Sudhanshu Vats
CII Big Picture 2019 Theme address by Sudhanshu Vats
Esteemed dignitaries on the dais, my industry colleagues, ladies & gentlemen – welcome to the 8th edition of the Big Picture Summit – an annual gathering aimed at discussing, deliberating and decoding policy options to unlock the potential of our M&E sector. Many of you might be wondering – in your heart of hearts – that what’s so unique about the theme for this year. Create, connect & converge – are certainly not new terms. They’ve been used several times – in several permutations and combinations over the last 10 years at several industry even | Click Here...
COLORS Gujarati Cinema will showcase the vibrant cinematic heritage of Gujarat: Sudhanshu Vats, Group CEO & Managing Director, Viacom18
Only 40% of Indians speak Hindi. The rest speak in their native lingo. No wonder India’s youngest entertainment company, Viacom18 Media Pvt. Ltd is going regional with gusto. Following the success of COLORS Kannada Cinema, Viacom18’s next foray into the regional movie broadcast space is their 24-hour premium movies’ channel, COLORS Gujarati Cinema. This 24-hour premium movies’ will launch on June 1st, 2019 as a pay channel as part of the network’s primary COLORS wala Value+ Pack. With the tagline of Filmo Matrubhasha Ma, which translates into Movies in your mother-to | Click Here...
Goafest 2019 starts with a zing of insightful sessions and sparkle of Publisher & Media ABBYs
Amidst excitement and vigour, Goafest 2019 – presented by Viacom18 and powered by MX Player was flagged off today in Goa’s Grand Hyatt. The first half of the day began with lighting of the lamp, followed by the industry conclave and Publisher & Media ABBYs. Speaking about Goafest 2019, Ashish Bhasin, President of Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) said: “Over the last few years we have seen the growth in participation with lines blurring between media and creative. At Goafest 2019 on the back of an exclusive list of speakers and artists, we have seen a sustain | Click Here...
VOOT is targeting 100mn monthly active users within this financial year: Sudhanshu Vats, Group CEO and MD, Viacom18
Viacom18’s digital video-on-demand streaming service and India’s second largest AVOD OTT platform - VOOT celebrates its third anniversary with 100+ billion minutes of watch time. With a commitment to offer quality and differentiated content in the digital ecosystem backed with technology and insights, VOOT now aims to reach 100 million monthly active users within the fiscal year. As part of its future growth strategy, the platform also announced the further scaling of its current content library with a robust line-up of over 30+ VOOT Originals across genres and languages, to be l | Click Here...
Viacom18 and TV18 beat price rise, launch entertainment + news value pack at Rs 1 per day
In the times we live in, the thing we often wonder about is what can a ₹1 coin buy us? India’s foremost networks – Viacom18 and TV18 – have joined hands to address this issue of price rise as they launched their Value Pack, comprising the top channels across genres, at ₹1 per day! In a country where entertainment is the fourth basic need in addition to roti, kapda and makaan, Viacom18 and TV18 has the nation covered in that. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India had recently mandated a new tariff regime 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...