To drive the next level of growth in India’s No.1 Business News Network
Anil Uniyal, COO, Network18 Media & Business Head, TV18 Media Operations, has been assigned the mandate to lead Network18's business news channels, CNBC-TV18 & CNBC AWAAZ as CEO, with immediate effect. In his new role, Uniyal will be responsible for the strategic, financial and operational management of India’s No.1 business news network and will report into Sai kumar, Group COO, Network 18. Earlier, Anil was leading the commercial arm of the Group, Network18 Media with responsibilities for driving the topline for the CNBC Channels and Forbes India. Anil Uniyal brings over a decade of experience in sales and sales strategy and has been with Network18 since 2001. Anil has played a leadership role in building different revenue verticals for Network18 - from inventory sales to setting up the customized solutions business for the CNBC Channels and other business brands in the Group. Anil began his career as an entrepreneur, running a media services and consulting enterprise.
Speaking on this development, B.Saikumar, Group COO, Network18 said "Anil has been one of the key executives involved in the growth of Network18's business news channels - CNBC TV18 and CNBC AWAAZ since their respective launches. He is now expected to steer the channels into a whole new phase of leadership and profitability and I am sure that he will be equal to this challenge."
Anil Uniyal added "I believe that, as in the last decade, CNBC-TV18 & CNBC AWAAZ will lead a new phase of innovation and growth in the business news space and I look forward to working with the channel editorial and business teams to further strengthen our market leadership"
About Network18 Group:
Network18[BSE: 532798,NSE: Network18] is one of India's leading full play media conglomerates with interests in television, print, internet, filmed entertainment, mobile content and allied businesses. Through its holding in Television Eighteen India Ltd (TV18) [BSE: 532299, NSE: TV-18], Network18 operates India’s leading business news television channels, CNBC-TV18 and CNBC Awaaz. It also runs one of India’s largest Internet players - Web18, as well as one of India’s leading real time financial information and news terminals - Newswire18. TV18 has expanded into print with Infomedia18, an entity following the acquisition of Infomedia, India's leading player in the special interest publishing and printing operations space. Through its holding in ibn18 Broadcast Ltd (ibn18) [BSE: 532800,NSE: ibn18], Network18 operates in the general news and entertainment space with leading general news channels CNN-IBN and IBN7 and has launched IBN-Lokmat, a Marathi news channel in partnership with the Lokmat group. ibn18 also operates a joint venture with Viacom, called Viacom18 which houses the MTV, VH1 and Nickelodeon channels in India - as also Studio18, the Group’s filmed entertainment operation and ‘Colors’, the country’s leading Hindi general entertainment channel. Additionally, Network18 holds the Group’s online & on-air home shopping venture, HomeShop18, its full spectrum events management venture, E18 and its sports management & marketing division, Sport18.The group recently launched Forbes India, the nation's first local edition of a foreign news magazine title and the world’s most influential business brand, in collaboration with Forbes Media. In a pioneering foray into television distribution, the group has recently announced a strategic alliance with Sun Group, SUN18, the first truly Pan-India distribution company and slated to be one of the biggest distribution entities in the market. For more information, log on to www.network18online.com.
