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Taproot creates new TVC for Fox Movies Premium
MUMBAI: For an Indian ad agency, this can be a moment of pride. Taproot has created a new television campaign for Fox Movies Premium, the rebranded channel which is not available in India.
The campaign aims at communicating that Fox Channel offers a wide range of foreign movies with regional languages.
Fox Movies Premium is an Asian movie channel owned by Fox International Channels. On 1 January, Star Movies was rebranded as Fox Movies Premium and available in Hong Kong and selected Southeast Asian countries.
In India, China, Vietnam, Middle East, Taiwan and the Philippines, the Star Movies brand will remain. It is available in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Fiji and Thailand.
Shot in Bangkok, the ad film is targeted at the Thai market.
Taproot India chief creative officer and co-founder Santosh Padhi, “The brief was very simple to communicate that Fox Channel now offers subtitle free movies, so the product promise is generic, the challenge was how to say it in a way that one Fox Channel is on the top of the mind, we thought whatever we say it has to me entertaining in the first place, which is why one watches the movies, hence a humor approach, Since it’s targeted for Thai audience, so the second challenge was not just humor, but very distinctive humor as they are known for their mad humors, we decided to highlight the problem, the whole idea of the campaign or creative device is based on a simple behaviour of the a person who watches movies with subtitles
Taproot India managing partner Manan Mehta added, “English language channels had struck a chord with the audience in non English speaking markets due to subtitling. Of course the next sphere of offering was the regional feed. This allowed the English channels to be relevant and come more closer to their audience. Thus, this campaign was conceptualised with the brief of making the audience aware that Fox Channel is available in South East Asia in regional language.”
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Boeing appoints Barun as head of FP&A for global engineering function
Seasoned finance leader to steer budgets and strategy across global centres
BENGALURU: Boeing’s finance cockpit has a new pilot, and he is no stranger to turbulence or transformation. Boeing has appointed Barun as head of FP&A for global engineering, placing him at the centre of financial strategy for its worldwide engineering and technology operations.
Based in Bengaluru, Barun steps into a role that is as expansive as it is critical. He will serve as the primary finance lead for Boeing’s Engineering and Technology Centers globally, working closely with executive leadership to shape financial decisions, manage complex budgets, and design scalable finance processes that support the company’s growing engineering footprint.
In a note announcing his move Barun said, “I’m excited to share that I’ve joined Boeing Global Engineering. This opportunity is incredibly meaningful to me not just from a professional standpoint, but also for what Boeing represents globally.” He added that he looks forward to contributing to an organisation that continues to shape the future of aerospace and innovation.
Barun’s mandate spans strategic financial leadership, operational oversight, and stakeholder engagement. From directing large-scale budgets and schedules to influencing long-term organisational goals, the role blends financial discipline with business foresight. He will also lead cross-functional teams and partner with finance colleagues worldwide to support engineering programmes across geographies, including India.
The appointment caps a long stint at Juniper Networks, where Barun spent over a decade, most recently as finance senior manager. There, he led FP&A for global product business units and G&A functions, driving budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning. He also played a key role in enterprise-wide transformation, including spearheading an Oracle to SAP ERP migration and building advanced analytics capabilities using tools such as Tableau and SAP Analytics Cloud.
His earlier career includes finance leadership roles at Sony India Software Centre, Cognizant Technology Solutions, and Mphasis, where he focused on financial planning, governance frameworks, and operational efficiency across global delivery centres.
A chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Barun brings nearly two decades of experience across financial planning, digital transformation, and analytics-led decision making.
His appointment comes at a time when global engineering operations are becoming increasingly complex and distributed, requiring sharper financial oversight and agile planning. With Barun at the helm of FP&A for engineering, Boeing appears to be tightening its financial playbook as it looks to scale innovation with discipline.
