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ETC promoters get prominent positions in ETC-Zee Telefilms restructure; Chandra ETC chairman; Goyal managing director
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms Ltd (ZTL) has been on a gobbling spree over the past year, having acquired stakes in ETC Networks Ltd (ETC) and Padmalaya Telefilms Ltd (PTL). Now it is digesting those acquisitions.
Today, the board of directors of ETC was reconstituted with Subhash Chandra taking over as chairman of the company, Sandeep Goyal, Group Broadcasting CEO of ZTL getting additional charge as managing director. The promoters Jagjit Singh Kohli, Yogesh Shah and Yogesh Radhakrishnan have resigned from the board.
The three of them have been given on additional responsibilities within ZTL and ETC. Kohli continues to look after the day-to-day operations of ETC as Executive Director while Radhakrishnan in his enlarged role will look after Zee Cinema, Zee Music and etc as business head. Shah has been inducted as director, inhouse production for the entire Zee Network including house production at ETC and PTL.
This apart oodles of glamour has been added to the ETC board with Hema Malini getting hopping on as an independent director.
ZTL nominees Rajiv Garg and Vikas Gupta have also been appointed as additional directors on ETC.
With the reconstitution of the ETC Board and the new management responsibility of the original promoters of ETC, the integration of ETC with ZTL has now been completed and we look forward to the ETC brand and company achieving greater success in the days to come, says ZTL vice-president corporate finance & strategy Atul Das.
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CNN-News18 to host Kolkata Town Hall on Hooghly River
‘Bhalobasa Bengal Inspiring Bharat’ event on April 20 brings cultural icons, trailblazing women and leaders aboard a cruise to celebrate Bengal’s enduring influence.
MUMBAI: Bengal is about to make fresh waves on the Hooghly and this time the current is pure conversation. CNN-News18 is taking its iconic Town Hall format to the waters of the iconic Hooghly River on 20 April 2026 with a special edition titled ‘Bhalobasa Bengal – Inspiring Bharat’. The floating event will celebrate the state’s rich cultural legacy and how its ideas, creativity and spirit continue to shape the rest of the country.
The unique riverside setting draws on Bengal’s history as a cradle of reform, art and intellectual thought. The speaker line-up mirrors that diversity: cultural heavyweights Mithun Chakraborty and Sreenanda Shankar will share the stage with trailblazing “Devis” such as Tanya Sanyal (India’s first woman firefighter in aviation), Ipsita Chakraborty (Kolkata’s first woman bartender) and Reshma Nilofer Visalakshi (Nari Shakti awardee and marine pilot). Music will flow through the celebrated pianist-vocalist duo Sourendro and Soumyojit, while public life and governance will be represented by Smriti Irani, Leander Paes, Saira Shah Halim, Keya Ghosh, Rekha Patra, Roopa Ganguly and Babul Supriyo.
CNN-News18, editorial affairs director, Rahul Shivshankar, said the event honours voices that carry Bengal’s legacy forward. Smriti Mehra, CEO – English & Business News, Network18, added that Bengal’s stories resonate far beyond its borders, especially as the state heads into polls.
From the first woman to battle flames in the skies to legendary actors who shaped Indian cinema, the gathering promises a rich mix of inspiration, courage and candid dialogue. In a city where culture has always flowed as freely as the river itself, CNN-News18 is turning the Hooghly into a floating forum for ideas that matter.
Tune in on 20 April on CNN-News18, CTV and YouTube to catch Bengal’s heartbeat in full flow.
