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  • Bomanbridge buys three high-end, 4K documentaries

    Bomanbridge buys three high-end, 4K documentaries

    MUMBAI: Bomanbridge Media, a Singapore-based content distribution and production agency, announced the acquisition of three high-end, 4K documentaries, including one shot with VR technology, distributed globally by Italy’s Nexo Digital. These experiential programs provide audiences with a brilliant and realistic, exclusive tour of famous Italian treasures and venues.

    St. Peter and the Papal Basilicas of Rome (produced by Sky 3D and the Vatican Television Centre (CTV) in collaboration with Sky Arte HD Nexo Digital and Magnitudo) is a cutting-edge VR, 4K experience taking viewers on an interactive, immersive tour. The power of technology has now made it possible to capture amazing images from completely new and exclusive points of view, employing the use of helicopters and mechanical arms to capture extraordinary visuals. Four renowned experts showcase the Basilicas and the works of art contained in them. Audiences will feel like they are actually inside the famous cathedral with 360° views. Listed as one of the 25 most visited places on earth, this famous location holds many famous works of art from masters Giotto, Bramante, Michelangelo, Francesco Borromini, Bernini, Domenico Fontana and more.

    Leonardo Davinci: The Genius In Milan (produced by Skira, Codice Atlantico and RaiCom in collaboration with Nexo Digital and Magnitudo): In Spring 2015 Milan paid tribute to Leonardo Davinci by holding an exhibition at the Palazzo Reale. The 4K film Leonardo da Vinci – The Genius in Milan, was created from this event with documentary interviews and mise-en-scènes telling the story of the artist’s world and the treasures he left. Viewers are welcomed by curator, Pietro Marani, along with experts who tell the story of Leonardo the artist and scientist; and prominent, historical figures of the Renaissance such as Ludovico il Moro, Beatrice d’Este, Cecilia Gallerani and Salaì, a truly legendary period in the city’s history.

    Florence and the Uffizi Gallery (produced by Sky 3D in partnership with SKY ARTE HD, Magnitudo and Nexo Digital) is a beautifully filmed 4K tour of the city that was once the cradle of the Renaissance, Florence and the Uffizi Gallery ensuring a totally immersive and unique experience – allowing the audience to see, listen, feel and savor the most outstanding and celebrated breeding ground of creativity in the history of art.

    “Bomanbridge is extremely pleased to acquire the stunning, high-end technology, arts documentaries from Nexo Digital. These programs are breathtaking, offering a spectacular visual treat into the world of Leonardo da Vinci, the colors of Botticelli within the Uffizi gallery, and even a walk inside St. Peter’s church within the Vatican. When I saw these exquisite docs, some of the best in the world, I knew immediately that they belonged in the Bomanbridge catalog. Our Asian audiences, especially those viewing on OTT platforms, have an increasing appetite for sophisticated programming and they are sure to embrace these shows,” said Bomanbridge Media CEO Sonia Fleck.

  • Bomanbridge buys three high-end, 4K documentaries

    Bomanbridge buys three high-end, 4K documentaries

    MUMBAI: Bomanbridge Media, a Singapore-based content distribution and production agency, announced the acquisition of three high-end, 4K documentaries, including one shot with VR technology, distributed globally by Italy’s Nexo Digital. These experiential programs provide audiences with a brilliant and realistic, exclusive tour of famous Italian treasures and venues.

    St. Peter and the Papal Basilicas of Rome (produced by Sky 3D and the Vatican Television Centre (CTV) in collaboration with Sky Arte HD Nexo Digital and Magnitudo) is a cutting-edge VR, 4K experience taking viewers on an interactive, immersive tour. The power of technology has now made it possible to capture amazing images from completely new and exclusive points of view, employing the use of helicopters and mechanical arms to capture extraordinary visuals. Four renowned experts showcase the Basilicas and the works of art contained in them. Audiences will feel like they are actually inside the famous cathedral with 360° views. Listed as one of the 25 most visited places on earth, this famous location holds many famous works of art from masters Giotto, Bramante, Michelangelo, Francesco Borromini, Bernini, Domenico Fontana and more.

