Partnerships
The UTV group has several business & strategic talent relationships in India, the UK and the USA. These associations are formal relationships with leading players in the Indian and international media industry. They also help UTV enhance its visibility in the international media industry.
The UTV Group’s significant current relationships include those with:
• The Walt Disney Company (South East Asia) Pte. Ltd. which owns UTV India.
• Fox Group and Fox Searchlight were movie co-producers for ‘The Namesake’, ‘I Think I Love My Wife’ and ‘The Happening’ with UTV Mauritius and USA.
• UTV has Talent Relations with Mira Nair, M Night Shyamalan, Iranian film director Majid Majdi, Ramgopal Verma, Vishal Bhardwaj, Ashutosh Gowarikar, Ken Ghosh, Rensil D’Silva, David Dhawan and John Owen after having past associations with directors Rakesh Omprakash Mehra, Anurag Kashyap, Shyam Benegal and Aamir Khan to name a few.
• UTV is also associated with Verizon, Vodafone and AirTel and over 80 telecom companies worldwide for Mobile game publishing, new media and online gaming.
• UTV is associated with Coca-Cola/Coke, PepsiCo/Pepsi, Hero -MotoCorp,Honda Motor Company, Hindustan nilever Limited, P&G, Cadburys, Airtel, Reckitt Benkiser, Godrej, Johnson & Johnson – for sponsorship and branding relationships across various TV channels and content titles.
• It has a partnership with Virgin Comics to create original superhero franchises across platforms.
• It is also working with Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. in the console gaming business.
• UTV has long standing relationships for television content with Star India ltd., Zee Entertainment Enterprises, National Geographic Channel Network, Sun TV & Group
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