Campaign India Team
Sep 30, 2021

Jyoti Deshpande appointed CEO of Viacom18

Had joined Reliance Industries as president - media platform and content

Jyoti Deshpande
Jyoti Deshpande
Viacom18 has announced that Jyoti Deshpande has been appointed as CEO.
 
Deshpande joined Reliance Industries as president - media platform and content in 2018 from Eros Now. She is also serving on the boards of Network18, Balaji Telefilms and Saavn Media. 
 
As CEO of Viacom18 she will help drive the company's growth opportunities as the industry embraces digital transformation.
 
Adil Zainulbhai, chairman, Network18, said, “Viacom18 is poised to grow as a truly integrated media company across broadcast, OTT and content studio business spanning general entertainment, movies and sports across languages. Given Jyoti’s rich experience in the media sector around content, distribution and monetisation across traditional and emerging platforms, we believe she is best placed to lead the company and its operations.”  
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