Megha Tata joined Discovery Communications India as Managing Director of South Asia on April 01, 2019. A media & entertainment industry veteran, Megha has held leadership roles at organisations such as BTVI, HBO, Turner International and Star TV, in an illustrious career spanning more than 28 years.
Megha currently leads multiple national as well as international industry forums. She was recently coopted as the Director on board of Indian Broadcasting Foundation. She is on board of the National Media & Entertainment Committee of FICCI and is the Vice President of the Indian chapter of the International Advertising Association (IAA).
Gavin Strange is a Director and Designer for the UK’s beloved creative studio Aardman Animations. Working at Aardman for over a decade, Gavin’s creative output ranges from title sequences for the OFFF festival and Shaun the Sheep feature film, to channel idents for BBC Two and Christmas films for Fortnum & Mason. Most recently he Directed ‘Turtle Journey’, an award-winning emotional and impactful short film for Greenpeace about a family of turtles making their way home when tragedy strikes.
Charlie has overall creative responsibility at Red Bee. He has over 20 years of experience leading complex network rebrands and creative campaigns for clients all across the world, including NBCUniversal, Dreamworks, France Télévisions, RTE, Hallmark, Netflix, and Discovery Networks.
Emile is focussed on creating innovative moving image, sound, art, immersive and augmented reality experiences for public, commercial, advertising and entertainment platforms. He further oversees executive curation of the VANDAL Art Gallery in Redfern, Sydney.
Hasraf ‘HaZ’ Dulull came from a VFX background before being known as a Director for his breakout sci-fi indie feature film – THE BEYOND, which was released by Gravitas Ventures, and premiered at #2 on the iTunes charts before trending on Netflix and fully recouping its budget quickly and becoming a profitable feature film. His second feature film 2036: ORIGIN UNKNOWN, which starred Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica, Another Life) earned a limited theatrical release in the US before landing on Netflix.
Faye D’Souza is an award winning journalist, who has changed the way news is covered on Indian Television by focusing the audience’s attention on the issues that matter to the citizens rather than those that fuel the emotions of partisan debates. Faye’s calm, researched style of hosting news shows prioritises information over opinion.
Rahul Mishra joined Shemaroo Entertainment in November 2017 and currently holds the position of Head, Marketing and Communications.
Over the course of three years, Rahul has played a key role in shaping Shemaroo’s brand’s identity by leveraging emerging trends, thus striking a chord with the audiences and seeing success amongst competition. He spearheaded Shemaroo’s ‘Brand Refresh’ that took place in 2018, wherein the company rebranded after 55 Years with new logo and tagline – India Khush Hua. He was also instrumental in Shemaroo expanding to newer business verticals such as in the OTT business with ShemarooMe and its entry into the Broadcast space with Shemaroo TV & Shemaroo MarathiBana.
A marketing dynamo with an experience of over 18 years in business development, marketing and content partnerships – Abhishek has worked with some of the best media conglomerates of the country. He started his career with the ABP Group in 2001 and has since worked with Reliance Big Pictures, Sony Entertainment Network, Zenga Media and Sony Pictures Network India.
Avi Kumar is a passionate marketing leader specializing in converting data to consumer insights to market strategy for growth.
He has been recognized as Top40 CMOs, Marketing professional of the Year by ACEF South Asia and won several awards for campaigns at the New York Festivals, Emvies, DMAi, ET-brand excellence, IRF and Golden Mikes. A master of content marketing through storytelling he has built large brands in media and FMCG category.
He is currently the Head of Supply and Brand at ZEE5 and has played a significant role in establishing ZEE5 as the most desired Con-Tech brand with more than 80mn Monthly Active Users.
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Aparna is currently the Head of India Originals at Amazon Prime Video, India. She has developed and launched all Indian Originals on Amazon Prime Video including Inside Edge (International Emmys Nomination, 2018), Breathe, Comicstaan, Four More Shots Please!, Mirzapur and Made In Heaven.
With more than 25 international awards that include New York Film Festival, World Media Festival, Promax Asia, Promax World, Goa Fest etc, Richa comes with a combination of solid production expertise and creativity.
Currently working as Co-Founder Metapixel Studios and Content Director a@c films, Richa was awarded the Top 10 Women Marketers Honour 2019 by CEO Insights.
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Ritu Kapur is the co-founder and CEO of The Quint. She has driven digital innovation at Quintillion Media from starting the innovation lab, to launching a health vertical – FIT, to driving the fight against misinformation with a fact check initiative – WebQoof.
