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BBC Worldwide teams up with Fifa for documentary
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide has unveiled plans to celebrate the 2006 football World Cup in Germany. It will come out with a major documentary series celebrating the competition’s history.
BBC Worldwide has signed a deal with Fifa which is football’s world governing body. BBC Documentaries and Contemporary Factual have secured access to over 70 years of official Fifa World Cup films and television footage, including newly discovered material dating back to the first World Cup in 1930.
The series will air in the UK on BBC Two in early 2006. It will comprise of six documentaries, each one-hour in duration. Combining over three hours of rare and unique archive footage and interviews with football legends of the last 75 years, the series will recount the greatest World Cup moments. BBC Worldwide will also distribute the series to broadcasters across the globe.
Series producer, Tom Ware said, “This is a definitive documentary series on the World Cup and is completely international in scope. It will chronicle the history of the ‘greatest show on earth’ through the images and words of football’s greatest names.”
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Hiili names Sanjay Hemady as country manager India
Media veteran to drive digital decarbonisation push
MUMBAI: Climate tech firm Hiili has announced its entry into India, appointing industry veteran Sanjay Hemady as India country manager to steer its growth in one of the world’s fastest-expanding digital markets.
Hemady, a familiar name across India’s media and consulting circles, will lead Hiili’s India operations from Mumbai. His mandate is clear: help Indian companies measure, manage and reduce the carbon emissions generated by their digital services.
Hiili offers a scientifically validated platform, certified by the UC3M-Santander Big Data Institute, that enables businesses to improve the efficiency of their digital infrastructure while cutting emissions. As organisations race to meet ESG targets, the company positions itself as a practical bridge between climate pledges and measurable action.
“I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as country manager, India at Hiili,” Hemady said in a LinkedIn post, adding that the company aims to move beyond broad sustainability promises towards precise, science-based decarbonisation.
Hemady brings more than three decades of experience spanning print, television, radio and digital media. He has previously served as chief executive officer at HIT 95 FM, assistant general manager at CNBC TV18, and held leadership roles at MTV India and The Indian Express, among others. Most recently, he worked as an independent business consultant advising firms across media and technology.
With India’s digital economy expanding at pace, the environmental cost of data, streaming and online services is climbing quietly in the background. Hiili’s bet is that carbon efficiency will soon sit alongside cost efficiency in boardroom conversations.
For Hemady, the move marks a shift from selling airtime and ad inventory to championing climate accountability. If successful, Hiili’s India play could make digital growth not just faster, but cleaner too.
