd, has served a breach of contract notice to channel’s distributor Chrome Data and Media Analytics (Chrome DM), which has hit back with a counter legal notice to The Quint.

    DVL, which announced its formal launch in India November 2015, is a 50:50 joint venture in India between Da Vinci Media GmbH and Quintillion Media Pvt. Ltd (The Quint),  a digital venture founded by Ritu Kapur and Raghav Bahl, former founder-promoters of Network18 Group that was bought over by the Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries Ltd. in 2014.

    The legally drafted notice from The Quint states that the data solution provider (Chrome DM) under-performed and could not deliver to what was discussed and decided by the two partners. The distribution of the educational channel DVL in India was entrusted to Brickworks Media, a sister concern of Chrome DM that is focused on quantitative and qualitative market research.

    According to information collated, Da Vinci’s Indian operations owes to Chrome DM approximately Rs 15 million (Rs. 1.5 crore) in unpaid bills.

    Chrome DM founder and CEO Pankaj Krishna, a media industry veteran, took to social media to voice his side of the story. In an open letter on Facebook late last week, he said, “Dear Raghav Bahl, you did manage to pleasantly surprise me when I happen to go though some letters you have sent to our registered office…And today u have resorted to some rather immature tactics of sending out unfounded letters and communication, 11 months after parting ways!!”

    Krishna went on to further state: “To rewind, it was the 25th of January, 2016 when you felt that you could usurp the Brickworks’ team efforts and investments towards Da Vinci and take on the balance project yourself and save on some hard earned money. Sadly, you failed and failed till date.”

    According to Krishna, Bahl and his team were initially game to make the payments later, but soon stopped accepting any calls or messages from the Chrome team.

    Indiantelevision.com sent an email to Bahl to get his reactions to Krishna’s FB post. After several attempts, though Bahl did not comment, Da Vinci Media (DVM)’s marketing director Monomita Mukhopadhyay replied to our mail.
    “Mr. Pankaj Krishna’s Facebook post is a reaction to a demand notice sent by Da Vinci Media to his company for breach of contract. There is no logic behind Mr. Krishna’s post; it’s his opinion. They did not deliver (on) to what was discussed and did not perform well. DVM and its lawyers are doing the needful,” Mukhopadhyay explained.

    However, Chrome DM marketing head Harnoor Kanwar told indiantelevision.com that it was The Quint/DVM that decided to part ways without fulfilling their financial obligations.

    “I have attended all the meetings with Raghav Bahl and his team. Our last meeting was on 25 January 2016 when he decided to turn the tables and took charge of the distribution of his channel. We all were simply surprised. Post that, he was very much a part of all my communications regarding the investments. He owes us a few crores (of rupees) but that was ok with us. But now, he has sent us this letter demanding damages. Why has he suddenly awakened after a11-month sleep? We surely are going to take counter measures,” Kanwar counter-punched.

    Chrome DM and Brickworks Media specialises in brand and other market related research, including those pertaining to television sector. Bahl and his wife-promoted Quintillion Media Pvt. Ltd is a digital media company that has a joint venture with Bloomberg for the Bloomberg business news channel in India and also operates a co-branded news website, apart from other independent ventures.

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    Da Vinci Learning and The Quint launch India’s 1st Kids HD Educational Channel

    Da Vinci Learning partners with Airtel Digital TV, Siticable and Digicable

  • Sanjay Pugalia excited about joining Raghav Bahl’s Quintillion Media

    Sanjay Pugalia excited about joining Raghav Bahl’s Quintillion Media

    MUMBAI: Former editor of CNBC Awaaz and CNBC Bajaar, Sanjay Pugalia has joined Raghav Bahl’s The Quint. He has joined as president and editorial director of the group, which includes media properties like The Quint and BloombergQuint.

    Pugalia will report to Bahl. His main focus will be on setting up Hindi digital news platform for the venture and will also play an important role in various other verticals of Quintillion Media.

