Raj Nayak
DistroTV to Revolutionize Distribution and Monetization of Content in International Markets, Partners with Raj Nayak’s House Of Cheer to Onboard South Asian Channels
DistroTV, a division of the California-based media technology company DistroScale, claims a prominent stake in the free, ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) revolution, announcing its plans to revolutionize distribution and monetization of content for broadcasters and creators globally. Its free-to-air OTT platform, which predominantly caters to US, UK, and Canadian audiences, makes it easier than ever to distribute, market, and monetize content at no cost. “Today’s broadcasters and content creators face a few critical challenges,” said Navdeep Saini, co-founder, and CEO of Distro | Click Here...
We have rolled out Employee Voice 24/7 free service to encourage organisations to connect with their people on a real-time basis: Namrata Tata, Managing Partner- House Of Cheer
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues unabated, determined leaders and employees of companies big and small, all over India, continue their grim and resolute defiance of the challenges to not only remain afloat, but to prosper and grow. At a time like this, driven by the belief that positive and inspired employees alone can empower the resurgence of enterprise, House of Cheer, a company promoted by Raj Nayak, has announced it is making available one of its service, tech-enabled Employee Voice 24/7 platform, to small, medium and large companies, free of cost. Launched under the ha | Click Here...
Impact Story: IWMBuzz questions IPL games during COVID 19, BCCI suspends tournament
IWMBuzz.com yesterday carried an opinion piece asking about the logic of continuing with IPL at a time when lives and livelihoods are being lost due to COVID 19. Players, staffers, and management all are at risk, with men testing positive, bursting the bio bubble concept of IPL. Not to mention the unnecessary use of medical staff to cater to an event that is inconsequential in the current scheme of things. The article (read here: IWMBuzz) went viral with many senior media professionals echoing the sentiments and sharing on social media. https://twitter.com/DILIPt | Click Here...
House of Cheer Announces Launch of Happyness.me to Measure Happiness
House of Cheer Pvt. Ltd., founded by former Viacom18 COO and prominent media personality Raj Nayak, announced the launch of their new division, Happyness.me, a proprietary tool that measures the happiness quotient of Corporates and its people. Commenting on Happyness.me, House of Cheer Managing Partner Namrata Tata said, “With over three decades of experience working in business and industry, we have learned that emotion drives us. Emotions motivate us, they inspire, and they energize us to be productive and to take control of our professional lives. We believe that happiness is th | Click Here...
Republic TV to air IWMBuzz.com’s India Web Fest, India’s Biggest Web Entertainment Conclave
Republic Media Network’s Republic Fluid joined hands with IWMBuzz.com’s India Web Fest as a strategic partner to empower one of the most impactful initiatives in the new economy web entertainment space. Held on 21 August, at The Westin, Mumbai, the event was a trendsetting affair, with the who’s who of the media & entertainment business speaking their minds. Some of the esteemed speakers in the second edition include Raj Nayak (Ex Viacom 18), Ashish Bhasin (Dentsu Aegis Network), TarunKatial (Zee5), Sameer Nair (Applause Entertainment), Satya Raghavan (YouTube India) | Click Here...
Watch Now: Session with Samir Bangara, Raj Nayak, Ashish Bhasin, Satya Raghavan and Tarun Katial
India Web Fest, India’s biggest and one of the most credible web entertainment platforms, ended on a high note with media and entertainment industry’s biggest movers and shakers, including CEOs, CMOs and COOs to digital content bosses to innovative content creators, artists, marketers and media professionals coming under one roof to discuss the future of web entertainment. A stellar lineup of over 50 plus speakers shared their knowledge across topics and subjects. The Fest was held at The Westin, Mumbai on August 21, 2019, and was curated and executed by IWMBuzz.com. With | Click Here...
My journey as a filmmaker was not a cakewalk: Director Ram Kamal Mukherjee
He is charm personified: committed, nuanced. Furthermore, his palpable penchant of pushing the envelope to touch newer shades on the bright horizon, makes amiable and ambitious Ram Kamal Mukherjee a cut above the rest. His creative baby, short film par excellence Cakewalk, starring beautiful and talented Esha Deol Takhtani, has revolutionized the realm of short film space. Shot in 70mm scale, with mass promotion and finally becoming the first such project to be beamed on national TV, Ram, like always, has set the bar high and mighty. And rest assured, this is only the beginning for h | Click Here...
IWMBuzz.com curates innovative web entertainment conclave: India Web Fest
IWMBuzz.com, a publication which caters to the Indian television and web entertainment ecosystem, after organizing India’s biggest web entertainment awards, the IWM Digital Awards, is curating a one of its kind web entertainment conclave – India Web Fest. To be held on 5 September at The Westin, Mumbai, the event promises to be an impactful affair, with the who’s who of the media & entertainment business speaking their minds. Web entertainment has increased its reach and influence in India considerably, with the mushrooming of OTT players and individual content creat | Click Here...
