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  • MV Shreyams Kumar, Managing Director of Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd. has taken over as Vice President while Ms. Anuradha Prasad Shukla, Chairperson-cum-Managing Director, News24 Broadcast India Ltd. has been elected as Honorary Treasurer of NBDA for the year 2022-23.

    Avinash Pandey elected NBDA President

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    Avinash Pandey

    Avinash Pandey, CEO, ABP Network has been elected President of the News Broadcasters & Digital Association (NBDA) today. Prior to this, Pandey served as NBDA’s Vice President. With this move, Rajat Sharma, Chairman – Independent News Services Pvt. Ltd. has relinquished the Presidentship of NBDA.

     

    MV Shreyams Kumar, Managing Director of Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd. has taken over as Vice President while Ms. Anuradha Prasad Shukla, Chairperson-cum-Managing Director, News24 Broadcast India Ltd. has been elected as Honorary Treasurer of NBDA for the year 2022-23.

     

    The appointments took place during NBDA’s board meeting held on Friday, September 16.

     

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    Pandey said: “It is an immense responsibility considering the strategic inflection point our news industry is going through. I thank Rajat Ji for leading us through VUCA time with his impeccable leadership and hard work. I am confident that NBDA members and its Bboard will continue to make a difference to our industry and society.”

     

    Commenting on this development, Sharma added: “Last few years have been extremely challenging for news broadcasters, I am happy that NBDA fought every crisis as a team and won every battle. I’m delighted to hand over the Presidentship to Avinash who has worked very closely with me in NBDA.  He has to carry the legacy we have built collectively over the years”.

     

    The other members on the NBDA Board are M.K. Anand, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer – Times Network – Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd, Rahul Joshi, Managing Director – TV18 Broadcast Ltd., I. Venkat, Director – Eenadu Television Pvt. Ltd., Kalli Purie Bhandal, Vice-Chairperson & Managing Director – TV Today Network Ltd., Sonia Singh, Editorial Director, NDTV – New Delhi Television Ltd., and Anil Malhotra, Authorised Signatory, Zee Media Corporation Ltd.

     

  • With its debut film Karkhanisanchi Waari

    ABP Studios shines at Marathi film awards

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    The ABP Studios co-produced Marathi film, Karkhanisanchi Waari (Ashes on a Road Trip), has won the Marathi Filmfare Award for Best Picture. Mangesh Joshi received the Best Director Award, and Geetanjali Kulkarni received the Best Supporting Actor Female Award for the film.

     

    Commenting on the film’s success, Avinash Pandey, CEO, ABP Network, said: “This is no doubt a huge accomplishment, but I also believe this is just the beginning for our ABP Studios’ team. That this achievement is a precursor of bigger things to come is borne out by the growth and scale that ABP Studios has been able to achieve in such a short span of time.  With Karkhanisanchi Waari they have achieved the goal of effectively capturing the audiences’ imagination by sticking to their primary objective of providing stories from the heart of India. The collective nominations across 9 different categories is a huge testament to this achievement. I am extremely proud of the team and hope that they continue to raise the bar with our upcoming projects.”

     

  • Over 25 sessions starring leading lights from across government and civil society were invited and in attendance

    ABP Network hosts two-day ‘Ideas of India’ Conclave

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    ABP Network conducted a two-day event titled Ideas of India last weekend (March 25 and 26), which saw discussions on wide-ranging ideas over 25 sessions and 20-plus hours.

     

    The speakers at the event included Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari (who came in after the swearing in ceremony in Uttar Pradesh), Maharashtra Minister Aditya Thackeray (who was as always very candid), Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar in discussion (Dhankhar in Mamata B, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Aditya Birla Education Trust Founder & Chairperson Neerja Birla, Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy, upGrad co-founder Phalgun Kompalli, innovator Sonam Wangchuk, actors Aamir Khan, Vidya Balan and Taapsee Pannu, singer Usha Uthup, film directors Ramesh Sippy, Karan Johar and Kabir Khan, lawyers Indira Jaising and Harish Salve, motivational speaker Gaur Gopal Das, renowned journalist Fareed Zakaria, and Super 30 founder Anand Kumar.

     

    Avinash Pandey, CEO, ABP News Network

    Said ABP Network CEO Avinash Pandey, making his closing remarks: “I have organised and participated at many events in my career. But I have never ever seen two back-to-back house-full days.”

