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Netflix announces its first-ever global fan event on 25 September
Mumbai: ‘TUDUM’ is the first beat one hears when they watch a show or a movie on Netflix. And it’s the inspiration behind the OTT platform’s inaugural ‘TUDUM: A Netflix Global Fan Event’, which is all set to be held in September.
The global streaming platform has announced that the virtual fan event to be held on 25 September will feature the biggest stars and creators of a variety of Netflix projects representing over 70 series, movies and specials. “The goal of ‘TUDUM’ is to “entertain and celebrate Netflix fans around the world,” it stated in its blog.
The three-hour virtual live stream will start at 9:30 p.m. IST in addition to its social media handles- Twitter and Twitch around the world. It will also be broadcast on Netflix’s YouTube channel. The pre-show, which spotlights Korean and Indian series and movies, will be on a specific channel at 5:30 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) / 5 AM (Pacific Standard Time) / 8 AM (Eastern Standard Time) / along with animated content. It will be held at 12:00 pm (Greenwich Mean Time) / 9:00 pm (JST and KST).
“Fans will be the first to hear breaking news and see first looks, new trailers and exclusive clips during interactive panels and conversations with the creators and stars from Netflix,” stated the OTT platform.
Some of the Netflix TV shows and movies to be featured include –‘Aggressive Retsuko: Season 4’-‘ The Witcher Away’-‘ Travels Demi Ventana’-‘Mystery’-‘ Army of Thieves’ -‘Black Crab’-‘Big Mouse’-‘Bridgerton’-‘ Bright: Samurai Soul’-‘ Hurt’-‘Chestnut Man’-‘ Cobra Kai’-‘ Black and White Colin’-‘ Cowboy Bebop’- ‘Crown’-‘De Volta Aos 15’-‘Do n’t Look Up’-‘ Emily in Paris’-‘Extraction’-‘ Finding Anamika’-‘ Floor is Lava’-‘The Harder they Fall’-‘ Helbound ‘-‘ Heeramandi’-‘ Human Resources’-‘ Interceptor’-‘ Inside Job’-‘ La Casa de Papel’-‘ Old Guard’-‘Oscrodeseo’-‘Ozark’-‘ Mardibus’-‘ My Name’-‘ New World’-‘Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal: The Movie’-‘ Rebelde’-‘ Ritmo Salvaje’-‘Red Notice’-‘ The Sandman’-‘Sex Education’-‘ The Silent Sea’-‘ Soy Georgina’- ‘Stranger Things’-‘ Super Crook’-‘ Ultraman: Season 2’-‘ Umbrella Academy’-‘ Viking: Valhara’-‘The Witcher’-‘ The Witcher: Blood Origin’ and ‘Young and Famous African’.
According to Netflix, those interested in hosting a co-stream can also sign up for TUDUM.com to respond to their personal Facebook, Twitch, or YouTube channels.
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ONDC names Vibhor Jain MD and CEO; Rohit Lohia joins as CBO, Manoj Thakur as CTO
Leadership formalised as open commerce network sharpens focus on scale and user value
The Open Network for Digital Commerce has formalised Vibhor Jain as managing director and chief executive officer, cementing a leadership transition at India’s ambitious open commerce platform as it pushes for scale and relevance.
Jain, who had been serving as acting chief executive officer since April last year following the exit of Thampy Koshy, steps into the role with effect from 7th April , according to a report by The Economic Times. He previously served as chief operating officer at the government-backed network, which enables buyers and sellers to transact across applications through an open, interoperable system.
Setting out his strategy, Jain underscored the network’s differentiated architecture. “Going forward, we are concentrating on what open, interoperable infrastructure can uniquely enable, things that no single platform has the incentive or the architecture to do,” he said.
He added that the immediate priority is to widen ONDC’s impact across user cohorts often underserved by platform-led commerce. “My priority is to deepen the value ONDC creates for the people it exists to serve: kisaans, karigars, kiranas, gig workers, first-time investors, and daily commuters across India,” he said.
Jain also flagged leadership reinforcement within the organisation, noting that ONDC has “a strong and exciting leadership team in place”, with Rohit Lohia joining as chief business officer and Manoj Thakur as chief technology officer.
With over 18 years of experience spanning entrepreneurship and consulting, Jain brings a track record in technology-led, large-scale transformation programmes and internet businesses. At ONDC, he has been closely involved in shaping strategy and operations as the network seeks to move digital commerce away from platform-centric models towards an open network approach.
Before ONDC, Jain worked with JUMO, where he helped set up the fintech firm’s India operations, and led the India launch of Mobike, handling regulatory, policy and operational aspects of its market entry. Earlier, he co-founded Atlanta Healthcare, an air quality management company, and spent more than a decade in consulting roles at Andersen and EY, advising governments on public policy and technology-driven reforms, including work on the Aadhaar programme and tax systems.
The mandate is clear but the path is complex. As ONDC attempts to rewrite the rules of digital commerce, Jain now carries the burden of turning open architecture into mass adoption, in a market still dominated by platform power.