Viacom18 enters India’s biggest regional entertainment market, launches COLORS Tamil
In a media launch event in the city today, the country’s youngest full-play media organization Viacom18 announced the launch of its latest regional entertainment channel – COLORS Tamil. Scheduled to go on air on 19th February, 2018, COLORS Tamil will be the national media conglomerate’s first foray into the Tamil market. Viacom18 already operates general entertainment channels in 5 regional languages, under the brand name COLORS – Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali and Odia apart from Hindi and English. At launch COLORS Tamil will be available in all leading cable networks catering | Click Here...
MTV creates the perfect pitch; acquires broadcast rights for Box Cricket League
As they say, in India, cricket isn’t a game, it’s a religion. And the youth of India are devout worshippers of this religion! MTV, India’s No. 1 Youth Brand and Box Cricket League come together to feed India’s cricket hungry youth with a fantastic new offering which promises to be a unique mélange of cricket and entertainment in typical MTV Ishtyle. The iconic Youth brand will be joining hands with Balaji Telefilms Limited and Marinating Films to bring together two of the most vital sou | Click Here...
17th Indian Television Academy Awards becomes crorepati
The votes for The 17th Indian Television Academy (ITA) Awards have been cast, and record-breaking numbers have been revealed. A staggering 1 crore votes cast across categories have broken all previous records, not just in terms of the sheer number, but also the time spent by voters on the official voting website - www.ita2017.com. The average session duration on the website clocks 4 minutes 15 seconds, making it higher than the internet average of 3 minutes 43 seconds. The much celebrated and revered Indian Television Awards is an endeavor to garner and galvanize the entire work-forc | Click Here...
Consumers are the real influencers: Dr Subhash Chandra
Stalwarts of Aonian stature, when jest and merry under one roof, makes for a million dollar picture. A scene which is recurrent at the haloish Exchange4Media Conclave. It’s an enlightened night attended by dignified dignitaries from the space of media and entertainment, which also salutes and awards the ‘influencer’ personality of the year. 2017 is the year of industry doyen CVL Srinivas, CEO (South Asia) of GroupM, who wore a gratifying smile while receiving the coveted ‘influencer of the year award’. Congratulations and celebrations. IndianWikiMedia was pres | Click Here...
The Boss is Back
Bigg Boss, the cult reality show, a jewel in the crown of Indian television, is back with season 11. A show where a bunch of known and semi known faces battle their outer and inner demons to stay sane in a confined, communication less environment, makes for a perfect voyeur watch, titillating the baser human emotions. The format toys with human emotions and psychology. When days pass and time becomes timeless, the little demon in the head pops up creating perceptional/judgmental illusions, beating one’s rationality to pulp, where contestants behave like Ulysses in the ‘survival o | Click Here...
Colors new offering ‘Aunty BoliLagaoBoli’, live interactive game show
Starting 24th September 2017, 12:00pm, “Aunty BoliLagaoBoli” a new live interactive game show is set to launch on COLORS. Developed and conceptualized by Viaan Industries - promoted by leading entrepreneur Raj Kundra and Shilpa Shetty Kundra,the show has been powered by chasebid.com. “Aunty BoliLagaoBoli” is a live interactive game show with a unique concept where viewers can BID LIVE for a new car from the comfort of their home via the chasebid app or website www.chasebid.com. The person who places the lowest unique bid will see his picture, name and location Live on th | Click Here...
IIFA 2017: What’s so offensive about Karan, Saif and Varun’s nepotism joke aimed at Kangana?
Okay so let me put this out straight. When Tanmay Bhat tries to joke around by applying a dog filter on a Narendra Modi lookalike and ends up drawing the ire of Mumbai police and a subsequent FIR, many liberals are outraged at the ‘outrageous’ action taken by the cops. Fair enough. It’s just a joke. Why outrage over a joke? But then why are the same liberals now venting their anger at KJO, Saif Ali Khan and Varun Dhawan for cracking a harmless joke at Kangana Ranaut’s expense on her now infamous nepotism remark. Why this hypocrisy, I ask. A joke is a joke. Is Kangana a holier than t | Click Here...
The Raj Nayak Interview
The sun kissed the horizon yet the air carried beads of sweat. On a humid Mumbai evening, Indianwikimedia entered the plush corridors of a suburban hotel which opened to a resplendent view of the magnificent Arabian Sea. The scene was a succor to the body and the soul. The occasion was the launch press conference of Colors’ innovative non-fiction (reality) show, India Banega Manch. As the event flipped through its chapters, talent from across the country performed against the scenic sea gifting us the glimpse of the impending superb on screen journey called Indian Banega Man | Click Here...