News Broadcasting
CNBC-TV18 celebrates 20th anniversary
MUMBAI: CNBC-TV18 is set to mark a milestone by completing 20 years as an overarching business news specialist in the country. In the past two decades, the brand has been at the forefront consistently by delivering incisive, and accurate information of the business and financial sector. Since its inception, the brand has led the transformation of the business-news media landscape through an amalgamation of the highest standards of journalism, cutting-edge technology and design.
In a bid to stay relevant, contemporary, and strike-a-chord with the ever-evolving audience, CNBC-TV18 has announced a stellar programming line-up under the helm of its anniversary celebration theme #Season20.
Drawing a parallel with the current pop-culture, CNBC-TV18’s #Season20 programming promises to be inspiring, thought-provoking and engaging. Broadly categorized into three major aspects namely India Inc., Markets, and Gen Next; the special programming line-up aims to bring to fore India’s growth story by putting the spotlight on the disruptors, icons, and game-changers of the Indian economy. Through the youth-oriented programming, #Season20 seeks to target a specific set of audience who are the drivers of the new economy.
The programming leg India Inc. will feature a slew of shows such as India Business Icons, Corporate Thrones, Disruptors, Brands that Built India with some of India’s biggest business icons, disruptors, entrepreneurs & brands that have left a mark and contributed towards the country’s success story.
The programming leg Markets, through shows such as Wizards of Dalal Street, Fund Anatomy, House of Policy, 20 Big Little Stocks will showcase the success patterns, strategies, investment philosophies and viewpoints of India’s biggest investment analysts in addition to charting the hits and misses of policies in India. Gen Next aims to advocate financial literacy amongst the youth of the country via contextual and relevant shows such as Investing @20, Youth Dialouges, Breaking Myths.
CNBC-TV18,Managing Editor, Shereen Bhan, Commenting on this announcement said, “Since the inception of CNBC-TV18, India and the global economy has gone through significant transformations. Over the past two decades, we have witnessed the opening up of the Indian economy, the rise of India’s private sector and the capital markets. We have seen technology disrupt legacy businesses and create new markets. We have chronicled the benefits of globalization and the rising threat of protectionism. Through the span of time, we have remained constant in our dedication towards providing comprehensive, and in-depth analysis of the business and financial sector. Of politics and policy. We have made it our business to provide credible, accurate, actionable insights. As we mark this crucial milestone, we continue to be the leader in business news and today also cater to the needs of the English news market, establishing ourselves as one of the most-watched English News channels.”
Network18,CEO-English & Business News Cluster Basant Dhawan said, “We are delighted to celebrate CNBC-TV18’s two decades in imparting news, trends, and data that has aided in advocating actionable awareness to our audiences. Through our league of well-seasoned and unparalleled experts, global investors, research analysts, and market experts we have succeeded to become the ‘voice of influence’ for business across sectors in India. We have been spearheading the creation of genre-changing and award-winning programming for our audiences that goes beyond formats and mediums. It is with great pride that we look back at our achievements and contribution towards fostering India’s growth story by providing our viewers with actionable, accurate insights and help them with critical decision making through our expertise.”
Unfolding the beginning of the special programming line-up with House of Policy, the audience witnessed Latha Venkatesh interview Chakravarthi Rangarajan, former RBI governor. The episode spoke about how CNBC-TV18 has constantly covered the growth-story of the Indian economy, the changes that occurred in the performance of the government & the rapid growth of the banking sector.
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.
