AVIA appoints Matthew Cheetham as anti-piracy GM

AVIA appoints Matthew Cheetham as anti-piracy GM

The Asia Video Industry Association has appointed Matthew Cheetham as General Manager of the Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) with immediate effect. As the General Manager of CAP, Cheetham will take over from Aaron Herps and build on the accomplishments achieved by CAP to create a stronger and healthier environment in which the video industry c...


Vivek Srivastava joins Amazon as head of partnerships

Vivek Srivastava joins Amazon as head of partnerships

Former Times Network President - Strategy & Operations, Digital & Broadcast Vivek Srivastava has joined Prime Video Channels, India as head of partnerships, according to his LinkedIn profile. Amazon had launched Prime Video Channels in India on September 24. Srivastava had quit the broadcast network after a seven-year stint. In ...


BARC resumes audience ratings for TV news channels

BARC India to resume news channels’ ratings after 17 months

India’s TV ratings body Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India on Monday said it will be restarting issuing data on news channels from mid-March, over 17 months after suspending it.

In a statement, BARC India said the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has given a dir...


Millions tune into AIR News on digital platforms

AIR digital listenership up by 2 mn. for 2nd consecutive month

In what’s indicative of ever increasing popularity of the All India Radio, live streams of the radio pubcaster have seen a jump in listenership of  two million from 16 million in November 2021 to 18 million in December 2021. In January 2022, the number jumped by another couple of million.