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Media Alliance Nepal, a new organization of media entrepreneurs, has been formed with the objective of protecting the rights and interests of media entrepreneurs.
Formation of the organization was announced at a program in Kathmandu on Wednesday under the chairmanship of media entrepreneur Bhaskar Rajkarnikar.
Media Alliance Nepal has been established for the benefit of investors by making the media sector fair, neutral and accountable to the people.
Bhaskar Raj Rajkarnikar, chairman of the ad hoc committee of the alliance, said that the alliance was set up with the aim of turning the current advertising market of Rs 120 crore into an advertising market of Rs 250 crore.
Rajkarnikar said that there should be no competition between the private sector and the government sector in the same permit.
The alliance formed under the chairmanship of Bhaskar Raj Rajkarnikar, chairman of Avenues TV, has Mahendra Sherchan, chairman of Rajdhani News Publications and Raju Kandel, chairman of Mountain TV.
Image Channel Pvt. Ltd. CEO Laxman Humagai is the General Secretary, Impression Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd. CEO Ujjwal Sharma is the Treasurer.
Members include Dr. Vijay Sharma, Chairman of Janata Prakashan and Prasaran Ltd.