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  • Rishi Negi, Mrinalini Jain and Shyam Rathi elevated to strategic executive roles

    Banijay & Endemol restructure for growth

    By Our Staff

     

    Rishi Negi
    Rishi Negi
    Mrinalini Jain
    Mrinalini Jain
    Shyam Rathi
    Shyam Rathi

    Banijay Asia and Endemol Shine India have announced a team restructuring aimed at fuelling future growth in the Indian and Asian entertainment space. This strategic alignment comes within months of Banijay acquiring Endemol Shine India, and consolidating both businesses under Deepak Dhar’s leadership.

     

    As part of the restructuring, and to unlock greater synergies between the two entities, five key personnel (from within the group) have been moved to pivotal group leadership roles that will shape both companies’ (Banijay Asia & Endemol Shine India) future growth paths:

    Rishi Negi – Group Chief Operating Officer

    Mrinalini Jain – Group Chief Development Officer

    Shyam Rathi – Group Chief Financial Officer

    Lalit Sharma, Head – Legal

    Fiona Machado, Head – HR

     

    Deepak Dhar
    Deepak Dhar

    Said Deepak Dhar, Founder and Group CEO of Banijay Asia & EndemolShine India: “Our mission has always been to create exceptional content that captivates audiences across India and beyond. With this strategic restructuring, we are taking another step forward in our commitment to be the torch-bearers for first-class storytelling across screens. This core team brings an invaluable wealth of experience and expertise, and together, we will unlock the next phase of our growth.”

     

  • Collaborates with Endemol Shine India to bring up a new season

    Sony acquires rights to MasterChef India

    By Our Staff

     

    Sony Entertainment Television has acquired the rights for the Indian adaptation of the culinary reality show format, ‘MasterChef’ produced and distributed by Endemol Shine India.

     

    Said Sonal Yadav, Head – Programming (Non-Fiction), Sony Entertainment Television (SET): “MasterChef has revolutionised the global foodscape, changing the way cooking is perceived while transforming lives of amateur chefs globally who have a passion for cooking. The Pandemic has seen a swift rise in home chefs who embarked on culinary adventures experimenting and whipping up food recipes. Hence, now is an apt time to bring forth a platform like MasterChef India that puts the spotlight on such aspirants. We are delighted to be collaborating with Endemol Shine India to cook up a flavourful new season that will celebrate India’s diverse gastronomic excellence.”

     

    Added Rishi Negi, CEO – Endemol Shine India: “India has a wide demographic of talented home chefs who can impress and surprise in the kitchen. We at Endemol Shine India are thrilled to partner with Sony Entertainment Television for one of our flagship formats and hope to cook up a delicious new season of MasterChef together. Through MasterChef we hope to tap into their talent and equip them with the best tools and experiences to fulfil their dreams of achieving something extraordinary. The past few years have seen talented home chefs with a passion for cooking burgeoning across the spectrum and this will be a great platform for them to truly hone and test their talents by wowing our judges with their culinary creations. An inclusive format MasterChef is a warm and wonderful celebration of family and cooking so get set for some fantastic new MasterChef moments!”

     

  • To oversee the existing team, day-to-day affairs, and its productions

    Rishi Negi is Endemol Big Boss

    By Our Staff

     

    Rishi Negi
    Rishi Negi

    Banijay, the independent content producer/ distributor, has announced the appointment of Rishi Negi as its new CEO for Endemol Shine India. He will oversee the existing team, day-to-day affairs, and its productions.

     

    Negi joins from Banijay Asia, where, until now, he has served as Chief Operating Officer. There, he supported CEO, Deepak Dhar, and the wider business, with all operational, commercial, financial, and general business-driven strategic matters. He joined the group with over two decades of experience in hospitality, entertainment, and retail, having worked for the likes of the Taj Group of hotels, and Emerald Asia Media Fame India limited among others.

     

    In the new role, he will report to Banijay’s COO, Peter Langengerg, who oversees the region.

     

    Added Langenberg: “Banijay prides itself on the development and retention of its talent, and with that in mind, it is great to be supporting Rishi in his next role as CEO, Endemol Shine India. Since he began in his post with Banijay Asia, he has been a strong backbone for the business and partner for Deepak Dhar in maintaining the entity’s growth trajectory, particularly through the pandemic. We look forward to seeing him continue to flourish in this new position.”

