Tag: Joji George

  • Radio One partners with Gonuts to bring Joy this Christmas

    Radio One partners with Gonuts to bring Joy this Christmas

    Mumbai: Gonuts, Asia’s largest and most influential celebrity commerce platform and Radio One, India’s leading radio channel, announced their partnership to bring the celebration of Christmas with an XMAS surprise like never before.

    The aim of this partnership is to bring cheer and joy in the lives of people. 2020 has been a tough year and as it ends with X MAS celebrations, Radio One and Gonuts are looking to offer a phenomenal surprise for this extra ordinary year. Under the partnership, Radio One will run contests on their channel during the Christmas week and 1 lucky winner each from Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore will get a chance to surprise their loved ones with a sweet Christmas present.

    The winners will get a chance to enthral their families with a personalized shoutout from India’s most admired celebrities and one lucky winner in each city will get an e visit from Santa as a festive surprise from Gonuts.

    This is a unique addition to Gonuts offerings to bring delight to its users. GoNuts has a portfolio of over 700 celebrities across categories like films, television, sports and music, amongst others, available on its platform. This gives users a diverse range of celebrities to choose from to convey personalized messages to their loved ones. The platform has leading celebrities including Shankar Mahadevan, Hand Raj Hans, Shaan, Kailash Kher, Talat Aziz, Shibani Kashyap, Daboo Ratnani, Sivamani, Ankit Bathla, Shivin Narang, Jonty Rhodes, Lance Klusener, Ranveer Brar and Vicky Ratnani.

    Announcing the partnership, Joji George, Co-Founder Gonuts, said, “We are extremely happy to partner with Radio One. Gonuts is a premium platform and our brand purpose is to deliver joy and make people’s lives richer. On this Christmas, we are working with our partners at Radio one to bring smiles to people using personalised video messages from Santa and e – visits to their homes. Let’s go nuts this Christmas.”

    Commenting on the partnership, Gaurav Sharma, Chief Programming and Digital Strategy Officer said, “We are delighted to be the radio partner of Gonuts for this Christmas. The initiative is designed to ensure maximum listener engagement and unparalleled customer experience. Innovation is in the DNA of Radio One and every year we strive to develop unique solutions for our audience.”

  • WWE India names Joji George as VP & general manager

    WWE India names Joji George as VP & general manager

    MUMBAI: WWE India has appointed Joji George as vice president and general manager.

     

    George’s appointment precedes the return of WWE live events to New Delhi on 15- 16 January, and follows the launch of WWE Network in the market last November.

     

    He will report to WWE International senior vice-president and managing director Ed Wells.
     

    “Joji is a talented professional with immense experience in leadership roles at global media and entertainment brands,” said Wells. “India is a key market for WWE, and we are delighted to welcome Joji to lead the ongoing growth of our business here.”

     
    “I am incredibly excited to be joining WWE as we take our unique family-friendly entertainment to current and new fans in India, bringing them closer to their WWE heroes than ever before,” added George. 

    As part of WWE’s ongoing commitment to creating compelling content for Indian audiences, WWE and Ten Sports Network launched Raw Sunday Dhamaal and Smackdown Hindi, both broadcast in Hindi, on Zee Cinema.

    George served as managing director of UBM India following his role as chief executive officer of Percept Sports and Entertainment.

     

    George was also executive vice president at the Global Brand Forum, and brand director and program marketing director at Malaysia’s Astro.