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  • Varun Kohli steps down as ITV Network CEO

    Varun Kohli steps down as ITV Network CEO

    Mumbai: After an eight-year long stint, media veteran Varun Kohli has decided to step down as ITV Network CEO.

    “Varun Kohli will move on as ITV Network’s CEO effective 31 March and ITV Network wishes him all the best for his future endeavours,” an official statement read.

    With a professional experience spanning over 25 years, Kohli is a seasoned sales specialist and is credited with creating sustainable business development and management strategies that have increased top and bottom lines and enhanced efficiency in organisations.

    He has worked with media houses like Network 18, Bennett and Colman Ltd, HT Media Ltd, Amar Ujala Prakashan.

    Kohli is a management graduate from SIMS, Ghaziabad and post graduate from YMCA, besides being a certified coach from Results Coaching Systems.

  • HBO Max Southeast Asia & India MD Amit Malhotra moves on

    HBO Max Southeast Asia & India MD Amit Malhotra moves on

    Mumbai: HBO Max Southeast Asia and India managing director Amit Malhotra has stepped down from his role and is no longer associated with the company. The development was confirmed by WarnerMedia on Monday.

    Malhotra joined WarnerMedia in June and was spearheading the rollout and management of WarnerMedia’s direct-to-consumer platform in Southeast Asia including India.

    Malhotra is a media and entertainment industry veteran who has more than 25 years of experience under his belt and was part of the board of directors at Asia Video Industry Association and Infocomm Media Development Authority.

    He previously served as regional lead for Disney+ in Southeast Asia, where he was responsible for overseeing the launch and operations of Disney’s streaming services in the region, including Disney+, Disney+ Hotstar and Hotstar. He was associated with The Walt Disney Company for 17 years.

  • Prime Video India content head Vijay Subramaniam steps down

    Prime Video India content head Vijay Subramaniam steps down

    Mumbai: Amazon Prime Video India’s director and head of content Vijay Subramaniam has stepped down, the company confirmed in a statement. Country manager Gaurav Gandhi will take over his responsibilities going forward.

    Subramaniam has been associated with the company since 2017.

    “Vijay has played a key role in Prime Video’s growth in India in this period. We are grateful to him for his valuable contributions over the last four years,” said Prime Video India in a statement. “In his content leadership role, Vijay helped forge several key creator partnerships as well as laid great focus on expanding our content selection across languages. We wish Vijay the very best for his upcoming endeavours.”

    “Director and country manager Gaurav Gandhi will continue to lead Prime Video in India and work across all teams to accelerate Prime Video’s mission to be the most-loved entertainment brand in the country,” it further said.

    Subramaniam was previously with The Walt Disney Company, India before he quit as vice president – content and communication. He joined Disney in February 2007 and was responsible for the growth of its youth channel – Bindass. During his career, he has had stints at MTV Networks India, Entertainment Network India, Star TV Network, and Magna Publishing.

    He has almost three decades of experience in the media industry across TV, radio, publishing and digital media. His expertise includes content development and creation, programming and branded content, marketing strategy and implementation, revenue optimisation and sustainable growth and team building.

  • dentsu India CEO Anand Bhadkamkar moves on

    dentsu India CEO Anand Bhadkamkar moves on

    Mumbai: Anand Bhadkamkar has stepped down as chief executive officer of dentsu International India. He was associated with the agency network for 14 years and served as CEO from September 2019.

    Dentsu International APAC, CEO and chairman India, Ashish Bhasin and dentsu media and global clients, global CEO, Peter Hujiboom will step in to assume the day-to-day leadership of dentsu India in the interim. The company has yet to find a successor for Bhadkamkar.

    “In the last year, and despite the pandemic, we have started to optimise our portfolio of brands into six global leadership brands, making us more agile and simpler for our clients to access our world-class capabilities and talents. To accelerate this transformation, Ashish Bhasin, CEO, APAC and chairman India, and Peter Huijboom, global CEO, media and global clients will assume interim, day-to-day leadership of dentsu India while the business completes its search for a successor to Anand Bhadkamkar, who leaves dentsu on August 31,” said the agency in a statement on Tuesday.

    “With this new structure, we are well-positioned to unlock higher levels of business performance, innovation, and solution-led strategies for our people and for our clients. Our ambitions and goals are interconnected, and this is the beginning of dentsu India 2.0’s new and transformed path to success,” it added.

    Bhadkamkar joined Dentsu Aegis Network as chief financial officer for India in 2008 and was given additional charge as chief operating officer in April 2019. During his 25-year career, he has been associated with Lowe Lintas and Ernst and Young.

    Bhadkamkar is a chartered accountant who completed his bachelor’s in commerce from Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics.

