Tag: Siddharth Bhardwaj

  • UFO Moviez promotes Siddharth Bhardwaj as CEO digital cinema

    UFO Moviez promotes Siddharth Bhardwaj as CEO digital cinema

    MUMBAI: UFO Moviez, a network for in-cinema advertising and digital cinema distribution, has announced change at the top.

    Siddharth Bhardwaj, currently the group CMO and national sales head, has been promoted to chief executive officer of the digital cinema business. A qualified mechanical engineer with an MBA in marketing, Bhardwaj brings over 28 years of experience across various industries. Since joining UFO Moviez in 2012, he has been instrumental in establishing the company’s advertising revenue and advocating for cine-media as a preferred platform for impactful advertising.

    In his new role, Bhardwaj will oversee the company’s digital cinema business, focusing on leveraging competitive advantages to drive growth. He will continue to report to UFO Moviez executive director & group CEO Rajesh Mishra.

    “Siddharth’s experience and strategic acumen have been instrumental in shaping UFO Moviez’s success over the years,” said Mishra. “His elevation to CEO of the digital cinema business reflects our confidence in his ability to lead the company into the next level of growth. I am certain that under his leadership, UFO Moviez will continue to innovate and deliver value to all our partners and stakeholders.”

  • Old guard goes at UFO Moviez; new blood elevated

    Old guard goes at UFO Moviez; new blood elevated

    MUMBAI: Come 1 January 2025, and a new senior management team will be in place at the digital cinema solutions leader UFO Moviez. The Sanjay Gaikwad-headed firm  has gone in for a total organisational restructuring by promoting some executives, giving them additional responsibilities, and superannuating others. 

    These executives had been given extensions in their employment to help the company tide over the dire consequences that the cinema industry and UFO Moviez faced following covid.

    Among those who have been elevated and will be re-designated by 1 January 2025  figure: 

    * Group enterprises sales head & chief marketing officer Siddharth Bhardwaj has been moved up to  CEO digital cinema.
    * Chief operating officer – India operations Pradeep Shetty  has been promoted to deputy  chief executive officer -digital cinema.
    * Senior vice-president – engineering Kaushik Mamania   has been moved up to  chief  information officer.  
    *  Senior vice-president – technical operations Nitin Nohani has been raised to chief technical officer. 
         
    Amongst the executives who are being superannuated by 31 December figure: chief purchase & logistics Kamalaksha Bhoja Suvarna; CEO – distribution  and film services A Pankaj Jaysinh; chief technology officer Sanjay Chavan; CEO rural exhibition Shirish Deshpande; chief strategy officer Sushil Agrawal and CEO—special projects Vishnu Patel.

    UFO Moviez said that the  superannuated executives would be  moved to advisory roles for a certain period to help in the transition. 

    The company made these announcements in a regulatory filing with the BSE last weekend. 

  • UFO Moviez launches its cutting-edge insights platform “ProCAT”

    UFO Moviez launches its cutting-edge insights platform “ProCAT”

    Mumbai: UFO Moviez, an Indian in-cinema advertising network, announced their latest offering “ProCAT”, a first-of-its-kind web-based data analysis platform that will measure a number of footfalls, and provide cinema advertisers with data-driven insights to make informed decisions to plan, review, update and evaluate their cinema ad campaigns. ProCAT will emerge as a major disrupter in the realm of cinema advertising campaigns by leveraging cutting-edge technology and data analytics, and more. ProCAT’s innovative platform will empower advertisers to craft highly targeted and effective campaigns that resonate with their target audience.

    In an era dominated by data, ProCAT recognizes the pivotal role that insights play in shaping advertising strategies. The newly launched ProCAT encapsulates advantages of programmatic advertising and applies it to the cinema medium. ProCAT has the ability to share estimated data for the performance of the movies and the audiences garnered by the screens for a specific movie, city, state and region.  It will also be of vital help for campaign planning with accurate knowledge of movie performance, helping advertisers to measure audience at theaters, and will assess campaign ROI.

    Speaking about ProCAT, UFO Moviez CMO & head of enterprise sales Siddharth Bhardwaj said, “Traditional cinema campaigns originally relied only on a single measure of success, viz playback of ads. ProCAT is designed to help advertisers plan campaigns to reach a specific targeted audience set and has the capability to measure the performance of the campaign. Advertisers can measure costs and ROI similar to programmatic digital ads. ProCAT also allows advertisers to compare their multiple campaigns and determine which strategies worked most effectively and in which region.”

