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Hungama unveils its All in One App, combining music and movies for an unparalleled user experience
Mumbai: Over the past decades, Hungama has remained committed to its purpose of providing exciting and immersive entertainment to its users through its services, Hungama Play and Hungama Music. Hungama Play curated video entertainment content including Movies, Hungama Originals, live shows, comedy clips, Bollywood Hungama news and more. Hungama Music provided users with a multilingual and multi-genre library of songs, music videos among a slew of other features.
Bringing together its diverse set of offerings ranging from latest songs, blockbuster movies, binge-worthy original TV shows, hit music videos and popular podcasts, Hungama Digital Media merges Hungama Play and Hungama Music into a unified platform in its all in one app – Hungama. Furthermore, Hungama Play will be known as ‘Hungama Video’ on all social media platforms.
The app enables users to get instant access to the biggest blockbuster movies from Hollywood, Bollywood and regional Indian languages, across genres and Hungama Originals with brand new stories, ground-breaking shows across different genres featuring unique storylines. Catering to TV enthusiasts, the app provides a great selection of English, Hindi and regional television shows and critically acclaimed BBC content. Taking the user experience a notch higher, the app ensures ease of toggling between video and music.
The users have access to a bouquet of offerings that includes personalised recommendations wherein, daily 6 personalised playlists based on listening habits called Daily Doses will be especially curated, from Indian and International artists in genres that the audiences love and in languages preferred by them. A library of over 3 Cr songs and music videos will be available. Among the assorted features, online radio with live and on-demand channels has been created for the users. Furthermore, ensuring the users get every word right and sing their hearts out loud, dynamic lyrics will be available at one’s fingertips. For seamless in car audio streaming, the app is integrated with Apple Car Play and Android Auto.
Speaking about the combined app, Hungama Digital Media CEO Siddhartha Roy said, “With the all-new combined app, our endeavour at Hungama is to curate a one-stop destination for users and enhance the viewer experience. Users now possess the power at their fingertips under one unified platform, leaving behind the hassles of switching between apps. The rapid change in consumption patterns coupled with the influx of new technologies has been a determining factor in creating an all-inclusive immersive experience for the users. We look forward to expanding our digital footprint and reaching a wider set of audience, providing them with entertainment across categories.”
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Meta plans 8,000 layoffs in new AI-led restructuring wave
First phase from May 20 may cut 10 per cent workforce amid AI pivot.
MUMBAI: At Meta, the future may be artificial but the cuts are very real. The social media giant is reportedly preparing a fresh round of layoffs, with an initial wave expected to impact around 8,000 employees as it doubles down on its artificial intelligence ambitions. According to a Reuters report, the first phase of job cuts is slated to begin on May 20, targeting roughly 10 per cent of Meta’s global workforce. With nearly 79,000 employees on its rolls as of December 31, the move marks one of the company’s most significant workforce reductions in recent years.
And this may only be the beginning. Sources indicate that additional layoffs are being planned for the second half of the year, although the scale and timing remain fluid, likely to be shaped by how Meta’s AI capabilities evolve in the coming months. Earlier reports had suggested that total cuts in 2026 could reach 20 per cent or more of its workforce.
The restructuring comes as chief executive Mark Zuckerberg continues to steer the company towards an AI-first operating model, committing hundreds of billions of dollars to the transition. Internally, this shift is already visible: teams within Reality Labs have been reorganised, engineers have been moved into a newly formed Applied AI unit, and a Meta Small Business division has been created to align with broader structural changes.
The trend is hardly isolated. Across the tech sector, companies are trimming headcount while investing aggressively in automation. Amazon, for instance, has reportedly cut around 30,000 corporate roles nearly 10 per cent of its white-collar workforce citing efficiency gains driven by AI. Data from Layoffs.fyi shows over 73,000 tech employees have already lost jobs this year, compared with 153,000 in all of 2024.
For Meta, the move echoes its earlier “year of efficiency” in 2022–23, when about 21,000 roles were eliminated amid slowing growth and market pressures. This time, however, the backdrop is different. The company is financially stronger, generating over $200 billion in revenue and $60 billion in profit last year, with shares up 3.68 per cent year-to-date though still below last summer’s peak.
That contrast underlines the shift underway. These layoffs are less about survival and more about reinvention. As Meta restructures itself around AI from autonomous coding agents to advanced machine learning systems, the question is no longer whether the company will change, but how many roles will be left unchanged when it does.
