News Broadcasting
Times Now & ET Now launched on Australian streaming service Flash
Mumbai: Strengthening its foothold in Australia, Times Network has launched two of its news channels Times Now and ET Now on Australian streaming service Flash, in partnership with Foxtel Group.
Flash is a dedicated Live and on-demand news streaming service that features more than 20 local and global news sources. The news network will cater to the content preferences of the viewers in the region, with a focus on India, it said on Monday. “As the only Indian news channels available on Flash, Times Now and ET Now will deliver reportage on national, political, local, financial & business news, and enable Australian viewers to stay informed on the latest and trending news stories from India,” it further added.
“With an evolving consumer preference for watching Live news content across platforms, we are excited to partner with Flash, to provide Australian viewers access to our best-in-class news channels on a dedicated news streaming service,” said Times Network COO and executive president Jagdish Mulchandani. “We are thrilled to enhance our reach in the region with this launch. Delivering reliable and world-class TV viewing experience, I am confident that our news channels will be an enriching addition to the discerning viewers seeking superior global and India news reportage.”
“Flash will transform the way Australians consume the news that matters to them by bringing together the widest range of local and international live news sources in a single, easy-to-use, feature-packed service,” said Flash CEO Julian Ogrin. “And we are thrilled to have Times Now and ET Now as part of this unrivalled offering on Flash.”
News Broadcasting
Rajesh Sundaram joins NDTV Profit as senior editor, assignment
The 32-year newsroom veteran has launched channels on three continents and covered everything from 9/11 to South African television
MUMBAI: NDTV Profit has bolstered its newsroom with a hire who has done rather more than most. Rajesh Sundaram, a journalist with over three decades of editorial, managerial and consultative experience across India and international markets, joins as senior editor, assignment, tasked with sharpening the network’s newsgathering and real-time response.
Sundaram’s career reads like a tour of Indian media’s most formative moments. He began at Businessworld in 1994, moved to Zee News as bureau chief across Mumbai and Chennai, then joined NDTV in 2002 as part of its political bureau during a particularly febrile period in Indian politics. A stint as India correspondent for Al Jazeera International followed, where he covered key geopolitical developments and got his first serious taste of the global newsroom.
What sets Sundaram apart, however, is his serial channel-launching habit. At NewsX, he helped get the operation off the ground. At Headlines Today, part of the India Today Group, he served as editor. At News Nation, he helped launch the Hindi news channel and its digital ecosystem. He then crossed continents to lead the launch of ANN7 in South Africa as editor-in-chief, overseeing both television and digital. Back in India, he launched Tamil news channels News7 Tamil and Cauvery News, and later served as principal consultant for the launch of Marathi channel Lokshahi. Most recently, he helped build and lead the Press Trust of India’s video service and content studio, before stints consulting for Business Today and The Himalayan Times.
Rahul Kanwal, chief executive and editor-in-chief of NDTV, left little doubt about what Sundaram is expected to deliver. “The assignment desk is where a newsroom’s intent becomes action,” he said. “Rajesh brings a rare combination of field experience and leadership in building news operations at scale.”
Sundaram has reported from across India and the world, covering elections, civil conflicts, the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks and the 2008 US presidential election.
At NDTV Profit, he will lead the assignment desk, driving editorial coordination and real-time response across markets and breaking developments. For a business news network sharpening its focus on speed and multi-platform delivery, it has hired a man who has built newsrooms from scratch on three continents. The assignment desk is in good hands.
