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  • Zoom business head Balvani tipped to take charge of Zee Music

    MUMBAI: More action from the Zee stable. The latest being that Zoom’s business head Irshwin Balvani is slated to join Zee Music as business head come 1 June.
     

    Sources high up at Zee Telefilms confirmed the development.
    When contacted, Balwani, however, refused comment.

    The Zee Music business head position has been vacant for over a month now, with former business head Bharat Ranga, focussing on Zee Cinema now.

    Additionally, with former programming head Niyati Shah having quit to join Sify Broadband as head of the content and marketing, Zee Music is also on the lookout for someone to fill Shah’s position.
     
     

    Zee Music in 2003 underwent a complete makeover with a new look and a host of new shows as part of an overall effort to rejuvenate its content to take on MTV and Channel [V].

    Balvani has been with Zoom from its inception and has been with the Times Group for seven years now.

  • Rajul Kulshreshta tipped to replace Sai Nagesh at GroupM

    MUMBAI: Rajul Kulshreshta, formerly director international sales CNBC Asia, is being tipped to replace Sai Nagesh, head of the LG business at GroupM, who has just put in his papers.

    Kulshresthta has been out of India these last few years, first in Indonesia and then based in Singapore with CNBC. Before, his Indonesia stint, Kulshresthta was with McCann-Erickson.

     

    When queried about the reported developments, Andre Nair, CEO of MindShare South Asia and CEO of GroupM India, offered no comment.

    Meanwhile, Nagesh, who was only given charge of the LG account on 29 March, is reportedly serving his notice period. Before being asked to head the LG account, Nagesh was director, marketing and corporate affairs GroupM.

    At the time of filing this report, indiantelevision.com had no information about the the media planning veteran’s next port of call.

  • Sumo Dutta tipped to head Star’s new digital initiatives

    MUMBAI: Sumantra Dutta has relinquished his position as head of Radio City and will now again take on a role as one of Star India’s core executive team. The formal return of Dutta to Star will be effective Monday.
     

    This follows Star’s exit from the radio business. Recently, GW Capital through its India Value Fund acquired controlling stake in Music Broadcast Pvt Ltd (MBPL) for Rs 300 million, the holding company for Radio City.

    Before his move into the uncharted FM arena, Dutta was head of ad sales and marketing for Star Plus at the time it took off with the Amitabh Bachchan-hosted game show Kaun Banega Crorepati hitting the jackpot. He moved on to Star’s radio business and was singularly responsible for establishing Radio City as a popular brand.
     
     

    While Dutta was unavailable for comment on what his likely role in Star would be, company sources say he will be leading Star’s charge in the area of newer technologies. These will in all likelihood also include direct-to-home (DTH) as well as News Corp’s renewed interest in cyberspace — Internet. It may be noted that Dutta is already heading Star’s wireless division.