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JioCinema Appoints YouTube India Head as New CBO

CosmicTaco · 2024-10-04T16:30:06.117692+05:30

- **Ishan Chatterjee**, former managing director of YouTube India, has been appointed as the new chief business officer at **JioCinema**. - Chatterjee will focus on driving revenue growth across sports and entertainment, and oversee the platform's overall monetisation. - This comes as **Reliance Industries** plans to merge Disney+ Hotstar with JioCinema, aiming to expand JioCinema’s content offerings. - JioCinema had 225 Mn average monthly active users, while Disney+ Hotstar had 333 Mn, according to Reliance Industries' annual report 2023-24. - Reliance Industries and The Walt Disney Company have also set up a joint venture combining the businesses of Viacom18 and Star India Private Limited. Source: [Inc42](https://inc42.com/buzz/jiocinema-ropes-in-youtube-india-head-ishan-chatterjee-as-cbo/)

Ishan Chatterjee, former managing director of YouTube India, has been appointed as the new chief business officer at JioCinema.
Chatterjee will focus on driving revenue growth across sports and entertainment, and oversee the platform's overall monetisation.
This comes as Reliance Industries plans to merge Disney+ Hotstar with JioCinema, aiming to expand JioCinema’s content offerings.
JioCinema had 225 Mn average monthly active users, while Disney+ Hotstar had 333 Mn, according to Reliance Industries' annual report 2023-24.
Reliance Industries and The Walt Disney Company have also set up a joint venture combining the businesses of Viacom18 and Star India Private Limited.

Source: Inc42