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ManoramaMAX hits 5,00,000 users in 2 weeks
MUMBAI: ManoramaMAX, the first ever 100% Malayalam News and Entertainment app, launched by MM TV Ltd., has achieved instant success, hitting half-a-million users in just under 2 weeks. Users across web, android and apple devices are continuing to watch the large content bucket of the platform. The app features the best titles from both Mazhavil Manorama and Manorama News. The app also offers originals and movies.
ManoramaMAX offers all the latest news including Live Manorama News, all the daily bulletins, a special Speed News for the ManoramaMax users, and all the popular shows on Manorama. The app also offers entertainment content – programs from fiction, reality shows and other shows of Mazhavil Manorama. It allows the user to watch currently running shows before it airs on TV, if they take a premium membership.
The premium membership also grants access to 150 plus movies including premiere first on ManoramaMAX. It also showcases Max Originals and Events year long, exclusively for its premium customers.
The premium membership can be availed at Rs. 499 per year. A user can enjoy access to the free content by simply logging into the free version of the app.
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McDonald’s India CBO Arvind RP exits after seven years
The chief business officer exits after a stint that took him from marketing to leading South India operations.
MUMBAI: Arvind RP is out. The chief business officer of McDonald’s India has stepped down from the fast-food giant after more than seven years, and is currently serving out his notice period.
It is a significant exit. Arvind joined McDonald’s India in 2019 as director of marketing and communications, a fairly conventional brief, but steadily accumulated responsibilities until he was running the profit and loss for the company’s entire South India operation, with store operations, new outlet development, marketing, human resources and training all falling under his remit.
In a LinkedIn post, he was characteristically warm about his time there. “Looking back, many of the moments that stand out in my career aren’t just about outcomes or milestones; they’re about the incredible people who were part of the journey,” he wrote, adding that he had been “lucky to be surrounded by fantastic team members.”
Before McDonald’s, Arvind spent six years at skincare chain Kaya, where he led marketing and analytics, overseeing brand-building, product innovation and digital and customer relationship management. His career spans a remarkable sweep of Indian industry: retail at Levi Strauss & Co, consumer goods at Britannia Industries, and automobiles at TVS Motor Company, where he also took an international posting in Jakarta.
With 25 years of experience across quick-service restaurants, beauty, fashion and FMCG, Arvind will not be short of takers. The only question is who moves first.
