MUMBAI: The factual entertainment genre in India is observing some flux with new channel launches as well as professional movements. Last week, indiantelevision.com reported that Discovery Networks programming head Arun Thapar had resigned from the network he was associated with for five years.

Now, the news is that Thapar is hopping on board A+ENetworks|TV18. He will serve the network as executive vice president programming with immediate effect.

Thapar will be heading the creative content of the network’s two factual entertainment channels- History TV18 and FYI TV18. According to sources, his initial main focus will be on building a strong and localised content library for the recently launched channel, FYI TV18.

At Discovery he led a cross functional team for programming strategy and planning, content sourcing including acquisitions, scheduling, commissioning and executive production of all local India productions. He also played a role in contributing towards ad sales solutions, language customization and new channel launches with a view to grow the Discovery portfolio and strengthening its leadership in nonfiction entertainment.

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