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Vuclip wins digital rights for Sunny Leone’s ‘One Night Stand’
MUMBAI: PCCW backed Vuclip has today won the exclusive digital rights for Sunny Leone starrer ‘One Night Stand’ which will premiere on its video streaming service Viu in India. Viu will have the exclusive rights for 21 days.
Besides the movie, viewers get to see interesting ‘Behind the Scenes’ ‘Bloopers’ and never before seen interviews of Sunny Leone.
One night stand which was released on 6 May 2016 is an Indian Hindi thriller drama film written by Bhavani Iyer and directed by Jasmine D’Souza, starring Sunny Leone, Nyra Banerjee and Tanuj Virwani in lead roles.
This movie is in addition to the existing catalogue of Sunny Leone films on Viu such as Ragini MMS-2 and Jackpot.
Vuclip plans to roll out viewer engagement initiatives on its social platforms to promote these additions to the Viu catalogue.
It has also announced its first simulcast in India of season 3 of award winning Canadian TV series.
PCCW backed Vuclip has today announced that it will be simulcasting Season 3 of the Award winning Canadian TV Series, 19-2 for its viewers in India.
Vuclip has won simulcast rights from Content Media Corp, a London and Los Angeles based private company that owns and distributes its library of film, television, and digital assets. With the latest development, viewers of Viu in India will be able to watch this latest series on the Viu Android and iOS app and on www.viu.com at the same time as its television broadcast in Canada, US and UK.
The television series, 19-2 is a richly-nuanced character-driven suspense drama starring popular Canadian actors – Adrian Holmes and Jared Keeso who play the role of police officers in the Montreal Police Department patrolling the urban sprawl of downtown’s 19th Precinct in Cruiser No. 2.
19-2 enjoys an IMDB rating of 8 and has a series of accolades across varied categories at the 2016 Leo Awards, 2016 Canadian Screen Awards nominations in the 42nd International Emmy Awards and the Canadian Cinema Editors Awards to its credit.
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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.
