The Media Room

In Episode 3 of The Media Room, media expert and author Vanita Kohli-Khandekar speaks to 3 experts, Tony Gunnarsson, Principal Analyst, TV, Video & Advertising at Omdia, Vivek Couto, Managing & Executive Director at Media Partners Asia and Sameer Nair, Managing Director at Applause entertainment on the biggest change sweeping across the world of streaming - its linearisation. As Netflix, Amazon Prime, JioStar and others try to scale up and become profitable, most are doing all the things TV

In Episode 2 of The Media Room, media expert and author Vanita Kohli-Khandekar sits down with Girish Agarwal, non-executive director of the Dainik Bhaskar Corp, to discuss the current state of the newspaper industry. They talk about the impact of the pandemic on newspapers, why newspapers are still going strong in India, trends in newspaper readership, competition with digital media and much more.For more of our coverage check

In our first episode of The Media Room, media expert and author Vanita Kohli-Khandekar sits down with Shailesh Kapoor, CEO of Ormax Media, to explore the interplay between data and creativity in the entertainment industry. Kapoor discusses in detail how Ormax Media uses its data models (which transformed post-pandemic) to help in both the pre-production and post-production phases of the content pipeline. He shares insights into Ormax’s research methods, including audience profiling, and how these

Join Vanita Kohli Khandekar as she takes you through a unique behind the scenes look at the inner workings and machinations of the media and entertainment business. She'll speak to experts, film makers, media barons, broadcasters, publishers, platforms, media analysts, and more, to give you insights on the intersection of storytelling, money, technology and communication in this rapidly evolving space.For more of our coverage check