![]() Other channels may place their best bets on such a show but Aaj Tak does not draw its leadership because of a GEC-based show. "We pioneered the one-hour general entertainment channel roundup format but unlike other channels, these shows are not our main viewership or brand drivers. "The afternoon time band is when women tune in to get news related to their favourite soaps and stars and therefore we are catering to viewers’ interests."Īaj Tak Managing Editor Supriya Prasad said it does shows like Saas Bahu Aur Betiyan to "make our offering well-rounded" in the non-prime time part of the day. "Breaking or developing news remains of utmost importance," Ritu Dhawan, managing director and CEO of India TV, told ET. The former option seems to be working." "The show is about TV entertainment, a concept nobody had tapped till SBS started 11 years ago," Sawant told ET. "There are only two ways to do it – either put out similar but better content or disrupt it with different content. "This time band has essentially become a TV entertainment band and all channels want to regain viewership in it," Qamar Waheed Naqvi, who was associated with Aaj Tak from 1995 to 2012 as news director and was editorial director with India TV till last year, told ET. Aaj Tak’s award-winning anchor, Charul Malik, who hosted ‘Saas Bahu Aur Betiyan,’ quit in April to join India TV and will anchor the new show. 2, will launch Saas, Bahu & Suspense soon. 1 channel as per BARC Weekly Ratings, has an hour long show called Saas, Bahu Aur Betiyan. The top three Hindi TV news channels have each scheduled TV entertainment news shows, all with similar-sounding names that Sawant mentioned in her promos.Īaj Tak, the No. There’s stiff competition emerging for the 2:30 pm slot, a largely off-peak news hour. To read the digital edition of IPE’s latest magazine click here."Saas Bahu Aur Saazish has seen many copies, but you know which is the original," Sawant claims in the promos. The movement occupied several offices of ABP and its asset manager APG over the past few months.Ī petition calling on ABP to divest from fossil fuels has already been signed 20,000 times, according to Fossil Free. If we were to adjust our policy sooner, we will communicate this to the press,” ABP said in a press release.Īccording to its own data, ABP invested €15bn of its €493bn in total assets in fossil fuels at the end of 2020.įossil Free has been piling up the pressure on ABP to divest from fossil fuels for a while. “In 2022 we will make public our adjusted policy, which will be in line with the climate plans of the Dutch government. Responding to Fossil Free’s announcement it will bring ABP to court, the pension fund said it is currently formulating a new, more ambitious climate policy. Of course we have already been discussing the various scenarios around a court case.” “We’re seeing that the climate lobby is now moving from the street to the court room. ![]() June 2021: ABP members protest against the fund’s fossil fuel investmentsĪBP has been preparing for the possibility of a court case for a while, said Griffioen. “It’s interesting to see what their demands would be, because there are so many different options,” she said. A crowdfunding initiative to raise a budget for lawyers that was launched on Saturday has already brought in €10,000, according to the NGO.ĭiane Griffioen, head of investment policy at ABP, said in an interview with trade publication Pensioen Pro a couple of weeks ago that she was looking forward to a possible court case. ![]() “We will look at this together with ABP members over the coming weeks as we want to make sure we use the correct legal terminology in order to make the best chance to win the case,” the Fossil Free spokesperson said.įossil Free is also still busy fundraising for the case. The precise formulation of the injunction is yet to be determined. In this case, a judge ruled the oil major had to accelerate its plans to reduce its carbon emissions.įossil Free expects to send an injunction to ABP within weeks in which the pension fund will be asked to divest from fossil fuels. In bringing the case to court, Fossil Free has been inspired by the recent, successful court case by Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands) against Shell, a spokesperson for the group told IPE. The group wants a judge to rule whether ABP needs to divest from fossil fuels in order to align its investment policy with its promise to adhere to the Paris Climate Agreement. Climate action group Fossil Free is launching a lawsuit against the Dutch civil service scheme ABP, together with a number of the pension fund’s members.
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