Mr. Amit Malhotra Vice President of Program Distribution, Disney Media Distribution (Asia Pacific), The Walt Disney Company Amit Malhotra is the Vice President of Program Distribution for Disney Media Distribution in Asia Pacific. In this role, Amit leads a regional sales team responsible for distributing DMD's program portfolio - including feature films, scripted and reality series and formats, live action and animated kids content, ABC News programming, and specials including the Academy Awards - to over 160 distributors across 35 territories in Asia Pacific. DMD is the integrated distribution business responsible for the worldwide distribution and marketing of The Walt Disney Company's branded and non-branded content to platforms including television, broadband, mobile and other emerging digital media platforms. Prior to taking up this role, Amit was instrumental in building a significant and successful Pan-Regional and South East Asia wide business for the organization. He has been with Disney for over six years now - having started off the India operations for The Walt Disney Company's TV business in 2004. Amit, a seasoned media professional, brings 14 years' experience in the media & entertainment business in India and across Asia Pacific. He was Senior General Manager for Sales at IMG / TWI for over two years prior to taking up the position at Disney. In that role, he developed new properties and revenue streams to accelerate growth of IMG and TWI's business in India. Amit worked at Indya.com as the business development lead for the online media portal. He started his career in the media industry in sales and marketing at MTV in India. Amit is an Economics graduate from the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies in Mumbai, India. He also holds a diploma in Business Finance from the Institute of Chartered Financial Analyst of India.
Seminars New Media: New Prospects for Online Distribution of Entertainment Content Date: 15 March, 2012 (Thursday) Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM