'Archive for Executive Interviews'
* "We are ready to talk to the cricketers directly"
(31 December 2002)
Ganesh Mahalingam
LG India marketing chief
* "Channel surfing will continue despite the cricketing World Cup!"
(28 December 2002)
Ashish Bhasin
Initiative Media president
* "All our pay channels will continue to be encrypted post-CAS"
(28 December 2002)
Sunil Khanna
Zee Turner chief executive
* "Primetime viewing will not be affected by the World Cup"
(27 December 2002)
Shashi Sinha
Lodestar Media executive director
* "We will do deals for our clients as long as they are cost-effective"
(26 December 2002)
Punitha Arumugam
Madison Media (West) COO
* "Sony's World Cup Cricket telecast will eclipse shows across all channels!"
(23 December 2002)
Laxmi N Goel
Zee Telefilms' Director of news group
* "Zap on to Zee MGM anytime and you will have a good movie"
(21 December 2002)
Ajay Trigunayat
Zee English, Zee MGM vice president
* "Sony's World Cup Cricket telecast will eclipse shows across all channels!"
(20 December 2002)
Rajat Jain
MAX executive vice president and business head
* "We expect to garner Rs 2.1 billion or 60% of the total ad spend on air time during the World Cup 2003"
(20 December 2002)
Harish Thawani
Nimbus communications chairman and MD
* "A new sense of dynamism prevails within DD"
(20 December 2002)
Dr S Y Quraishi
Doordarshan director general
* "Wholesome, family fare that addresses all sections seems to be in scarcity"
(11 November 2002)
Apurva Purohit
Zee TV president
* "We hope to have a news and music channel in the bouquet by December"
(18 October 2002)
Shantonu Aditya
SET India distribution head & president,Discovery-SET India JV
* "We have perfected the art of storytelling"
(10 October 2002)
Rajesh Pavithran
Balaji Telefilms COO
* "Discovery 33 per cent ahead of National Geographic where viewership is concerned"
(25 September 2002)
Deepak Shourie
Discovery Communications India's
managing director
* "I see Cartoon Network as a lifestyle brand"
(25 September 2002)
Ian Diamond
senior vice-president and general manager of Turner Entertainment Networks Asia Inc
* "We are on the way to weaning viewers from Sun"
(23 September 2002)
Suresh Iyer
Vijay TV
programming head
* "We are particularly strong in the late night slot"
(14 September 2002)
Laxmi Hariharan
Hallmark's director marketing, Asia Pacific
* "For a niche channel like CNBC India, CAS, if properly implemented, is a boon"
(26 August 2002)
Raghav Bahl
TV 18 Managing Director
* "Our major emphasis in the coming period will be the 8 pm to 11 pm band and the weekend slot"
(21 August 2002)
Sunil Lulla
Sony Entertainment business head
* "If one has good content there is nothing to worry about, CAS or no CAS"
(6 August 2002)
Anshuman Misra
Turner International India MD
* "Other music channels are copying our formula"
(1 August 2002)
Pradeep Dikshit
CEO
ETC Networks'
* "Under CAS the consumer will pay far more for far less" (31 July 2002) Manu Sawhney
Managing Director
ESPN Software India
* "We are comfortable being a stand-alone channel "
(19 July 2002)
Alex Kuruvilla
Managing director
MTV India
* "Star has never said that it is against CAS" (9 July 2002) Tony D'Silva
Executive Vice-President Star India
* "We can go to advertisers and say it pays to advertise on DD"
(1 July 2002)
KS Sarma
CEO Prasar Bharati
* "We have put our plans for an IPO on hold"
(8 July 2002)
Ravi Gupta
CEO B4U Worldwide
* "Soaps will continue to be the staple diet of viewers"
(29 June 2002)
Manish Popat
TV Content COO UTV
* "Fear Factor has been an unqualified success on AXN Asia"
(15 June 2002)
Todd Miller
Asia Managing Director of AXN
* "I may distribute a news channel. I just do not want to run one" (3 June 2002) Kunal Dasgupta
CEO SET
* "CPRP linked deals fail to accurately capture the quality of our audience" (May 18 2002) Haresh Chawla
Chief Executive CNBCI
* "It's a no risk, no reward situation for a producer "
(15 May 2002)
Vandana Malik
Executive director of TV18
* "We want to make an emotional and marketing connection with Indian viewers"
( 7 May 2002)
Chris McDonald
CEO of the Abdulrahman Bukhatir-promoted Ten Sports.
* "HBO has helped improve the quality of movies shown on television"
(3 May 2002)
James Paul Marturano
Executive vice president of HBO South Asia.
* "Tara is doing much better in the interiors"
(15 February 2002)
Pradipto Sircar
Broadcast Worldwide Business Development director
* "Putting up hoardings here and there does not bring in viewers"
(1 February 2002)
Markand Adhikari
vice-chairman and managing director, SABe (Sri Adhikari Brothers Entertainment) TV
* 'We want to increase the interest of viewers in German topics '
(12 January 2002)
Angelika Newel
Distribution Executive DW Asia
* 'Action, reality shows AXN's main ad revenue earners'
(15 December 2001)
Todd Miller
Managing Director AXN Asia
* 'People are turning to the BBC as a source of global perspective on world events'
(3 November 2001)
Rupert Gavin
Chief executive of BBC Worldwide's
* 'When it comes to prime Hindi movie entertainment, it is B4U Movies that the viewer will switch to'
(27 October 2001)
Ravi Gupta
CEO of B4U Worldwide
* 'I insist on getting things done in my way and have unlimited freedom'
(20 September 2001)

