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  • Dori Media sets up Mumbai office; to be led by Devdatta Potnis

    Dori Media sets up Mumbai office; to be led by Devdatta Potnis

    Mumbai: Multinational studio Dori Media has set its eyes on India. Led by CEO & president Nadav Palti and held in Israel, the firm has set up a sales outpost in Mumbai. (This is in addition to the offices it has in Spain, Switzerland and Argentina.) And it has hired former Cosmos Maya exec Devdatta Potnis to head it.

    With more than 20 years of experience, Potnis is well-suited for the job. His last assignment was with Animeta as its CEO – an influencer-driven firm spawned by his former boss at Cosmos Maya, Anish Mehta. Prior to Cosmos Maya, Potnis served as chief manager, marketing & communications, for Reliance MediaWorks. He has had stints as associate vice president, marketing at Balaji Motion Pictures and head of sales & marketing for Maya Digital Studios.

    “We’re thrilled to have someone with Devdatta’s tremendous industry experience joining our team at Dori Media and helping us further expand our global sales reach,” said Palti. “We’ve been successfully selling content in India for years now and the dynamic growth that we’ve seen in that marketplace recently made it a no-brainer for us to open an office in Mumbai.”

    Agreed Potnis: “Dori Media has a world-class catalogue of programming and produces and distributes many of the top hits in our industry, series often filled with powerful human emotions that resonate with audiences and win hearts globally, including here in India. So, I am really excited to be joining the team to help the company further grow its presence in India.”

    The Dori Media library carries approximately 7,500 TV hours including international hits such as Rebelde Way, Lalola, Split, Ciega a Citas, Be Tipul (In Treatment), Power Couple, The New Black, Losing Alice, Dumb, Normal and more. The group’s production arms in Israel produce top-end series, daily dramas as well as feature films for the Israeli and international markets.

    Dori Media Contenidos produces fiction in Argentina for local and international markets.

    Dori Media International produces fiction globally, in Turkey, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Canada and Argentina.

    The company also offers production services to foreign production companies who seek co-productions in the Middle East.

  • Baby TV to launch in Indonesia next month

    Baby TV to launch in Indonesia next month

    MUMBAI: Baby TV and Dori Media International have signed an agreement with Indovision, Indonesia’s first Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) provider, to launch Baby TV, the television channel dedicated to infants and toddlers.

    Baby TV is the first television channel designed especially for children under 3 years old. Broadcasting 24 hours and free of commercials or ads, Baby TV is geared towards learning, activity, fun and parent-child interaction. The channel is produced in collaboration with leading child psychologists and infant development experts and is a unique service for parents and grandparents.

    Baby TV is already available on over 25 different platforms in 15 countries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa and is expected to be launched in Indonesia in Bahasa Indonesia language in May 2006.

    The agreement is for a period of 10 years during which, Indovision will pay Baby TV and DMI a consideration from any income derived from the channel.

    DMG president and CEO Nadav Palti says, “Although our business continues to be focused on Telenovela, our relationship with Indovision, the largest DTH operator in Indonesia, following the successful launch of our TV channel Televiva Vision 2 has given us a unique position to partner with other channels looking to enter the Asian market. Baby TV is a successful channel which is quickly establishing itself in the global market and Indovision, being the largest DTH operator in Indonesia is the natural partner. Baby TV offers a very unique service and we believe it will be very popular with parents and families in Indonesia.”

    Dori Media Group is an international entertainment group active in the production, distribution and broadcasting of Telenovela. The group owns and sells high-loyalty TV content and branded merchandise attracting a wide variety of audiences in over 45 countries. In Israel, Dori Media Group owns and operates the Viva dedicated TV channels and Darset Productions production company.