IS S Gill: As the chief executive of DD and AIR, he has made the private and in-house producers of news and current affairs programming happy. One of his first fiats no censorship of news on DD, even if the Prime Minister wants so. His bull-in-the-china-shop attitude may be the right medicine for monolith organisations like DD and AIR.
Asha Bhonsle: The Daler Mehndis, Raagheshwaris and Suneeta Raos were left behind as the grand old lady of Hindi pop swept the second Channel V music awards with several nominations.
Subhash Chandra: The home grown entrepreneur matched Rupert Murdoch blow-for-blow. With Murdoch realising Zee is still the cash cow, a truce was called.
Kunal Dasgupta: The Sony chief executive saw to it that the company mix of programming is just right for viewers and advertisers, making Sony the only serious rival to Zee TV.
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