Indiantelevision.com's Executive Dossier Archives - 2007
 
 

'Working on an umbrella brand strategy is a good way to build a presence in the entertainment space'
Rajesh Sawhney - Reliance Entertainment President
(31 December 2007)

 

'India can become our number one market in Asia'
Simon Phillips - Marvel Entertainment International president
(24 December 2007)

 

'We are keen on bringing in more channels'
Deepak Shourie - Discovery Networks India MD
(17 December 2007)

 

'Challenge is to scale up the production slate'
Ravi Gupta - Mukta Arts CEO
(10 December 2007)

 

'Ten Sports' distribution is open for negotiations'
Gurjeev Singh Kapoor - Set Discovery head
(3 December 2007)

 

'Sports broadcast ad market to grow to Rs 7 billion this year'
Rukin Kizilbash - Taj Television India GM
( 26 November 2007)

 

'Music channels are under pressure to increase revenues'
Prashant Chothani - Media Worldwide director
( 19 November 2007)

 

'In India, we want games to be the prime reason why people buy PCs'
Quentin Staes-Polet - Kreeda Games CEO and co-founder
( 12 November 2007)

 

'Over one third of BBC's revenue comes from Asia'
Sunita Rajan - BBC Worldwide VP- advertising sales, Asia and Australasia
( 5 November 2007)

 

'We are identifying short term tasks and medium term tasks to get to a new, bigger Star'
Paul Aiello - Star Group CEO,
Uday Shankar - Star India CEO
( 29 October 2007)

 

'Teenage audiences are hard fish to catch'
Orion Ross- Turner Entertainment VP creative and original content
( 22 October 2007)

 

'Challenges of cultural adaptability of international formats in India are tremendous'
Siddhartha Basu- Synergy Adlabs CMD
( 15 October 2007)

 

'The game development and design visualisation markets have grown the quickest for us'
Rob Hoffman- Autodesk Global product marketing manager media and entertainment division
( 8 October 2007)

 

'Convert pirate users into paying consumers & gaming industry will be worth Rs 3 billion'
Vishal Gondal - Indiagames founder
( 1 October 2007)

 

'Cas is here to stay'
Nripendra Misra - Trai chairperson
( 24 September 2007)

 

'For the Zee Network, regional channels will be strong pillars'
Nitin Vaidya - Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. director regional channels
( 17 September 2007)

 

'Language feeds can get us 30 per cent more viewership'
Shashi Kalathil - Neo Sports CEO
( 10 September 2007)

 

'Around 20-25 per cent of our revenues in the Asian region come from India'
Ricky Ow - SPE Networks Asia GM
( 3 September 2007)

 

'Strategic investor will take stake in the broadcasting entity'
Shantanu Aditya - UTV Global Broadcasting executive director and V&S Boardcasting CEO
( 27 August 2007)

 

'Blogumentary is our USP'
Amar K Deb- Channel [V] India head honcho
( 20 August 2007)

 

'We used the brand ambassador route to break through the cluttered FM market'
Tarun Katial - Big FM COO
( 11 August 2007)

 

'50 per cent of the challenge of filmmaking lies in marketing'
Ashok Amritraj - Entertainment chairman and CEO
( 6 August 2007)

 

'We don't need to change anything drastically. All we have to do is perfect our existing properties'
Shailesh Kapoor - Filmy business head
( 30 July 2007)

 

'We want to become the GEC for young India'
Zarina Metha - Bindass CEO
( 16 July 2007)

 

'There is still no clarity on the Cas rollout'
Robert Lyons - HBO Asia senior VP programming and presentation
( 16 July 2007)

 

'We are an urban metro player and will be operating in seven crucial markets'
Vishnu Athreya - Radio One VP programming and brand
( 9 July 2007)

 

'Home entertainment is not a commodity but a content- driven business'
M.N. Kapasi - Excel Home Video MD
( 2 July 2007)

 

'Line between credibility and sensationalism is becoming thinner '
Anurradha Prasad - B.A.G Films and Media Limited MD
( 26 June 2007)

 

'PPC plans to pump in Rs 5 billion over three years'
Shailendra Singh - Percept Holdings joint MD
( 18 June 2007)

 

