After an unprecedented performance in the year 2013 and now 2014, India’s New News leader NewsX has come up with a brand new look. The new NewsX embraces rapidly evolving needs of today’s viewer and with its new features provides viewers a clean and crisp news viewing experience. The new on-air presentation features a lively and contemporary appearance with vivid blue & red colors. The enhancements also include new type and font sizes and greater depth to images and video. The new look is in line with the channel’s profile, which caters to the young, affluent and urban viewers within the SEC AB category in the 25-44 age group. With its differentiated strategy and a broader spectrum of content mix, the channel has managed to create a unique place in the minds of viewers and advertisers. Speaking on the occasion, iTV Network Founder Kartikeya Sharma which owns and runs NewsX said, “Over the last few months, NewsX has become the home of breaking news, in-depth coverage, analysis and hardcore news reporting from the ground and this is a significant new phase to build our growth story.” New look NewsX to also feature new shows Along with the new look; NewsX has also come up with 2 big shows that are unique and exceptional. Recently, the channel launched ‘Decode India with MJ Akbar’, a unique show where the guest leads the questions and discussions. Every episode, our guest questions, debates, gives his opinion and probes MJ Akbar on a topic of national significance. The show airs on every Sunday at 10 am and 10 pm. Read more at: https://goo.gl/rjzFo3
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The government announced an increase in the FDI limit (foreign direct investment) of news and current affair channels, DTH and Cable Operators. The government announced that foreign investment will be relaxed in 15 sectors. While 100% FDI has been allowed in DTH and Cable Networks (MSOs and LCOs), the foreign investment in the up linking of news and current affairs TV channels has been raised to 49% from 26% earlier.
Commenting on the move, Kartikeya Sharma of ITV Network said, “I welcome this move from the government and appreciate this. The industry is going through a tough phase and this move will definitely help in operating in media space.” Sharma also praised the automatic route that has been initiated by the government. “It’ll help in the entire domain such as news, non news, radio or DTH. He said, it is the right step in right direction, they should have done it long time ago but now they have done it and I am happy,” he added. iTV Network and Television Entertainment Reality Network (TERN) have partnered for a factual entertainment channel called Insight.
The new, ultra-high-definition channel will be launched in India, with iTV managing the day-to-day operations on behalf of TERN. Content for Insight will be provided by Netherlands-based media company, TERN. Insight is expected to carry around 200 hours of exclusive content, reports Television Post. We are launching a UHD factual entertainment channel in Europe today. In India, we have partnered with iTV Network as our local partner for playout and broadcasting the channel. Content is owned by us, iTV will run the channel on our behalf. They also have the licence for the channel,” TERN CFO Andrew Spriggs told TelevisionPost.com. The Global Summit on Smart, Secure and Sustainable Cities is a summit where decision makers, industry and other stakeholders from around the world will gather to discuss these issues. The focus for this year’s summit will be on the “Opportunities and Challenges in India” in the context of smart cities, energy, water and waste management. The Summit is brought to you by India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF), a PPP initiative of the Ministry of Power, Government of India, along with India News, the country’s leading Hindi News channel, and Knowledge Partner, Independent Power Producers Association of India (IPPAI), the oldest private power association of India.
India News in collaboration with India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF) kickstarted the Smart India summit in Harte and Garter, Windson, Royal Berkshire, UK in the propitious presence of Navtej Sarna, the Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. During the event, while deliberating upon the need to instigate smart city planning, Mr Sarna spoke about the hindrances for a smart, secure and sustainable city. "It’s a good idea to do this conference and if you take a look at the program, it has all the aspects of what we are going to call smart cities, has been taken care off, whether its water, environment, technology or health aspects," said Sarna. It is one of the longest and most challenging marathons in Asia. It will test the resilience of even the most experienced of the pack. The 1480 km long run, India’s first multi-city marathon features fifteen of the best ultra-marathoners from across four continents. Truly a pan-India event, The Great India Run will pass through the states of Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, finally culminating at Mumbai in Maharasthra on the 6th of August.