     

    The Conclave has been in the making for the last six months and has had a special team curating the various sessions. Veteran journalist Vir Sanghvi, actor Gul Panag, writer Chetan Bhagat were among those who moderated the various sessions, other than

     

    The summit was presented by Wild Stone with Nerolac Paints as associate partner, wellness partner Himalaya and state partner Government of Chhattisgarh.

  • To discuss India's 75-year journey and the way ahead

    ABP Network to host first-ever summit

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    ABP Network  is hosting its first-ever summit ‘Ideas of India’, bringing together the brightest brains from diverse sectors to discuss India’s 75-year journey, its present status, and the way ahead. The two-day event will take place at the Grand Hyatt, Mumbai, today and tomorrow (March 25-)26.

     

    The speakers include Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Aaditya Thackeray, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar among others.

     

    Said Avinash Pandey, ABP Network CEO: “The inaugural edition of ABP Network’s Ideas of India is going to be a momentous event. This is not merely an event of importance for our network but will be the most elaborate and diverse platform to discuss India’s journey of 75 years as an independent nation, our present challenges, and future opportunities as we grow as a nation in the changing world order. I am personally eager to know the ideas of the brightest and most successful Indians of our age across sectors. This is another path-finding initiative in a series of steps where we have revolutionised the coverage of news and current affairs to capture the thoughts and imagination of our beloved viewers. This forum will be developed into a significant annual event where we will explore India’s ideas and what it means to be an Indian in various aspects of life.”

     

     

  • Committed to fostering employee-centric people practices

    ABP Network certified ‘Happiest Places to Work’

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    ABP Network has been certified as one of the Happiest Places to WorkTM by Happyness.me for the year 2022.

     

    Happyness.me conducted its flagship Happyness Assessment at ABP Network, enabling the management to dive deep into the key drivers of happiness at the workplace. According to a communique, ABP Network’s Happyness Quotient was substantially above the benchmark needed to be certified among the Happiest Places to Work.

     

    Commenting on the recognition, Avinash Pandey, CEO – ABP Network said: “It’s exhilarating to have been certified as one of the Happiest Places to WorkTM by Happyness.me. This indicates that our efforts in making ABP Network a truly Happy Place to Work have paid rich dividends. My heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to everyone from the ABP family for helping us achieve this dream. The Happiness Assessment covers every employee in the organization without being restricted to a sample size, making it a wholesome experience. We always endeavour to develop a distinctly positive culture that fosters collaboration, trust, and diversity that enhances both team performance and productivity substantially.”

     

    Added Kavita Dasan, Vice President, People Practices – ABP Network: “We believe when employees are happy, they are ABP Network’s best brand ambassadors. We are delighted to have been certified as one of the Happiest Places to Work by Happyness.me. Besides validating our ‘Employee-First’ philosophy, the recognition reflects our diverse, collaborative, and high-performance work culture. Cheers to team Happyness.me too, as our interactions with them were an extremely engaging and learning experience.”

     

    Said Namrata Tata, Managing Partner – House of Cheer Networks PVT LTD: “Working with the HR team and the management at ABP Network was a sheer pleasure. It’s heartening to see how organizations have started acknowledging the need for happiness and focusing on making emotions central to their organizational culture. We were amazed at the initiatives taken by the organization and the positive responses from the employees. We are looking forward to a long-lasting relationship and making this an annual assessment and helping the organization in seeding happiness to keep the needle moving.”

     

  • Golf fans would be able to enjoy every drive and putt of the game as it happens

    ABP goes the golf route. First Hindi & regional network to patronise elite sport

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    ABP Network has entered a first of its kind partnership with Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) to be the digital media partner for its various golf tournaments to be held in 2021. It has become the first Hindi news network to cover a golf tour in the country and broadcast it live on its digital platform – ABP Live, and its associated social media platforms.

     

    Said Avinash Pandey, CEO, ABP Network, commenting on the partnership: “While golf is rising as a sport in India, we at ABP believe that Golf should be made accessible to the masses of the country and ABP with its widespread reach and popularity strives to make this possible. Over the last few years, we have been aggressively looking towards ramping up our offerings in the sports segment like Kabbadi and Olympics, while not remaining restricted to cricket. This initiative of broadcasting golf is in line with the larger goal. It’s a prestigious moment for the network to associate with PGTI and facilitate a pan-Indian viewership for the tournament.”

