MUMBAI: Multi Screen Media (MSM), the Indian arm of the Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI), has appointed Smriti Krishna as its senior vice president and head of human resources.

Krishna moves from for NBC Universal Asia Pacific where she was VP and head of HR based in Singapore. Prior to NBCU, she has worked in New York, Tokyo and India with the General Electric Company (GE) and its affiliates in HR leadership roles. 

MSM CEO Man Jit Singh said, "We are glad to welcome Smriti Krishna to the MSM family. We are confident that Smriti?s experience in human resources and her global perspective will contribute to the growth of our network and our people. We wish her all the best for her new role."

Krishna comes with a rich background in human resources. She had started her career with Xerox India before joining GE in 2000.

MUMBAI: English entertainment channel AXN is gearing up to launch the second season of game show India?s Minute To Win It.

The second season will premiere on 8 October and will air every Saturday-Sunday at 8 pm. Gaurav Kapoor will once again host the show.

AXN Networks India VP Rohit Bhandari says, "Keeping in mind the adventure and fun loving audiences that AXN has in India, we are extremely excited about launching the second season of India?s Minute To Win It. Based on the enthusiastic responses that we received to the first season last year, we were very clear that we would be launching the second season of the show to give our loyal audience the opportunity to win the grand prize of Rs 10 million again."

The format of Minute To Win It is owned by NBC Universal and has been brought to India exclusively by AXN in the form of an original production.

The show enjoys captivated audiences in Australia, Russia, Sweden, Uruguay, Germany, Colombia and Brazil.
 

MUMBAI: US District Judge Richard Leon has approved Comcast Corp.?s acquisition of NBC Universal with conditions that a Federal Court will oversee the deal for two more years.

Leon ruled that the Justice Department and the combined company must report on arbitration actions initiated by online video distributors under the final judgment. The distributors feared they would lose access to NBC?s content because of the acquisition.

He ordered department lawyers to report back on how many online video distributors sought permission to arbitrate under the final judgment and how many were refused.

"Since neither the court nor the parties has a crystal ball to forecast" the effectiveness of the final judgment, the additional steps are necessary to protect the public interest," Leon has written.

Comcast?s proposed acquisition of NBC Universal won approval on 18 January from the US regulators under an agreement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Justice Department.