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New faces at AP International
MUMBAI: Ann Cook has joined AP International as director of international client relations, making it the first external appointment to the senior management team the newly named division of the Associated Press charged with expanding AP business outside of the United States.
Cook, who joined the organisation on 1 December at the London headquarters, will be responsible for all aspects of international customer relationship across the portfolio of AP products, says an official release. She will report to Ian Ritchie, Vice President-Global Business and Managing Director of AP International. Till recently, Cook was managing director of the International division of Frank N. Magid Associates, a media research and consulting company.
Prior to joining Magid, Ann was Director of Marketing for Granada Sky Broadcasting and as such was one of the four-strong management team that took the business from zero revenue to 30m turnover and profitability in five years, says the release.
In another appointment, Nick Evansky has been appointed Director of AP International Services & Technology. Evansky will be responsible for all technical infrastructure and technology for all AP products and services outside the US. Evansky will be part of the international executive team reporting to Ian Ritchie, Vice President-Global Business and Managing Director of AP International, and will also sit on the AP Services and Technology executive team in New York, reporting to Jeffrey Hastie, Deputy Director Services and Technology.
Prior to joining AP, Evansky held a number of key roles in television production and broadcast organizations, including NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation). He has been a member of the APTN team since it began in 1994. He became Director of Technology for APTN in July 2000.
Digital
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.