     

     

  • The Board also elected Avinash Pandey, Chief Executive Officer – ABP Network as VP

    Rajat Sharma re-elected NBDA President

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    Rajat Sharma
    Rajat Sharma

    At the News Broadcasters & Digital Association (NBDA) Board Meeting held on Monday, Rajat Sharma has been elected as its President. The Board also elected Avinash Pandey, Chief Executive Officer – ABP Network Pvt. Ltd., Vice President and MK Anand, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer – Times Network – Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd, Honorary Treasurer of the NBDA for the year 2021-2022.

     

    Other members of the managing committee include:

     

    The other members on the NBDA Board are: –

    > Anuradha Prasad Shukla, Chairperson-cum-Managing Director – News24 Broadcast India Ltd.

    > M.V. Shreyams Kumar, Managing Director – Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd.

    > Rahul Joshi, Managing Director – TV18 Broadcast Ltd.

    > I Venkat, Director – Eenadu Television Pvt. Ltd.

    > Kalli Purie Bhandal, Vice-Chairperson & Managing Director – TV Today Network Ltd.

    > Sonia Singh, Editorial Director, NDTV – New Delhi Television Ltd.

    > Sudhir Chaudhary, Chief Executive Officer – Cluster 1 – Zee Media Corporation Ltd.

     

    In a message issued with a communique, Sharma has said: “Despite several months having passed, BARC ratings have not been restored as yet. The NBDA Board and BARC have had several rounds of discussions to ensure that reliable credible, tamper free data is made available to the news broadcasters. NBDA has stated that the corrupt, compromised, irrationally fluctuating data will not be acceptable as the false narrative puts pressure to take editorial calls that run counter to the principles and ethics of journalism. NBDA believes in editorial standards of ensuring objectivity, neutrality, fairness and accuracy in reporting.”

     

  • This association gains importance as it comes ahead of UP elections

    ABP News to sponsor UP Yoddha Pro Kabaddi League team

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    As the Pro Kabaddi League is all set to make its return (and the UP elections draw closer), ABP News has signed a deal to become the principal sponsor of the UP Yoddha team for the 2021-22 season. As a part of this deal, the ABP News’ logo will feature prominently on the UP Yoddha players’ jerseys, allowing the news channel to build brand recognition amongst younger audiences and sports aficionados across the country.

     

    Speaking on the announcement,  Avinash Pandey, CEO, ABP Network said: “We are extremely excited to be supporting UP Yoddha, one of the most promising teams in Pro Kabaddi League this season. Kabaddi, as a sport, has grown significantly over the years. The Pro Kabaddi league has popularized the Indian-origin sport even more and has created a strong connection with sports lovers and younger audiences. Alongside UP Yoddha, we hope to make this season of Pro Kabaddi an incredibly engaging, memorable, and entertaining spectacle.”

     

    Speaking about the partnership, Col. Vinod Bisht, CEO, GMR League Games added: “At UP Yoddha, we are excited to have ABP News as our Principal Sponsor. ABP Network is one of the most reputed and far-reaching media houses in the country. We believe that with the help of this partnership we will drive great support for the franchise UP Yoddha, which holds the flag high being the first team out of UP in any league sport in the country. ABP News is the leader in Hindi news Genre and the partnership gives us the opportunity to undertake joint initiatives and promote the sport in the state at the ground level. We hope this is going to be the start of a long and mutually rewarding partnership between two big organisations.”

     

  • In Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

    82.5 launches ABP Desam

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    The Bengaluru office of 82.5 Communications and ABP Group have partnered once again, this time for the launch of ABP Desam in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

     

    Said Avinash Pandey, CEO ABP Network: “It has been incredible working with 82.5 Communications on the launch of our new Telugu digital platform, ABP Desam. They understood the Telugu market, and coalesced their creative concepts with regional elements, which made the campaign well-suited to our vision for ABP Desam.”

     

    Elaborating on the launch, Naveen Raman, Senior Vice President and Branch Head, 82.5 Communications – South, added: “Telugu is more than a language. It’s a sense of belonging, it’s a matter of pride, it’s a way of building community. That’s how passionate the people of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are towards their language. We worked on that insight to celebrate their love towards the language through ABP Desam. This thinking is yet another example of what we as an agency do best – be a truly Indian agency by having an insider point of view and approach every time. We did it super successfully for ABP Nadu in Tamil Nadu. And now we are proud to do it again for ABP Desam.”