Webinar: ReInventing News for Young India
LIVE on 6 Aug, Thursday, 3:00PM (IST) / 5:30PM (GMT+8)
Moderated By: Richa Arora, Co-Founder of Metapixel Studios & Content Director of a@c films
Joined By: Faye D’Souza, Senior Journalist
The rules of news consumption are not the same. Driving the online appetite for news are India’s millennials -a mobile-savvy, young audience that are more serious than ever about disinformation, fake news and propaganda. As part of the Promax Asia Creative Playbook –– we welcome Faye D’Souza, independent journalist and Ritu Kapur, Co-Founder Quint to deep- dive into the innovations necessary to keep India’s youth engaged. How are journalists overcoming challenges and creating compelling news stories as the COVID-19 crisis continues? As former TV Channel Executives, both Faye and Ritu take us through their gradual but definite shift to online news and what it takes to stay true to their journalism and still be successful at building a solid community online.
About James&Wilkinson Media
JWM enable TV and streaming companies across the Globe, to exploit the potential of their owned media space, through improving communication with audiences, developing promotional strategies, optimising media space & developing internal knowledge & capability. Ultimately our goal is to help broadcasters drive audiences to consume content, enhance their brand health and maximise revenue.
Webinar: A Marketing Health Check: Future Proof Your Audiences & Revenues
LIVE on 9 July, Thursday, 5:30PM (GMT+8)
This interactive webinar, from JWM, will help you to assess the health of your promotional strategy and its current ability to fulfil your business and marketing goals, not only for 2020 but to ensure you are also focusing on future success.
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Gourav Rakshit is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Viacom18 Digital Ventures. As part of the role he is responsible for driving the growth agenda of the network’s digital businesses. Since joining Viacom18 Digital Ventures Gourav has built a strong and robust digital ecosystem with VOOT, India’s first and only multi-platform kids’ app, VOOT Kids and the recently announced VOOT Select. Under his aegis VOOT has witnessed exponential growth with achieving a new viewership benchmark of 100 Million MAU’s, emerging as the most engaged premium AVOD platform with 100 billion minutes of watch time in the year.
Webinar: The Disruption Opportunity
LIVE on 2 July, Thursday, 3:00PM (IST) / 5:30PM (GMT+8)
Led By: Rajiv Bakshi, CEO of Reliance Big Synergy
Joined By: Aparna Acharekar, Programming Head of ZEE5 India
Saugata Mukherjee, Head of Original Content of SonyLIV
India is a very diverse country with not just distinct content preferences but also contrasted lifestyle, media consumption habits, and above all budgets and value propositions. It has been noted that the current, deeply unfortunate and unprecedented, crisis has led to visible and positive outcomes for the OTT Streaming platforms, while there continues to be a debate on what all will hold up and what will slip by when the markets return to normalcy.
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Saugata Mukherjee is the Head of Original Content at SonyLIV. Prior to this Saugata led the development of Original Content at Hotstar and was instrumental in setting up the first content slate for Hotstar Specials. He has also worked for the Star TV network for several years leading channel programming teams before moving to Hotstar. Before joining the Star TV network, Saugata used to be the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Pan Macmillan India, one of India’s top publishing companies.
Webinar: The Disruption Opportunity
LIVE on 2 July, Thursday, 3:00PM (IST) / 5:30PM (GMT+8)
Led By: Rajiv Bakshi, CEO of Reliance Big Synergy
Joined By: Aparna Acharekar, Programming Head of ZEE5 India
Gourav Rakshit, COO of Viacom18 Digital Ventures
India is a very diverse country with not just distinct content preferences but also contrasted lifestyle, media consumption habits, and above all budgets and value propositions. It has been noted that the current, deeply unfortunate and unprecedented, crisis has led to visible and positive outcomes for the OTT Streaming platforms, while there continues to be a debate on what all will hold up and what will slip by when the markets return to normalcy.
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A Content aficionado, Aparna Acharekar is the Programming Head at ZEE5. In her current role she is leading the content team for the platform and have been associated with Zee group since 2006.
Webinar: The Disruption Opportunity
LIVE on 2 July, Thursday, 3:00PM (IST) / 5:30PM (GMT+8)
Led By: Rajiv Bakshi, CEO of Reliance Big Synergy
Joined By: Gourav Rakshit, COO of Viacom18 Digital Ventures
Saugata Mukherjee, Head of Original Content of SonyLIV
India is a very diverse country with not just distinct content preferences but also contrasted lifestyle, media consumption habits, and above all budgets and value propositions. It has been noted that the current, deeply unfortunate and unprecedented, crisis has led to visible and positive outcomes for the OTT Streaming platforms, while there continues to be a debate on what all will hold up and what will slip by when the markets return to normalcy.
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As the CEO of Reliance Big Synergy, one of India’s oldest and most respected content development and production companies, with a legacy of 5,000 plus hours of path- breaking and high-impact content, he leads a team of creative visionaries with the mission to transform the company into a content powerhouse.
