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ZEE Studios launches digital content studio, ZEE Studios Originals

ZEE Studios has launched an independent digital content studio, ZEE Studios Originals, which will produce premium, original content and create productions for all digital platforms globally.

Ashima Avasthi, previously of BBC Studios, has been appointed to head the digital content studio at ZEE Studios. With over 20 years of experience in the media and entertainment industry, Avasthi has worked across diverse genres and regions with some of the most respected brands like MTV and Turner International. Prior to joining ZEE Studios, she was with BBC Studios as a Senior Creative Director and Head of branded content for six years where she developed and a vast repertoire of award-winning content.

Speaking on the launch of the new business unit, Shariq Patel, CEO, ZEE Studios, commented, “ZEE Studio Originals furthers our vision of becoming a holistic content studio with its offering across platforms and screens to meet the insatiable hunger of today’s consumers for premium content. We are working with leading directors and writers to develop and show run our digital slate and will announce the same very soon. I welcome Ashima on board and I’m sure with her varied experience, she and her team will make great content and set newer benchmarks”.

Ashima Avasthi, VP & Head, ZEE Studios Originals added, “The game has only just begun. ZEE has been a pioneer in producing compelling content for decades in broadcast and films, and it is absolutely the correct time for ZEE Studios to move into digital production. I am looking forward to creating content that is distinct, unexpected, relevant, cutting-edge and truly world class. ZEE Studio Originals will ride on the legacy and experience of ZEE but will strategically move ahead in the new age direction that the studio has been set up for, independently.”