Viacom18, India’s fastest growing media and entertainment network, announced the appointment Chanpreet Arora as Business Head – AVOD (Voot), and Vineet Govil as Chief Technology Officer at Viacom18 Digital Ventures. In her new role, Chanpreet Arora will drive the AVOD business - VOOT and will be responsible for leading AVOD led partnerships that are key to VOOT’s overall growth. Vineet will be responsible for strengthening the product’s tech play by offering a more seamless and immersive … [Read more...] about Viacom18 strengthens its Digital Ventures business with senior hires
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ABP Network announces promotions in its sales leadership team to bolster growth
ABP Network has announced promotions within its Sales Leadership Team, imparting additional responsibilities to its leaders, in order to keep up with the ever-evolving dynamics of the market and foster innovation within the organisation. As per the announcement, Mr. Amitosh Pal has been elevated to National Sales Head – ABP Ananda. Alongside driving sales for the Bengali channel, he will continue to assume the role of Regional Director, East Zone. Ms. Parul Kamra has been elevated to National … [Read more...] about ABP Network announces promotions in its sales leadership team to bolster growth
Phil Hardman appointed Senior Vice President & General Manager – Asia for BBC Studios
BBC Studios will align the key markets of India, South East Asia, Japan and Korea, in a group to be led by Phil Hardman as the new SVP & GM – Asia, BBC Studios. The appointment was announced by Jon Penn, EVP, APAC, BBC Studios, as he outlined a simpler, more agile APAC structure to help drive future growth in the region. In this new role, Phil will lead the Global Distribution teams working in Singapore, Mumbai and Seoul, as well as hold responsibility for developing the Asia growth … [Read more...] about Phil Hardman appointed Senior Vice President & General Manager – Asia for BBC Studios
ZEE5 Global reveals an exciting new content lineup for April
As we wind up the first quarter of the year, ZEE5 Global, the largest OTT platform for South Asian content, has announced a fresh new line-up of content to keep cool in the sizzling heat of April. Viewers can choose from a variety of ZEE5 Originals, television shows, and non-fiction shows to enjoy their summer at home. Leading the April line-up is the much-awaited ZEE5 Original Film Raat Baaki Hai starring Paoli Dam, Anup Soni, Rahul Dev, Dipannita Sharma and Akash Dahiya. Releasing on 16th … [Read more...] about ZEE5 Global reveals an exciting new content lineup for April
Viacom18 appoints new business head for COLORS Bangla
Viacom18 announced the appointment of Sagnik Ghosh as Business Head, COLORS Bangla. Sagnik will be taking over from Rahul Chakravarti who cemented the channel’s position as the third-ranked GEC in the highly competitive Bengali market. Sagnik will be reporting to Rajesh Iyer, Head - Regional Entertainment (Bangla, Odia, Tamil and Gujarati Clusters), Viacom18. A cross-industry veteran with over two decades of experience panning Media and Entertainment, Advertising and BFSI industries, Sagnik, … [Read more...] about Viacom18 appoints new business head for COLORS Bangla
Beyond Rights acquires ‘Caroline Flack: Her Life and Death’ for international distribution
Beyond Rights has acquired the one-hour documentary Caroline Flack: Her Life and Death to spearhead its new factual content slate for the upcoming MIPTV period. Produced by Curious Films for Channel 4, the documentary aired to critical acclaim when it premiered on 17th March this year. It also beat the slot average, attracted 3.1m consolidated viewers in its first week and achieved an impressive 29% share of young viewers. It now ranks as the second-best performing documentary of all time on … [Read more...] about Beyond Rights acquires ‘Caroline Flack: Her Life and Death’ for international distribution