MUMBAI: Akash Banerjee has been appointed as the programming head of Radio Mirchi?s Delhi station. This is Banerjee?s second stint with the radio station, the first being in 2002 as a radio jockey where he used to host the late night show ?Dil Chahta Hai?.

As programming head, Banerjee will be responsible for conceptualising the station programming in accordance with the brand vision and Delhi?s pulse and flavour.

Banerjee said, "I am happy to be a part of the ENIL Group again. Radio Mirchi is the leading FM station in the country and a station that believes in innovations. I am thrilled to be part of such an iconic brand and look forward to new challenges and responsibilities."

Prior to joining Radio Mirchi he was was a correspondent with Headlines Today for five years. Before that, he was an anchor at Times Now. In his ten years? experience as part of the broadcast industry, Banerjee has covered a diverse range of stories from locations across the nation. Besides specialising in disaster and conflict reporting and anchoring, he has also released a book titled ?Tales from Shining and Sinking India? that draws from his experiences on the field.

NEW DELHI: Despite both news and general entertainment channels having set up their own regulatory bodies, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry issued 23 notices to various TV channels during 2011 and January this year.

All these notices were issued for showing obscenity and violence.

Government sources denied reports that any channel had gone to Court against the notices issued.

While the matter was under consideration at various stages, warnings or advisories had been issued to the other channels and four of them (Bindass, News 9, Sahara Samay and P7) were even asked to run apology scrolls. In only MTV?s case, the channel was let off after reviewing the programme.

The notices included only four notices to news channels: News 9, Times Now, Sahara Samay, and P7.

In the general entertainment channels, four notices were issued to Bindass, two each to Sony TV and Channel ?V?, and one each to Sony Pix, Zee Trendz, MTV, TLC, People Live, FX Channel, NDTV Good Times, Star World, Fox Crime, and FTV;and Enter 10 which is the only channel to have received a notice in 2012.

MUMBAI: Times Television Network has appointed Ayesha Surty as Head, syndication and digital revenues.

Surty will be based out of Mumbai and will focus on building relationships and maximising revenue opportunities with content and brand presence across platforms. She will report to Zoom and ET Now CEO Avinash Kaul.

Kaul said, ?Times Television Network has a significant presence across digital platforms and content syndication. Content of the network channels is deployed across all major digital platforms and to various national and international broadcasters. Ayesha?s joining the network will take business to the next level ensuring that our rich content is made accessible to as many people across the globe through all possible platforms.?

Surty added, ?Times Television Network with leadership brands of Times Now, ET Now, Movies Now and Zoom has incredible content which can be very effectively channelized to bring in revenue through varied tie-ups and associations.?

Surty comes with over 12 years of experience. Her last assignment was with Imagine TV as the associate director ? content sales and digital media.