New Delhi : The Sixteenth Annual General Meeting (AGM) of The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) was held in New Delhi today. In the IBF Board of Directors meeting thereafter, Mr. Uday Shankar, CEO, STAR India, was re-elected as the Foundation’s President for the second term running. The IBF Board also re-elected Mr. Punit Goenka, Managing Director, Zee Media Corp, Mr. N.P. Singh, CEO, Multi Screen Media, Mr. Rajat Sharma, Chairman, India TV, as IBF Vice Presidents, and Mr. Rahul Johri, Executive Vice President and General Manager, South Asia, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, as IBF Treasurer. On being re-elected IBF President, Mr Uday Shankar said, “I am humbled by IBF members’ confidence in re-electing me. Broadcasting sector is going through a transition due to changes in technology and business environment and I hope to work with the government, industry and other stakeholders for realization of the sector’s potential.”
About IBF
Indian Broadcasting Foundation is a not-for-profit industry association. IBF represents and is dedicated to the promotion of television broadcasting in, to and from India. IBF members provide channels and programmes that deliver about 90% of television viewership in India. Member offerings cater to most of India’s diversity and plurality in every language and in every genre of television viewing. The Foundation provides a meeting ground for its members to work in consensus on common goals. The Foundation offers a common platform/forum in which members’ air new or improvement opportunities to arrive at implementable solutions. IBF has, over the years, achieved the unique position of the accredited spokes-body of the television broadcasting industry. IBF endeavours to work closely with and align industry, policy makers, regulators and partners so that the television sector in the media and entertainment industry grows to its fullest potential in an equitable manner.
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