Webinar: The Disruption Opportunity
LIVE on 2 July, Thursday, 3:00PM (IST) / 5:30PM (GMT+8)
Led By: Rajiv Bakshi, CEO of Reliance Big Synergy
Joined By: Aparna Acharekar, Programming Head of ZEE5 India
Gourav Rakshit, COO of Viacom18 Digital Ventures
Saugata Mukherjee, Head of Original Content of SonyLIV
India is a very diverse country with not just distinct content preferences but also contrasted lifestyle, media consumption habits, and above all budgets and value propositions. It has been noted that the current, deeply unfortunate and unprecedented, crisis has led to visible and positive outcomes for the OTT Streaming platforms, while there continues to be a debate on what all will hold up and what will slip by when the markets return to normalcy.
Webinar: The Art & Science of Human-Centric Storytelling
LIVE on 18 June, Thursday, 3:00PM (IST) / 5:30PM (GMT+8)
Hosted By: Ananya Dasgupta, News Editor & Content Specialist
Joined By: Megha Tata, Managing Director – South Asia, Discovery
The long period of self-isolation and social distancing brought on by the pandemic has made us acutely aware of our innate desire and need for rich human-to-human connections. Join Senior Editor Ananya Dasgupta and her guests from some of the biggest media & creative brands as they take a look at innovations that facilitate a more human-centric approach to storytelling.
Webinar: The Art & Science of Human-Centric Storytelling
LIVE on 18 June, Thursday, 3:00PM (IST) / 5:30PM (GMT+8)
Hosted By: Ananya Dasgupta, News Editor & Content Specialist
Joined By: Megha Tata, Managing Director – South Asia, Discovery
John Malone, Global Creative Director & Director at CNN Create
The long period of self-isolation and social distancing brought on by the pandemic has made us acutely aware of our innate desire and need for rich human-to-human connections. Join Senior Editor Ananya Dasgupta and her guests from some of the biggest media & creative brands as they take a look at innovations that facilitate a more human-centric approach to storytelling.
Tim Hughes a global expert in creative brand strategy and founder of The Brief Doctor. His background is in TV promotions, branding and marketing. He is a lifetime achievement award–winner, and former chair of Promax UK.
Webinar: Marketing in the Age of Covid (28 May)
Webinar: Covid & Creativity (4 June)
Webinar: Covid & Creativity
Hosted By: Tim Hughes, Founder of The Brief Doctor
Joined By: Dan Aldridge, Senior Creative Director, Warner Media
Joe Goddard, Director Asia Pacific of James & Wilkinson Media
Lisa Frederickson, Creative Director
Pauline Russell, Creative Director of The Brief Doctor
In this exclusive round-table webinar, Promax industry leaders discuss how Covid is affecting them, their teams and their creativity. Well, hear what they are doing to stay creative in these unprecedented times.
Webinar: Covid & Creativity
Hosted By: Tim Hughes, Founder of The Brief Doctor
Joined By: Craig Black, Designer, Lettering Artist, Typographer
Joe Goddard, Director Asia Pacific of James & Wilkinson Media
Lisa Frederickson, Creative Director
Pauline Russell, Creative Director of The Brief Doctor
In this exclusive round-table webinar, Promax industry leaders discuss how Covid is affecting them, their teams and their creativity. Well, hear what they are doing to stay creative in these unprecedented times.
Webinar: Covid & Creativity
Hosted By: Tim Hughes, Founder of The Brief Doctor
Joined By: Craig Black, Designer, Lettering Artist, Typographer
Dan Aldridge, Senior Creative Director of Warner Media
Lisa Frederickson, Creative Director
Pauline Russell, Creative Director of The Brief Doctor
In this exclusive round-table webinar, Promax industry leaders discuss how Covid is affecting them, their teams and their creativity. Well, hear what they are doing to stay creative in these unprecedented times.
Webinar: Covid & Creativity (4 June)
Hosted By: Tim Hughes, Founder of The Brief Doctor
Joined By: Craig Black, Designer, Lettering Artist, Typographer
Dan Aldridge, Senior Creative Director, Warner Media
Joe Goddard, Director Asia Pacific of James & Wilkinson Media
Pauline Russell, Creative Director of The Brief Doctor
In this exclusive round-table webinar, Promax industry leaders discuss how Covid is affecting them, their teams and their creativity. Well, hear what they are doing to stay creative in these unprecedented times.
Webinar: Covid & Creativity
Hosted By: Tim Hughes, Founder of The Brief Doctor
Joined By: Craig Black, Designer, Lettering Artist, Typographer
Dan Aldridge, Senior Creative Director, Warner Media
Joe Goddard, Director Asia Pacific of James & Wilkinson Media
Lisa Frederickson, Creative Director
In this exclusive round-table webinar, Promax industry leaders discuss how Covid is affecting them, their teams and their creativity. Well, hear what they are doing to stay creative in these unprecedented times.