    Excited about joining hands with Bahl, Pugalia said, “It’s indeed a pleasure to work with Raghav Bahl who has set high standard and goals in this field. I am excited about the new young team that has been put in place. Their work in English is extremely impressive.”

    Pugalia’s induction is part of Quintillion Media’s strategy to explode its regional presence, which it has been piloting over the past few months.
    “The results of the pilot have been most encouraging, and provide the impetus to take the next step: amp up the growth. I am also delighted to be working again with Raghav after spending a decade together with him in building CNBC Awaaz and Bajaar”, added Pugalia.

    Bloomberg Media had joined hands with Quintillion Media on 13 April 2016. The result of the union will take birth in the next month as BloombergQuint India will deliver business and financial news over traditional broadcast, digital and live events in the subcontinent.

    “In Sanjay, we have a most accomplished professional who can help quickly scale up several of our news properties. I have the highest respect for Sanjay’s acute understanding of news and current affairs. It’s a privilege to have him on the team”, said Quintillion Media founder Raghav Bahl.
    With more than 25 years of experience in print and TV, Pugalia was till recently the editor-in-chief of CNBC Awaaz. Before that he was the News Director for Star TV. He has also held significant roles at BBC, Aaj Tak, Navbharat Times and Business Standard.

  • Sanjay Pugalia excited about joining Raghav Bahl’s Quintillion Media

    Sanjay Pugalia excited about joining Raghav Bahl’s Quintillion Media

    MUMBAI: Former editor of CNBC Awaaz and CNBC Bajaar, Sanjay Pugalia has joined Raghav Bahl’s The Quint. He has joined as president and editorial director of the group, which includes media properties like The Quint and BloombergQuint.

    Pugalia will report to Bahl. His main focus will be on setting up Hindi digital news platform for the venture and will also play an important role in various other verticals of Quintillion Media.

    Excited about joining hands with Bahl, Pugalia said, “It’s indeed a pleasure to work with Raghav Bahl who has set high standard and goals in this field. I am excited about the new young team that has been put in place. Their work in English is extremely impressive.”

    Pugalia’s induction is part of Quintillion Media’s strategy to explode its regional presence, which it has been piloting over the past few months.
    “The results of the pilot have been most encouraging, and provide the impetus to take the next step: amp up the growth. I am also delighted to be working again with Raghav after spending a decade together with him in building CNBC Awaaz and Bajaar”, added Pugalia.

    Bloomberg Media had joined hands with Quintillion Media on 13 April 2016. The result of the union will take birth in the next month as BloombergQuint India will deliver business and financial news over traditional broadcast, digital and live events in the subcontinent.

    “In Sanjay, we have a most accomplished professional who can help quickly scale up several of our news properties. I have the highest respect for Sanjay’s acute understanding of news and current affairs. It’s a privilege to have him on the team”, said Quintillion Media founder Raghav Bahl.
    With more than 25 years of experience in print and TV, Pugalia was till recently the editor-in-chief of CNBC Awaaz. Before that he was the News Director for Star TV. He has also held significant roles at BBC, Aaj Tak, Navbharat Times and Business Standard.

  • Kids HD channel Da Vinci Learning now available on Tata Sky

    Kids HD channel Da Vinci Learning now available on Tata Sky

    MUMBAI: The kids HD channel TV channel, Da Vinci Learning  is now available on Tata Sky on channel no. 632 starting from 5 April, 2016. Da Vinci Learning is already available on Hathway since November 2015, post its launch.   

    This development will allow Da Vinci Learning to reach out to a larger audience and create a stronger foothold in the market. Da Vinci Learning is a product of a 50: 50 joint venture between Da Vinci Media GmbH and The Quint for a complete horizontal digital multimedia educational platform.

    Commenting on the development, Da Vinci Learning, India managing director Mohit Anand said, “Our content is truly transformational as it fills an essential need gap in the children’s education and entertainment content space today.  We are extremely excited with our partnership with Tata Sky – India’s leading and premier DTH platform. This is a logical next step for Da Vinci Learning in order to strengthen our distribution and to reach to an even larger audience. We will continue strive to make our content available to a wide cross-section of Indian viewers to enable them to participate with us in the lifelong journey of learning.”