It was flagged off in a gala ceremony at the Iconic Amar Jawan Jyoti in India Gate. The event kicked off with a warm up session of the participating 15 ultra runners followed by flagging off the ultra run and 5k fun run. In a celebration of sport, Honorable Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Vijay Goel, Khel Ratna Anju Bobby George, and Gul Panag who is the Co-Founder of MobieFit Technologies, an avid runner and a fitness advocate were present. Arun Bhardwaj led the team of 14 ultra runners at India Gate while three of the runners simultaneously flagged off the event from Ghaziabad. he Great India Run, India's first multi city marathon, is all set to flag off after a ceremony at the Amar Jawan Jyoti from the capital early on Sunday morning. Sports Minister Vijay Goel, Khel Ratna Anju Bobby George, ProSportify's Kartikeya Sharma and actor Gul Panag were present during the 'Great India Run', India's first multi-city marathon at India Gate in New Delhi on July 17, 2016. Leading Indian English news channel NewsX and Hindi news channel India News, sister concerns of The Sunday Guardian, have made an entry into the United States.
The announcement was made on Thursday by iTV Network (which includes NewsX, India News and The Sunday Guardian) founder and promoter Kartikeya Sharma at the 10th Maryland India Business Round Table Awards in Maryland, where he was given the prestigious Maryland India Business Round Table award for his contribution to the Indian-American community. At the function, Maryland legislator, Congressman Elijah Cummings read out a letter sent by US President Barack Obama celebrating India and US cooperation and wishing success. Congressman Elijah congratulated Mr Kartikeya Sharma for his contribution in advancing the cultural relations between American-Indian communities. The award was given in the presence of Maryland Senator Susan Lee. At the award ceremony, Mr Kartikeya Sharma announced the debut of NewsX and India News in the American media landscape saying, “We hope to have a long and prosperous relationship with the state of Maryland and will use it as a gateway for our operations in USA.” In a first for an Indian news channel, Kartikeya Sharma Founder iTV Media Network, received the prestigious Maryland India Business Roundtable Awards for his network's contribution to the Indian diaspora. US representative for Maryland, Elijah Cummings, read out the letter from Barack Obama addressed to Kartikeya Sharma and presented the award. The occasion was the 10th anniversary of the Indian Business Roundtable where Mr Kartikeya Sharma announced that the iTV Network will be going global and NewsX, India News will be catered to the Indian diaspora through Maryland in the United States. iTV Network, which owns and operates six news channels including NewsX in English and India News in Hindi, is set to acquire a significant stake in broadcast management and audiovisual content syndication company Trilogic Digital Media Ltd (TDML).
TDML, which is a listed company, has interests spanning TV and digital media. It manages the complete operations of Hindi general entertainment channel (Sahara One), Hindi movie channel (Filmy), and fashion and lifestyle channel (FTV). The company is planning to launch a Bhojpuri entertainment channel called Phulwaa (next fiscal) and a travel channel in the near future. Earlier in October, the two companies had entered into a long-term strategic partnership, according to which TDML was to look after the operations, including programming, marketing, distribution and monetisation, of the soon-to-be-launched regional entertainment channels from iTV Network, apart from Insight. The TDML board has approved the preferential allotment of 17,300,000 warrants, convertible into equity shares to non-promoters. India's latest sporting league, the Pro-Wrestling League (PWL), has been given a boost with the addition of Thums Up as one of the main sponsors.
The Coca-Cola-owned soft drink has come on board as the "powered by" sponsor for the new league which is starting today, the Economic Times reported. "When one of the largest brands, Coke, has sponsored you, you know it is going to be big," said Kartikeya Sharma, CMD at ProSportify which created the Pro Wrestling League. Other sponsors include FMCG business Dabur, whose Chawanprash dietary supplement is the title sponsor, and Jaquar Lighting. The PWL has attracted some Rs 22 crore in sponsorship for its initial season; Sharma reported that the second season was already being planned and sponsorship was expected to increase 81% to Rs 40 crore. ProSportify is spending around Rs 20 crore on marketing the new league, via television – including 600,000 seconds of airtime in the two weeks running up to the first bout – radio, print and outdoor as it builds up players, rivalries and city team conflicts in what is traditionally an individual sport, to ensure participation. "Year-on-year, we're looking [to] increase the marketing spend," said Sharma. "And we'll change the way brands derive ROI from sporting properties and the way they want to get value out of sports," he asserted. Not only will spending increase, so too will the size of the league according to ProSportify director Vishal Gurnani. "The Pro Wrestling League might add two franchises next year," he said, adding that many cities and corporates had shown interest this year, "but due to logistical challenges, we decided to restrict the number of teams to six". Those challenges included putting the league together in just 60 days to take advantage of an opening in the sports calendar. India has a long wrestling tradition and the promoters have given that a twist by including women wrestlers and features such as a "Force Meter" that measures the force players exert and heartbeat monitors to measure the pulse of team owners during a match. |