Taj TV India has promoted Manoj Padmanabhan to National Head – Ad Sales of Ten Sports. This post was previously held by Gargi Kaul, who resigned after a six-year stint with Ten Sport.
Rukin Kizilbash, GM, Taj TV India, said in a statement, “Manoj is the ideal man to take over as Head of Ad Sales. He joined us four years ago and has risen steadily through the ranks. With Manoj at the helm of things to spearhead our sales for the two upcoming India tours – India’s Tour of West Indies (4 ODIs – June/July) and the triangular in Zimbabwe (India/ South Africa/ Zimbabwe – July/August) – I have no doubt we will maximise the revenues on these two tours.”
On Gargi’s retirement, he said, “Gargi has decided to leave us after close to six years of dedicated service and selfless devotion to selling Ten Sports, and she has done a tremendous job in helping us reach where we are today. She is one of the best sports salespersons in the country, and her departure will be a real loss to Ten Sports”.
Padmanabhan spoke about his priorities for the year ahead, “At the outset, I am extremely delighted to take up the assignment of the National Ad Sales Head of Ten Sports. Given the line-up that we have for the coming year, as a priority I would strive to make Ten Sports more innovative and exciting in terms of creating more platforms for brands to enhance their brand proposition. This has to be achieved across the board and nationally. I have a great team in place and I’m extremely positive that we will cross many milestones in the year ahead.”
Ten Sports’ cricket line-up over the next six months includes the Pakistan-Australia ODI series at the new Dubai Sports City Stadium; the two India tours to the West Indies and Zimbabwe; Pakistan and New Zealand’s tours to Sri Lanka; and England’s tour to South Africa.