    Leonardo Davinci: The Genius In Milan (produced by Skira, Codice Atlantico and RaiCom in collaboration with Nexo Digital and Magnitudo): In Spring 2015 Milan paid tribute to Leonardo Davinci by holding an exhibition at the Palazzo Reale. The 4K film Leonardo da Vinci – The Genius in Milan, was created from this event with documentary interviews and mise-en-scènes telling the story of the artist’s world and the treasures he left. Viewers are welcomed by curator, Pietro Marani, along with experts who tell the story of Leonardo the artist and scientist; and prominent, historical figures of the Renaissance such as Ludovico il Moro, Beatrice d’Este, Cecilia Gallerani and Salaì, a truly legendary period in the city’s history.

    Florence and the Uffizi Gallery (produced by Sky 3D in partnership with SKY ARTE HD, Magnitudo and Nexo Digital) is a beautifully filmed 4K tour of the city that was once the cradle of the Renaissance, Florence and the Uffizi Gallery ensuring a totally immersive and unique experience – allowing the audience to see, listen, feel and savor the most outstanding and celebrated breeding ground of creativity in the history of art.

    “Bomanbridge is extremely pleased to acquire the stunning, high-end technology, arts documentaries from Nexo Digital. These programs are breathtaking, offering a spectacular visual treat into the world of Leonardo da Vinci, the colors of Botticelli within the Uffizi gallery, and even a walk inside St. Peter’s church within the Vatican. When I saw these exquisite docs, some of the best in the world, I knew immediately that they belonged in the Bomanbridge catalog. Our Asian audiences, especially those viewing on OTT platforms, have an increasing appetite for sophisticated programming and they are sure to embrace these shows,” said Bomanbridge Media CEO Sonia Fleck.

  • Pankaj Patel is new FICCI president

    Pankaj Patel is new FICCI president

    NEW DELHI: Zydus Cadila – Cadila Healthcare Ltd. chairman and managing director Pankaj R. Patel has been elected the president of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) for the year 2017.

    Patel spearheads Zydus Cadila, an innovation-driven global healthcare company which manufactures and markets a wide range of products ranging from APIs to formulations, vaccines, biologicals and niche technologies. With over 1200 researchers, the group has been at the forefront bridging unmet healthcare needs with novel therapies that are affordable and accessible.

    Patel is the chairman of the board of governors and Society, IIM, Udaipur and IIT, Bhubaneswar. He is also on the Board of IIM-Ahmedabad.

    He also officiates on the Board of various educational institutes such as Ahmedabad University, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, the Gujarat Law Society, Nirma University etc.

    He is the executive chairman, vice president and trustee of the Gujarat Cancer Society and chairman of the Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute, a Regional Cancer Centre and one of the largest cancer centres of India, reaching out to the needy and underprivileged cancer patients.

  • Pankaj Patel is new FICCI president

    Pankaj Patel is new FICCI president

    NEW DELHI: Zydus Cadila – Cadila Healthcare Ltd. chairman and managing director Pankaj R. Patel has been elected the president of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) for the year 2017.

    Patel spearheads Zydus Cadila, an innovation-driven global healthcare company which manufactures and markets a wide range of products ranging from APIs to formulations, vaccines, biologicals and niche technologies. With over 1200 researchers, the group has been at the forefront bridging unmet healthcare needs with novel therapies that are affordable and accessible.

    Patel is the chairman of the board of governors and Society, IIM, Udaipur and IIT, Bhubaneswar. He is also on the Board of IIM-Ahmedabad.

    He also officiates on the Board of various educational institutes such as Ahmedabad University, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, the Gujarat Law Society, Nirma University etc.