  • Korean action-comedy ‘Exit’ to premier on &PrivéHD

    Korean action-comedy ‘Exit’ to premier on &PrivéHD

    MUMBAI: When you feel you’re at an impasse in life, all it needs is the right drive and persistence to see it through the end. Exit,  Korean action-comedy film directed by Lee Sang-geun tells a story of how all things can momentarily change in the blink of an eye. Premiering on &PrivéHD this Sunday, 8 August at 1 pm and 9 pm as part of its ongoing property Privé Premiere, watch out for the two splendid actors Jo Jong-suk and Im Yoon-ah in this brilliant action led film that will see them sprinting across rooftops and mounting towers in the hope of saving their city and the ones they love.

    Yong-nam (Jo Jong-suk), a professional rock-climber in his college days now finds himself dejected and without work. Living with his mom and finding himself always at the receiving end of things, he doesn’t believe in himself nor what he is truly capable of. Against his better judgement, he ends up lying to his one true love, Eui-joo (Im Yoon-ah) only to realises that that life indeed has no compassion on him. Racing against time, a dangerous gas leak headed their way has left him with only minutes to figure an escape for everyone he loves.  Seeking a way out, he finally realises that the moment he has been waiting for is finally here and now.

    The fear of not doing something is far greater than the consequence of not having done it. 

    Time isn’t your friend in this fast-paced award-winning movie that will surely make your heart skip a beat as Exit airs this Sunday, 8 August at 1 pm and 9 pm only on &PrivéHD.

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  • This August, &PrivéHD presents premiere bonanza with four new Privé Premieres

    This August, &PrivéHD presents premiere bonanza with four new Privé Premieres

    MUMBAI: &PrivéHD has been consistently setting the audience expectations higher with television premieres of noteworthy stories for film aficionados. To fortify its content library further, &PrivéHD, the premium destination for nuanced cinema, is now set to present four back-to-back premieres this festive season. Starting 1 August 2020, every Saturday at 1 PM and 9 PM, these premieres include The Intruder, Exit, The Bad Guys: Reign of Chaos and The New King of Comedy. With this line-up, the channel once again delivers on its promise of enabling countless cinephiles to feel the other side of cinema.

    Directed by Deon Taylor and written by David Loughery, The Intruder is the first premiere lined-up this August. Set in a countryside backdrop, this is an American psychological thriller with numerous jump scares. The thriller stars Michael Ealy and Meagan Good as a young couple in quest of peace, moving into an attractive house in Napa Valley. The mystery unfolds as their hopes to start a family and live a beautiful life in their dream home gets invaded by the relentless company of their ethereal homeowner – Dennis Quaid, with severe boundary problems.

    The Intruder appeals to all shout-at-the-screen cinema audiences, and its thriller plot along with the suspense is certain to keep viewers on the edge of their seats. The movie also highlights over-the-top performances of the cast juggling between their extremes of charisma, nervousness, friendliness, and madness.

  • Cyma Zarghami exits Nickelodeon; Sarah Levy named interim head

    Cyma Zarghami exits Nickelodeon; Sarah Levy named interim head

    MUMBAI: Nickelodeon Group president Cyma Zarghami has stepped down from her position after 30 years with the network.

    While Viacom conducts a comprehensive search for a successor to lead Nickelodeon, Sarah Levy, chief operating officer of Viacom Media Networks, will lead the brand on an interim basis.

    During the transition, Levy will work closely with Nickelodeon’s leadership team to manage the brand’s operations. Their focus will be to successfully launch Nickelodeon’s largest-ever content pipeline of more than 800 new episodes and accelerate the brand’s push into new and next-generation viewing platforms, film, live experiences and consumer products, international media reports stated.

    Zarghami joined Nickelodeon in 1985 and was named its president in 2006. Under her leadership, Nickelodeon has become a leading global brand for kids, spanning linear and multi-platform programming, film, live experiences and consumer products. Along the way, Zarghami recruited and cultivated high-performing, diverse talent that always reflected the next generation of kids, and the brand continues to attract the industry’s leading creatives and personalities. Today, Nickelodeon has the highest share of total viewing in kids’ television.

    Nickelodeon, now in its 39th year, includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, digital, recreation, books and feature films. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc., which is a premier global media brand that creates entertainment content including television programs, motion pictures, short-form content, games, consumer products, podcasts, live events and social media experiences for audiences in 183 countries.

    Viacom president and CEO Bob Bakish was quoted in a report as saying, “Over the course of her career, Cyma has played an integral role in growing Nickelodeon into the dominant force in kids’ entertainment. Her instincts for creating content and experiences that kids love have been vital to the brand’s success around the world. Looking to the future, we are excited to build on this strong foundation as we continue to evolve the business and connect with young audiences in new and innovative ways. I want to extend my deepest gratitude to Cyma for her leadership and wish her every success.”

    Viacom’s media networks, including Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., MTV, BET, Comedy Central, Paramount Network, VH1, TV Land, CMT, Logo, Channel 5 (UK), Telefe (Argentina), Colors (India) and Paramount Channel, reach approximately 4.3 billion cumulative television subscribers worldwide.