    Key salient features of the tool include ability to plan short-term and long-term cinema campaigns; instant budget estimates with reach and cost can be derived. Users can choose from the entire screen universe, and filters can be added to include specific screens, by ticket prices, screen quality and much more. ProCAT can provide detailed Evaluation reports which include weekly reviews of ongoing campaigns, audience measurement, in-depth analysis of admissions to theatres and collections of various movies.

    National head – programmatic cinema Sachiin Guptaa further added, “ProCAT will be a disrupter in the field of Indian Cinema Advertising, with real time information available to the advertisers. This will enable them to modify the existing budgets and plan for better scheduling to maximise the ROI. We feel ProCAT will go a long way in being the key force for brands and advertisers to invest in Cinema Adverts.”

    ProCAT is aimed to make the decision makers’ life easy and empower advertisers.The platform will give accurate footfalls for cinema campaigns, real-time review of campaign performance, budgets and cinema spends is now possible to determine a better ROI for the end user.

    For more information visit: https://www.ufomoviez.com/procat

  • Life OK joins hands with UFO to promote ‘Savitri’

    MUMBAI: Life OK has launched a new disruptive marketing campaign. For the launch of its latest offering Savitri, the Hindi GEC has joined hands with UFO Moviez to initiate a unique cinema advertising campaign for GEC shows.

    For ‘Savitri’, the channel has compiled a four-minute promotional film. This is the first time a Hindi GEC show is being played first time in cinema advertising in digital theatres coinciding with the new film releases of the week.

    Life OK created an impact on its target audience by introducing them to the story and the characters through the 4-minute content capsule and thus utilised the strength of UFO’s network in the Hindi speaking markets in an excellent manner. These content capsules are being showcased in around 230 screens in Hindi markets of UP, Delhi, Gujarat and Mumbai during the screening of various new movie releases.

    Life OK marketing head Pratik Seal said, “Life OK has always been a firm believer in the term Disruption, whether in terms of content or our marketing strategies. UFO Moviez is a popular platform with a huge reach in Hindi Heartland. We are delighted that along with UFO Moviez, we were able to introduce our show and capture the attention of our audiences.”

    UFO Moviez CMO and national sales head enterprise ad sales Siddharth Bhardwaj said, “We are delighted to have partnered with Life Ok, this partnership is an example of how UFO continuously makes an effort to innovate and provide value to the brands advertising on its network. It’s the combination of UFO’s network strength, execution expertise and innovation that has delivered the desired impact for the campaign.”

  • Reliance Broadcast ups Bhardwaj to National sales head

    Reliance Broadcast ups Bhardwaj to National sales head

    MUMBAI: Reliance Broadcast Network Limited (RBNL) has elevated Siddharth Bhardwaj as its National Sales Head.

    As part of his new portfolio, Bhardwaj will be responsible for sales and revenue generation for the company’s 45 station radio network 92.7 Big FM and the recently launched regional television channel, Big Magic.

    Given the synergies between both businesses, he will lead the teams to market both these complementary businesses. In his position, as National Sales Head Bhardwaj will report to 92.7 Big FM Business Head Soumen Ghosh Choudhury.

    Speaking about the appointment of Siddharth Bhardwaj as National Sales Head, Big FM and Big Magic, Soumen Ghosh Choudhury, Business Head, 92.7 Big FM said, “Siddharth understands the nuances of the radio business and has already added great value to 92.7 Big FM North stations. I am extremely confident that Siddharth will add tremendous value in the national role for BIG FM and BIG Magic. His keen understanding of media sales combined with his persistence as a sales professional and team work are strong attributes that drive his success.”

    Bhardwaj has been with the Company for the last three and half years and has ably spearheaded the North operations of 92.7 Big FM as its vice president. Under his leadership, Big FM North saw a significant year-on-year growth in its revenues.

    Commenting on his appointment Bhardwaj said, “RBNL is an extremely dynamic and growth focused organization with constantly evolving opportunities. I look forward to this new responsibility and hope my knowledge and experience in the entertainment industry, will allow me to work with the very capable sales team to be able to deliver greater growth for the organization. ”

    Bhardwaj has a rich experience in varied sectors spanning 16 years. He started his career with Exide Industries Ltd. and later on moved to Elf Lubricant India Limited. He then joined Punjab circle of Bharti Airtel Limited and looked after its SME Business.