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Koo rolls out multi-lingual campaign ahead of T20 World Cup
Mumbai: Multi-lingual micro-blogging platform Koo has announced its new campaign #SabseBadaStadium for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2021. Through this campaign, Koo aims to provide an immersive and hyperlocal World Cup experience across a gamut of native Indian languages.
The platform will host interactive content with legendary cricketers, commentators, celebrities, and the media engaging in conversations with users and sharing live match updates. Commentators will present an insightful analysis of matches through “Koo of the Match,” “Koo Fan of the Match,” “Koo Poll of the Match” exclusively for ‘Koosters’ to enhance the overall engagement.
As part of the campaign, Koo will also run a user contest ‘Koo Creator Cup’ for content creators to unleash their creativity through memes, videos, or real-time #Koomentary around the matches or players. Winners will bag prizes including MacBook, holiday in the Maldives. In addition, there are product enhancements on the platform to provide an unmatched experience to fans as they get together and cheer for India.
Cricket conversations carrying unique local flavours have gained tremendous momentum on Koo app in recent times with players like Virender Sehwag, Venkatesh Prasad, Nikhil Chopra, Syed Saba Karim, Piyush Chawla, Hanuma Vihari, Joginder Sharma, Praveen Kumar, VRV Singh, Amol Muzumdar, Vinod Kambli, Wasim Jaffer, Aakash Chopra, Deep Dasgupta enjoying huge following on the platform.
They have been sharing insights around the game in regional languages by leveraging Koo’s multi-lingual features to offer an immersive language experience to users across India.
“Never before have Indians had the opportunity to cheer for their favourite players or engage in cricketing banter in their mother tongue. We received an overwhelming response from users during the recent IPL – with star cricketers like Sehwag, Akash Chopra and others engaging with fans in their native language and taking the experience to a whole new level. The success of the IPL has encouraged us to design an even bigger interactive experience with the T20 World Cup 2021 with #SabseBadaStadium,” a Koo spokesperson said.
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Netflix cuts jobs in product division amid restructuring
Layoffs hit creative studio unit as leadership and strategy shifts unfold.
MUMBAI: The streaming wars may be fought on screen, but the latest plot twist is unfolding behind the scenes. Netflix has reportedly begun laying off several dozen employees from its product division as part of an internal reorganisation, according to a report by Variety. The cuts are believed to have primarily affected the company’s creative studio unit, which works on marketing assets such as in app trailers, promotional visuals and live experience content for the streaming platform.
The company has not disclosed the exact number of employees impacted.
According to the report, the layoffs were not tied to employee performance. Instead, the restructuring eliminated certain roles while other employees were reassigned to different teams within the organisation.
The roles affected are understood to include designers, producers and creative specialists responsible for marketing and brand experience initiatives.
The job cuts come as Netflix adjusts its leadership structure and reshapes its product and creative teams. Last month, Elizabeth Stone was promoted from chief technology officer to chief product and technology officer, giving her oversight of product, engineering and data operations across the company.
Earlier, in December 2025, Netflix also appointed Martin Rose as head of creative for global brand and partnerships, a move seen as part of a broader restructuring of the company’s brand and product functions.
Despite the layoffs, Netflix remains one of the largest employers in the streaming sector. The company is estimated to employ around 16,000 people globally, with roughly 70 percent of its workforce based in the United States and Canada. In 2023, the company reported approximately 13,000 employees, indicating that its headcount had grown significantly before the latest restructuring.
The workforce changes arrive at a time when Netflix is navigating a shifting financial and strategic landscape in the global entertainment industry.
The streaming giant recently secured $2.8 billion in additional cash after receiving a breakup fee from Paramount Skydance following its withdrawal from a deal involving Warner Bros. Discovery.
Speaking to Bloomberg, Netflix co chief executive Ted Sarandos explained that the company had evaluated multiple scenarios during the negotiations but chose not to match the competing offer once it learned that a higher bid had been submitted.
Netflix had capped its offer at $27.75 per share and ultimately stepped back rather than pursue Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition deal, which included a personal guarantee.
Sarandos also cautioned that the financing structure behind the Paramount Skydance transaction could have ripple effects across the entertainment industry.
According to him, the debt heavy deal could trigger significant cost cutting, with David Ellison, chief executive of Paramount Skydance, expected to eliminate about $16 billion in costs and potentially cut thousands of jobs as part of the integration process.
For Netflix, the current restructuring appears to be part of a broader attempt to streamline operations while continuing to invest in product, technology and global content even as the streaming industry enters a new phase of consolidation and financial discipline.
