Reliance and Viacom18 announced a strategic partnership with Bodhi Tree Systems, which is a platform of James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems and Uday Shankar, to form one of the largest TV and digital streaming companies in India. Bodhi Tree Systems is leading a fund raise with a consortium of investors to invest Rs 13,500 crore in…
Viacom18 has announced that Jyoti Deshpande has been appointed as CEO of Viacom18 with immediate effect. Jyoti is already serving on the boards of Network18 and investee companies Balaji Telefilms and Saavn Media. According to a statement, in her new assignment, Jyoti will help bring synergies across all of Reliance’s media interests and investments and…
Viacom18, has announced the appointment of Aniket Joshi as Business Head for Colors Marathi. He will be responsible for managing the channel’s overall business strategy and operations, and will be reporting to Ravish Kumar, Head – Regional Entertainment (Kannada and Marathi Clusters), Viacom18. Aniket comes with an experience of over 17 years and, in his…
Viacom18 has announced the appointment of Vivek Mohan Sharma as head of branded content. In the new role, he will be reporting to head of network sales at Viacom18 – Mahesh Shetty. Speaking on the appointment, he said, “Brands today are looking at creating moments and mindshare that stays with the audience for long. Branded content…
Viacom18 has announced the appointment of Chanpreet Arora as business head – AVOD (Voot), and of Vineet Govil as chief technology officer at Viacom18 Digital Ventures. In her new role, Chanpreet will drive the AVOD business – VOOT and will be responsible for leading AVOD led partnerships that are key to VOOT’s overall growth. Earlier…
Subhash Chandra-backed global tube-packaging company Essel Propback recently announced that it has appointed former Viacom18 executive Sudhanshu Vats as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director. The company Board has further appointed Vats as Additional Director of the company. His appointment comes in effect since 16 April 2020. An industry veteran with 28 years of experience…
Sudhanshu Vats has resigned as MD and CEO of Viacom18 after an 8-year stint at the company, effective from April 15th. Viacom18’s leadership team will continue to manage their respective verticals, and will report to Rahul Joshi, MD, Network18 Group. Sudhanshu has helped in expanding Viacom18’s footprint into new business lines, including digital (Voot), experiential…
Bajaj Electricals Ltd, a part of the Rs 380 billion Bajaj Group, on Thursday announced the appointment of Anuj Poddar as the Executive Director of the organization for a term of 5 years, effective immediately. Bajaj Electricals Ltd is an Indian consumer electrical equipment manufacturing company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. As a part of his…
Viacom18, has announced a management restructuring. The restructuring is aimed at consolidating its growing portfolio towards enabling better business performance through focused content innovation and collaboration across brands. Manisha Sharma, has been elevated to Chief Content Officer, Hindi Mass Entertainment. In her new role, she will be heading content for the entire HME cluster including COLORS…