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Sudip Roy is Neo Sports Broadcast senior VP, ad revenue
MUMBAI: Neo Sports Broadcast has appointed Sudip Roy as senior VP advertising revenue. He has over 16 years of broadcast ad revenue experience.
He replaces Raju Udupa. Prior to this, Roy was working with Media Content and Communications Services India (MCCS) as business head events and special features. He was responsible for ad revenue for all the news channels (ABP News-formerly Star News, ABP Ananda-formerly Star Ananda and ABP Majha-formerly Star Majha)
His career began with Zee Telefilms where he quickly rose to become the youngest branch head for all Zee Channels in Kolkata in 2001 and subsequently grew into the role of ad sales head for Zee Bangla in the Western region.
Post this, he moved to MCCS, where he was the part of the team that launched Star Ananda and was the top regional head from 2005-2008. He also conceptualised the uniform rate card for Star News, Star Ananda and Star Majha and was the rate card president for three years.
He then took over as the first business head of events, special features for these three channels and ensured that all events conceptualised were profitable.
Neo Sports Broadcast COO Prasana Krishnan said, “With his i
mpressive track record in the broadcast industry and focus on profitability, Sudip is the ideal candidate to grow our business further and I welcome him into the Neo family.”
Roy said, “With multiple long term rights deals with leading global sports federations, Neo Sports is poised for growth in an exciting new era for sports broadcasting in India. It‘s been an exciting ride for me in the broadcast industry so far, and I look forward to working with the team to lead advertising revenue at Neo to new heights”.
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Time brings TIME100 Next franchise to India with Reliance
List to spotlight 100 emerging leaders, gala set for December 2026 in Mumbai.
MUMBAI: It’s about time India’s next wave got a global spotlight and now, it’s on the list. New York-headquartered Time is expanding its TIME100 Next franchise to India, partnering with Reliance Industries Limited to launch TIME100 Next India, its first international extension of the rising leaders platform. The announcement was made at the Time100 Gala in New York by Jessica Sibley and Nita Mukesh Ambani, signalling a strategic push to tap into India’s growing influence across sectors.
The India edition will recognise 100 emerging leaders from the country and the global Indian diaspora, spanning business, science, sports, arts and social impact. The list will be curated by Time’s editorial team and published online, continuing the franchise’s focus on identifying individuals shaping the future.
The initiative will culminate in a gala event scheduled for December 2026 at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, anchoring the platform within India’s cultural and business ecosystem.
TIME’s broader Time100 franchise has steadily expanded its global footprint since 2021 through events and impact-led initiatives. Executives noted that India’s growing pool of influential voices and innovators made it a natural next step for the platform’s international ambitions.
For Reliance, the partnership aligns with its broader push to support emerging talent and ideas on a global stage. For Time, it marks a timely bet on India not just as a market, but as a talent engine shaping the next chapter of global leadership.
