Pocket Aces elevates Vidyuth Bhandary to Studio Head of Dice Media

In his new capacity, Vidyuth will lead the expansion of Pocket Aces’ long-form studio Dice Media, driving strategy, P&L, and OTT relationships.

Strengthening its key leadership team further yet again, Pocket Aces, India’s leading digital media entertainment company announces the elevation of Vidyuth Bhandary to Studio Head, Dice Media. Vidyuth joined Pocket Aces in 2020 as vice president, content production & design, where he spearheaded and scaled up the company’s in-house production and post-production capabilities. In his new capacity, Vidyuth will lead the expansion of Pocket Aces’ long-form studio Dice Media, driving strategy, P&L, and OTT relationships.

The natural progression to this larger role is a credit to his strategic leadership, successfully scaling up Pocket Aces’ content production and post-production capabilities. Pocket Aces has been one of the only content companies to not stop production at all during the COVID-19 pandemic - the short form shoots were promptly moved to a shoot-from-home setting, and over 10 long-form shows have been shot with gold-standard safety on sets and delivered to various platforms since the first lockdown.

With over two decades of deep experience in media & entertainment, Vidyuth has held key leadership roles with some of the largest media conglomerates like STAR India, The Times Group, Fremantlemedia Asia, Turner International India, Reliance Entertainment, and MX Player.

Commenting on the appointment, Aditi Srivastava, Co-Founder & CEO, Pocket Aces, said, “We are scaling up Dice Media to become one of the most highly acclaimed long-form studios in the country. We are working on shows across OTT platforms, genres, languages and formats - you will see Hindi dramas, regional language shows, audio shows, and very soon - movies coming from us. I am excited to see Vidyuth take up the Studio Head role and work with our excellent team to spearhead Dice Media into this next phase of growth.”

Vidyuth Bhandary, studio head, Dice Media, said, “I am excited to take on my new role at Pocket Aces, at a time where Dice Media is poised for accelerated growth. Having successfully established ourselves in the young adult segment with differentiated & unique offerings, we at Dice Media are now focused on developing larger shows with leading OTT platforms, across genres, languages, formats and borders. In parallel, we will work closely with international content companies to deliver on our promise of solving boredom by bringing the most-watched content across the world to our viewers. I am looking forward to working along with the steller Dice team at Pocket Aces as we continue to break new ground and push boundaries, yet remain relatable and relevant with our innovative content offering."