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  • Santosh Kumar appointed new CEO of Digibooster

    Santosh Kumar appointed new CEO of Digibooster

    MUMBAI: B2B content marketplace, Digibooster has announced that it has appointed Santosh Kumar as its new CEO. Effective February 2019, he will be responsible for building a scalable global technology-enabled marketplace for short format content.  Digibooster is setting its sights on becoming the "world's largest short-form content marketplace".

    Kumar comes with 17 years of rich and varied experience in investment banking and IT global project management, retail venture, and tech startups. He has handled projects across geographies for large MNCs like Societe Generale, and Thomson Reuters.

    Santosh has a strong background in building ventures from ground up. He was the co-founder and CEO of SpotPlay, a patent-pending travel entertainment product that had been actively deploying the product in Chile, India, and Thailand. He also co-founded Panache Silver in 2013, a silver omni channel venture which became the first silver brand to be launched on Flipkart and has expanded to 2 outlets in Bengaluru. He is an ardent sportsman and frequently participates in national and international cycling events.

    Digibooster founder and strategic investor Nandini Mansinghka said, “We are very excited about Santosh coming on board as CEO. With Santosh leading Digibooster we are perfectly poised to build a fabulous product and marketplace targeting the fragmented seller and buyer universe in the short format content space.”

    On his appointment, Kumar said, “I am happy to take up this new role as it felt like a perfect fit since I would get to build a video content marketplace given the video consumption explosion in India after Jio. Having co-founded 2 ventures and on the verge of exiting SpotPlay, I had a couple of offers to get back to corporate life or head an Incubator to mentor other startups. But that didn't seem exciting, given my penchant for building a product, build on a vision and execute and create new markets. My previous venture SpotPlay was closely linked to video content business and I always wanted to work in this industry.”

    Digibooster already has a strong library of over 10,000 short form video content pieces on the platform. With over 9,000 highly curated global subscribers for their weekly newsletter; Digibooster is focusing on becoming the go-to place for anyone looking to buy short format content including content websites, brands, facebook pages, and Youtube aggregators and even individual influencers looking to build deeper engagement and traffic on their websites and pages. 

  • Q teams up with Nikon for fantasy thriller ‘Ludo’

    Q teams up with Nikon for fantasy thriller ‘Ludo’

    NEW DELHI: Famed director Q, who made the critically acclaimed and controversial film ‘Gandu’ which was banned from a theatrical release in India but later became a cult phenomenon across the globe, is now joining Nikon to make a fantasy thriller ‘Ludo’.

     Q’s films have always been festival bound and have won critical appreciation internationally. Not only this, BBC also calls him the ‘most subversive Indian filmmaker’. His latest film,’Tasher Desh’, premiered in Rome and was received very well. Nikon is Q’s collaborator and editor, an alumnus of SRFTI and Emily Carr, Vancouver. He has edited ‘Tasher Desh’, ‘Bishh’ and ‘Love in India.’ 

    ‘Ludo’ is being made under the banner of OverdoseJoint, Q’s production house, a progressive art platform making original films, music and design and is co-produced by Idyabooster and Starfire Movies.

    The movie stars the vivacious and beautiful actress Rii. Idyabooster, founded by Nandini Mansinghka, is a new venture that focuses on curating films and other creative entertainment projects for investors who are new to this class of investments. The company has a whole new approach to investing, enabling investors to commit smaller amounts, co-invest with other people and reduce the risk by creating a portfolio of films and creative projects they invest in.

    Starfire Movies, based in Delhi, has produced and funded ‘Kajarya’ (co-produced with OverdoseJoint and globally premiered in Dubai in December 2013) and Bengali films like ‘Khashi Katha’ (with Naseeruddin Shah) releasing in May 2014 and ‘King’ (in post-production) in Kolkata. They have also been involved in several other co-productions, animation and international documentary projects.

    This collaboration (of ‘Ludo’) is an eclectic mix of individuals who bring something unique to the table and promise an explosive and spine-chilling movie experience to the audience.