     

  • Kids HD channel Da Vinci Learning now available on Tata Sky

    Kids HD channel Da Vinci Learning now available on Tata Sky

    MUMBAI: The kids HD channel TV channel, Da Vinci Learning  is now available on Tata Sky on channel no. 632 starting from 5 April, 2016. Da Vinci Learning is already available on Hathway since November 2015, post its launch.   

    This development will allow Da Vinci Learning to reach out to a larger audience and create a stronger foothold in the market. Da Vinci Learning is a product of a 50: 50 joint venture between Da Vinci Media GmbH and The Quint for a complete horizontal digital multimedia educational platform.

    Commenting on the development, Da Vinci Learning, India managing director Mohit Anand said, “Our content is truly transformational as it fills an essential need gap in the children’s education and entertainment content space today.  We are extremely excited with our partnership with Tata Sky – India’s leading and premier DTH platform. This is a logical next step for Da Vinci Learning in order to strengthen our distribution and to reach to an even larger audience. We will continue strive to make our content available to a wide cross-section of Indian viewers to enable them to participate with us in the lifelong journey of learning.”

     

  • Raghav Bahl’s The Quint completes a successful one year

    Raghav Bahl’s The Quint completes a successful one year

    MUMBAI: Tracing its inception back in March 2015, The Quint, a leading digital content platform has completed one year in India. The platform narrates stories through a smooth blend of video, audio, graphics and text.

    Offering an edgy take on the world, the platform serves as a destination to the mobile-savvy ‘on-the-go’ audience. The platform provides information on various topics ranging from politics, entertainment, sports, business, food, issues faced by women, LGBTQ, etc.

    Announced first on Facebook in the month of January, the website went live from March.

    “In this exciting one year, we have experimented with content, formats, technology and different ways of engaging our readers meaningfully. Throughout this ride, we’ve broken news (and parameters) as well as our own expectations, but most importantly, we’ve broken the perception that only print or television can rule information,” asserted the overwhelmed The Quint CEO Ritu Kapur.

    The Quint has championed several impactful campaigns in its first year on its platform that have helped it cinch its popularity with Indian content consumers like the ‘Buri ladki’ poster which gave away its first taste of going viral while attempting to break gender stereotypes in India.

    Even during the Bihar elections, the portal covered the entire poll with a selfie stick and a smart-phone.  

    During the Jat reservation riots in Haryana, National chess champion Anuradha Beniwal posted a plea on the website. The video, messages against the violence in Haryana went viral.

    Besides hard news, the website also paved its way into the hearts of its consumers by doing fun and fearless. #MakeOutInIndia, omne of their earliest campaigns encouraged Indians to talk about sex, breaking perceptions and cleaning out the cobwebs of hypocrisy. T

    On 26 February 206, they started a #LetterToIndia campaign inviting everyone to throw bouquets and brickbats on their way. Everyone from Bollywood stars, politicians, social influencers, prominent voices from the film industry, theatre, educational institutions, LGBTQ rights activists, provided colour and dimension to a campaign that eventually took on a life of its own on social. The platform even got onto the #SayYesToWeed bandwagon.

    A compelling combo of content, tech and distribution, the website is high-value digital journalism, storytelling, and advertising at scale. Recently, the website also launched Quint Hindi which giving Hindi news coverage catering to its Hindi speaking target group.

     

  • Raghav Bahl’s The Quint completes a successful one year

    Raghav Bahl’s The Quint completes a successful one year

    MUMBAI: Tracing its inception back in March 2015, The Quint, a leading digital content platform has completed one year in India. The platform narrates stories through a smooth blend of video, audio, graphics and text.

    Offering an edgy take on the world, the platform serves as a destination to the mobile-savvy ‘on-the-go’ audience. The platform provides information on various topics ranging from politics, entertainment, sports, business, food, issues faced by women, LGBTQ, etc.

