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Unlock the power of brand amplification with ZEE5’s ampli5
MUMBAI: ZEE5, India’s fastest growing ConTech brand has launched a unique brand amplification tool called ‘Ampli5’, a one of its kind offering from ZEE5’s industry defining Ad-suite stack. Ampli5, as the name suggests, will strengthen brand loyalty, and improve sales conversions by helping brands execute high impact campaigns with the help of Influencer engagement, Social marketing, Branded content, Content marketing and Integration.
A powerful brand story instils a sense of bigger purpose that is beyond the product or service being offered. With the help of Ampli5, brands will be able to evaluate what type of content works best for them; images vs video, short form vs long form, listicle vs standard editorial. By understanding what users respond best to, brands will be able to adapt their content strategy and improve the effectiveness of the campaign which can be easily tracked and optimised.
Taranjeet Singh, Chief Revenue Officer and Business Head, ZEE5 India said, “We are thrilled with the initial response received from brands who used Ampli5 to enhance their presence in a cluttered digital market. Launch of Ampli5 and other offerings as part of the ad-suite fortifies our commitment to invest in the latest and relevant ad tech to give advertisers the best solutions for building brands, reaching their target consumer in the most cost-efficient manner and in a brand safe environment.”
Ampli5 is the first of many offerings that ZEE5 has launched as part of its ‘Ad-suite’ offering for brands and the advertising ecosystem at large. The innovative advertising solutions from ZEE5’s Ad-suite coupled with the large and loyal consumer base of ZEE5 will help brands segment and target their consumers in an efficient manner to achieve their brand goals & boost imagery.
In 2019 itself, ZEE5, India’s fastest growing ConTech brand has rolled out around 25 original shows across genres, and the platform is committed to launching 72+ shows by March 2020. It has crossed 50 million+ gross downloads since launch on the Play Store and had 76.4 million global monthly active users globally as of June 2019.
Some of the original content launched so far include widely acclaimed Kaafir, Rejctx – new age thriller drama, Barot House – a suspense drama film and Posham Pa – psychological thriller to name a few. In the launch pipeline includes, Jamai 2.0 – a romantic thriller starring Ravi Dubey and Nia Sharma which is a digital sequel of popular Television series Jamai Raja, Coldd Lassi Aur Chicken Masala – an Indian romantic comedy web series starring Divyanka Tripathi and Rajeev Khandelwal, Mission Over Mars (MOM) – Sakshi Tanwar, Mona Singh led drama series and Bhram – featuring Kalki Koechlin and many more.
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Meta plans 8,000 layoffs in new AI-led restructuring wave
First phase from May 20 may cut 10 per cent workforce amid AI pivot.
MUMBAI: At Meta, the future may be artificial but the cuts are very real. The social media giant is reportedly preparing a fresh round of layoffs, with an initial wave expected to impact around 8,000 employees as it doubles down on its artificial intelligence ambitions. According to a Reuters report, the first phase of job cuts is slated to begin on May 20, targeting roughly 10 per cent of Meta’s global workforce. With nearly 79,000 employees on its rolls as of December 31, the move marks one of the company’s most significant workforce reductions in recent years.
And this may only be the beginning. Sources indicate that additional layoffs are being planned for the second half of the year, although the scale and timing remain fluid, likely to be shaped by how Meta’s AI capabilities evolve in the coming months. Earlier reports had suggested that total cuts in 2026 could reach 20 per cent or more of its workforce.
The restructuring comes as chief executive Mark Zuckerberg continues to steer the company towards an AI-first operating model, committing hundreds of billions of dollars to the transition. Internally, this shift is already visible: teams within Reality Labs have been reorganised, engineers have been moved into a newly formed Applied AI unit, and a Meta Small Business division has been created to align with broader structural changes.
The trend is hardly isolated. Across the tech sector, companies are trimming headcount while investing aggressively in automation. Amazon, for instance, has reportedly cut around 30,000 corporate roles nearly 10 per cent of its white-collar workforce citing efficiency gains driven by AI. Data from Layoffs.fyi shows over 73,000 tech employees have already lost jobs this year, compared with 153,000 in all of 2024.
For Meta, the move echoes its earlier “year of efficiency” in 2022–23, when about 21,000 roles were eliminated amid slowing growth and market pressures. This time, however, the backdrop is different. The company is financially stronger, generating over $200 billion in revenue and $60 billion in profit last year, with shares up 3.68 per cent year-to-date though still below last summer’s peak.
That contrast underlines the shift underway. These layoffs are less about survival and more about reinvention. As Meta restructures itself around AI from autonomous coding agents to advanced machine learning systems, the question is no longer whether the company will change, but how many roles will be left unchanged when it does.
