IBF Committee on Credit and CollectionsBack

Advertisements are the primary source of revenue for television channels. The main objective of this Committee is to recover outstanding dues from media agencies and their clients within the agreed credit period.The Committee meets every month to review the outstanding dues, calls the defaulting clients and media agencies for meetings and takes appropriate action. Consistently defaulting clients are put on Advance/PDCs. In case of shifting of client from one agency to another, the Committee ensures that laid down procedure is followed by media agencies and clients. The Committee also resolves any dispute arising between broadcasters and advertisers/media agencies.  This Committee not only engages the AAAI member agencies but also deals with agencies which are not members of AAAI, DAVP, NFDC and DIPRs.

Following members comprise the Committee:

Central Committee (Core Committee)

- Mr. Rohit Gupta, Sony – Chairman

- Mr. Ashok Soni, Star

- Ms. Laxmi Shetty, Zee

- Mr. George Alex, Sun

North Zone

- Mr. Yogesh Aggrwal, NDTV

West Zone

- Mr. Gannesh Rao, Viacom 18

- Mr. Tajender Khurana, Times

East Zone

- Mr. Avinash Pandey, ABP

South Zone

- Mr. Reghu Ramachandran, Asianet

- Mr. Venkitaraman, Kairali

Kerala Credit & Collections Committee

- Mr. Venkitaraman, Kairali - Chairman

- Mr. Reghu Ramachandran, Asianet

- Mr. B K Unnikrishnan, Asianet News

- Mr. K Balachandran, MMTV

- Mr. M C Gopichand, Mathrubhumi

- Ms. Padma Gurumurthy, Amrita TV

- Mr. K N Rishikesh, Flowers TV

- Mr. Gannesh Rao, Viacom 18

- Mr. Alex George, Sun TV

Credit & Collections Committee- Southern Chapter

- Mr. George Alex, Sun Network

- Ms. Laxmi Shetty, Zee Entertainment

- Mr. Ashok Soni,  Star TV

- Mr. Gannesh Rao, Viacom 18

- Mr. Mahesh Ramachandran, Asianet India

- Mr. Kalyana Sundaram P.V, Polimer TV

- Mr. Veera Swamy, ETV

- Mr. Joseph Cherian, Raj TV

- Mr. F. Joseph, Vijay TV

- Mr. Clifford Pereira, TV9

- Mr. Ganeshan, Jaya TV

- Mr. C. K. Harish, Writemen Media

- Mr. Shankar. B, New Generation Media

- Mr. Balasubramaniam, Suvarna News