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Tv18 / Networl18 Group The Network18 ( earlier TV 18 ) Group is one of India's leading media companies with interests in television,

internet, filmed entertainment, e-commerce, magazines, mobile content and allied businesses.. Network 18 is the holding company for several media entities in India such as Television Eighteen India Ltd (TV18), IBN 18 Broadcast Ltd, Web 18, Studio 18,Shop 18,Infomedia 18 and Viacom 18. Raghav Bahl holds 51% shares of Network 18 Group. The group includes Network18, TV18, ibn18 and Infomedia18, all of which are listed in India on NSE & BSE. History The company was incorporated as a private limited company on 16th February 1996. In 2006, it was converted to a public limited company. The name of the company was changed from SGA Finance & Management Services Private Limited to Network 18 Fincap Private Limited with effect from April 12, 2006. Network 18 got listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange on 2nd February 2007. Companies This includes India's leading business news channels - CNBCTV18 and CNBC Awaaz, India's premier general news channels CNN-IBN and IBN 7, and IBN-Lokmat, a leading Marathi regional news channel in partnership with the Lokmat group. 'TV18 Broadcast' also operates a joint venture with Viacom, called Viacom18, which houses a portfolio of India's market leading entertainment channels Colors, MTV, VH1 and Nick - and Viacom18 Motion Pictures, the group's filmed entertainment business. In a pioneering foray into television distribution, the group has established a strategic alliance with Sun Group, SUN18, the first truly Pan-India distribution company and slated to be one

of the biggest distribution entities in the market. The group has also recently announced a move into the Indian factual entertainment space through AETN18, a joint venture with A+E Networks which operates acclaimed global brands like History, Bio, Crime & Investigation Network and Lifetime. The group operates its digital, publishing and e-commerce assets including one of India's largest internet players Web18 which houses the country's leading web content properties such as moneycontrol.com, ibnlive.com, in.com and firstpost.com. 'Network18' also operates India's leading e-commerce properties HomeShop18 and bookmyshow.com, and Forbes India, the nation's first local edition of a foreign news magazine title and the world's most influential business brand, in collaboration with Forbes Media. Partners CNBC CNBC is the undisputed world leader in business news and information, providing viewers worldwide with insights, analysis and real-time access to market data and indispensable business information. With a global network that includes CNBC in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific and CNBC World, CNBC has a worldwide distribution of some 380 million homes. In Asia Pacific, CNBC is headquartered in Singapore and is available in over 21 countries across the region and distributed to over 150 million households. CNBC Asia Pacific 's channels, include CNBC Asia, CNBC-TV18 (India), CNBC Pakistan and Nikkei-CNBC (Japan). CNBC also has a strategic alliance with China Business Network, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Shanghai Media Group and a partnership with Etomato, one of the top business channels providing 24 hour business news and financial information through cable platforms in South Korea. The channels are distributed via satellite, cable and terrestrial broadcast networks, as well as broadband. CNBC content is also

distributed on the 3G platform through selective markets. CNBC is also a familiar face in five and four star hotels in Asia Pacific. Business travelers and the mobile elite have access to CNBC through hotels offering it as a valued service to their business clientele. CNN WORLDWIDE CNN, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is one of the world's most respected and trusted sources for news and information. Its reach extends to 14 cable and satellite television networks; five Web sites, including CNN.com, the first major news and information Web site; two private placebased networks; two radio networks; wireless devices that provide news and information to mobile devices; and CNN Newsource, the world's most extensively syndicated news service. CNN International is the world's leading global 24-hour news network. The CNN International news network can be seen in 190 million television households and hotel rooms in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide, via a network of 38 satellites. Since September 1997, CNN International has been regionalised into five separately scheduled channels: CNN International Europe/Middle East/Africa, CNN International Asia Pacific, CNN International South Asia, CNN International Latin America and CNN International North America. YATRA Yatra provides travel-related information, pricing, and availability and reservation facility for airlines, hotels, railway, buses and car rentals across 5000 large cities and small rural areas throughout India. Yatra's multi-language customer service center help businesses and family/leisure travelers make well-informed and cost effective bookings 24 hours a day or night, 365 days a year, through its online, call center and mobile support. Yatra customers benefit from first priority booking and customized travel packages and deals for multiple large to small hotels,

