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  • TV9 Network appoints Deep Upadhyay as interim editor of Hindi & English websites

    TV9 Network appoints Deep Upadhyay as interim editor of Hindi & English websites

    Mumbai: TV9 Network has expanded the role of editor convergence and strategy Deep Upadhyay by appointing him as interim editor of TV9 Hindi and English websites. He will also coordinate with the group’s regional digital assets.

    The company said, “TV9 Group has gained undisputed leadership in the broadcast space. The network has made significant strides in the digital arena as well. TV9 aspires to replicate its stupendous success in broadcast across its digital properties.”

    “The group, accordingly, is effecting certain strategic changes at the leadership level to ensure TV9 digital emerges as a champion as well,” said the statement.

    Deep Upadhyay had joined TV9 Network from News24 where he had a successful stint as managing editor for more than seven years. He is a senior journalist who has worked with various media houses like India TV, Zee News and Dainik Bhaskar.

  • Shemaroo Entertainment onboards Mohan Gopinath as business head – Bollywood

    Shemaroo Entertainment onboards Mohan Gopinath as business head – Bollywood

    Mumbai: Shemaroo Entertainment has announced the appointment of Mohan Gopinath as its business head – Bollywood. In his new role, Mohan will be responsible for driving the Bollywood business of Shemaroo.

    Mohan comes with 25 years of rich experience in the media and broadcasting space across various functions. Mohan was with Zee Entertainment for almost two decades and then he co-founded the Bengali movie channel Aamar Cinema and Hindi general entertainment channel, Azaad TV. He was an advisor on the launch of Viacom’s movie channel Rishtey Cineplex as well.

    Shemaroo has one of the largest repositories of Bollywood content both premiere and classic. It owns the rights to iconic movies such as “Amar Akbar Anthony”, “Hunter”, “Jab We Met”, “Beta”, amongst others.

    Recently, Shemaroo FilmiGaane YouTube channel, which hosts its library of Bollywood songs, crossed 60 million subscribers. According to the data by influenex.com, the channel ranks third amongst the most popular music YouTube channels in India.

    It has a monthly viewership of 500+ million and it attracts around 15+ million views per day.

    “We are elated to have Mohan join the Shemaroo family. We have ambitious growth plans to expand and monetize our Bollywood content and therefore Mohan’s expertise and seasoned business acumen would strengthen our foothold in the market while scaling the business,” said Shemaroo Entertainment CEO Hiren Gada. “Mohan’s appointment is aptly timed as we are getting ready for the leap to lead the exciting digital future of entertainment.”

    “Bollywood has always been an integral part of Shemaroo. We all have fond memories of watching some of the iconic Bollywood movies on various Shemaroo platforms,” said Shemaroo Entertainment business head – Bollywood Mohan Gopinath. “I am thrilled to take this role as I look forward to working with this dynamic team to steer the expansion of this category using my expertise.”

    Mohan holds an MBA degree from Mumbai University and some of his core competencies include capital raising, company management, product development, budget management, new business development, strategic alliances, and negotiations, amongst others.

  • Disney appoints Kavita Vazirani as head of research, insights and analytics for its M&E division

    Disney appoints Kavita Vazirani as head of research, insights and analytics for its M&E division

    Mumbai: The Walt Disney Company has appointed Kavita Vazirani as executive vice president and head of research, insights & analytics at Disney Media and Entertainment Division.

    With 28 years of experience, Vazirani is a marketing and advertising executive who specialises in end-to-end marketing & media strategies that align with consumer behaviour to drive business objectives around subscriber acquisition, retention and loyalty.

    She was previously associated with NBCUniversal Media as EVP insights, measurement & advertising sales with the charge of transforming its approach to measuring effectiveness of ad spend across the NBCU portfolio.

    She has spent two decades at Comcast Cable where she played a role in directing the portfolio strategy development and buying of paid/owned media in excess of $1.5 billion. She is based out of New York. 

  • Crompton Greaves appoints Preetika Mehta as head of digital marketing

    Crompton Greaves appoints Preetika Mehta as head of digital marketing

    Mumbai: Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals has appointed Preetika Mehta as head of digital marketing, according to her recent LinkedIn update. 

