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  • To include newsletter authored by editor Menaka Doshi

    Bloomberg news to expand India-centric offerings

    By Our Staff

     

    Bloomberg News is expanding its India-centric offerings spanning digital platforms and Bloomberg TV. The new content includes a newsletter authored and curated by Bloomberg senior editor Menaka Doshi, as per a communique.

     

    Bloomberg’s enhanced India coverage across platforms includes:

    India Edition with Menaka Doshi: Launched on August 31, this weekly newsletter is an insider’s guide to India as an emerging economic powerhouse, and the billionaires and businesses behind its rise. Leveraging the insights of Bloomberg journalist Menaka Doshi, this newsletter will help readers make sense of the robust India growth story, from within. It will offer the best of Bloomberg’s exclusive reporting on India.

     

    In-depth G-20 coverage: With the world’s attention turning to India as it hosts the B20 and G20 Summits, Bloomberg TV will launch a four-part video series ‘Is This India’s Moment?’ and broadcast special TV programming around the G20, hosted by Menaka Doshi and Chief International Correspondent for Southeast Asia, Haslinda Amin. A special team of Bloomberg reporters will cover the high-level summit through exclusive stories and a live, rolling blog throughout the first week of September.

     

    India Focus TV Segment: Airing every day at 9:10 AM IST globally, the ongoing India Focus segment on Bloomberg TV features business interviews with influential Indian newsmakers.

     

    New Voices India: Since 2018, Bloomberg has sponsored intensive media training workshops, individualized for women and diverse executives in business and finance in 15 global cities and counting. A new cohort for India will be launched this October.

     

    Enhanced financial markets coverage: Bloomberg News continues to deepen its analysis of Indian asset markets. New and upcoming offerings on the Terminal include Non-Deliverable Forwards/Options Insights, a Weekly Cross-Asset Newsletter and a Weekly Derivatives Newsletter that harness the power of data and analytics.

     

  • Maheshwari has over a decade's experience across the Banking and Financial Services space

    Amol Maheshwari appointed National Sales Head at Bloomberg TV India

    By A Correspondent

     

    Amol Maheshwari

    Bloomberg TV India has appointed Amol Maheshwari as National Sales Head. As a part of his new portfolio, Maheshwari will be responsible to drive the business development for the premium business news channel across India. He will be leading a team of young Regional Heads and Account Directors who service a mix of corporates across PSUs, private companies, MNC segments and government business.

     

    Maheshwari has over a decade’s experience across the Banking and Financial Services space. Prior to joining Bloomberg, Maheshwari was handling Corporate Sales and Worksite Marketing for Bajaj Allianz Life, with an overall experience of ten years across Banking and Financial Services Space.

     

     

    Lavneesh Gupta

    Commenting on Maheshwari’s appointment, Lavneesh Gupta, COO – Bloomberg TV India said, “Amol, with his experience and deep understanding of the television business, will surely add tremendous value to the channel. I am confident that he will be a prodigious asset to the organisation and will help us reach the next level through his keen understanding of the business.”

     

    His key focus areas at Bloomberg TV India would be to nurture a strong Business Team and to significantly enhance sales revenue for the channel in FY 15, while improving Bloomberg TV’s penetration of client’s coverage across industries and dominate in Business News Space.

     

  • The show will feature some of India's most successful women entrepreneurs and their journey to the top

    Bloomberg TV returns with season 2 of ‘Women in Leadership’

    By A Correspondent

     

    After profiling eminent women leaders in Season one, Bloomberg TV India is back with an inspirational new season of ‘Women in Leadership’. Today’s women is redefining her role and taking the lead in every field. Women today have pursued their entrepreneurial dreams and emerged on top and the show pays homage to these courageous, successful women.

     

    Lavneesh Gupta, COO, Bloomberg TV India said, “Through this show, Bloomberg TV India continues to strengthen its commitment to enrich the business news viewing experience. The channel has carved a niche for itself by catering to influencers and providing exclusive content to its viewers. The Women in Leadership series finds its viewers amongst the key opinion leaders across industries. The show also promises to be an inspiration for next-generation women, to accept challenges and succeed.“

     

    The first season of the show presented by Life Insurance Corporation of India, featured resilient women leaders like Ms. Chanda Kochhar, MD & CEO, ICICI Bank; Ms. Chitra Ramakrishna, MD & CEO of NSE; Ms. Usha Sangwan, Managing Director at Life Insurance Corporation of India; Ms. Roopa Kudva, MD & CEO, CRISL Ltd.; Ms. Shikha Sharma, MD & CEO of Axis Bank and Ms. Sminu Jindal , MD of Jindal Saw Ltd., amongst others. They shared insights on the importance of planning, taking on new challenges, need for confidence, need for more women leaders in the industry, requirement of role models for aspiring women, etc.

