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Melt Update | 23 Sep | Viacom18 appoints Manjit Sachdev as Head – Content, Voot & Voot Select & MORE

Ritwika Gupta, September 23, 2020

Meanwhile, Acer India has roped in actor Sonu Sood as its brand ambassador.

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Top News Of The Day:

1. Viacom18 appoints Manjit Sachdev as Head – Content, Voot & Voot Select

Viacom18 has appointed Manjit Sachdev as Head – Content, Voot & Voot Select. Manjit, in her new role will lead the content team at Voot and will be responsible for driving the future original content strategy across the Advertising and Subscription businesses of Voot & Voot Select. As per exchange4media, she was driving content strategy for AltBalaji & Sony Entertainment prior to this.

2. Eros International Launches Global Parent Company, Eros STX Global

Eros International has launched its new global parent company name today — Eros STX Global Corporation. Eros International Plc and STX Entertainment merger was announced in July this year. According to exchange4media, the global studio will be spread across three continents in a bid to increase Eros International’s global footprint.


3. Discovery Acquires AdSparx

Discovery has acquired AdSparx, an ad tech start-up offering a cloud-based platform that provides ad insertion across live and on-demand streaming.  As part of the acquisition, the company shall also onboard employees of Novix Media Technologies based in Pune. According to campaign India, Novix Media Technologies works with AdSparx and has a team of engineers that includes software engineers, QA, DevOps and support engineers.

4. Crossword PR Appoints Paras Kocchar As CMO

Crossword Public Relations has appointed Paras Kochhar as chief marketing officer. As reported by campaign India, Kochhar moves from Barbeque Nations where he was regional manager- marketing for North India.  

5. Acer India Ropes In Sonu Sood As Brand Ambassador

Acer India has roped in actor Sonu Sood as its brand ambassador. The actor will be seen endorsing the brand’s range of products across media platforms. As noted by exchange4media, this association will help drive awareness about Acer’s commitment to improving people’s lives through technology.