MUMBAI: Sahara One has a new business head in senior TV executive Arpit Agarwal.

Agarwal was earlier head of strategic management advisory group (media & entertainment) in the Sahara Group chairman Subroto Roy?s office.

According to a source close to the development, Agarwal?s appointment was finalised over this weekend on 27 April.

Agarwal will report to Sahara media & entertainment head Sandeep Wadhwa.

Agrawal has over 18 years of experience in the media industry in India and the Asia Pacific region, according to his linkedin.com profile. He spent over seven years with NDTV in its creative team before moving into Singapore to work for two of the largest factual entertainment firms there Bang Singapore and VHQ TV. He returned to India as Miditech business head for a year and followed it up with a stint as head operations at Balaji Telefilms. Prior to joining Sahara in December 2011, he was head ? operations at Fremantle India.

Agarwal could not be reached before filing the report.

MUMBAI: CNN has signed a multi-year broadcast affiliation agreement with Thai News Network (TNN), Thailand?s first 24-hour Thai- language news channel, which will provide TNN access to CNN?s live breaking news coverage, news and feature programming, as well as its video portal.

This agreement expands on the existing multi-platform partnership CNN has with TNN?s parent company, True Visions Group and includes provision of training and information sharing with CNN.

"CNN and Turner International Asia Pacific are delighted to be building further on our long-term partnership with True Visions Group, enabling TNN to provide the people of Thailand and Thai-speaking viewers across the world with best-in-class international news coverage," said Turner International Asia Pacific president and MD Steve Marcopoto.
 
"By entering into this affiliation agreement with CNN, TNN demonstrates its determination to deliver the best Thai-language international breaking news coverage to its viewers," added True Visions Executive Vice- Chairman and TNN Chairman Sompan Charumilinda.