~ Culminates its journey in Kolkata (July 28)
Chennai, 26th July 2025: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (ZEEL), one of India’s leading entertainment powerhouses, continued to accelerate its multi-city flagship initiative R.I.S.E with a high-impact event in Chennai on 25th July. After successful events in Mumbai, Delhi, and Bengaluru, the Chennai chapter brought together an eclectic mix of India’s most forward-looking marketers, growth-stage businesses, and retail visionaries.
The event carried forward the immersive format of the previous chapters, with engaging keynote sessions, curated experiences, and insightful discussions focused on how ZEE’s full-funnel advertising ecosystem is helping brands scale across India. This includes ZEE’s portfolio of over 50 channels, ZEE5 (OTT), YouTube network, social platforms, regional IPs, and a nationwide influencer network—all seamlessly integrated to deliver ultimate business solutions at scale.
Strengthening this offering is ZEE’s tech-first approach, which focuses on combining content creation with emerging technologies to identify value-driven opportunities, enhance targeting, and deliver improved consumer experiences to enable brands to convert storytelling into measurable outcomes.
Speaking on the launch, Mr. Ashish Sehgal, Chief Growth Officer, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., said: “Chennai holds a unique place in India’s growth story, with its strong consumer base and rich legacy of brand-building. Through R.I.S.E, we aim to help brands turn powerful storytelling into tangible business success. Our strength lies in uniting the power of content, data, and distribution into one integrated growth engine.”
Conceptualised as a flagship initiative, R.I.S.E stands for Results | Integration | Strategy | Engagement. Through the initiative, ZEE aims to earn trust through value-first storytelling and giving businesses tools that convert media into measurable growth. It’s designed as a powerful platform to unite India’s marketing, media, and investment communities. The platform brings together a diverse mix of visionary brand builders, senior marketers, retail clients, venture capitalists, new-age digital businesses, and small business entities who are all looking to scale, disrupt, and grow in today’s evolving market landscape.
Following the successful event in Chennai, R.I.S.E will culminate it’s journey in Kolkata, furthering its mission to empower and support brands across key growth markets.