    In her new role, she will lead digital and e-commerce marketing initiatives across business segments. Mehta is a digital marketing professional with over 13 years of experience across media sectors including digital, print, radio and industries such as BFSI.

    She was previously associated with Godrej Consumer Products for five years where she led the digital marketing for its brands across categories like personal care, home care, detergent and key organisation level initiatives. 

    Earlier, she had stints at Yahoo, Network18 Media and Investments (Forbes India), Radio Mirchi and American Express.

  • M S Dhoni to be a shareholder & brand ambassador for Garuda Aerospace

    M S Dhoni to be a shareholder & brand ambassador for Garuda Aerospace

    Mumbai: Chennai-based Drone startup Garuda Aerospace on Monday has appointed the former Indian men’s cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni as a shareholder in Garuda Aerospace. Dhoni is also the brand ambassador of the company, the company said in a statement.

    Equipped with 300 drones & 500 pilots operating in 26 cities, Garuda Aerospace drone manufacturing facilities were recently launched by honourable prime minister Narendra Modi.

    About his association with Garuda, MS Dhoni said, “I’m happy to be a part of Garuda Aerospace and look forward to witnessing their growth story with the unique drone solutions they have to offer.”

    Garuda Aerospace founder and CEO Agnishwar Jayaprakash is ecstatic about the development, “I’ve always been an ardent admirer of Mahi Bhai & to have him as a part of the Garuda Aerospace family is honestly a dream come true,” said Agnishwar.

    He added, “Mahi Bhai is the epitome of dedication & I firmly believe that having captain cool on our cap table adds tremendous value which will motivate our team to perform better.”

    “Garuda Aerospace has been a pioneer in the Indian drone ecosystem & is firmly on the path to becoming India’s 1st ever drone unicorn start-up,” concluded Jayaprakash.

  • Aditya Birla Group appoints Manoj Juneja as COO – Reebok India

    Aditya Birla Group appoints Manoj Juneja as COO – Reebok India

    Mumbai: Manoj Juneja has joined Reebok India as a chief operating officer (COO).

    Aditya Birla Group’s fashion retail division Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail (ABFRL) has acquired US-based brand management company Authentic Brands Group (ABG) in 2019 to sell and distribute Reebok products in India and other southeast asian countries. Juneja will oversee wholesale, e-commerce, and Reebok branded retail stores in India.

    Juneja’s career spans 23 years in strategic roles in retail, digital channel sales, marketing & leading successful brands in leadership roles for over nine years. His expertise lies in strategic planning, digital strategy, leading big teams, channel sales and retail operations and marketing.

    Juneja was previously associated with Timex Group India as vice president of sales and marketing.

    His longest association has been with adidas Group where he spent over 13 years and was senior director of sales and e-commerce. He was also associated with LG Electronics India.

  • Girish Menon joins Jetsynthesys as chief strategy officer

    Girish Menon joins Jetsynthesys as chief strategy officer

    Mumbai: Jetsynthesys has appointed Girish Menon as chief strategy officer, according to his recent LinkedIn update.

    He was previously associated with KPMG as a partner for its media and entertainment practice. Jetsynthesys is an IT services and consulting company specialising in gaming, esports and entertainment domain.

    Menon is a professional with over 25 years of experience in mergers & acquisitions, strategy and consulting with a specialisation in media, digital, gaming & consumer internet domains.

    He has been associated with KPMG for 21 years out of which 14 years were spent in the deal advisory practice covering strategy and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory. He has also had an entrepreneurial stint heading a film studio venture and also held the role of head strategy at Balaji Telefilms.

  • Zeel elevates Adil Memon as EVP – content and marketing

    Zeel elevates Adil Memon as EVP – content and marketing

    Mumbai: Zee Entertainment Enterprises (Zeel) has elevated Adil Memon as executive vice president of content and marketing. He updated his new role on LinkedIn.

