Channel [V]’s Amar Deb turns entrepreneur

Deb is looking at the Internet space to set up a website focused on the entertainment genre

Amar K Deb, head, Channel , is planning to launch his own business venture. Deb is looking at the Internet space to set up a website. The website will focus on the entertainment genre and will likely be launched in four-six months. He is in talks with various media players and content creators to organise operations for the venture.

The management at Channel has not yet decided whether a new person should be recruited to replace Deb. However, Saurabh Kanwar, vice-president, content and communication, Channel , has been asked to head the operations of the channel for the time being.

Ashutosh Bijoor, a technopreneur and the managing director of Reach1to1.com, a website that provides information and workflow management solutions for business systems, is partnering Deb in his new venture. Deb may also hire more likeminded people.

When asked to comment about his new venture, Deb says, “At the moment, I can only tell you that my business venture is in the Internet space and will centre on the entertainment genre. I am still in the process of setting up operations for the business and it will be easily four months before I can announce it officially.”

Deb spent eight years at Channel . He was in the advertising industry before that. Some of the ad agencies he has worked with are SSC&B Lintas, Lowe and Leo Burnett.