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Naspers Names Bhatia to Run Finance at Netflix Rival Showmax
- Bhatia brings HBO, NBCUniversal experience as Showmax expands
- Showmax available in 65 countries globally, started August
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Naspers Ltd. named Akash Bhatia chief financial officer of its Showmax video streaming business as Africa’s biggest company by market value expands the service to 36 new countries in a challenge to Netflix Inc., which is also growing in the region.
Bhatia has previously worked for Time Warner Inc.’s HBO and Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal. He is currently vice president of finance at Naspers’s classifieds business.