MUMBAI: ET Now senior editor and lead anchor Shaili Chopra has decided to move on from the company. 

She had tweeted yesterday, "Hello people, moving on from ETNOW, doing something new(s) and exciting - both in business and in media - more on that coming soon."

She had joined Times Global Broadcasting in 2009. Prior to joining Times, she was with NDTV as markets and corporate affairs editor for five months and NDTV Profit as senior news editor corporate from 2004 - 2009.

MUMBAI: ET Now, an English language business news channel, is launching the third edition of ?IndiaMART Leaders of Tomorrow? on 28 August.

The show will be telecast every Tuesday at 10:30 pm, Saturday at 06:30 pm and Sunday at 11:30 am.

The series highlights the success achieved by the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) across India. It will present entrepreneurial success stories across 14 award categories in the coming weeks summing up the journey in next 27 episodes.

Also, it will showcase a panel discussion among industry experts, a felicitation ceremony and also highlight award winners? through the ?SME Doctors? journeys to success.

This time ?SME Doctors? will be roped in to evaluate the companies covered in the series. Besides mentoring these MSMEs, the "experts" will offer suggestions on various aspects specific to their companies such as innovation and vision for growth, mapping growth trajectory and profitability of the company; financing options if needed, potential to grow big, among others.

IndiaMART.com founder and CEO Dinesh Agarwal said, "The feature series will yet again prove to be a perfect platform for ambitious companies to outshine their counterparts and share their stories of achievements amid challenges with millions of viewers. Last two seasons on ET Now were roaring successes and provided much required recognition to successful small businesses. With the introduction of SME Doctors, the show would be a double reward for the chosen MSMEs. We certainly hope that as many MSMEs get benefitted - not only those who feature on the channel, but also those who watch the show and learn from their experiences."

Each episode will tell the tales of passion, courage, grit, challenges and success of three-four companies across various industries. Also, two episodes out of these will be dedicated to women entrepreneurs in India, the channel said.

Mumbai: ET Now is launching a new show titled "Global Insights with Punita Kumar Sinha" on 14 August.

The eight-part series will focus on global trends and analyse their impact on India. It will air every Tuesday at 10.30 pm and Saturday at 8.30 pm.

The show host Sinha has more than 20 years of experience in asset management in international and emerging markets. Prior to founding Pacific Paradigm Advisors in 2012, Sinha was head of Blackstone Asia Advisors L.L.C. and its chief investment officer, and was a senior managing director of The Blackstone Group L.P. Prior to Blackstone, Sinha worked with Oppenheimer, Battery March (a Legg Mason company), and Standish Ayer.

Hosted by Punita Kumar Sinha, the show will delve into some of the most pressing issues facing the global economy today: from the fate of the US economy?s tentative recovery to the inevitability of Euro zone break-up to China?s hard landing to India?s economic future in the face of global slowdown.

ET Now executive editor R Sridharan said, "ET Now is constantly innovating and introducing new shows to enrich its viewers. Global Insights aims to offer our viewers high-quality discussions between a seasoned fund manager and renowned global experts on key economic issues, making it the first show of its kind on business television."

Sinha added, "I am confident that the viewers who tune in to watch my show will benefit from the take-aways they will get on the global economy in the context of India."

Each episode will feature special guests, including Harvard?s Kenneth Rogoff, Stanford?s John Taylor, Chicago University?s Raghuram Rajan, Templeton?s Mark Mobius, and India?s own ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala.

MUMBAI: ET Now, the English business news channel from Times Television Network, is extending the line-up of its market shows on weekends.

The channel is adding two new shows - ?Meet your Fund Manager?, and ?Buy Now-Sell Now Weekend? (BNSN Weekend) - starting 26 May and 9 June respectively.

The market focused shows will offer targeted programming to all segments of retail investors that include equity investors, long-term personal finance planners and short-term traders and share knowledge and insights from personal finance consultants, fundamental experts, supported by research team and anchors.

Meet your Fund manager will be anchored by Tanvir Gill and will be aired on Saturdays (3.30 pm and 8.30 pm), Sundays (10 am and 8.30 pm) and Tuesdays (10.30 pm). The show will bring viewers a closer look at the people who manage the bulk of retail investors? money: the fund managers and chief investment officers of leading asset management companies. Each episode will feature one fund manager, and go into details about his investment style, strategies of the specific funds he manages, and will end with an impartial evaluation of that fund house?s offerings by Dhirendra Kumar of Value Research.

?BNSN Weekend? will be anchored by the duo Avanne Dubash and Megha Chaddah on Saturdays (10 am) and Sundays (8.30 am, 2 pm and 8 pm). This show will give specific buy, sell or hold advice to retail investors. In addition to that, a fundamental expert will do a portfolio analysis for viewers every week and discuss three stock picks (small, mid and large-cap) of his/her choice.

MUMBAI: Times Television Network (TTN) is assigning additional responsibilities to Zoom and ET Now CEO Avinash Kaul.

Kaul will now also be responsible for English news channel Times Now, sources said.

In December 2011 TTN had elevated Kaul, who was CEO of Zoom, by giving him additional responsibilities of the network?s English business news channel ET Now. It had also named Movies Now CEO Ajay Trigunayat as the CEO of Hollywood Channels.