     

    The new season of “Women in Leadership” features the fascinating journey of some of India’s most talented women entrepreneurs where they share their trials and triumphs, and most importantly, what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur. It focuses on encouraging women entrepreneurs who are confident, believe in themselves and have enormous appetite to take on the best in the business to beat them at their own game.

     

    The second season will be telecast exclusively on Bloomberg TV India from July 2014.

     

  • The Bloomberg TV India Autocar India Awards 2013-14 will be given across 19 categories and presented on December 20at the Taj Lands End in Mumbai

    Bloomberg TV-Autocar Awards on Dec 20

    By A Correspondent [updated]

     

    Bloomberg TV India and Autocar India will present the annual Bloomberg TV India Autocar India Awards on December 20. Speaking on the Awards, Amrit Rai, Business Head – Bloomberg TV India said, “The Bloomberg TV India Autocar India Awards have become the benchmark of performance for the industry and with each passing year, the bar has been raised by the players. We expect the 2013-14 Awards to be a keenly fought battle across all categories and wish all nominees the very best.”

     

    Added Hormazd Sorabjee, Editor – Autocar India magazine, on the Awards: “These awards have unmatched credibility thanks to an exhaustive evaluation process and a jury that is the best in the business. Consumers can rely on these awards to make an informed car buying decision.”

     

    The Bloomberg TV India Autocar India Awards 2013-14 will be given across 20 categories.

     

    The awards night onDecember 20will take place at the Seaside Lawns of the Taj Lands End in Mumbai and will be presented by Reliance General Insurance and powered by Mobil 1.

     

  • The jury comprises entrepreneurs Mahesh Murthy, Vishal Gondal and Neeraj Roy

    Bloomberg TV’s Pitch Season 3 moves to second phase

    By  A Correspondent

     

    Business news channel Bloomberg TV India has announced that its popular show The Pitch has moved into its second phase. The first phase, which was a nationwide call-for-entries, saw the channel receive close to 5000 entries.

     

    Subsequently the jury, comprising of successful entrepreneurs Mahesh Murthy, Vishal Gondal and Neeraj Roy, have identified the Top 25 contenders. These 25 contenders will present their Elevator Pitches to the jury for a place in the Top 10. The jury will evaluate these aspirants on the brilliance of their business pitches and their individual excellence.

     

    Starting September 6, the show will air on Bloomberg TV India at 10.30 pm on Fridays and 5 pm on Sundays.

     

  • The winner of The Pitch stands to win upto Rs 5 crore as seed money to set up her/his business

    Bloomberg TV gets set for third season of The Pitch

    By A Correspondent

     

    Leadling English business news channel has announced the third season of its business reality show ‘The Pitch’.

     

    Entries from potential entrepreneurs are being accepted from July 19 and will not be taken after August 4. Aspiring entrepreneurs with sound business ideas can send in their entries through www.btvin.com/thepitch. The winner of The Pitch stands to win upto Rs 5 crore as seed money to set up her/his business.

     

    Sriram Kilambi

    Talking of the show, Sriram Kilambi, President – Bloomberg TV India said, “As a premier business news channel, we believe that we need to deliver more than just stock and trade news. Through ‘The Pitch’ Bloomberg TV India continues to strengthen its commitment to make a difference to viewers’ lives.”

     

    Following a nationwide call-for-entries, the jury comprising successful entrepreneurs like Mahesh Murthy, Alok Kejriwal and Vishal Gondal will identify the top 25 business plans and their creators, who could make it to the show. The jury will closely evaluate these aspirants not only on the brilliance of their business pitches, but also on their individual excellence and identify the final 10 aspirants who will appear on The Pitch.

     

    Mahesh Murthy

    Mahesh Murthy, Founding Partner of Seedfund and Jury Member at Pitch said “India has to come out of the work-for-others mentality. The one thing that will fulfill our potential as a nation is if we produce tens of thousands of new entrepreneurs.”

     

    The final 10 contestants will face challenges thrown to them by some of India’s most prominent business leaders each week. In every episode, a business leader will assign tasks to the participants. The tasks will challenge the aspirants on the most critical skills required to be a successful entrepreneur and by eliminating the weakest performer, narrow down to the most competent and deserving aspirant who goes on to receive the funding of up to Rs 5crore from the investors.

     

    The first two hugely successful seasons of The Pitch created history with more than 3000 entries in each season and saw stalwarts like Rahul Bajaj, Naina Lal Kidwai, Y.C Deveshwar, Kishore Biyani, N Damodaran and Ronnie Screwvala amongst others, challenge the participants with business tasks.

     

    The Pitch Season 3 is powered by Hyundai and will be supported by a 360 degree marketing campaign spread across Television, Outdoor, Print, OOH, Online, Mobile, Radio, Multiplex, Retail, Restaurants, Malls, etc.