Mukesh Sharma
Mumbai DD Director

* "Partnering Zee made sense" SET CEO Kunal Dasgupta speaks to Anita Barar.
(3 Septmeber 2001 )
Kunal Dasgupta
CEO of Sony Entertainment Television
* 'We promise the advertiser that the money he puts in is money well spent'
(1 September 2001)
Partha Sinha
Director-Marketing Zee Network
* 'TV is an extremely powerful medium and has to be treated with a certain amount of respect'
(21 July 2001 )
Sameer Nair
Executive vice-president, content and communications, Star India
* 'DD is operating in a time warp'
(23 June 2001)
Ravina Raj Kohli
CEO HFCL-Nine Broadcasting India.
* 'We are targeting the late night, breakfast and weekend slots'
(5 June 2001)

Sunita Rajan- BBC World Deputy Director Airtime Sales

* 'India should become the next animation hub for the world market'
(28 June 2001)
Ram Mohan-Utv Toon's
UTV Toon's Ram Mohan and company COO Nandini Vaidyanathan
* 'Star's advantage is that it has a single unified vision'
(21 May 2001 )
Sameer Nair
Executive vice-president, content and communications, Star India
* 'Watch out for Zee TV, the war has just begin'
(May 2001)
Sandeep Goyal
CEO Zee Network
*

Ravina Raj Kohli-Channel Nine India CEO

* "Crest to increase television presence"
(23 April 2001)
AK Madhavan-Crest Communications' international business head.
*

Markand Adhikari - vice-chairman & managing director
SABeTV
a

*

'Aaj Tak will break even within three years'
(27 March2001)

G. Krishnan-Ex. Director, TV Today Network

*

"Audiences will make time for Govinda's show"
(6 February 2001)

Rekha Nigam-Sony programming head

*

"Jain TV will be unaffected by my political woes"
(6 February 2001)

Dr J.K. Jain-Jain TV promoter Dr J.K. Jain

*

"Zee should be the hub of all information"
(17 July 2000)

Subhash Chandra-Zee TV Chairman

* "We want to use DTH to spread Information Technology"
(28 August 2000)

Peter Mukherjea- Star TV CEO

*

"We don't mind who really runs the DTH platform"
(18 July 2000)

Peter Mukherjea- Star TV CEO

*

"We want to beat the BeeB"
(17 July 2000)

CNNI senior vice-president Rena Golden.

*

"If there is cannibalisation that has to happen it is better we eat the flesh ourselves"
(17 July 2000)

Raj Nayak, Senior VP, Advertising & Sales, Star Movies, Star World, Star News & Channel V

*

"Pay TV is no easy option"
(17 July 2000)

Kunal Dasgupta, CEO, Sony Entertainment Television

*

"Young Indians aspire for CNN"
(16 september 2000)

CNN International President Chris Cramer

*

"We lost eight years because of the Hindujas"
(10 November 2000)

ETC director
Yogesh Radhakrishnan

* WE AIM TO SPREAD ENTERTAINMENT THROUGH ALL AVENUES Chairman of News Corp
Rupert Murdoch
* "I don't see any results in comparing both of us. She was Ravina and I am Rekha Nigam. You will just have to wait and see." The senior vice president of programming and production, Sony Entertainment Television, (SET)
Rekha Nigam
* "WE ARE A CONVERGENCE CORPORATION" Zee TV Chairman
Subhash Chandra
 
 

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