HOOQ appoints Zulfiqar Khan as its managing director

HOOQ , a premium video-on-demand (VOD) service has announced Zulfiqar Khan as its new managing director, India to provide the brand of his expertise in aggressively growing the OTT space. The announcement comes in light with Salil Kapoor, the current managing director deciding to move on to pursue other interests.

Khan comes with over 19 years of with rich experience across sales, business development, revenue and content creation across leading organisations like Star India and Eros Now.

Peter Bithos, HOOQ chief executive officer shares,“It is with immense pleasure that I welcome Zulfiqar to the HOOQ family to lead our India business. He is a familiar and respected name in the industry with immense knowledge of the business and we are so lucky to have a leader in Zulfiqar that has both leading edge digital experience combined with traditional media experience! I have no doubt that with Zulfiqar’s leadership, the team will take HOOQ to greater heights and get millions more customers in India HOOQ’d!”

Commenting on the new role, Khan says, “I am excited to be part of the team at HOOQ especially when the industry is on its peak and the brand is experiencing such a transformation from being the home of Hollywood to the introduction of the new original. I am looking forward to a phenomenal ride with the brand as we embark on the journey of growing together in the space”