Applause Entertainment appoints Ashok A Cherian as Head of Marketing and Revenue

Applause Entertainment, the Sameer Nair-led Content Studio from the Aditya Birla Group, has announced the appointment of Ashok A Cherian as their Head of Marketing and Revenue. At Applause Entertainment, Cherian will lead integrated marketing and brand building and drive revenue for the brand. 

Cherian has over 19 years of rich and varied experience across print, television, consulting and retail.

Prior to Applause, Cherian was the CMO at Smaaash Entertainment for four years, where he was part of the core team that helped expand the company and its revenues, by multiplying to 27 units across India and one at the Mall of America, the largest mall in the USA. He also helped grow the brand via effective digital marketing and leveraging of brand ambassadors Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli.

Cherian’s repertoire of work comprises a seven-year stint at MTV India, which also included three seasons of marketing, monetizing and ‘picking’ Roadies as a judge/casting-director on the show MTV Roadies; followed by the launches of UTV Broadcasting’s Bindass channels (now Disney); award-winning integrated marketing of the first Coke Studio India while at Naked Communications; as well as an insightful domain widening entrepreneurial consulting venture, where he provided strategic and digital solutions for clients ranging from real estate to music brands. It all started in 1999, when after completing engineering from Mumbai University, he responded to creativity’s call and started off as a writer at JAM.

Nair, CEO, Applause Entertainment, said, “The world of entertainment in India is in the midst of a perfect storm. We want to channelise all our energies and experiences into building and creating a strong ecosystem of talent, concepts and execution; we want to create excellence at scale. Cherian has a deep understanding of the entertainment business and is known and respected in the industry. With his experience in marketing, digital and retail, he will be a great addition to Team Applause.”

Speaking on his appointment, Cherian said, “OTT video content is one of the most exciting spaces to be in. Nair is the man who changed the face of Indian television, and with Applause Entertainment, Nair’s vision of a premium content studio is set to change the game in the digital space as well. India is in the midst of this super shift in content consumption and media habits, I’m excited to join Applause and to help redefine digital and social experiences.”

Cherian joins Applause to help tap into the opportunity of a potentially 500 million strong mobile-internet-smartphone consumer base which is looking for binge worthy, local, premium populist content.

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