    He is the executive chairman, vice president and trustee of the Gujarat Cancer Society and chairman of the Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute, a Regional Cancer Centre and one of the largest cancer centres of India, reaching out to the needy and underprivileged cancer patients.

  • ’85 per cent Indians consume video content online every week’

    ’85 per cent Indians consume video content online every week’

    MUMBAI: Kantar TNS’ recently-conducted Connected Life study has concluded that 85 per cent of Indian consumers consume video content online every week. The study shows that this consumption is spread across various platforms such as video content that appears in social feeds, free video on platforms such as YouTube along with some paid online TV subscription services as well.

    What differentiates the Indian video consumer from its global counterparts is, while the weekly trend translates strongly into daily online video consumption as well (global average = 65 per cent), in India, only less than half of these weekly users watch online videos daily (39 per cent).

    The barriers that stop online video from becoming a mainstream daily habit are mainly around high data costs and patchy connectivity.

    Kantar TNS India executive director Anusheel Shrivastava said on a positive note, “With Jio’s launch the data rates are already seeing a drop; this along with improved availability of public WiFi will help in lowering the barriers. It may not be long before the online video landscape in India will change”.

    Connected Life data showed that free online video, such as YouTube, is watched by a large proportion of connected consumers daily, with Cambodian internet users watching the most at 94 per cent, followed by Hong Kong (84 per cent) and China (78 per cent); whereas in India it is at 39 per cent. Two thirds (62 per cent) of people online are also watching videos that appear on their social feed, either from brands, news sources or their friends. Connected consumers in mobile-first markets are consuming a lot of video in this way, with 93 per cent of internet consumers in Cambodia watching social video daily, 80 per cent in Malaysia and 69 per cent in Vietnam. Digital channels are allowing one in three (32 per cent) connected consumers to access on-demand channels, allowing them to catch up on broadcast TV content online. Some are also using paid-for subscription services such as Netflix, viewed by 11 per cent daily across the region.

    Kantar TNS digital director APAC Zoë Lawrence said: “There’s been an explosion in the consumption of online ‘on-demand’ viewing across Asia Pacific, creating new media moments that didn’t exist in a traditional marketing world.Online video provides brands with an opportunity to tell their story in a different way; we’re seeing a lot of brands succeed with long-format video and also great creative work that overcomes some of the challenges of video in a social feed. If the content is good enough, people will watch it. Brands now know that simply putting their TVC online will not work; they need to develop content that works well within the context of the online channel they are using.”

  • ’85 per cent Indians consume video content online every week’

    ’85 per cent Indians consume video content online every week’

    MUMBAI: Kantar TNS’ recently-conducted Connected Life study has concluded that 85 per cent of Indian consumers consume video content online every week. The study shows that this consumption is spread across various platforms such as video content that appears in social feeds, free video on platforms such as YouTube along with some paid online TV subscription services as well.

    What differentiates the Indian video consumer from its global counterparts is, while the weekly trend translates strongly into daily online video consumption as well (global average = 65 per cent), in India, only less than half of these weekly users watch online videos daily (39 per cent).

    The barriers that stop online video from becoming a mainstream daily habit are mainly around high data costs and patchy connectivity.

    Kantar TNS India executive director Anusheel Shrivastava said on a positive note, “With Jio’s launch the data rates are already seeing a drop; this along with improved availability of public WiFi will help in lowering the barriers. It may not be long before the online video landscape in India will change”.

    Connected Life data showed that free online video, such as YouTube, is watched by a large proportion of connected consumers daily, with Cambodian internet users watching the most at 94 per cent, followed by Hong Kong (84 per cent) and China (78 per cent); whereas in India it is at 39 per cent. Two thirds (62 per cent) of people online are also watching videos that appear on their social feed, either from brands, news sources or their friends. Connected consumers in mobile-first markets are consuming a lot of video in this way, with 93 per cent of internet consumers in Cambodia watching social video daily, 80 per cent in Malaysia and 69 per cent in Vietnam. Digital channels are allowing one in three (32 per cent) connected consumers to access on-demand channels, allowing them to catch up on broadcast TV content online. Some are also using paid-for subscription services such as Netflix, viewed by 11 per cent daily across the region.

