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BBC seeks suppliers for priority marketing campaigns
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC plans to acquire the services of a small roster of suppliers to provide strategic and creative content for its priority marketing campaigns commencing on 1 January 2007.
This will be the result of a formal review of the BBC’s current Advertising Roster which is required to satisfy the BBC’s fair trading responsibilities.
Suppliers will be required to work across the BBC’s public service portfolio including BBC One, BBC Two, its digital channels, radio networks and other New Media Services.
Successful suppliers will work with the BBC’s marketing department to deliver communications plans and creative content for specific marketing campaigns. Campaigns will predominantly utilise the BBC’s own media – including TV, radio and online – with occasional use of external media such as posters and press advertising.
The suppliers will have overall responsibility for successful delivery of the campaigns. Production of TV and radio executions, however, will be exclusively produced by the BBC’s preferred supplier in this area, Red Bee Media.
Interested agencies need to apply via bbc.co.uk/supplying – see the link on the right-hand side of this page.
The selection process will be completed by the end of the year.
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Parikshit Luthra exits CNBC-TV18 after 20-year run
Former bureau chief to take brief pause before next role
NEW DELHI: Senior journalist Parikshit Luthra has signed off from CNBC-TV18, marking 28 February 2026 as his final day and closing nearly two decades with Network18 Media & Investments Limited, including eight years at the business news channel.
During his tenure, Luthra interviewed prominent business leaders and Union ministers, reporting on economic policy, corporate strategy, the automobile sector and financial markets. His coverage spanned key inflection points in India’s economic narrative.
He also led new programming formats such as Newscentre, Global Eye and Global Lens, shows that examined politics and foreign policy through an economic prism, reflecting the channel’s push towards globally linked business reporting.
In a LinkedIn post, Luthra said his final weeks were spent covering the Union Budget, the India AI Summit, India’s trade agreements with the US and EU, and the group’s flagship Rising Bharat Summit 2026. He added that he continued anchoring until his last day and briefly met Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his closing assignments.
Luthra joined CNBC-TV18 in June 2018 as assistant editor, later rising to senior editor and chief of bureau, a position he held for over two years. Before that, he worked with Republic TV and CNN-News18.
He said he plans to take a short break before embarking on his next professional chapter.