airlines, railways, buses and car rentals at the lowest prices, as a result of strategic relationships with the leading travel suppliers. The company also offers free travel-related news and travel advisory services to a wide range of people. Yatra's world-renowned investors include Promod Haque's leading venture capital firm Norwest Venture Partners, Anil Ambani's Reliance Capital and India's premier news broadcasting network, Network18. AUSTRALIA NETWORK Australia Network - Australia's international television channel is brought to you by Australia's largest and most trusted broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Setpro, distribution arm of Network18, have signed with ABC for being their distribution agent for Australia Network in India. On Australia Network you can catch the latest regional news, update your English language skills and tune in to world class international documentaries, lifestyle programs and top quality dramas, never before seen in the region. Extensive sports coverage and award winning childrens programs are also included in the programming mix. VIACOM Viacom is a leading global entertainment content company, with prominent and respected brands. Engaging its audiences through television, motion pictures and digital platforms, Viacom seeks to reach its audiences however they consume content. Viacom's leading brands include the multiplatform properties of MTV Networks, including MTV, VH1, CMT: Country Music Television, Logo, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, COMEDY CENTRAL, Spike TV, TV Land, and more than 130 networks around the world, as well as digital assets such as MTV.com, comedycentral.com, VSPOT, TurboNick, Neopets, Xfire and iFilm; BET Networks; Paramount Pictures; DreamWorks; and Famous Music.

THE LOKMAT GROUP Lokmat Group is one of the leading publishing houses of India. It publishes newspapers in three languages Lokmat (Marathi), Lokmat Samachar (Hindi) and Lokmat Times (English). Lokmat is the No. 1 Marathi newspaper in Maharashtra with 11 editions and a circulation of 1.25 million copies. It is the 4th largest read newspaper in India with over 10.23 million readers. Lokmat Samachar, with 4 editions is the largest read Hindi daily in Maharashtra with over 0.9 million readers (Source: National Readership Survey 2006). Lokmat Times has 2 editions. These publications are printed out of 11 plants spread across the state. Lokmat Group also has a magazines division Cymbal Media, which launched its first international magazine called G2 The Global Gujarati, a high-end lifestyle title, in January 2007. In a short span, this magazine has caught the attention of global readers and advertisers. Lokmat Group also makes its content available for the Global Marathi diaspora through its web edition www.lokmat.com and an e-paper edition www.epaper.lokmat.com, visited by millions from around the globe. Forbes Forbes Media encompasses Forbes and Forbes.com, the number 1 business site on the Web that reaches 18.6 million people monthly. The company publishes Forbes and Forbes Asia, which together reach a worldwide audience of more than 5.4 million readers. It also publishes ForbesLife and ForbesWoman magazines, in addition to local licensee editions in China, Croatia, Israel, Japan, Korea, Poland, Romania, Russia and Turkey. Other Forbes Media sites are: ForbesTraveler.com; Investopedia.com; RealClearPolitics.com; RealClearMarkets.com; RealClearSports.com; and the Forbes.com Business and Finance Blog Network. Together with Forbes.com, these sites reach nearly 40 million business decision makers each month.

Management Raghav Bahl Founding/Controlling Shareholder & Managing Director Network 18 Raghav Bahl, 48 years, is the Founder, Controlling Shareholder and Managing Director of Network 18. Raghav began his career as a management consultant with A.F. Ferguson & Co. followed by a stint with American Express Bank before he turned to his first love, media. Winner of the Sanskriti Award for Journalism in 1994, Raghav has over 22 years experience in television and journalism. He founded TV18 (now Network18 Group) in 1993. He has been instrumental in crafting successful Joint Ventures with such media giants as NBC Universal, Viacom, Time Warner and Forbes. In a short span of 15 years, Network18 has achieved a market capitalization in excess of USD 0.75 bn. Raghav is a widely admired entrepreneur and was hailed as a Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum. He was also selected by Ernst & Young as 'Entrepreneur of The Year (2007) for Business Transformation'. An Economics graduate from St. Stephens College, Raghav has done MBA from the University of Delhi.

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