ASCI elevates Manisha Kapoor as CEO

Advertising Standard Council of India (ASCI) has promoted Manisha Kapoor to chief executive officer (CEO). Manisha announced the news on her LinkedIn account, where she wrote, “It is my absolute privilege to lead a rocking team that has relentlessly pushed itself to deliver better and adapted itself to the transformation we are in the midst […]

Vikrant Massey, Radhika Apte’s ‘Forensic’ to have OTT release

Vikrant Massey and Radhika Apte-starrer ‘Forensic’ will release on ZEE5 this year. Directed by Vishal Furia, ‘Forensic’ is the Hindi remake of the Malayalam film of the same name. ‘Forensic’ is being touted as a crime thriller. Talking about the film, Manish Kalra, Chief Business Officer, ZEE5 India said, “We are happy to bring yet […]

Cricket Australia touches base with Viacom18 for sports rights

A three-member team of  Cricket Australia (CA), the cricket administering body Down Under, is in Mumbai to study the market situation in India and explore broadcasting partnership with Reliance Viacom Network. The meeting is crucial as Reliance-Viacom is likely to launch a sports channel mid-April. According to reports, the Viacom18 executives are meeting CA officials […]

TV9 says retained No. 1 network as per BARC data

Seventy-four weeks of a concerted effort to cover up the emergence of a new leader in the Hindi news genre has come to naught. As TV9 Bharatvarsh has become the country’s most-watched national Hindi news channel disrupting the old order dominated by legacy channels. The BARC data for television news channels released today — after […]

EORTV appoints Falguni Shah as MD

OTT platform EORTV has appointed Falguni Shah as the managing director (MD) of its OTT Business. In her new role, Shah will be responsible for the rollout and management of EORTV’s content and revenue. She will also be handling the brand to create awareness for the Indian market, Financial Express. Falguni brings in a decade […]

Discovery appoints Tushar Singh as product director.

American pay television network and flagship channel Discovery has announced the appointment of Tushar Singh as product director. The news was shared by Tushar himself on his LinkedIn account. Tushar will be heading up D2C products as a Director for Asia-Pacific. Prior to this, Singh was associated with Zee5 for over two years as an […]