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Appoints Rahul Vaz and Vinay Patodia as Head of Product and Head of Technology respectively
As it looks to aggressively scale up operations across international markets, ZEE5 Global has made some key appointments strengthening its Product and Tech team. Rahul Vaz has been appointed to head up the Product team. Rahul most recently served as Sr. Product Director – Voot and will be based out of the ZEE5 Global office in Mumbai.
Rahul comes with an extensive experience of over 18 years. Through stints at People Interactive, Hungama Digital and most recently with Viacom’s Voot, he has worked with OTT and Video products from the ground up and has a deep understanding of the consumer tech segment.
In his role at ZEE5 Global, Rahul will be responsible for defining and driving what the user experience of ZEE5 Global should be in global markets and grow out the product division and ensure a seamless entertainment experience on the platform for ZEE5’s global audiences. In addition to this he will build efficiencies towards a stronger user interface in terms of design, communication and more, while also looking for constant improvements on the web and app.
Also joining the team as Head of Technology is Vinay Patodia who comes with a strong background of 18+ years in driving technology strategy and operations across companies like Hungama Digital, Onmobile, Torchfi and others. He will lead the engineering team and be responsible for building out an innovative, scalable and customer-centric platform.
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Commenting on the same, Archana Anand, Chief Business Officer, ZEE5 Global said, “Both Rahul and Vinay come in at a time when we are significantly ramping up across global markets and ensuring that we have the most robust and scalable product and technology is key to this. Both bring in strong domain expertise and experience and will play a key role as we grow and consolidate our leadership position globally.”
About ZEE5 Global
ZEE5 is the digital entertainment destination launched by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL), a global Media and Entertainment powerhouse. The platform launched across 190+ countries in October 2018 with content across 12 languages; Hindi, English, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Oriya, Bhojpuri, Gujarati & Punjabi, and now houses content across five international languages as well i.e. Malay, Thai, Bahasa, German and Russian. ZEE5 is home to 100,000 hours of On Demand Content and 60+ live TV channels. Thse platform brings together the best of Originals, Movies and TV Shows, Music, Cineplays, Live TV and Health and Lifestyle content all in one single destination. ZEE5 offers ground breaking features like 16 navigational languages, content download option, seamless video playback and Voice Search.
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