    Announced first on Facebook in the month of January, the website went live from March.

    “In this exciting one year, we have experimented with content, formats, technology and different ways of engaging our readers meaningfully. Throughout this ride, we’ve broken news (and parameters) as well as our own expectations, but most importantly, we’ve broken the perception that only print or television can rule information,” asserted the overwhelmed The Quint CEO Ritu Kapur.

    The Quint has championed several impactful campaigns in its first year on its platform that have helped it cinch its popularity with Indian content consumers like the ‘Buri ladki’ poster which gave away its first taste of going viral while attempting to break gender stereotypes in India.

    Even during the Bihar elections, the portal covered the entire poll with a selfie stick and a smart-phone.  

    During the Jat reservation riots in Haryana, National chess champion Anuradha Beniwal posted a plea on the website. The video, messages against the violence in Haryana went viral.

    Besides hard news, the website also paved its way into the hearts of its consumers by doing fun and fearless. #MakeOutInIndia, omne of their earliest campaigns encouraged Indians to talk about sex, breaking perceptions and cleaning out the cobwebs of hypocrisy. T

    On 26 February 206, they started a #LetterToIndia campaign inviting everyone to throw bouquets and brickbats on their way. Everyone from Bollywood stars, politicians, social influencers, prominent voices from the film industry, theatre, educational institutions, LGBTQ rights activists, provided colour and dimension to a campaign that eventually took on a life of its own on social. The platform even got onto the #SayYesToWeed bandwagon.

    A compelling combo of content, tech and distribution, the website is high-value digital journalism, storytelling, and advertising at scale. Recently, the website also launched Quint Hindi which giving Hindi news coverage catering to its Hindi speaking target group.

     

  • Raghav Bahl resigns as director from Network18 & TV18

    Raghav Bahl resigns as director from Network18 & TV18

    MUMBAI: Network 18 Media & Investments and TV18 Broadcast founder Raghav Bahl has resigned as a director from both the companies with effect from 8 February, 2016 due to his “pre-occupation.”

    Bahl exited the TV news business after the sale of Network18 Media & Investments and all its subsidiary companies in 2014 to Independent Media Trust, which is part of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries.

    It may be recalled that Bahl was recently in the news for his intentions to re-enter the news broadcast space with Bloomberg.

    Bahl’s new venture The Quintillion Media, which also runs the online portal The Quint, is said to be looking at a strategic partnership with Bloomberg in the wake of the latter exiting its licensing partnership with Reliance ADAG’s Business Broadcast News.

    According to media reports, Bahl and Bloomberg have invested in a joint venture, which will later look at broadcast news with Quintillion Media holding at least a 51 per cent stake.

    As per reports, the new online portal under the JV is expected to launch in the coming weeks, while the business news channel is expected to launch by the end of the current calendar year. The Quint, however will continue to exist as it is.

  • Raghav Bahl resigns as director from Network18 & TV18

    Raghav Bahl resigns as director from Network18 & TV18

    MUMBAI: Network 18 Media & Investments and TV18 Broadcast founder Raghav Bahl has resigned as a director from both the companies with effect from 8 February, 2016 due to his “pre-occupation.”

    Bahl exited the TV news business after the sale of Network18 Media & Investments and all its subsidiary companies in 2014 to Independent Media Trust, which is part of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries.

    It may be recalled that Bahl was recently in the news for his intentions to re-enter the news broadcast space with Bloomberg.

    Bahl’s new venture The Quintillion Media, which also runs the online portal The Quint, is said to be looking at a strategic partnership with Bloomberg in the wake of the latter exiting its licensing partnership with Reliance ADAG’s Business Broadcast News.

    According to media reports, Bahl and Bloomberg have invested in a joint venture, which will later look at broadcast news with Quintillion Media holding at least a 51 per cent stake.

    As per reports, the new online portal under the JV is expected to launch in the coming weeks, while the business news channel is expected to launch by the end of the current calendar year. The Quint, however will continue to exist as it is.