     

  • Starting Feb 2, the special series will capture the passion of social entrepreneurs who are changing the face of India

    Bloomberg TV India gets ‘Down to Earth’

    By A Correspondent

     

    Bloomberg TV India, business news channel, has announced the launch of ‘Down to Earth’, a special series that will highlight cutting edge developments in philanthropy and the social sector in India. It is a series that celebrates the spirit of social entrepreneurship. Strategic philanthropy foundation Dasra is Bloomberg TV India’s ‘Knowledge Partner’ for the series.

     

    The series will be telecast every Saturday at 1.30pm and Sunday at 11.30am on Bloomberg TV India. The first episode of the series will be telecast on Saturday, February 2.

     

    Down to Earth will chronicle the stories of four social entrepreneurs: Inir Pinheiro of Grassroutes, Naveen Krishna of SMV Wheels, Rajesh Shah of Sabras and Shilpi Kapoor of Barrier Break Technologies who are leading organisations that are successfully applying business ideas to create social good, employment and provide access to improved livelihood opportunities for the poor and downtrodden.

     

    Inir Pinheiro, Owner, Grassroutes, said, “The greatest challenge in India is the lack of opportunities, especially livelihood opportunities. With this thought in mind, we explored tourism, which is known to be a good mechanism for economic development. The key to developing any livelihood is sustainability and that is the prime reason I chose social entrepreneurship. In order to preserve this country we need to create sustainable livelihood opportunities and our endeavour is to create a million such opportunities.”

     

    Naveen Krishna, Managing Director, SMV Wheels, said, “I had witnessed the social and economic exploitation of cycle rickshaw pullers since my childhood and wanted to do something to improve their lives. If we support a community that works the hardest, yet amongst the poorest, and bring a small change in their lives it will be the best success story for the other similar communities. The smile and confidence they have after becoming the owner of their cycle rickshaw is my biggest encouragement.”

     

    Rajesh Shah, Chairman and Founder, Sabras, said, “My journey into social entrepreneurship started 35 years ago. After lobbying with the government to provide land to poor agriculture labourers, I realized the need to focus on wealth generation for these farmers by increasing their access to technology, markets and institutional credit. I was driven to find solutions for mainstreaming the marginalized through combining cause and commerce. I believe that in order to achieve inclusive growth one needs to reach out to the poor and help them run their enterprises professionally and achieve wealth generation.”

     

    Shilpi Kapoor, Founder Director, Barrier Break Technologies, said, “I always wanted to work with technology but didn’t want to do the usual things. I realized that it was difficult for the disabled to move around or use infrastructure and the use of web and technology could help solve this problem. I was intrigued by how people with disabilities would be impacted by technology and decided to pursue this as a career. I had always wanted to be an entrepreneur because I believe that a team of passionate and committed people can achieve lot more than what a single person could. I wanted to make a difference and this proved to be the right path for me.”

     

  • The business news channel has dropped the 'U' from its name with effect from today…

    It’s Bloomberg TV India from today

    By A Correspondent

     

    There is much activity and excitement about the rechristening of business news channel Bloomberg UTV.  Since it launched in 2008, this is the channel’s second change in name. It was launched as UTVi and a year later called Bloomberg UTV after an equity alliance with Bloomberg LP.

     

    Other than the name, the channel has also seen significant changes in the editorial and business teams over the last four years. While trading hours at the stock exchanges are a big pull on business channels, Bloomberg UTV has been underscoring its strengths beyond stockmarket coverage.

     

    Although ‘Bloomberg TV India’ is the full name and that’s what the anchors have been saying on air, the logo on the screen only says ‘Bloomberg TV’. Anchors and the channel’s relaunch ad are been highlighting the fact that the channel is part of the worldwide network of Bloomberg TV.

     

    Sriram Kilambi

    Said Sriram Kilambi, President, Bloomberg TV India, “The objective is to position the channel as an organic extension of Bloomberg, the world’s largest financial news network and establish Bloomberg TV India as distinctly different from competitive alternatives. Whilst all business channels subscribe to the Bloomberg terminal for information, the terminal for us is our raison d’etre. Bloomberg TV India is therefore about accurate, incisive, quick and actionable knowledge, straight from the source. Hence, ‘The Original Source’.”

     

    Added Vivek Law, Editor, Bloomberg TV India on the rechristening, “Bloomberg TV India will continue to mirror the highest standards of business journalism which the Bloomberg brand has established globally. We are indeed proud to be a part of the news gathering heritage and will bring to our viewers business news the way the world knows it”

     

    Vivek Law

    The change will be followed with the launch of a few new shows, including ‘The Outsider’, where celebrated journalist Tim Sebastian will anchor a discussion on key issues concerning the country.

     

    The name change has been in the works for a few months. Last fortnight, the channel unveiled a campaign crafted by Triton Communications with the ‘U’ in the name greyed. While unveiling the new communication, Mr Kilambi said: “The business news genre is full of the same stuff – which is very stock led basically buy-sell hold. We at Bloomberg are about the larger picture – infrastructure, macro-economics, judiciary, policy, stocks, real-estate etc.”