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Reliance Entertainment’s Big Synergy Landmark Production ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ Awarded “Best Game Show” at Indian Telly Awards
MUMBAI: Anil D. Ambani led Reliance Entertainment's Big Synergy production Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) won the “Editorial Choice Award for the Best Game Show” at the Indian Telly Awards 2019 underlining the company’s distinct strength and wide experience to create and execute the most entertaining and high rating non-fiction shows.
Big Synergy produced the past seasons of KBC, hosted by the iconic and India’s biggest superstar Amitabh Bachchan, in Hindi for Sony Entertainment. Airing on Sony, KBC is one of the most watched television shows on the Indian television and is loved by the viewers across Indian urban and rural markets for almost two decades. With its superlative presentation and exceptional execution, KBC is amongst the most awarded long-running television franchises in India.
Rajiv Bakshi, CEO of Reliance Entertainment’s Big Synergy said, "It’s a proud honour for the entire team to win the Editorial Choice Award for the Best Game Show for Kaun Banega Crorepati. KBC is a landmark show for the entire industry and demonstrates Big Synergy’s inimitable competence for produce top rating, digitally empowered and endearing content for audiences across all markets and target groups.”
India’s foremost content development and production company, Big Synergy is an acknowledged leader in non-fiction category and has produced Indian television’s most successful format shows across all leading national and regional networks. In recent years, it has added strength in the fiction genre and produces shows across OTT and Broadcast platforms Rajiv Bakshi, CEO of Reliance Entertainment’s Big Synergy said, "It’s a proud honour for the entire team to win the Editorial Choice Award for the Best Game Show for Kaun Banega Crorepati. KBC is a landmark show for the entire industry and demonstrates Big Synergy’s inimitable competence for produce top rating, digitally empowered and endearing content for audiences across all markets and target groups.”
India’s foremost content development and production company, Big Synergy is an acknowledged leader in non-fiction category and has produced Indian television’s most successful format shows across all leading national and regional networks. In recent years, it has added strength in the fiction genre and produces shows across OTT and Broadcast platformsRajiv Bakshi, CEO of Reliance Entertainment’s Big Synergy said, "It’s a proud honour for the entire team to win the Editorial Choice Award for the Best Game Show for Kaun Banega Crorepati. KBC is a landmark show for the entire industry and demonstrates Big Synergy’s inimitable competence for produce top rating, digitally empowered and endearing content for audiences across all markets and target groups.”
India’s foremost content development and production company, Big Synergy is an acknowledged leader in non-fiction category and has produced Indian television’s most successful format shows across all leading national and regional networks. In recent years, it has added strength in the fiction genre and produces shows across OTT and Broadcast platforms
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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.
