The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) ended off the year with a series of virtual conferences attended by over 1600 delegates across Asia Pacific, and its first in-person industry conference and dinner in over two years, Resilience 100, at the Grand Hyatt Singapore. The Asia Video Summit which was supported by Create Hong Kong of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as the Lead Sponsor was honoured to have Mr. Edward Yau, GBS, JP, Secretary for Commerce and … [Read more...] about Asia Video Summit wraps up a week of events highlighting the resilience of the industry
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News18.com launches first-ever brand campaign
News18.com, India’s pre-eminent news portal, has launched their first-ever brand campaign, that highlights their motto of offering a comprehensive perspective, that goes beyond the mainstream coverage prevalent in the current media landscape. The new brand campaign reaffirms News18.com's leadership position towards providing extensive and authentic wide-spread news reporting across the length and breadth of the country. Bringing forth the brand’s new proposition - … [Read more...] about News18.com launches first-ever brand campaign
FYI TV18 in India
APOS – Bali, Indonesia– A+E Networks’ TV18 in India will launch FYI TV18, a contemporary factual lifestyle and entertainment network reflecting how people actually live their lives today, across DTH, Digital & Analog cable platforms this July. The announcement was made jointly by Sean Cohan, President, International and Digital, A+E Networks and Adil Zainulbhai, Chairman Network18. FYI TV18 will feature over 100 hours of Hindi-language programming to start with, including 3 locally produced … [Read more...] about FYI TV18 in India
CNN-IBN rebrands
New Delhi, Mumbai- Setting a new benchmark in television news, Network18 has announced the re-branding of its English general news channel CNN-IBN to CNN-News18. The channel will be unveiling a new name and logo, its revamped studio and a new look and feel to the news screen. Refreshing the approach to news telling, CNN-News18 will make news more relevant to its viewers by bringing immersive journalism to the forefront. IBNLive.com, the digital destination of the channel, is also changing to … [Read more...] about CNN-IBN rebrands
Network18 makes appointment
As part of Network18 strategy to strengthen its leadership and businesses, Network18 has appointed Sanjeev Agrawal as CEO - Homeshop18, effective 4 May. He will be based in Noida. Sanjeev comes with over 26 years of experience across FMCG, fashion & retail sector. He is an alumnus of the Institute of Technology, BHU (1982-86) and Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (1987-89). He has held senior leadership positions at Future Value retail and Pantaloon Retail besides his FMCG stints at … [Read more...] about Network18 makes appointment
Reliance Industries to acquire Network18
Mumbai – The Board of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) approved funding of up to Rs 4,000 crore to Independent Media Trust (IMT) on May 29, of which RIL is the sole beneficiary, for acquisition of control in Network 18 Media & Investments Limited (NW18) including its subsidiary TV18 Broadcast Limited (TV18) and the Open Offers to be made consequent to the acquisition. NW18 is the owner of a suite of premier digital internet properties, e-commerce businesses and differentiated … [Read more...] about Reliance Industries to acquire Network18