     

    Speaking further on the launch campaign, Sangeetha Sampath and Ravi Cherussola, Group Creative Directors, 82.5 Communications – South said: “The unique history of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana requires an adept understanding of the people, their interests, and passions. A hyperlocal approach is of absolute essence, because when it comes to something as serious as news, the regional truth becomes important. The launch digital film celebrates and highlights this via the digital film, social media work and more.”

     

  • The launch is close on the heels of its foray in the Tamil Nadu market with the launch of 'ABP Nadu'

    ABP Network launches ‘ABP Desam’ in Telugu

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    ABP Network has announced its entry into the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana market with the launch of new digital platform, ‘ABP Desam’.  The launch is close on the heels of its foray in the Tamil Nadu market with the launch of ‘ABP Nadu’

     

    The tagline of the channel is ‘Mana vartalu, mana oori bhashalo!’ which translates to ‘Our news, in our town’s language!’

     

    Said Avinash Pandey, CEO, ABP Network on the launch: “Regional language is a very crucial growth driver for digital news platforms. Recently, we had launched a digital platform for Tamil audiences and now we are further strengthening our digital portfolio with ABP Desam. I’m confident that this Telugu news platform will provide access to high calibre, diverse digital news content to the people of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and also bring a bevy of growth opportunities to our network.”

     

  • The Ogilvy group agency handled the creative mandate

    82.5 campaign for ABP Nadu

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    After its success in West Bengal, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Uttar Pradesh, ABP Network has entered Tamil Nadu with a Tamil news offering – ABP Nadu. 82.5 Communications, which currently handles the creative mandate for ABP Ananda, ABP Majha, and ABP Studios, bagged the additional mandate to launch ABP Nadu. The Bengaluru office of 82.5 will be managing the business.

    Said Sumanto Chattopadhyay, Chairman & CCO, 82.5 Communications India: “We are proud to be ABP’s trusted partner in communication. And delighted they have reaffirmed their faith in us with this new opportunity for ABP Nadu. What makes it all the more meaningful for us is to be able to create work that reflects our motto of ‘ingenious Indian ideas’.”

    Added Avinash Pandey, CEO, ABP Network: “We are thrilled to be strengthening our partnership with 82.5 Communications, with the launch of ‘ABP Nadu’. Their contribution has been instrumental in adding value to our network’s regional offerings. Encapsulating the virtues of Tamil language, literature, and culture, ABP Nadu will provide top-notch content in the realm of news and entertainment to the discerning viewers and digital users of Tamil Nadu. I’m incredibly excited about the potential this unlocks for us, as we build our association with newer audiences. Being a leading broadcaster, ABP Network has entrenched itself into the culture and ethos of all the regions it serves and we are confident of doing the same in the Southern market as well.”

    Said Naveen Raman, Senior Vice President and Branch Head – South, 82.5 Communications India: “This association reflects our strength as a truly Indian agency and the hyper local approach we take. In a category like NEWS, we need to be extra careful in marrying the brand’s purpose with the local flavour. The idea was to lead with the Tamizh pride yet not let go ABP’s core values. Language is one of our strengths as an agency. We handpicked a core team that understands this market and can think in Tamil.”

     

     

  • Will bring a mix of satire and light-hearted comedy

    ‘Poll Khol’ returns on ABP News with new season

    By Our Staff

    ABP News brings another season of its iconic show ‘Poll Khol’. Hosted by Shekhar Suman it will delve into the current state of political affairs of the country. Since its inception in 2004, ‘Poll Khol’ has established itself as an outstanding election season property with a ‘no holds barred, light-hearted approach’ to Indian politics.

    Said Avinash Pandey, CEO, ABP Network: “At ABP News, we strive to inspire, enlighten, and engage our viewers through new concepts and unique shows. Poll Khol is one such show which is extremely distinctive and quirky in nature and has something in store for every kind of viewer. As India is all-set to witness the Vidhan Sabha elections this year, Poll Khol will bring the ongoing, crucial issues of the nation to the fore, in the most gripping and creative way.”