Rahul Sarangi joins Disney+ Hotstar to head Short Form & New Content

Rahul Sarangi has recently joined Disney+Hotstar as Vice President - Head of Short Form & New Content Initiatives, according to the media reports.

Before joining Disney+Hotstar, Sarangi was associated with MX Player as Vice President & Head - New Business. 

An Emmy nominated content creator, Rahul has nearly two decades of experience across Digital and Liner Content as well as Production & Content Operations. He has also created short and long format content across scripted, unscripted, and live sports). He is also an active angel investor and LP in a VC.

Prior to this, Sarangi was also associated with Greymatter Entertainment for 7 years as Founder & Director who created 2 large format IPs that have been licensed in 10+ countries – only Indian creator to achieve this feat. In his role, he also managed a multimillion-dollar P&L.

He has also been a part of the launch team for Colors Channel who assisted in distribution, Network Programming Strategy for Scripted & Unscripted Shows, Marketing as well as in other aspects involved in a major GEC channel launch.

He also had stints at MTV Asia as Senior Supervising Producer and with Various Brands as Freelance Associate Producer for over two years.