Hungama Digital Media Entertainment
- Films
- web series
- animation
- music
- digital media
Hungama Digital Media is an Indian digital entertainment company, headquartered in Mumbai, India.[1] The company was first launched in 1999 by Ashish Kacholia, Hiren Ved, Lashit Sanghvi, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, and Neeraj Roy as an online promotions agency.[2] The company has since grown to also serve as an aggregator, developer, publisher, and distributor of Bollywood and Asian entertainment.[3]
The company first launched in 1999 as "Hungama.com", a promotional marketing portal. In 2000 the company acquired Indiafm and in the following years began to work marketing campaigns for companies such as Coca-Cola and Nike.[4] In 2007 Hungama launched their gaming portal and in 2009, the company re-launched their website and company name, changing it to Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. In 2012 Hungama Digital Media Entertainment launched Artist Aloud!, a digital platform for artists and independent music fans.[5] It won a gold award for Best Digital Communications Campaign from the Promotion Marketing Awards of Asia (2009).[6] Hungama app also offers live TV channels includes free-to-air,Free ad-subscrprition television, digital and local cable channels currently besides movies,web series,original shows, music and games
See also
- Bollywood Hungama, a Bollywood entertainment website
- Hungama TV, an Indian children's television channel
References
- ^ Sen, Swagata (25 June 2009). "Hungama Digital Media bags Meffy for 'Tata Sky Active Mall' service". India Today. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ Bagchi, Subroto (13 July 2009). "Value before Valuation". Forbes India. Archived from the original on 10 February 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ Farooqui, Javed (29 January 2021). "Hungama Digital Media FY20 net loss widens due to increased content cost". Exchange4media. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ Jha, Sneha. "Cloud Platform Helped Hungama Digital Media Lower Its Cost By 50 Percent". CIO. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ "Artist aloud!". The New Indian Express. 7 January 2010. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ "Best Digital Communications Campaign" (PDF). Promotion Marketing Awards of Asia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
External links
- Official site