     

  • Negi joins Banijay Asia with over two decades of expansive experiences across entertainment, hospitality and retail

    Banijay Asia appoints Rishi Negi as COO

    By A Correspondent

     

    The Deepak Dhar-led Banijay Asia, which recently announced its entry into the region with a commitment of producing scripted and non-scripted content across genres including digital and films for India and South East Asia, has announced the appointment of Rishi Negi as Chief Operating Officer.

     

    Rishi Negi

    Negi joins Banijay Asia with over two decades of expansive experiences across entertainment, hospitality and retail. Talking about his new role, Negi said: “Partnering with world’s largest content creation group is definitely going to be exciting. Deepak Dhar’s vision is to build Banijay Asia as undisputed leader in the content space for the region, and I am looking forward to working with him closely in this journey. With so much happening in the entertainment industry, we aspire to produce some exceptional and challenging content across genres.”

     

    Deepak Dhar

    Said Dhar: “We are extremely delighted to have Rishi on-board the Banijay family. His vast experience and expertise is the perfect addition to our growing team and I am confident he will add much more momentum to our journey of becoming leading content producers in the region.”

     

     

  • Available across iOS, Windows and Android formats, Wakau is the gateway to a repository of original celebrity content

    Video-blogging app Wakau launched in India

    By A Correspondent

     

    Superstar Amitabh Bachchan unveiled the freemium celebrity video blogging app – Wakau. Starting 29th October 2015, theWakau app will provide original, candid videos of Mr. Bachchan and other celebrities across genres, be it films, sports, entertainment or music. Available across iOS, Windows and Android formats, Wakau is the gateway to a repository of original celebrity content.

     

    With an ever increasing repertoire of celebrities including the likes of Amitabh Bachchan, Sachin Tendulkar, Arjun Kapoor, AyushmaanKhurrana, Nirahua, Shaan,  Manju Warrier, Tamannaah Bhatia, Sophie Choudry, Arman Malik and Elli Avaramcontributing to the platform.Wakau will upload new content including landmark moments from the celebs lives, hobbies and interests and career stories,for subscribers on a daily basis. On Wakau fans can watch, share and comment on a wide variety of interesting videos categorised topically and by celebrity.The app, has a celebrity interface feature that enables celebs to upload premium video content, while allowing them to track fan comments on their videos and respond directly.

     

    Talking about his association with Wakau, Mr. Bachchan commented, “Social media is an integral part of my life today. I have always tried to stay connected with my fans and respond to them whenever possible through my blog and other social media platforms.  I am glad to be associated with an interactive platform like Wakau, through which I can share some of my candid moments from my day to day life with my fans and inch closer to them.”

     

    A joint venture between CA Media Digital and Jetsynthesys, Wakauis the first of its kind, freemium celebrity video blogging app that allowsusers to access unseen candid celeb moments to help them connect further with their favourite stars and celebs. Freely downloadable to users across India this ‘freemium’ app allows consumers to view celebrity videos for free, with the videos being interspersed with advertisements. The app also supports an ad-free experience via its subscription service.

     

    Speaking on the association, Rishi Negi, EVP Operations, CA Media India commented, “Wakau is a great opportunity for celebrities to connect with their fans and share personal stories, interests, sepia moments and cherished thoughts through their video blogs. The app is a celebrity hotspot that enablesconsumers to gain easy access to insightful videos of their favourite superstars and personal heroes on their phones.”

     

    Rajan Navani, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Jetsynthesys, added “Through constant and continuous innovation we at Jetsynthesys strive to offer the best in digital technology and Wakau is no exception. With a deep focus on creating a personal connect with the consumer through leveraging analytics, the Wakau experience will eventually pave the way towards many firsts for the world. We are excited to launch this unique world class Indian product that would become the social digital media screen of the 21st century.”

     

    A technically superior app, Wakau has an adaptive and predictive streaming technology that enables optimization of content to each specific device and dynamically adapts the video stream to the constantly varying bandwidth of carrier and Wi-Fi networks creating a quality experience for the users.Consumers can subscribe to the premium service on the app using their existing mobile connection, credit cards, net banking and e-wallets with multiple validity periods and price points available..