Nitin Vaidya Quits Zee TV

Vaidya moves on after 10 years with Zee TV; he was COO of ZEEL & Business Head of Zee TV.

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | October 11, 2010

After a successful stint of over a decade Nitin Vaidya, COO-ZEEL & Business Head-Zee TV has moved on to explore new vistas. Vaidya was associated with the Zee family for over a decade. He successfully led Zee's forays into regional space and later all national channels.

Speaking on his tenure at Zee Group,  Nitin Vaidya said, “It's been over 10 glorious years with the Zee family which I shall always cherish. Zee gave me the opportunity to broaden my horizon and explore diversified functions. I am extremely thankful to the management who have always supported and backed my decisions.”

Vaidya's tenure at Zee Group comprises many landmarks, including launching and later establishing Zee Marathi as number one channel and setting new benchmarks. He then successfully launched Zee Talkies as an exclusive cinema channel, which was unique for the Marathi genre. He also help set up the film production and distribution business in Marathi, which rewrote business paradigms and proved to be an unprecedented success. Vaidya further established Zee Bangla as a formidable force in the minds of viewers in Bengal. The flagship channel, Zee TV resurrected and achieved its past glory under Vaidya as COO of National channels.

Punit Goenka, MD & CEO, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL)said, “Zee family will always remember Nitin for his adroit understanding of viewer's mind and penetrating insight into content and programming. The entire Zee family wishes Nitin all success in his new endeavors.”

It is learnt that Zee will not be seeking an immediate replacement for Vaidya's role and his direct reports will henceforth be reporting into Goenka.

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