ZEE5 had recently broadened Manish Kalra’s responsibilities to include overseeing the platform’s business across global markets.
Author: Delshad Irani
Legendary filmmaker Shyam Benegal, icon of Indian cinema, passes away at 90
Just days before his death, Benegal had celebrated his 90th birthday on December 14 with a star-studded gathering of friends, family, and colleagues.
Nissan Honda, Mitsubishi sign MOU to start merger talks to create world’s third-largest automaker
Nissan, Honda, and Mitsubishi Motors have reached a basic agreement to proceed with discussions based on the framework established in the MOU signed by Nissan and Honda on August 1 regarding the commencement of a strategic partnership.
Bata names former-SUGAR finance head Amit Aggarwal as chief financial officer
Amit Aggarwal has previously worked with Marico Limited and Nestle India Limited, etc., at various positions including Head Finance, Head – Corporate Finance and Internal Audit.
Girl Interrupted: Tista Sen’s entrepreneurial venture TistaThinks conceptualizes campaign for CRY
Back in the entrepreneurial world, Sen has started her own venture, TistaThinks, and has ended the year with a campaign for CRY called ‘Girl Interrupted’
Leadership shuffle at PVR INOX as it restructures Rs 600 crore media business
Shalu Sabharwal, Chief Sales Officer at PVR INOX, to helm the restructured organisation and lead its transformation. The company is also putting a greater emphasis on both online and offline media platforms to ensure maximum visibility for its brand and clients.
Netflix and FIFA sign US media rights deal for 2027 and 2031 women’s World Cups
The FIFA Women’s World Cup will be the first competition to be acquired in full by Netflix. The streamer will also produce exclusive documentary series on female game in lead-up to both editions of FIFA Women’s World Cup.
D2M requires large-scale testing to assess commercial viability
A month ago, Storyboard18 had exclusively reported that MIB has referred the Direct-to-Mobile (D2M) broadcasting proposal to a committee of secretaries.
Govt to launch apps to protect consumers from ‘dark patterns’
The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) had earlier taken suo moto cognizance of Dark Pattern adopted by e-Commerce platforms.
Omnicom-IPG deal: Congress probes ad giants over links to GARM
Both companies have been instructed to preserve all relevant documents and communications with the WFA and GARM and to provide them to a Congressional committee for review.