News Broadcasting
Cyber Media, HLL launch career show on DD Metro
MUMBAI: Fair & Lovely Career Baatein, a program on careers aimed at empowering young people, especially women, towards economic self-sustainability is being launched on national broadcaster Doordarshan’s Metro channel tomorrow.
Fair & Lovely Career Baatein will initially run on DD Metro for a period of 13 weeks and will air every Thursday in the youth segment of the channel, reaching over 126 cities and covering 35.6 per cent of India’s population, an official release claims.
The half-hour program is aimed at the aspiring young Indian – students, young professionals – in cities across India in an interactive, innovative format. Given the weekday slot at 6:30 pm, which shows the maximum viewership for educational and informative programs (non news and current affairs category), it is positioned immediately before the switch to daily entertainment viewing.
Each episode aims to showcase a particular career and examine the issues around it, including insights from a career counselor. A special segment in every episode titled Fair & Lovely Super Achiever of The Week will also highlight an achiever from this particular field. This will be followed by general career tips along with information on admissions, entrance tests, etc, and a segment which highlights campuses of educational institutions – through the eyes of the students themselves and anchored by a student from the concerned campus itself.
This program has been produced in association with the Fair & Lovely brand from Hindustan Lever Ltd, as part of the effort to reposition the brand’s identity towards empowerment of women through economic self-sustenance. Towards this end, HLL Fair & Lovely has held career fairs in Nagpur and Chandigarh and has also set up a database on careers-related information, the release says. The program is part of the front-end effort towards this stated goal of empowerment.
The program has been conceived, co-produced and marketed by Cyber TV, a division of infotech media house Cyber Media India Ltd. Cyber TV has earlier produced The Zenith Computer Show, which was anchored by former Nasscom chief, the late Dewang Mehta, again on DD Metro.
“Cyber Media’s latest TV initiative, in association with India’s largest advertiser and on India’s second largest TV channel, is part of the Group’s positioning as India’s largest mid-size media house in the intelligent information space,” said Rachna Burman, advisor, new projects & corporate strategy, Cyber Media Group.
News Broadcasting
CNN-News18 to host Fury in the Gulf conclave on West Asia crisis
Three-hour summit to unpack geopolitical fallout and impact on India
MUMBAI: CNN-News18 is set to host a special three-hour broadcast, Fury in the Gulf – War Conclave, on April 7, aiming to decode the escalating West Asia crisis and its far-reaching implications for India.
Scheduled from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM, the conclave comes at a time when tensions between Iran and the United States are reshaping global geopolitics and triggering economic uncertainty. With India’s deep energy ties, trade links and large diaspora in the Gulf, the developments carry significant domestic relevance.
Built around the theme ‘Conflict, Consequences, and The Future,’ the programme will feature six curated sessions combining one-on-one interviews and panel discussions. The focus is to cut through the clutter and offer viewers a clearer understanding of the fast-evolving situation.
Key sessions include ‘Diplomacy in Times of War’ featuring Shashi Tharoor, and ‘World After the Iran Conflict’ with voices such as Ram Madhav, Reuven Azar, representatives from the European Union and the Iranian Deputy Envoy. Another session titled ‘Another Dunkirk?’ will bring together K. J. S. Dhillon and Jitin Prasada among others.
CNN-News18 editorial affairs director Rahul Shivshankar said, “In times of war, clarity becomes the most powerful tool. Fury in the Gulf – War Conclave brings together credible voices to address the questions and confusion that arise amid an overwhelming influx of information.”
He added that the initiative is aimed at delivering “facts, perspective, and insight” at a time when misinformation can easily cloud public understanding.
Echoing the sentiment, CNN-News18 CEO– English and business news Smriti Mehra said the conflict marks a defining global moment, with consequences that extend well beyond the region. She noted that the conclave seeks to present the crisis with “depth, nuance and responsibility” so audiences can better grasp its real-world impact.
As geopolitical tensions continue to dominate headlines, the conclave positions itself as an attempt to bring order to the noise, offering viewers a structured, insight-led look at a complex and rapidly shifting global situation.
