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ETC brings star-studded events for pooja utsav
MUMBAI: Music channel ETC attempts bring its viewers the essence of pooja utsav with a variety of entertainment programmes. The channel says it has ensured the presence of celebrity guests in all of it shows.
The channel will telecast the events starting 21 October to 23 October from 9 pm to 11 pm.
On 21 October, amateur singer will perform with Shaan. The programme is meant to groom future singers. On 22 October ETC will telecast two hours of singing performance by Abhijit along with guest performers like Kumar Sanu, Vinod Rathod, Taufeek Quereshi & Niladri, Sadhna Sargam, Kunal Ganjawala and Shekhar Suman.
On 23 October, the channel will telecast a two hour-long professional musical performance by Abhijit. He will continue enthralling the crowd along with guest performers like Alka Yagnik, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sukhwinder, Jaspinder Narula, Babul Supriyo and Hariharan, informs an official release.
Says ETC CEO Jagjit Singh Kohli, “We have refurbished the fact that India music is deeply rooted with Indian audience the world over. That is why we decide to present a three-day musical treat for our viewers. It has music, dance and also a chance to explore one’s own singing skills”.
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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.
