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Viacom’s restructuring claims another victim Jonathan Dolgen
MUMBAI: Just a couple of days after Mel Karmazin left Viacom as its COO another high profile executive has jumped ship. Viacom Entertainment Group chairman Jonathan Dolgen has announced his decision to resign as of 15 July.
This does not come as a surprise. Viacom’s chairman and CEO Sumner Redstone had given Freston and Moonves different aspects of Dolgen’s job. Dolgen oversaw the operations of Paramount Pictures, Paramount TV, Simon & Schuster, Famous Players, and Paramount Parks.
After the reshuffle Freston was also put in charge of Paramount Parks, Simon & Schuster and Paramount Pictures. Moonves now oversees Paramount TV. What is galling is that despite all this Redstone had tried to persuade Dolgen not to leave.
Not surprisingly in a statement Dolgen attributed the changes in Viacom’s management structure to his decision to step aside. On a more generous note he added, “It has been a privilege to work with Sumner Redstone for more than a decade and to have participated in the growth and success of Viacom. In Tom and Les, Sumner has chosen exceptional executives to help him lead this company well into the future”. Dolgen also thanked the head of Paramount Pictures Sherry Lansing. The two were responsible for three Best Picture Oscar winners including Titanic and Braveheart.
Redstone praised Dolgen’s contribution to the film studio Paramount saying, “Under his leadership over the past decade Paramount made great pictures profitably. He also ran one of the most successful television production operations in the industry, and pioneered the concept of co-financing and financial discipline. This has since been emulated by other motion picture companies.”
On the flip side reports further indicate that in addition to being passed over in the reshuffle Dolgen has had uneasy relationships with both Freston and Moonves. He and Moonves fought when control of the UPN Network was taken from Paramount and handed to CBS three years ago.
There was also friction between Paramount and MTV. In the past the two units have worked together to produce films based on MTV properties. At that time MTV had complained that Paramount was behaving in a high-handed way.
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Galleri5 launches India’s first AI cinema OS at India AI Summit
Collective Artists Network unveils end-to-end production platform powering Mahabharat series and Hanuman teaser.
MUMBAI: India’s cinema just got an AI operating system upgrade because why settle for tools when you can have a full production command centre? Collective Artists Network and Galleri5 today unveiled Galleri5 AI Studio at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, billing it as the country’s first cinema-native production technology platform. Launched on 20 February 2026, the system acts as an end-to-end orchestration layer for film and television, integrating generative AI, LoRA-driven character architecture, controlled shot pipelines, 3D/VFX tools, lip-sync, upscaling, quality control, and delivery, all tuned for theatrical and broadcast standards.
Unlike piecemeal AI tools, Galleri5 controls the entire stack from script and world-building to final master output. Filmmakers retain creative authorship, continuity, and IP security while slashing timelines from years to months.
The platform is already in live use at scale. Mahabharat: Ek Dharmayudh, an AI-powered series produced under Collective’s Historyverse banner, is airing on Star Plus and streaming on JioHotstar, ranking among the top-watched shows in its slot. Meanwhile, Chiranjeevi Hanuman – The Eternal (produced by Star Studios 18) dropped its teaser on IMAX screens, leveraging Galleri5’s infrastructure for the visuals.
Collective Artists Network founder and group CEO Vijay Subramaniam said, “For India to lead in the next era of storytelling, we have to think beyond tools and start building systems. This is about putting durable production infrastructure in place so creators can dream bigger, producers can execute faster, and our stories can travel further.”
Galleri5 partner at Collective and CEO Rahul Regulapati added, “Cinema requires precision, repeatability, and control. Off-the-shelf AI doesn’t solve that. Orchestration does. We built an operating system where technology bends to filmmaking, not the other way around.”
Under Historyverse, Collective Studios is developing a slate including Hanuman, Krishna, Shiva, and Shivaji blending advanced AI systems with traditional craft. The summit session featured directors from Hanuman, Krishna, and Shiva alongside Collective leaders, diving into real-world case studies: what delivers on screen, what glitches, and how production economics are shifting.
At a summit packed with global tech brass and policymakers, Galleri5 stakes a bold claim, cinema’s future belongs to integrated systems, not isolated gadgets and India is building one right now. Whether you’re a filmmaker eyeing faster workflows or just curious about AI remaking epics, this OS could be the script-flip the industry didn’t see coming.
