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  • NDTV gets Karan Johar on board for entertainment channel

    NDTV gets Karan Johar on board for entertainment channel

    MUMBAI: The Prannoy Roy-promoted NDTV Ltd, which last month announced the formation of NDTV Ventures to start a slew of TV channels, including a Hindi general entertainment channel, has begun making its moves on that front.

    As a first step towards launching a Hindi entertainment channel, NDTV today announced its partnership with filmmaker Karan Johar’s production company, Dharma Productions.

    Karan Johar will be on the board of NDTV’s Entertainment company, and Dharma productions will hold an equity stake in it. Queried about the nature of the stake Johar would hold, NDTV’s chief executive for growth and strategy Vikram Chandra said it would be as sweat equity.

    Johar’s role has been defined as helping originate concepts and new programming ideas for the channel. Johar will also function as an ambassador for the NDTV entertainment brand.

    Dharma Productions will produce shows for NDTV’s Entertainment channel, and the channel will have first right of refusal on any programmes that it produces for television.

    Speaking on the new alliance, Johar said, “For me this partnership between NDTV and Dharma Productions is not just a professional association… it’s a family bonding and I believe in the power of the family! What a family can do together no individual can do on his own. This family is going to be at a TV screen near you, creating all the celebration possible. So please watch NDTV emerge as the leading entertainment channel of the country and this is not just a projection … this is a guarantee.”

    The NDTV Entertainment channel is being launched as part of NDTV’s expansion beyond the news.

    Karan Johar and Dharma productions have produced major blockbusters such as Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gum, Kal Ho Na Ho and Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna.

  • NDTV Profit to launch ‘Business on Course’

    NDTV Profit to launch ‘Business on Course’

    MUMBAI: Starting 18 November, NDTV Profit will showcase a new show Business on Course. The show will bring interviews with top notch CEO’s over a gaming session of golf .

    The discussions will focus on business strategies that they advocated as amateurs, the faults and mistakes they have made and learnt from. Until the present time with well honed skills and elegant swings, how they navigate themselves and their corporations through the intimidating course of business. A show on interesting experiences the businessmen have been through in their lives to be the pros and icons they are today, according to an informs.

    The repeat will air on 19 November at 8.30 am and 6 PM respectively. Its well accepted that golf as a sport reveals character. Top notch business executives have been known to use time on the golf course to plan business strategies, gain intimate knowledge of business associates, and strike the biggest deals over a shot on the greens.

    Business on Course spends half an hour every weekend evaluating the golf swing with CEOs on some of the best fairways across the country. With names like Pawan Munjal (Hero Honda), Gunit Chadha (Deutsche Bank, India), Arvind Thakur (NIIT) and V K Sibal (directorate general of Hydrocarbons) teeing off on Business on Course, the show will bring you a side of the best business minds that you have never seen before.

    NDTV Profit managing editor Vikram Chandra said, “They say 30 per cent of the world’s biggest business deals are sealed on the golf links. NDTV Profit is proud to turn this concept into a show that will bring to the viewers the real masters of the game who have made winning strokes both on and off the field.”

  • NDTV Profit launches new show ‘World Business’ with John Defterious as host

    NDTV Profit launches new show ‘World Business’ with John Defterious as host

    MUMBAI: NDTV Profit is launching a new business news programme called World Business, to be hosted by CNN Business News former anchor and editor John Defterious.

    Presented by NDTV Profit and UK based Fact Based Communications (FBC), the programme will profile world business leaders and feature in depth analyses of business trends world wide.
    The first episode of World Business will be telecast on 3 June at 10 pm with a repeat telecast on 4 June at 8 am.

    World Business will be targeted at C-class executives, senior managers, government officials and leading opinion formers in India and globally.

    This weekly half-hour business programme will include segments such as Tech Watch, a feature which looks at how companies are utilising technology to maintain competitiveness in today’s day and age. The other unique regular feature will be the segment Business of Sport, profiling the money and business strategies behind sports.

    The World Business team comprises business correspondents, reporters and contributors from across Europe, Asia, the US, Middle East and Africa.

    NDTV Profit managing editor Vikram Chandra said, “NDTV has always sought to provide quality content programming for its viewers. Bringing one of the most widely watched global business shows on our platform is in keeping with our channel’s commitment to offer more value, in depth analysis and the latest in international business news.”