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‘Broadcast India 2006’ begins 26 October
MUMBAI: The 16th Broadcast India 2006 Exhibition and Symposium will be held from 26-28 October 2006 at the World Trade Centre, Mumbai.
Broadcast India 2006 will present the latest technology of newsgathering and telecasting of programmes live through a mobile phone.
From film making to television production and post production, from content creation in all formats to its management and finally to its delivery, the Broadcast India show will cover all the technologies, said an official release.
More than 400 companies from 31 countries will be at Broadcast India to showcase their latest products and services in Broadcast, Television, Audio, Radio, Film, Computer Graphics, Satellite, Special Effects and Multimedia. This year’s show will throw light on IPTV, Mobile TV, Digital Cinema and High Definition.
The Broadcast India 2006 Symposium sponsored by Cisco Systems will be held on 25 October 2006 at YB Chavan Centre, Mumbai. The keynote address is by Dan Scheinman, senior VP for corporate development, Cisco Systems.
Broadcast India Awards for Excellence in Film & Television will also be held at YB Chavan Centre on 25 October 2006 from 7 pm onwards.
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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.
