News Broadcasting
Sony BBC Earth Unveils the First Look of the new Landmark series ‘Dynasties’ on World Animal Day
Press note:
Mumbai, October 4, 2018:
On World Animal Day, Sony BBC Earth – India’s most loved premium factual entertainment channel – showcases its love and respect for the natural world by unveiling the exclusive first-look of the upcoming landmark natural history series Dynasties on Thursday, October4. Catch the exclusive preview on www.facebook.com/SonyBBCEarth / www.youtube.com/SonyBBCEarth or on-air on the Sony BBC Earth channel.
Presented by the legendary Sir David Attenborough, Dynasties follows the true stories of five of the world’s most celebrated, yet endangered animals. Filmed over 4 years, this exciting new series brings a bold, new level of real life drama to the natural history genre, revealing the complexities of power, rivalry and tenderness in animal relationships.
Shot in the most exquisite and jaw-dropping locations, the five-part series will feature the world’s most celebrated but endangered animals, as they do whatever it takes to survive and protect the next generation. From the Emperor penguins in the frozen wastes of Antarctica, lions on the savannahs of Kenya’s Masai Mara, chimpanzees on the edge of the Sahara in Senegal – West Africa, painted wolves on the floodplains of the great Zambezi river in Zimbabwe to the tigers in the jungles of Bandhavgarh, India, the series showcases complex relationships between families and the immense teamwork it takes to defend their territories as they create dynasties to rule on for generations together.
Following the astounding success of Planet Earth II and Blue Planet II, Sony BBC Earth takes the audience closer to the natural world through the lives of five iconic animal families. Feel Alive with the most intense stories from the wild with Dynasties – coming soon in India only on Sony BBC Earth.
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.
