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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{About|the digital media entertainment company|other companies named Hungama|Hungama (disambiguation)}}<br />
{{Short description|Indian digital entertainment company}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}<br />
{{Infobox company<br />
| name = Hungama Digital Media<br />
| logo = Hungama_logo.png<br />
| logo_size = 250px<br />
| type = [[Private company|Private]]<br />
| founded = {{Start date and age|1999|04|01}}<br />
| founder = [[Neeraj Roy]]<br />
| industry = [[Entertainment]]<br />
| hq_location = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India<br />
| key_people = Rakesh Jhunjhunwala<br>([[Chairman]])<br />
| products = {{hlist|[[Film]]s|[[Web series]]|[[Animation]]|[[Music]]|[[Digital media]]}}<br />
| subsid = {{plainlist|<br />
*[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}<br />
| website = {{url|www.hungama.org/}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Hungama Digital Media''' is an Indian [[Digital entertainment|digital entertainment]] company, headquartered in [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Hungama Digital Media bags Meffy for 'Tata Sky Active Mall' service |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Hungama+Digital+Media+bags+Meffy+for+'Tata+Sky+Active+Mall'+service/1/48609.html|publisher=India Today|access-date=18 January 2014}}</ref> The company was first launched in 1999 by Ashish Kacholia, Hiren Ved, Lashit Sanghvi, [[Rakesh Jhunjhunwala]], and [[Neeraj Roy]] as an online promotions agency.<ref>{{cite web|title=Value before Valuation|url=http://forbesindia.com/column/zen-garden/value-before-valuation/2032/1|work=Forbes India|access-date=18 January 2014}}</ref> The company has since grown to also serve as an [[Video aggregator|aggregator]], developer, publisher, and distributor of [[Bollywood]] and Asian entertainment.<br />
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The company first launched in 1999 as "Hungama.com", a promotional marketing portal. In 2000 the company acquired [[Indiafm]] and in the following years began to work marketing campaigns for companies such as [[Coca-Cola]] and [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Cloud Platform Helped Hungama Digital Media Lower Its Cost By 50 Percent |url=http://www.cio.in/case-study/cloud-platform-helped-hungama-digital-media-lower-its-cost-50-percent|publisher=CIO|access-date=18 January 2014}}</ref> In 2007 Hungama launched their gaming portal and in 2009, the company re-launched their website and company name, changing it to Hungama Digital Media Entertainment. In 2012 Hungama Digital Media Entertainment launched Artist aloud!, a digital platform for artists and music fans.<ref>{{cite web|title=Artist aloud!|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/article219309.ece|publisher=NIE|access-date=18 January 2014}}</ref> It won a gold award for ''Best Digital Communications Campaign'' from the Promotion Marketing Awards of Asia (2009)<ref>{{cite web|title=Best Digital Communications Campaign|url=http://www.pmaa-awards.net/documents/5.%20Best%20Digital%20Communications%20Campaign.pdf|publisher=Promotion Marketing Awards of Asia|access-date=18 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912194834/http://www.pmaa-awards.net/documents/5.%20Best%20Digital%20Communications%20Campaign.pdf|archive-date=12 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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== Funding ==<br />
The company has raised a total of $165M in funding over 3 rounds. The key investors include [[Bessemer Venture Partners]] and [[Xiaomi]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hungama - Funding, Financials, Valuation & Investors|url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/hungama-digital-media-entertainment-pvt-ltd/company_financials|access-date=2021-03-13|website=Crunchbase|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Bollywood Hungama]], a Bollywood entertainment website<br />
* [[Hungama TV]], an Indian children's television channel<br />
* Hungama Play, Free Unlimited Web Series, Movies, Songs & Videos<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{url|www.Hungama.org|Official site}}<br />
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