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Nagendra Jaur is Converge Communications prez – South India
MUMBAI: Converge Communications, a specialist OOH agency, has appointed Nagendra P Jaur as president-South India division. He will commence his duties in the appointed designation from April.
In his new position as president-South, he will be spearheading the entire gamut of the Out of Home verticals of Converge Communications in the South.
Jaur said, “I am delighted to head a superb and diligent team of Converge Communications and I am confident that we will achieve the company‘s targets and work towards the brand image with the trust of our valued customers. My priorities will include improving and sustain the best strategies, developing human resource as well as excellence of delivery which will create the end result of the company being the leading media establishment in India.”
Jaur was VP South India in Mudra Marketing Services (a division of Mudra Advertising). Fondly called as “Nagi”, he is an experienced war horse known for his deliveries and commitments towards the brands.
Converge Communications founder director Amitabh Sanyal said, “It gives me immense pleasure to welcome Nagendra Jour on board as the President South region. And I hope that this association shall remain a stepping stone and will create history with each passing moment as an on-going partnership. With his noteworthy expanse of industry exposure, at this juncture when we plan to expand our operations unbound, we positively wish to leverage the bandwidth of our Southern Business Division with a steep growth in sight soon under his leadership.”
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Netflix Q1 2026 earnings ad growth and content spending in focus
Streaming giant set to report results on Thursday after walking away from Warner Bros Discovery takeover.
MUMBAI: Netflix is about to hit play on its latest quarterly numbers and investors are hoping the plot thickens in all the right ways. The streaming leader reports its first-quarter 2026 earnings on Thursday, marking its first set of results since it walked away from a proposed takeover of Warner Bros Discovery. That failed bid would have handed Netflix prized franchises such as Game of Thrones and Friends on a silver platter, sparing the costly effort of building its own library. Instead, the company now faces tougher competition from a potential $110 billion Warner Bros-Paramount Skydance combination, should that deal close.
Analysts polled by LSEG expect Netflix to post a 15.5 per cent rise in revenue to $12.18 billion, with advertising contributing $634 million. The company raised US prices in March, a move some believe could prompt an upward revision to its full-year revenue forecast and nudge more subscribers towards the faster-growing ad-supported tier.
Netflix shares have climbed 13 per cent so far this year and are up roughly 26 per cent since the company stepped back from the $72 billion Warner Bros deal. With the merger drama behind it, the spotlight now shifts to how aggressively Netflix can expand its advertising business and live programming.
“We’re kind of entering another phase for the ad business, where they are becoming one of the largest scaled global advertising platforms,” said Gabelli Funds portfolio manager John Belton, which holds Netflix shares.
During the quarter, Netflix beefed up its live slate with a BTS concert streamed from Seoul that drew 18.4 million viewers worldwide and the 2026 World Baseball Classic, which became the most-streamed baseball game globally. Investors are watching for signals that the company will lean further into sports and other live events to fuel ad revenue growth.
The results come at a pivotal moment. Having dodged what could have been a debt-heavy acquisition, Netflix has the freedom and the cash to double down on its core strengths: original content spending and building a robust, scaled advertising platform. Whether the numbers deliver a binge-worthy performance or leave viewers wanting more, one thing is clear: the streaming wars are far from over, and Netflix is determined to keep its crown.
Expect plenty of drama when the figures drop after all, in the world of streaming, every quarter is its own cliffhanger.
