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CNBC-TV18 unveils new market-related shows
MUMBAI: CNBC-TV18 business news channel has announced a fresh new lineup of market hour shows, including mid-day market updates.
The new segments between 12 noon and 1 pm include Money Market Update, Houseviews, F&O Trends and Stock in News.
The power packed five-minute segment – Money Market Update – will update viewers about the latest developments related to bonds, the state of the Indian rupee, auctions and global currencies, among others
‘Houseviews’, a crisp segment on new brokerage stock ideas will give viewers top brokerage ratings and strategy reports, as well as feature a famous brokerage. F&O trends, which will sum up the latest developments in futures and options.
In a statement today, CNBC TV 18 said this afternoon segment is aimed at viewers who haven’t been watching the channel continuously. A summary of the commodity market with an emphasis on trading opportunities in MCX crude and gold will be part of the Commodity Update.
New segments between 1:30 pm and 2:30 pm will include Mid-Cap CEO calls, Small Cap Radar, Public Offer Corner, Stock Calls of the Day, Money Minutes, and DealStreet.
Commenting on the new markets-related shows CNBC TV18 marketing head Ajay Chacko said in a statement, “Today’s market is extremely complex and there are many interlinkages with a variety of factors that investors need to be aware of. The new environment calls for new tools that help investors understand, act upon and profit from.
“We are confident that the new line up will help investors in deciphering the new market environment better”
CNBC-TVI8 is a leading Indian business channel and is presently available in over 26 million households in India as per claims.
News Broadcasting
Senior media executive Madhu Soman exits Zee Media
Former Reuters and Bloomberg leader says he leaves with “no regrets” after brief stint at WION and Zee Business
NOIDA: Madhu Soman, a veteran of global newsrooms and media sales floors, has stepped away from Zee Media Corporation after a short stint steering business strategy for WION and Zee Business.
In a reflective LinkedIn note marking his departure, Soman said his time within the network’s corridors was always likely to be brief. “Some chapters close faster than expected,” he wrote, signalling the end of a nearly two-year spell in which he oversaw both editorial partnerships and commercial strategy.
Soman joined Zee Media in 2022 after more than a decade abroad with Reuters and Bloomberg, returning to India to take on the role of chief business officer for WION and Zee Business. His mandate was ambitious: bridge the newsroom and the revenue desk while expanding digital and broadcast reach.
During the stint, Zee Business reached break-even for the first time since its launch in 2005, while WION refreshed programming and strengthened its digital footprint across platforms such as YouTube and Facebook.
But Soman suggested the cultural fit proved uneasy. Describing himself as a “cultural misfit”, he hinted at deeper tensions between editorial instincts shaped in global newsrooms and the realities of India’s television news ecosystem.
Before joining Zee, Soman spent more than seven years at Bloomberg in Hong Kong as head of broadcast sales for Asia-Pacific, expanding the company’s news syndication business across several markets. Earlier, he held senior editorial roles at Reuters, overseeing online strategy in India and managing Reuters Video Services from London.
His career began in television and wire reporting, including a stint with ANI during the 1999 Kargil conflict, before moving into digital publishing as India’s internet media landscape took shape.
Now, after nearly three decades in broadcast and digital media, Soman is leaving Delhi NCR and returning to his hometown, Trivandrum.
Exhausted, he admits. But unbowed. And with one quiet line that sums up the journey: he didn’t sell his soul — because some things, after all, are not for sale.
