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  • This acquisition taps into a growing synergy between the two companies

    Nodwin Gaming acquires OML’s gaming & live IP biz

    By Our Staff

     

    Nodwin Gaming, South Asia’s esports company, and an independent subsidiary of Nazara Technologies Limited, has acquired the gaming and adjacent IP business of OML Entertainment. This acquisition taps into a growing synergy between the two companies. While Nodiwn Gaming is known for its esports and gaming expertise. OML Entertainment is known for managing gaming and entertainment creators such as Tanmay Bhat, Samay Raina, Suhani Shah, etc.

     

    Akshat Rathee
    Akshat Rathee

    Akshat Rathee, Managing Director, Nodiwn Gaming said: “Nodiwn Gaming strongly believes that continuous growth in the IP portfolio is central to building a vibrant ecosystem of fans, talent, broadcasters and brands. This has been the essence of Nodiwn Gaming since the early days of creating The India premiership or Dew Arena.  The addition of some of the largest IPs in India like NH7 weekender is going to accelerate the massification of esports and gaming entertainment across the spectrum of fans and brands. The multi-faceted talent that joins us cuts across gaming and pop culture and lays the perfect foundation for Nodiwn Gaming to create more IPs. The proven capability of the brilliant team that joins us from OML Entertainment will further ensure that we can execute and monetise our IPs.”

     

    Ajay Nair
    Ajay Nair

    Added Ajay Nair, Managing Director, OML Entertainment: “We believe in the convergence of different pop culture genres and have seen that this has already happened across several platforms and IPs. It makes a lot of sense to consolidate the strengths that OML Entertainment and Nodwin Gaming have in the live IPs and gaming spaces. Over the past years, our experience working with Nodwin Gaming has been very fruitful and we are confident that our live IPs and the teams that execute them have found a good home at Nodwin Gaming. OML Entertainment will continue to focus on building its OTT content production, talent management and branded content businesses. I look forward to working with Akshat and the Nodwin Gaming team to deliver on the true potential of this partnership.”

     

  • Ajay Nair will continue in his role as Managing Director of the company, focusing on new opportunities for the company

    OML beefs up leadership team

    By A Correspondent

     

    OML has announced the appointment of Gunjan Arya as its Chief Executive Officer, Dhruv Sheth as the Chief Operating Officer and Saurabh Abbi as the Chief Business Officer (New Initiatives and International Business). The newly elevated leadership team — all Managing Partners at OML prior to these appointments — will take on their new roles with immediate effect, leading OML into its next phase of growth and expansion. Ajay Nair will continue in his role as Managing Director of the company, focusing on new opportunities for the company.

     

    Said Rajesh Kamat, MD, Emerald Media, and a board member to OML:

    “OML, as an industry leader, has accomplished massive growth in the past decade. The new leadership team led by Gunjan has a proven success record and I’m sure that they will continue to excel in their new expanded roles at OML to ensure high momentum business growth.”

     

    Added Ajay Nair, MD, OML: “OML has had its best performing couple of years in FY 18 and FY 19 and is poised to grow at over 30 per cent over last year in FY 2020. These three years have been remarkable for the new businesses OML has built and for the multiple new live, branded and content experiences it has executed. This has been largely due to the excellent leadership of Gunjan, Dhruv and Saurabh along with a very talented, experienced and resourceful team and it gives me great pleasure to announce their new roles. I am confident in their abilities to take on these expanded roles and lead such a diverse portfolio in today’s dynamic environment.”

     

    Added Sanjeev Shah, Executive President, Corporate and M&A at Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., one of the investors at OML: “OML continues to remind us of its outstanding ability to build businesses with its “customer n people first” approach. The new leaders are a testimony to its management depth and maturity. Hats off to Ajay for developing the business with such redundancy and future-proofing.”