News Broadcasting
BBC looking at alliance with ABC in US
MUMBAI: The BBC appears to be scenting an opportunity that will put a spoke in rival international news network CNN in the AOL Time Warner subsidiary’s own backyard. Even as merger talks between ABC News and CNN have hit a cul de sac, reports indicate that the Beeb is considering forging a radical alliance with ABC in a bid to boost its growing profile in America.
The British pubcaster already has a news gathering deal with ABC News but now wants to introduce jointly branded news services and shared bulletins, the Financial Times has reported. The link-up would allow BBC news to be distributed regularly on the ABC Network.
BBC already has a strong presence in the US, providing news to 221 public broadcasting stations and other channels including New York’s WNET. BBC America cable channel is also distributed to 30 million homes.
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.
