Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) on Thursday achieved another milestone by becoming the first Indian broadcaster to set up a production company, ZEE Studios International in Canada.
This also marks ZEE’s entry into global production for mainstream audiences which will facilitate production requirement for ZEE’s diverse platforms as well as international markets. The production company, located at Vancouver, British Columbia, will be headed by Subhadarshi Tripathy who will be supported by a local team. Tripathy will jointly report to ZEEL MD and CEO, Punit Goenka and CEO - International Broadcast Business, Amit Goenka.
ZEE Studios International will create global content and formats for international markets in their local languages, many of which will be based on successful Indian ideas and concepts. The production company will initially focus on developing content for television and digital platforms as well as original formats and homegrown remakes, with a plan to venture into film production at a later stage. The content developed will encompass a wide portfolio of ingenuously developed Scripted and Unscripted Formats across an array of genres, ranging from Reality, Game and Dance Shows to shows in the Fictional Crime Drama, Sitcom, Sci-Fi, Horror and Paranormal space.
A few of the initial productions that are in the pipeline include adaptations of the smash-hit format of ZEE’s homegrown sitcom, ‘Hum Paanch’ which is being produced in its British version as ‘Lala’s Ladiez’ and an Anglo-Spanish sitcom ‘Love Thy Neighbour’ (working title) which is adapted from the ever-popular home grown format ‘Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain.’
ZEE launches ZEE Studios International in Canada
This also marks ZEE’s entry into global production for mainstream audiences which will facilitate production requirement for ZEE’s diverse platforms as well as international markets. The production company, located at Vancouver, British Columbia, will be headed by Subhadarshi Tripathy who will be supported by a local team. Tripathy will jointly report to ZEEL MD and CEO, Punit Goenka and CEO - International Broadcast Business, Amit Goenka.
ZEE Studios International will create global content and formats for international markets in their local languages, many of which will be based on successful Indian ideas and concepts. The production company will initially focus on developing content for television and digital platforms as well as original formats and homegrown remakes, with a plan to venture into film production at a later stage. The content developed will encompass a wide portfolio of ingenuously developed Scripted and Unscripted Formats across an array of genres, ranging from Reality, Game and Dance Shows to shows in the Fictional Crime Drama, Sitcom, Sci-Fi, Horror and Paranormal space.
A few of the initial productions that are in the pipeline include adaptations of the smash-hit format of ZEE’s homegrown sitcom, ‘Hum Paanch’ which is being produced in its British version as ‘Lala’s Ladiez’ and an Anglo-Spanish sitcom ‘Love Thy Neighbour’ (working title) which is adapted from the ever-popular home grown format ‘Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain.’
ZEE launches ZEE Studios International in Canada