    Kantar TNS digital director APAC Zoë Lawrence said: “There’s been an explosion in the consumption of online ‘on-demand’ viewing across Asia Pacific, creating new media moments that didn’t exist in a traditional marketing world.Online video provides brands with an opportunity to tell their story in a different way; we’re seeing a lot of brands succeed with long-format video and also great creative work that overcomes some of the challenges of video in a social feed. If the content is good enough, people will watch it. Brands now know that simply putting their TVC online will not work; they need to develop content that works well within the context of the online channel they are using.”

  • India suitably poised for data, analytics interplay, says GE chairman

    India suitably poised for data, analytics interplay, says GE chairman

    MUMBAI: ET NOW, a leading business news channel, organised the 3rd India Economic Conclave themed, ‘The Big Leap’ in partnership with Bennett University and Boehringer Ingelheim, in New Delhi on Friday. The event will be made into a series of episodes that will air on ET NOW.

    The eventful evening saw top minds debating and conversing about topics like, ‘The Quick Fix’ – where India’s top bureaucrats deliberated on the top 10 quick fixes for the economy; ‘Putting India First – The 10 Point Agenda’ – a power packed panel comprising of India’s policymakers and corporate India; ‘The Plenary Sesion – The Big Leap’ – A fireside chat between Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance, Jeff Immelt, Chairman & CEO, GE and Anand Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra Group.

    Times Network MD and CEO MK Anand said, “The historic changes in the global and national socio-economic environment demanded some really deep discussion and our speakers were probably the best, being key decision makers themselves.”

    Finance minister Arun Jaitley said, “When a currency replacement takes place, inconvenience is bound to happen at the start. And every honest man felt he had no reason to worry because of demonetisation. India is becoming aspirational day by day. For job creation, we will have to create a blend of manufacturing sector with the informal sector. We are making India a global manufacturing hub. Recently we made GST look small and that are the kind of reforms India is going towards.”

    MoS power, coal and renewable energy Piyush Goel said, “We have to create an ecosystem where people are happy to make new investments. Demonetidation is providing equal opportunity to all people.”

    MoS (independent charge), ministry of commerce & industry Nirmala Sitharaman said, “We are talking about creating space in logistics, and government is investing in developing skilled employment.”

    GE chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt said, “From a business point of view, the future lies in the interplay of data and analytics, and India is suitably poised to ride that wave in the next five to 10 years.”

    Other eminent speakers included Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra, Bharti Enterprises chairman Sunil Mittal, Infosys chairman R Seshasayee, Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal, power secretary P K Pujari, Coal secretary Anil Swarup, DIPP secretary Ramesh Abhishek, and Department of Economic Affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das.

  • India suitably poised for data, analytics interplay, says GE chairman

    India suitably poised for data, analytics interplay, says GE chairman

    MUMBAI: ET NOW, a leading business news channel, organised the 3rd India Economic Conclave themed, ‘The Big Leap’ in partnership with Bennett University and Boehringer Ingelheim, in New Delhi on Friday. The event will be made into a series of episodes that will air on ET NOW.

    The eventful evening saw top minds debating and conversing about topics like, ‘The Quick Fix’ – where India’s top bureaucrats deliberated on the top 10 quick fixes for the economy; ‘Putting India First – The 10 Point Agenda’ – a power packed panel comprising of India’s policymakers and corporate India; ‘The Plenary Sesion – The Big Leap’ – A fireside chat between Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance, Jeff Immelt, Chairman & CEO, GE and Anand Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra Group.

