Mediaguru Profile

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MediaGuru Consultants Pvt. Ltd.

MEDIAGURU PROFILE & CLIENTS

ABOUT MEDIAGURU

MediaGuru is a media consultancy company, working with both established corporate

houses as well as new entrepreneurial ventures across the world. It provides end-to-end

solutions for either starting or revamping media ventures in every sector including Television

Print, Radio Stations and in New Media at:

competitive cost international quality future integrated media networks & in record timelinesMediaGuru has gained established media clients in India, Asia Pacific region and Africa, and

has now expanded capabilities towards a future progression through its allied services. The

company integrates the full range of its consulting capability to provide end to end turnkey

solutions for media enterprises.

MediaGuru helps non media companies diversify into media domain. We also assist

international media players and channels who want to enter the Indian media market.MediaGurus biggest asset is its multi-dimensional team of experts, and knowledge insight

of the entire domain of Media.

Headquartered in India, MediaGuru has a global presence through its offices in the Europe

and Singapore.

The key members of MediaGuru have been actively involved in the new launches and re-

launches of Broadcast Stations like Aaj Tak, IBN7, Zee News & NDTV to name a few and

prestigious newspapers like Hindustan, Dainik Jagran, I-Next and Navbharat etc.

MediaGuru takes pride in introducing the worlds First end -to-end High-Definition News

Channel Saakshi TV, launched on April 1st, 2009, in Andhra Pradesh, India. MediaGuru was

actively involved into the project from beginning to end. It undertook planning, setting up,

technology selection, acquisition, integration to staff selection, training and launch of the

channel, successfully.


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MediaGuru has planned and executed similar work for many channels across India,

Bangladesh, Afghanistan & Pakistan including those for media giants like Malayalam

Manorama, TV18s IBN 7, News 24, CSB News Bangladesh and Express News TV,

Pakistans news and current affairs channel promoted by the Century Group, a media

conglomerate. We are currently working with Jamuna TVwhich is being launched by one of

the largest corporate houses of Bangladesh. MediaGuru is providing services for branding,

training, content management, and launch strategies.

MediaGuru has worked extensively in the Print media. We are currently working on The

Independent, Bangladeshs leading English Newspaper providing complete re-launch

solutions from Need Gap assessment, Business Plan, Designing, HR, Training & Branding ,

Re-launch to Hand-holding. MediaGuru has also provided advisory services to the Rajasthan

Patrika group and conducted content analysis for their newspaper. Similar work of content

analysis was also undertaken forAmar Ujala .

For education of media in the field of Print, Broadcast, Advertising and New Media,

MediaGuru has helped set-upAdvantage Media College in Patna.

MediaGuru also provides turnkey solutions for planning and setting up private FM radio

stations. Among achievements is its effective pre bid business plan concepts for leadingmedia houses and the launch of Radio Mango, a bouquet of radio stations in Kerala

promoted by leading vernacular newspaper house of IndiaMalayala Manorama.

MediaGuru has also launched Indias first Media website www.mediamughals.com,

exclusively dedicated to technology related news and views of the ICE sectors. MediaGuru

also successfully runs three news based websites www.mynews.in,www.merikhabar.com,

www.citysamachar.comwhich provides updated news as and when it is happening.
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TELEVISION PORTFOLIO NATIONAL

Saakshi Group

Regional

Infotainment Channel- Telugu

Reaching out to Andhra

Pradesh & Telugu speakingpopulace

Maurya TV(P&M Infrastructure)

Regional News,

Current affairs &

Entertainment

Channel Hindi &Bihari

Promoted by noted

filmmaker Prakash Jha and

Adlabs chairman

Manmohan Shetty

NEWS LIVERegionalInfotainment Channel- Assamese

Reaching out to the North

East

News 24 & E24(Part of B.A.G.Bouquet)

Bouquet of national

news &

entertainment

channels Hindi &EnglishAll India Reach

Manorama News

Bouquet of three

Regional (Kerala

Centric) News

Channels -Malayalam

Reaching out to Kerala and

Malayalam populace acrossIndia and the Middle East

Channel 7 (now IBN7part of TV18 Group)

