Network18 appoints Joy Chakraborthy as President - Revenue

In a move to strengthen the organisation, Network18 Group has been on an aggressive hiring spree. The company recently appointed Joy Chakraborthy as President - Revenue, TV18.

Under the new mandate, Chakraborthy will be in charge of revenue across all entities within TV18. All sales heads within TV18 (except Viacom18) will report to him.

Chakraborthy comes with over 20 years of experience in the media industry and has worked across top media organisations in the country. Prior to joining Network18, he was Director - Response at BCCL. Earlier, he was CEO at TV Today Network. He was at ZEEL for seven years, last as Executive Director, handling revenues, channel placement and entire niche channel business. Prior to that he was Executive Vice President at Star India for six years, heading advertising sales of most channels.

A graduate from the National Defense Academy with a Master’s degree in marketing management from NMIMS, Chakraborthy has also completed Advanced Management Programme from the Harvard Business School.