| MUMBAI: It's all happening at Subhash Chandra's Zee Group
as the network aims to move up a gear on all fronts. Even as Zee Telefilms moves
to split its broadcasting business into three entities -- news operations, broadcast
and content creation, and Siti Cable -- there is also action on corporate hierarchy
front.
The Zee Turner distribution bouquet has appointed a new CEO in
Arun Poddar, currently vice-president (distribution), Ten Sports. Poddar, who
has already put in his papers at the Dubai-based sports channel, is expected to
take up his new assignment by the second week of April.
Poddar's move to Zee was confirmed to Indiantelevision.com
by a senior executive in the company who said, "Arun Poddar is
a fine professional and we expect that he will take Zee Turner to
greater heights."
As regards the present Zee Turner CEO Siddharth Jain, it is not clear
at this juncture but the expectation is that he will likely be reassigned
to a different position within the group.
Poddar cut his teeth in the
distribution business with ESPN Star Sports. From there he moved on to news channel
India TV as vice-president (distribution). He joined Ten Sports as head of distribution
in April 2005. | 
