Shantonu Aditya quits UTV

The CEO of Bloomberg-UTV, Shantonu Aditya has put in his papers, reportedly. As of now, the company has not announced it officially but according to the media reports, this step is the result of the recent restructuring and the collaboration of Bloomberg and UTVi.

Aditya joined the UTV Company in April 2007 as Executive Director, UTV Global Broadcasting, and CEO, UTV Entertainment Television.

Earlier, Aditya was the CEO of Sahara One Media & Entertainment Ltd. He launched the Hindi movie channel ' Filmy, a channel with a completely wacky and irreverent approach to Bollywood.

He was also involved in movie production through tie-ups with Ram Gopal Verma, Boney Kapoor and others. Page 3, Sarkar, No Entry, Malamaal Weekly, Corporate and Dor, were some of the hits of 2005 & 2006.

Shantonu also worked with Sony Entertainment Television from 2001 to 2005 as President and established SET Discovery Pvt. Ltd. (the One Alliance), the joint venture company of Sony and Discovery. He has more than 25 years of work experience in a variety of businesses including media, consumer products and engineering.