    Memon has been associated with the company for over 14 years. He was previously vice president of content and marketing and led the content and marketing verticals in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. He is responsible for developing strategic partnerships and creating new IPs in content and marketing. Memon pioneered localising Indian drama formats in the MENA region through co-production as Arabic originals.

    He has expertise across media such as TV, print and digital.

  • Brightcove appoints David Beck as chief strategy and corporate development officer

    Brightcove appoints David Beck as chief strategy and corporate development officer

    Mumbai: Brightcove announced the appointment of David Beck as its chief strategy and corporate development officer. Beck will lead strategy, business development and corporate development for the company.

    Working closely with Brightcove CEO Marc DeBevoise, Beck will be focused on developing strategies that enhance current offerings and create opportunities to expand Brightcove’s existing businesses. His broad remit will also focus on enabling Brightcove to expand into new markets and lines of business utilizing its market-leading software platform.

    “We are excited to bolster our executive team with the appointment of David Beck as chief strategy and corporate development officer,” said Brightcove chief executive officer Marc DeBevoise. “David is an exceptional strategist and operator with deep industry experience and a proven track record of architecting innovative strategies and initiatives for world-class companies and brands. I’m excited to get to work with David and have him help us realize our vision and crystalize our continued growth strategy.”

    Beck brings two decades of experience in strategy, operations, and business development at elite digital brands, most recently having served as the executive vice president, head of content strategy and business operations at AMC.

    At AMC, Beck led the strategy to accelerate AMC’s streaming business model transformation, including its integrated linear, subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) (AMC+), and advertising video-on-demand/ free ad-supported streaming television (AVOD/FAST) services and partnerships for business-to-business (B2B) and direct-to-consumer (DTC) distribution.

    He also drove the modernization of its core operations across AMC, BBC America, Sundance TV, IFC, and WE TV. Prior to his time at AMC, David served as the EVP, corporate strategy and operations at WarnerMedia, and chief strategy officer of TNT and TBS. He is also the co-founder of advisory and investment firm BRAVE Ventures, acquired by Turner (now Warner Bros. Discovery).

    “Brightcove is an innovator and trailblazer in the video communications space, and I’m both energized and honoured to join the company at such an exciting time,” said Beck. “With a new CEO developing a focused vision, a fantastic team with building enthusiasm and ready to act, and a best-in-class technology platform to build on, I am incredibly excited to go after the opportunities ahead of us.”

  • PlayboxTV appoints Rannvijay Singha as their first brand ambassador

    PlayboxTV appoints Rannvijay Singha as their first brand ambassador

    Mumbai: Recently featured on Shark Tank India, Indian actor, TV personality and video jockey (VJ) Ranvijay Sigha has been appointed as the brand ambassador for PlayboxTV.

    PlayboxTV is a super OTT Aggregator and economical entertainment app aiming to give every Indian easy access to online content. It aggregates noteworthy OTT platforms including but not limited to VOOT, Amazon Prime, SonyLIV, ZEE5, ShemarooMe and EPIC ON into a single app at an affordable price. Given Rannvijay’s extensive experience in television and media distribution, he is agreeably the most compatible fit as the company’s premier brand ambassador.

    PlayboxTV’s mission is to partner up with the best OTT platforms and consolidate their shows and movies to serve a unified community of consumers who are always on the lookout for good content.

    Regarding this exciting partnership, Ranvijay stated, “I’m extremely delighted to join the PlayboxTV family as a brand ambassador and investor. Having spoken to Aamir behind the scenes of Shark Tank India and having understood the product in-depth, I am confident that this collaboration will last for years to come.”

    The PlayboxTV app allows you to watch multiple OTT platforms and Live TV channels, on both TV and mobile devices. It customises your interests and choices and gives you recommendations based on your viewing history. With over 1,00,000 movies, 350+ Live TV channels and your favourite shows, the app makes sure that you can view your favourite content anytime, anywhere.

    PlayboxTV founder and CEO Aamir Mulani said, “We are beyond delighted to have partnered with Rannvijay and hope to disrupt this OTT industry. This partnership also opened a new horizon to the business with his expertise in media & Content IP Creation for the last 20 years.”