9X Media Network restructures its Sales Team

9X Media Pvt. Ltd., India’s LARGEST Music television network has announced a national restructuring of the sales team. The Network has been on a high growth trajectory since 2011, adding regional and international Music Channels to its portfolio of Hindi Music Channels.

9X Media Network has appointed Samir Kadam to head the all India sales for 9X Jalwa (the all time Bollywood Hits channel) and 9X Jhakaas (India’s first Marathi music channel). A seasoned professional, Samir has worked with Star Network, Zee TV & B4U. Before joining 9X Media, Samir was handling the national sales for Star Jalsha Movies.

Commenting on the restructuring, Pawan Jailkhani, Chief Revenue Officer, 9X Media Group said, “The past 18 months have been very exciting for 9X Media Group. We have grown manifold times both in terms of Ad revenues and our music channels offerings. Keeping in mind the current and future needs of our Network we have strengthened our Sales team with internal and external appointments. This will enable more focused sales considering our diverse portfolio of Music Channels. I would also like to welcome Samir to 9X Media Group. I am confident that Samir will add tremendous value to the team.”

9X Media has elevated Anupama Gulati to handle the national responsibilities for the network’s international music channel – 9XO. Anupama will also head the Brand Solutions function for the network. Sachin Malhotra has been elevated to handle 9X Tashan sales across India. The Sales responsibility for the Group’s flagship channel 9XM will be shared between Rajiv Sharma in North and Johnson Jain in West. All the sales heads will continue to report to Pawan Jailkhani.   This structure will come into effect from the last week of April 2013.