KOLKATA: Streaming service MX Player is not only branching out into short-format video through MX TakaTak but also expanding its team. The Times Internet-owned platform has appointed Rahul Sarangi as MX Player new business vice president and head.

Sarangi was earlier with TVF, one of the pioneers in the online content ecosystem of India, as global head-content and business. Recently, the core founding members of  TVF team quit the organisation.

In the early days of his career, Sarangi worked with MTV Asia as senior supervising producer. He worked in India and Singapore in the content team and he was also part of the MTV’s regional brand solutions team. Later, he was also a part of the launch team of Colors. 

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