Vijay Subramaniam, Director, and Head- Content, Amazon Prime Video, India, has quit, as per media reports. A media and entertainment professional with over 20 years of experience in all mainstream forms of Media – TV, Radio, Publishing, and Digital Media, joined Amazon Prime in 2017. Subramaniam played a huge role in signing content deals with major production houses and studios
Before joining Amazon prime, Subramaniam held the position of Vice President- Content & Communication of Walt Disney India. His longest tenure was with Media Networks, where he worked as the Executive Director for 14 years. Subramaniam held multiple roles spanning revenue management, business management, content and programming strategy, and organizational leadership. He has worked in various media organizations, namely, Star India, Radio Mirchi, MTV Networks.
Commenting on his departure, Amazon Prime Video Spokesperson said, “We can confirm the departure of Vijay Subramaniam, Director and Head, Content, Amazon Prime Video India. We are grateful to him for his valuable contributions over the last 4 years. Vijay has played a key role in Prime Video’s growth in India in this period. In his content leadership role, Vijay helped forge several key creator partnerships as well as laid great focus on expanding our content selection across languages. We wish Vijay the very best for his upcoming endeavors.”
Director and Country Manager Mr. Gaurav Gandhi will continue to lead Prime Video in India and work across all teams to accelerate Prime Video’s mission to be the most-loved entertainment brand in the country.