National News &

Current AffairsChannel - Hindi All India Reach


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INTERNATIONAL PORTFOLIO

Jamuna TV BangladeshNews and Current

Affairs Channel -BengaliPromoted by the largest

conglomerate ofBangladesh

DTH Platform -Bangladesh 30 channel DTHplatform Client cannot be named

News Channel -AfricaNews and Current

Affairs Channel -EnglishPromoted by a BroadcastPlayer of Nigeria - TVC

Entertainment &Business NewsChannel - AfricaBusiness News,

Sports and

EntertainmentChannel - English

Promoted by a DTH Player

of Nigeria - HiTV

Express News PakistanNews and Current

Affairs Channel - Urdu Promoted by CenturyPublications of Pakistan

CSB News -Bangladesh

News and Current

Affairs Channel -Bengali Bangladeshs first newsand current affairs channel


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RADIO PORTFOLIO

Radio Mango

Malayala ManoramaGroupKochi, Kozhikhode,

Trissur, Kannur

(Kerala, South India)

Reaching out to 4different zones in the

state

95 FM Tadka

Rajasthan Patrika GroupJaipur

(Rajasthan, West India)

Reaching out with only hit

music 24 hrs to the entire

city

Ananda Bazaar PatrikaAnanda Bazaar PatrikaEast India

Pre-Bid Solutions for FMRadio Stations

Dainik BhaskarDainik BhaskarNorth and West India

Pre-Bid Solutions for FMRadio Stations


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PRINT AND ONLINE PORTFOLIO

The IndependentLeading English

Newspaper of Dhaka

Providingcomplete re-launch solutions fromBusiness Plan, Designing

to HR, Training &Branding

Global BusinessSchools

Large diversified

conglomerate also

present in educationdomain

LaunchingGlobalBusiness Schoolsaffiliated to the Universityof Wales

Advantage Media

No.1 advertising & public

relations consultants inBihar & Jharkhand

Setting up a Media &Communications Institutein Patna

Rajasthan Patrika

Leading Hindi

Newspaper in Rajasthan,

Gujarat, Karnataka andTamil Nadu

Provided advisoryservices and contentanalysis for theirnewspaper

RESEARCH & STRATEGY PORTFOLIO

Bharat PetroleumLeading petroleum

company of India

Complete research onDigital Signage marketand strategyrecommendations

B.A.G. FilmsTV Content Producers Editorial restructuring &Business Planning

Red Bee Media

Leading Broadcast

Design company basedin U.K.

Market entry strategy forIndia.


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ABOUT THE CLIENTS THE PROMINENT MEDIA BRANDS

Jamuna Group

Jamuna has diversified business from manufacturing to media industry. One of the most

significant and powerful subsidiary of Jamuna Group is THE DAILY JUGANTOR, which is one

of the leading newspaper of Bangladesh. The Jugantor is an achievement of the Group, with

the motive to protect human rights and provide true and fair news to the nation.

HiTV LimitedHiTV Limited provides a platform for entertainment, lifestyle music, news and sports rich in

quality and local programs. Her mother company: Entertainment Highway Limited has over

20 channels on its platform, Entertainment Highway Limited offers an unrivaled value with

low subscription rates that makes premium content available to a wide audience. It is the

first television platform in Africa to deploy Hypercable, a terrestrial pay per view TV decoder

system.

TV ContinentalTV Continental is part of a media brand which operates an entertainment channel and radio

station in Nigeria. It has substantial viewership and listeners and is a popular source of

media in the country.

Sakshi Group

The Sakshi Group brought out Telugu news daily Sakshi in 23 multi-colored editions (one

edition per district) by Jagati Publications, first time ever in India. The daily is at par with the

leading English dailies of the state. It has now launched a complete end to end Hi

Definition news & current affairs channel, first time across the globe.


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Dainik JagranWith over 63 Years legacy, the Dainik Jagran is the most read Newspaper of India 54.8

million readers (IRS 2009 R2). It has sustained leadership during the last few years in every

readership survey. The group made its foray into broadcast through Channel 7, a national

news and current affairs channel launched in April 2005.

Malayala ManoramaThe group has been the good morning of the most literate state (Kerala) for more than 100

years. The flagship brand is its Malayalam newspaper daily which is the most read

vernacular newspaper in India (with a readership of 12.9 million IRS 2009 R2). Expanding

its media reach, the group has entered the television space with a regional news channel

Manorama News and has also forayed into the radio space with a bouquet of radio stations.

Dainik BhaskarDainik Bhaskar is the second most read daily newspaper in India with a readership of over

33 million (IRS 2009 R2). The group has got licenses approval for setting up private FM

Radio stations across north and central India.

Rajasthan PatrikaAnother leading print house from West India, the Rajasthan Patrika daily is among the top

ten newspapers in the country with a readership of 14 million (IRS 2009 R2). The group got

license approval for setting up private FM stations in Western India and worked in

collaboration with MediaGuru to set up the main station in Jaipu r (Rajasthan States capital

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Ananda Bazaar PatrikaOne of the largest Media conglomerates in India. The ABP group has a dominating presence

in eastern India. Expanding its broadcast reach, which already includes its stake in Star

News and Star Ananda, leading national and regional news channels with Star, is the

approval of its license for setting up a private FM Radio Station in Kolkatta, capital city of

West Bengal in East India.

B.A.G. FilmsB.A.G Films is a leading television production house of India that aggregates content in both

fiction and news for leading TV channels in India. It has also forayed into setting up privateFM Radio stations. The media house produces news and entertainment shows like

Kumkum (Star Plus), Red Alert, Sansani (Star News) among others, for leading channels of

India.

Daily ExpressThe Daily Express is one of Pakistans most widely circulated Urdu language newspaper,

published by Century Publications, a Lakson Group subsidiary. It is published simultaneously

from Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, Multan, Faisalabad, Gujranwala,

Sargodha, Rahimyar Khan and Sukkar. The group has forayed into television with Din Raat

news & current affairs channel.


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MEDIAGURU SOLUTIONS

Turnkey solution for setting up Television stations

Turnkey solution for setting up Radio stations

Turnkey solution for setting up Print/New Media venture

Revamp of Existing Media Outfit (Television, Print, Radio, NewMedia or other)

Customized domain solution across media vertical(Such as: Training, Channel Packaging, Editorial Revamp and Business

Planning etc.)

International and national media linkages

Knowledge services for the industry across media domains


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SERVICES FOR SETTING UP A TV STATION

Opportunity Recognition and Need Gap Business Planning Channel Character & Vision Definition Manpower Assessment & Recruitment Infrastructure Development Technology and Facilities Set Up Channel Look and Feel Packaging Channel Workflow and Content Sourcing Content Mix, Planning and Promos Training of New Recruits Channel Branding & Air Time Sales Strategy Channel Dry Run Launch


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THE TEAM

Sanjay Salil

Managing Director

Sanjay Salil is the man behind MediaGuru. He started his career with print media and workedwith leading Hindi daily newspapers in India. It was a time when electronic media had entered

the Indian terrain. He was a part of the growth and launch of Indias first 24*7 private TV news

channel, Aaj Tak. Sanjay has worked as a reporter, producer and finally graduated to a news

presenter of the daily show which had several million viewers. He was one of the youngest

people who made to Senior Editorial Management team in India. He also served as Joint Chief

Executive Officer of a duo of television stations. He founded MediaGuru in 2003.

Sanjay is one of the few people in Indian media who bring to the table such a varied and in-

depth understanding of content, technology and business of cross media. He has traveled

immensely across all continents and is well versed with the latest trends and updates in media

related to technology, business and operations. Now he combines his journalistic sharpness

and analytical astuteness with a keen business acumen and ethics to have a positive impact on

the media across the globe.

Ajay UpadhyayDirector

Ajay Upadhyay is a name to reckon with in the Indian media. It stands for over 25 years of

experience across print & television. He started his media career as an Assistant Editor with

Dainik Aaj & then served as the Coordinating Editor Sunday Observer. Thereafter, he worked

with leading print dailies like Dainik Jagran, Navbharat and as Group Editor of Hindustan. The

Mumbai edition of Navbharat as well as Jagran Groups I -Next was launched under his

supervision. In the television media he worked for Aajtak as a special correspondent and later

as an Executive Producer. He was also part of the founding team of national news & current

affairs channel from India Channel 7 (Now IBN7). Thereafter he went onto build and

establish Jagran Institute of Management & Mass Communication a premier institute in India.

He is one of the few people in the industry who have an in-depth understanding on all facets of

media and a keen insight of the emerging trends. Research and strategy are his forte and at

MediaGuru he consults our clients on all aspects of project planning & execution.


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Faizul Islam

Vice President - Projects

Faizul Islam started his career as a reporter cum producer of a weekly news analysis show on

Zee, the pioneers of electronic media. Thereafter, he closely worked and coordinated some of

the most popular shows in Indian media like Janta Ki Adalat, which is still on air. It was one of

the most innovative formats that were introduced in India. He has worked with Star Plus, Zee

and Doodarshan in India.

Faizul was instrumental in the planning, formatting and launching of a 24*7 national news

channel, India TV where he developed the newsgathering network throughout the country. He

worked closely with the editorial team developing and packaging shows for the channel.

