RK Arora made Group CEO, ITV Network

He will assume overall responsibility of strategic and operational management of the ITV Network and will oversee the group's diverse portfolio of assets spanning news broadcasting

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | August 20, 2014

RK Arora

RK Arora has been elevated as Group CEO, ITV Network, which operates NewsX and India News. He will assume overall responsibility of strategic and operational management of the ITV Network and will oversee the group's diverse portfolio of assets spanning news broadcasting.

Arora is a senior professional credited with turning around companies in the news genre. A chartered accountant by profession, he joined ITV Network in 2012 as CEO - Broadcasting and has been instrumental in the company's transformation and its unprecedented growth. He has extensive experience spanning over 20 years in distribution, finance and profitability of companies.

Prior to ITV Network, he was CEO with BAG Network (News 24, E24 and Darshan 24). He was also associated with Independent News Service (India TV) since its inception.

“I'm delighted to announce Mr. Arora's well-deserved promotion,” said Kartikeya Sharma, Managing Director, ITV Network. “I am confident that with his deep industry knowledge and collegial working style, he'll continue to strengthen ITV Network's position in the marketplace. He has been instrumental for the highly positive momentum which ITV Network enjoys today and has in the past two years, in his capacity as CEO - Broadcasting, worked towards attaining leadership position for ITV network and taking it to greater heights. His astute business acumen and expertise has helped ITV Network solidify its position in the news genre.”

Sharma added, “Under Mr. Arora's tenure all our products have become market leaders and as a group we have worked hard to deliver value for our advertisers. Not only have we fulfilled our commitments, but have also delivered more than what we had targeted. With this thought process, I am sure Mr. Arora will achieve many more milestones. Our company's objective is to become India's largest TV news network and the most profitable one as well. I am sure that ITV Network will definitely achieve its objectives under his leadership.”

“I am humbled to lead ITV Network as Group CEO,” said Arora. “In spite of challenging and demanding environment, both our brands NewsX and India News have been able to carve a niche for themselves. I firmly believe that with Kartikeya's support and ITV Network's formidable talent, we are well poised to continue to deliver superior results in today's increasingly competitive market and take the network to greater heights. India News and NewsX are now preferred choices for advertisers as they are delivering strong performance week on week. In a short span of time, NewsX and India News have carved a value proposition in the mind of the advertisers and have been consistently over delivering.”

ITV Network owns NewsX, India News and five regional news channels in the Hindi heartland. The network also runs Good Morning India Media Pvt. Ltd which has in its portfolio 'Aaj Samaj', North India's fastest-growing Hindi daily, and 'The Sunday Guardian', a Sunday newspaper.

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