MX Player Vice President & Head- New Business, Rahul Sarangi has resigned from his post and joined Disney + Hotstar as Vice President- Head of Short Form & New Content Initiatives.
Rahul has nearly two decades of experience across digital and linear content as well as production and content operations. He was an Emmy-nominated content creator. As he created the short and long format content across scripted, unscripted, and live sports.
Before joining MX Player, Rahul was the Global Head for Content & Business Development at The Viral Fever (TVF) for two years.
He was the Founder & Director of Greymatter Entertainment for over seven years. Where he creates two large-format IPs that have been licensed in 10+ countries. He was also part of the launch team for Colors TV where he assisted in distribution, Networking Programming Strategy for Scripted & unscripted shows, as well as in the marketing team of the launch of the GEC channel
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