iTV Network receives the prestigious India Business Roundtable Awards

In a first for an Indian news channel, Kartikeya Sharma, Founder & Promoter, iTV Network, received the prestigious Maryland India Business Roundtable Awards for his network's contribution to the Indian diaspora.

US representative for Maryland, Elijah Cummings, read out the letter from Barack Obama addressed to Kartikeya Sharma and presented the award.

The occasion was the 10th anniversary of the Indian Business Roundtable where Mr Kartikeya Sharma announced that the iTV Network will be going global and NewsX, India News will be catered to the Indian diaspora through Maryland in the United States.

iTV Network set to pick up stake in Trilogic Digital

iTV Network, which owns and operates six news channels including NewsX in English and India News in Hindi, is set to acquire a significant stake in broadcast management and audiovisual content syndication company Trilogic Digital Media Ltd (TDML).

TDML, which is a listed company, has interests spanning TV and digital media. It manages the complete operations of Hindi general entertainment channel (Sahara One), Hindi movie channel (Filmy), and fashion and lifestyle channel (FTV). The company is planning to launch a Bhojpuri entertainment channel called Phulwaa (next fiscal) and a travel channel in the near future.

Earlier in October, the two companies had entered into a long-term strategic partnership, according to which TDML was to look after the operations, including programming, marketing, distribution, and monetisation, of the soon-to-be-launched regional entertainment channels from iTV Network, apart from Insight.