Moser Baer entertainment business CEO Harish Dayani
Harish Dayani- Moser Baer entertainment business CEO
( 4 May 2007)

 

'We have stepped up work on digitalization for Prasar Bharati'
Asutosh - IBN 7 managing editor
( 4 May 2007)

 

'We have stepped up work on digitalization for Prasar Bharati'
Baljit Singh Lalli - Prasar Bharati CEO
( 28 May 2007)

 

'We see DT&L exploding over the next few years as an advertising category and a wish category'
Aditya Tripathi- Discovery lifestyle networks VP
( 21 May 2007)

 

We are confident of achieving a turnover of Rs 4.5 billion in the digital audio video segment by year end
Moon B Shin- LG managing director
( 17 May 2007)

 

"The adoption of multiple frequencies will mark the next inflation point in radio"
Naveen Chandra- Radio Mirchi SVP & National sales head Naveen Chandra
( 14 May 2007)

 

''Music channels need to differentiate themselves'
Amit Jain- MTV India managing director
( 7 May 2007)

 

''Music channels need to differentiate themselves'
Amit Jain- MTV India managing director
( 7 May 2007)

 
'We have enough high quality relevant content to provide for each of the three channels'
RC Venkateishi- ESPN Software India managing director
( 30 Apr 2007)
 
''Economically sensible model is a combination of CPT and correction of income growth'
Paritosh Joshi- Star India President
( 24 Apr 2007)
 
'The challenge in a high growth economy is shortage of talented, trained manpower'
Arvind Sharma - Goafest Committee chairman and Leo Burnett chairman India sub-continent
( 17 Apr 2007)
 
''In the entertainment field there is nobody else who does what E! does'
Kevin MacLellana - Comcast Entertainment Group, International president
( 9 Apr 2007)
 
''Absolute number watching TV has increased 50%, we should be paid for that'
Joy Chakraborthy - Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. executive vice president, head network
( 2 Apr 2007)
 
'In-house researches are very questionable'
Abraham Thomas - Red FM COO
( 27 Mar 2007)
 
'Our aim is to come up with total telecom solutions'
Rajiv Agarwal - Essar Telecom Retail
( 20 Mar 2007)
 
'CNN is an American-owned news channel, but we are not America-centric'
Rena Golden - CNN International senior vice president
( 13 Mar 2007)
 
'Size of ready to eat market Rs 700 m.'
Ravi Naware - ITC Foods Division CEO
( 10 Mar 2007)
 
'TV will continue to be important, but its importance will decline'
Rahul Welde - HLL general manager - media services
( 5 Mar 2007)
 
'Higher price cap than Rs 5 would have allowed us to play within that float'
Anuj Gandhi - SET Discovery president
( 26 Feb 2007)
 
'Mobiles will be the first introduction to the internet for an awful lot of people'
Vinton G Serf - Google’s vice president and chief internet evangelist
( 21 Feb 2007)
 
'For 2007 we are targeting a 40 % contribution from our specialised units'
Ravi Kiran - Starcom CEO South Asia
( 19 Feb 2007)
 
'The focus for Nick in 2007 is to drive reach'
Nina Elavia Jaipuria - Nick India vice president & general manager
( 13 Feb 2007)
 
'Radio will certainly see consolidation next year'
Apurva Purohit - Radio City CEO
( 6 Feb 2007)
 
'B'cast pros will benefit from tec choices at Expo'
AS Guin - Engineer-in-chief at AIR and president, BES
( 31 Jan 2007)
 
'Channels building bouquets to provide the advertiser discounts is an unfortunate and shortsighted perception'
Sunil Lulla - Times Now CEO
( 29 Jan 2007)
 
'You cannot build a sample on psychographics'
LV Krishnan - TAM India CEO
( 23 Jan 2007)
 
'User generated content is popular in news, music and sports genres'
Pankaj Thakar - Cellcast Interactive India CEO
( 15 Jan 2007)
 
'Expanding home video relationships with the Hollywood studios into other areas will be a big ticket for us'
Subroto Chattopadhyay - RPG Enterprises - Ent. Sector president and CEO
( 8 Jan 2007)
 
'Investors are waiting for Cas to roll out before they come up with definite valuations'
Ravi Mansukhani - IMCL director-in-charge
( 2 Jan 2007)
 
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