Faizuls forte is man management. His association with MediaGuru began with the revampingof regional news channel and then being closely involved with all our projects.

Sahaab Khan

Vice President - Technology

Sahaab Khan is a dedicated & result oriented Media Professional with 14 years of rich

experience in managing a wide spectrum of Technical Operations including production controlroom, ingest, master control room and news channel launches. At MediaGuru he is working as

vice president technology.

His expertise lies in strategy planning and devising different workflows to achieve maximum

efficiency in a given technical setup. He has worked with NEWSX, a 24x7 HD Ready premium

English news channel from INX GROUP as Associate Vice President- Broadcast Operations. He

was a part of the core project team which was responsible for building up the channel from

Ground Zero.

Sahaab started his career with Aaj Tak as a sound engineer. From there he moved on to

WahiIndia In the capacity of a Technical manager. He came back to Aaj Tak and then Star as

Chief Manager Technical services, before joining NewsX.


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Sunil Ranadey

Vice President - Infrastructure

A Competent and dynamic professional, Sunil Ranadey brings on the table a distinguished and

insightful exposure of over 20 + years of experience related to Infrastructure, General

administration, Operations Project Management, Media Television, Radio and TelevisionNews Operations, Strategy and Channel Creation.

Sunil started his career with BSF as a Sub-inspector. From there he entered joined Star India as

a manager. At Star, he also worked for Star News before leaving the realm of media to join

Centurion bank. Next move came in the form of Adlabs where he was instrumental in

implementation & commissioning of twelve BIG 92.7 FM Radio Stations. Thereafter he moved

on to join NewsX where he successfully designed & set-up a 24 hour HD ready, premium

National English news channel from scratch.

At MediaGuru he heads the infrastructure department.

Richard Goslan

Lead Trainer

Richard started off as a print person graduating through the ranks of television media. His

prior experience includes stints at CNN London and CNN Hongkong & CNBC Asia. He has

worked with the launch and training of leading channels across the world including Aaj Tak,

Headlines Today and Manorama News in India, Geo TV in Pakistan, NIKKAI / CNBC Tokyo,

Paranana, Malaysia and the latest being CSB News in Bangladesh besides others.

He is an international network launch and training expert. His immense international

exposure plays a key role in planning and strategizing all our projects. He also doubles up as a

lead trainer and provides valuable inputs related to news reporting and writing for all our

projects across the globe.


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Aida Santory

Lead Trainer

Aida has worked with networks across the world as a lead trainer in India, Pakistan, Japan,

Malaysia, besides other countries. Earlier Aida worked as an Executive Producer with CNN,

Espanuel, and earlier involving stints at CNN Plus, CNN Turk and Istanbul.

Aida roams the world providing training to new recruits. Her core area of expertise involves

news production and assignment desk functioning. She also associates Richard as a launch

consultant and new recruits trainer. Together they introduced in India the structured

approach of newsroom functioning with the launch of Aaj Tak. Since then their association

with Asia has been inseparable.

Shabry Bakshi

Senior Consultant

Shabry is a thorough professional with over 9 years experience in TV news production and

programming. She started her career as a panel producer for a breakfast show on

Doordarshan. She also worked as a reporter. She has worked for a whole gamut of genres from

lifestyle and entertainment to sports and auto shows both as a producer and anchor.

She was instrumental in the editorial planning and implementation of Newslive, a news &

current affairs channel for the people of North East in India. Adding another feather to the

kitty, she was closely involved as a trainer and facilitator for setting up an HD TV station in

Andhra Pradesh. Her association with MediaGuru as a trainer has grown with time and she

consults our clients for OnAir production and presentation.


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MediaGuru Consultants Pvt Ltd

The MG Family

MediaGuru carries its spirit in essence to wherever it goes. And the spirit is multifaceted,

talented, multi-skilled, professional and specialized. Structured around the nucleus which

works from Delhi, a team that comprises of able youngsters from complementary varied

backgrounds of IT, MBA, Psychology, English and Media Research, undertaking intensive

background research, creating the plans and systems involved in the project and developing

the knowledge base which is at the heart of everything we do.

The arms are the client outfits where MediaGuru's senior project consultants deliver results.

These include senior industry experts in all domains of our services including Content,

Technology, Infrastructure, Marketing, Sales, Branding, Training, News Editorial (Desk and

Reporting), Television Production, Television Packaging, Radio Production and Programming

etc. MediaGuru takes all its projects from infancy to adulthood and draws from the expertise ofall its team members to give the best possible result to its clients. It does not only believe in

meeting but exceeding expectations.

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