HomeShop18 launched India's first 24 hour Home Shopping TV channel in 2008. Today, it provides an integrated virtual shopping experience on Internet, Television and Mobile through HomeShop18.com and the 24x7 TV channel.
In a panel discussion on CNBC-TV18, Former RBI Governor Bimal Jalan; Aditya Birla Group Chairman, Kumar Mangalam Birla; Arun Maira and Network 18‘s managing director, Raghav Bahl shared their views on the country‘s economy and the way forward from here.
India Business Leader Awards jury headed by Deepak Parekh, including other distinguished personalities like Kumar Mangalam Birla, Arun Maira, AM Naik, Naina Lal Kidwai, Bimal Jalan and Raghav Bahl, all of who expressed their views on the key challenges facing the Indian economy.
The third edition of ThinkIndia Dialogues takes a look at the growing influence of regional parties in mainstream politics. Also, chief minister Nitish Kumar talks "The Bihar model of governance" with Network18's Raghav Bahl.
Commenting on the results for the quarter, B. Saikumar, Group CEO, said, "The core Television and Digital businesses got off to a stable start in the new fiscal year. Our entertainment broadcasting business showed strength and the ecommerce businesses grew strongly."
Announcing the results, Raghav Bahl, Managing Director, Network18 said, "The macroeconomic environment continues to be challenging and growth prospects remain uncertain. Given this backdrop, our broadcasting operations turned in a steady performance aided by the roll out of digitization in 42 cities."
Commenting on the results for the quarter, B Saikumar, Group CEO, said, "We continue to turn in steady operating profits from our television businesses. Motion pictures have seen losses this quarter and the management is confident of stemming them in the immediate term."
India's largest integrated business newsroom comprising CNBC-TV18, CNBC Awaaz, CNBC-TV18 Prime HD, Moneycontrol.com. Latha Venkatesh & Menaka Doshi elevated as Executive Editors
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit will be the key note speaker for Friday's Think India Dialogue. Rajdeep Sardesai will host the dialogue with the Delhi CM.
Last financial year, Network18 profitably sold its entire stake in Newswire18, divested its Yellow Pages and Askme businesses and diluted its majority stake in Bookmyshow.
In his keynote speech of Think India Forum, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi spoke on ideas for India, driven by less government, more governance theme. Congratulating Network 18 team for the unique initiative, Modi stressed that dialogue yields better results.
Bahl says India is ruled by politicians who cut their teeth in the days of the command economy of the 1960s and 1970s, whereas the bulk of the current population is younger, and has no memories of what drove the statist ideas of that time.