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Team Pumpkin retains its digital mandate for Prega News
Mumbai: A 360-degree brand solution and digital agency, Team Pumpkin retains its digital mandate for Prega News.
Team Pumpkin has been handling the account for Mankind Pharma’s Prega News for a long time. As a part of the mandate, the digital agency will continue its role in handling social media, media planning, media buying, PR, and ORM for Prega News. The agency will also be responsible for the digital strategy and pursue the brand’s loyalty with consistent brand essence.
Team pumpkin has been working with Prega News for the last two years across different areas and assisted the brand to grow its digital follower base with over 2.37 lakh fans across all social media platforms combined.
The agency has executed some impactful campaigns like ‘She Can Carry Both.’ & ‘Cool Hai Meri Maa’, has gained over 16.9+ million video views across YouTube channels.
Team Pumpkin chief business officer Swati Nathani said, “We are overjoyed to be the digital partner of Prega News, a brand which has always been very supportive and refreshing to work with. Extending the digital mandate in itself is a compliment to us and the team. We are excited to add more value to the brand.’
Prega News deputy general manager Joy Chatterjee added, “We feel ecstatic to extend Team Pumpkin as our digital agency. It has been a splendid experience working with their team. We are looking forward to creating more motherly campaigns and driving customer engagement across platforms.”
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Paramount set to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery in $81 billion deal
Shareholders back merger, combined entity could reshape streaming and studios.
MUMBAI: Lights, camera… consolidation, Hollywood’s latest blockbuster might be happening off-screen. Shareholders of Warner Bros. Discovery have voted in favour of selling the company to Paramount in a deal valued at $81 billion rising to nearly $111 billion including debt setting the stage for one of the biggest shake-ups in modern media. The proposed merger, still subject to regulatory approvals, would bring together a vast portfolio spanning HBO Max, CNN, and franchises such as Harry Potter under the same umbrella as Paramount’s own heavyweights, including Top Gun and CBS.
At the heart of the deal is streaming scale. Executives have indicated plans to combine HBO Max and Paramount+ into a single platform, potentially creating a stronger challenger to giants like Netflix and Amazon’s Prime Video. Current market data suggests HBO Max holds around 12 per cent of US on-demand subscriptions, compared to Paramount+’s 3 per cent, together still trailing Netflix’s 19 per cent and Disney’s combined 27 per cent via Disney+ and Hulu.
Paramount CEO David Ellison has signalled that while platforms may merge, HBO’s creative identity will remain intact, stating the brand should “stay HBO” even within a broader ecosystem.
Beyond streaming, the deal would redraw the map for film production. Combining two of Hollywood’s oldest studios Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros., the new entity aims to scale output to over 30 films annually, while maintaining a 45-day theatrical window. Warner Bros. currently commands around 21 per cent of the US box office, compared to Paramount’s 6 per cent, underscoring the strategic weight of the acquisition.
But scale comes with scrutiny. Critics warn that fewer players could mean reduced consumer choice, rising subscription costs, and potential job cuts as the combined company looks to streamline overlapping operations while managing billions in debt.
The news business, too, faces a reset. CNN would join forces at least structurally with Paramount-owned CBS, raising questions about editorial independence and positioning. The merger has already drawn political attention in the United States, particularly given perceived ties between the Ellison family and Donald Trump, though the company maintains that newsroom autonomy will be preserved.
If approved, the deal would mark another milestone in Hollywood’s consolidation wave shrinking the industry’s traditional “big six” studios to a “big four”, with Paramount joining Disney, Universal, and Sony at the top table.
In an industry built on storytelling, this merger may well become its most consequential plot twist yet.
