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TV Today Network observes top level changes
MUMBAI: One of the leading broadcast networks, TV Today Network, is seeing some top level restructuring. As part of the changes, Rahul Kumar Shaw has been instated as the chief revenue officer (CRO) for TV Today Network. He was earlier the CRO of India Today TV and business head radio. Shaw will oversee ad sales and all revenue opportunities across the Hindi cluster which includes channels like Aaj Tak, DAT and Tez. He will also look after India Today TV and the network’s radio business.
This information came to Indian Television.com at the time when chief revenue officer of the Hindi channels (Aaj Tak, Delhi Aaj Tak and Tej) cluster Rajnish Rikhy has stepped down from his post. Rikhy was promoted as CRO from the network’s senior VP Ad Sales and business head last month. “TV Today Network is a respectful brand and the company is well poised. There is no reason behind my exit. I just want to pursue other career opportunities”, says Rikhy. Prior to joining TV Today Network, Rikhy served at BCCL New Delhi as vice president(R).  |
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Under the new structure, India Today Group business head Manoj Sharma, has been promoted to publishing director for Living Media. In his role, he will be responsible for addressing revenue maximisation, driving cost efficiencies and building brand salience. Merged entity magazines like India Today English, Hindi and its supplements, Business Today, Robb Report, Reader’s Digest, etc., will be under Sharma’s ambit. |
Vivek Malhotra has been elevated to the position of chief marketing officer from VP marketing. He will oversee the marketing functions across the network’s TV channels, merged entity publications and digital. Understanding and growing on the needs of the viewers will be Malhotra’s key responsibility. With this change, Vishwalok Nath will take on greater revenue responsibilities in the India Today Group as head of strategic alliances, business development and syndication. He will focus towards greater monetisation opportunities for the group. |
Shaw and Malhotra will continue to report to TV Today Network CEO Ashish Bagga
News Broadcasting
Uma Sudhir signs off from NDTV after 27 years
The executive editor shaped NDTV’s southern reportage for nearly three decades
NEW DELHI: Senior journalist Uma Sudhir has retired from NDTV, bringing to a close a 27-year association with the network.
Sudhir served as executive editor, heading NDTV’s south India editorial operations. Over nearly three decades, she emerged as one of the most recognisable faces of on-ground reporting from the region, with sustained coverage of politics, governance and social issues across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
At NDTV, Sudhir played a central role in strengthening regional journalism within national television news. Her reporting consistently connected local developments to the national conversation, ensuring stories from the field shaped policy debates beyond studio discussions. Known for her boots-on-the-ground approach, she came to represent a generation of reporters whose authority rested on fieldwork rather than prime-time punditry.
An award-winning journalist, Sudhir is a recipient of the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award and the Chameli Devi Jain Award. Her body of work has been widely recognised for its public-interest focus, spanning elections, governance, gender issues, rural distress, environmental reporting and social justice.