    Times Network MD and CEO MK Anand said, “The historic changes in the global and national socio-economic environment demanded some really deep discussion and our speakers were probably the best, being key decision makers themselves.”

    Finance minister Arun Jaitley said, “When a currency replacement takes place, inconvenience is bound to happen at the start. And every honest man felt he had no reason to worry because of demonetisation. India is becoming aspirational day by day. For job creation, we will have to create a blend of manufacturing sector with the informal sector. We are making India a global manufacturing hub. Recently we made GST look small and that are the kind of reforms India is going towards.”

    MoS power, coal and renewable energy Piyush Goel said, “We have to create an ecosystem where people are happy to make new investments. Demonetidation is providing equal opportunity to all people.”

    MoS (independent charge), ministry of commerce & industry Nirmala Sitharaman said, “We are talking about creating space in logistics, and government is investing in developing skilled employment.”

    GE chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt said, “From a business point of view, the future lies in the interplay of data and analytics, and India is suitably poised to ride that wave in the next five to 10 years.”

    Other eminent speakers included Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra, Bharti Enterprises chairman Sunil Mittal, Infosys chairman R Seshasayee, Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal, power secretary P K Pujari, Coal secretary Anil Swarup, DIPP secretary Ramesh Abhishek, and Department of Economic Affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das.

  • Times Global appoints Rishi Jaitly as CEO

    Times Global appoints Rishi Jaitly as CEO

    MUMBAI: Former Twitter Inc.’s India head Rishi Jaitly has been appointed as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Times Global Partners, a group initiative that supports the launch and expansion of emerging global digital companies in India. Jaitly will replace Puneet Singhvi who was till now the chief operating officer.

    Satyan Gajwani, vice-chairman at Times Internet, the digital arm of The Times of India group, said they were thrilled to welcome Rishi. Under his leadership, both Twitter and Google in the last decade had grown from scratch, and were now involved in every segment of India’s business. This appointment comes as a part of Times efforts to increase partnerships investments in media platforms and global technology.

    Jaitly was earlier serving as India head and then as vice-president, Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, at Twitter for four years. He was a member of Google’s original Indian management team before joining Twitter. In a statement, Jaitly said his mission had always been to harness the power of technology and media to ensure they fully realised the untapped potential of people, communities and markets.

    In 2015, he became the VP to lead the Twitter teams who drive strategic partnerships with the news, government, entertainment, sports, TV industries, and others in the mass and emerging media landscape. Jaitly tweeted, “ Building/leading @TwitterIndia, and expanding @TwitterMedia across Asia Pacific & Middle East, was the leadership experience of a lifetime.”

  • Times Global appoints Rishi Jaitly as CEO

    Times Global appoints Rishi Jaitly as CEO

    MUMBAI: Former Twitter Inc.’s India head Rishi Jaitly has been appointed as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Times Global Partners, a group initiative that supports the launch and expansion of emerging global digital companies in India. Jaitly will replace Puneet Singhvi who was till now the chief operating officer.

    Satyan Gajwani, vice-chairman at Times Internet, the digital arm of The Times of India group, said they were thrilled to welcome Rishi. Under his leadership, both Twitter and Google in the last decade had grown from scratch, and were now involved in every segment of India’s business. This appointment comes as a part of Times efforts to increase partnerships investments in media platforms and global technology.

    Jaitly was earlier serving as India head and then as vice-president, Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, at Twitter for four years. He was a member of Google’s original Indian management team before joining Twitter. In a statement, Jaitly said his mission had always been to harness the power of technology and media to ensure they fully realised the untapped potential of people, communities and markets.

    In 2015, he became the VP to lead the Twitter teams who drive strategic partnerships with the news, government, entertainment, sports, TV industries, and others in the mass and emerging media landscape. Jaitly tweeted, “ Building/leading @TwitterIndia, and expanding @TwitterMedia across Asia Pacific & Middle East, was the leadership experience of a lifetime.”