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  • Arre’s first sitcom ‘I Don’t Watch TV’ to launch in February

    Arre’s first sitcom ‘I Don’t Watch TV’ to launch in February

    MUMBAI: Arré, the digital media company founded by Ronnie Screwvala along with B Saikumar and Ajay Chacko, is all set to launch its first sitcom in February 2016.

     

    The show titled as I Don’t Watch TV (IDWT) is a wild comedy on the evolving Indian TV industry. The first season consisting of five episodes is already shot and will launch in February, while the second season is under production.

     

    The show will draw commentary on Indian celebrities and the growing obsession with Bollywood. The show is produced by Nakuul Mehta and will star some of the biggest names from daily soaps.

     

    Directed by Ajay Singh, the show will give a close personal look at the daily soap world through Mehta’s eyes.

     

    Other personalities that will be seen on the show are Drashti Dhami, Karan Patel, Rithvik Dhanjani, Kritika Kamra and Karan Wahi amongst others. The show will also feature Alekh Sanghal and Ram Menon.

     

    Not restricting itself to daily soaps, the show has a humorous cameo by film critic Rajeev Masand.

     

    Arré founder and MD B Saikumar said, “Arré aims to be a multi-genre, multi-format content brand and for the mobile and digital consumer who is increasingly moving away from TV – to that end, I Don’t Watch TV, is perhaps the ideal sitcom to launch our video slate with. We don’t believe in doing the straight and narrow and after Ho Ja Re-Gender, a social experiment on gender issues, we now present IDWT, which is a fictionalised, irreverent, yet realistic look at the idiosyncrasies of the daily soap industry. And Nakuul represents the honesty and the dichotomy of this age – and we’re thrilled that he is so passionate about this project himself.”

     

    Mehta said, “We found a great synergy with the folks at Arré and their backing of disruptive ideas makes them a perfect platform for IDWT. This series is truth meets part fiction meets part bizarre, which in essence is Indian television, today. It has been our labour of love and we have been keen to tell this story for a long time as it is personal and quite intense in a lot of ways, though it’s presented in a humorous and edgy way.”

  • Arre’s first sitcom ‘I Don’t Watch TV’ to launch in February

    Arre’s first sitcom ‘I Don’t Watch TV’ to launch in February

    MUMBAI: Arré, the digital media company founded by Ronnie Screwvala along with B Saikumar and Ajay Chacko, is all set to launch its first sitcom in February 2016.

     

    The show titled as I Don’t Watch TV (IDWT) is a wild comedy on the evolving Indian TV industry. The first season consisting of five episodes is already shot and will launch in February, while the second season is under production.

     

    The show will draw commentary on Indian celebrities and the growing obsession with Bollywood. The show is produced by Nakuul Mehta and will star some of the biggest names from daily soaps.

     

    Directed by Ajay Singh, the show will give a close personal look at the daily soap world through Mehta’s eyes.

     

    Other personalities that will be seen on the show are Drashti Dhami, Karan Patel, Rithvik Dhanjani, Kritika Kamra and Karan Wahi amongst others. The show will also feature Alekh Sanghal and Ram Menon.

     

    Not restricting itself to daily soaps, the show has a humorous cameo by film critic Rajeev Masand.

     

    Arré founder and MD B Saikumar said, “Arré aims to be a multi-genre, multi-format content brand and for the mobile and digital consumer who is increasingly moving away from TV – to that end, I Don’t Watch TV, is perhaps the ideal sitcom to launch our video slate with. We don’t believe in doing the straight and narrow and after Ho Ja Re-Gender, a social experiment on gender issues, we now present IDWT, which is a fictionalised, irreverent, yet realistic look at the idiosyncrasies of the daily soap industry. And Nakuul represents the honesty and the dichotomy of this age – and we’re thrilled that he is so passionate about this project himself.”

     

    Mehta said, “We found a great synergy with the folks at Arré and their backing of disruptive ideas makes them a perfect platform for IDWT. This series is truth meets part fiction meets part bizarre, which in essence is Indian television, today. It has been our labour of love and we have been keen to tell this story for a long time as it is personal and quite intense in a lot of ways, though it’s presented in a humorous and edgy way.”

  • One Digital Entertainment crosses the 1200+ channel mark

    One Digital Entertainment crosses the 1200+ channel mark

    MUMBAI One Digital Entertainment, known for managing digital video content and channels for some of the biggest creators in the country like Sanjeev Kapoor, Honey Singh, Badshah, Speed Records, Raftaar, Rannvijay, Anubhav Sinha, Tiger Shroff, Fever FM amongst others, recently crossed the 1200+ YouTube channels mark, further consolidating its position as the largest multi-channel network in the country. The company that started around three years ago today boasts of an undisputed 20 billion minutes of content that has been consumed on its network so far, 

     

    One Digital’s expansive presence ranges from music, entertainment, lifestyle, food, comedy and more. The company is also credited with identifying new talent and creating Internet sensations like Prajakta Koli, who has crossed 37,000 subscribers in less than 10 months on her channel Mostly Sane.  The largest content network for YouTube in India and also distributes content across multiple other content publishers and partners. 2016 will also see One Digital foray more actively into original web programming with a line-up of 12 different formats to be launched.

     

    Commenting on this success,  One Digital Entertainment COO and CO founder  Gurpreet Singh said, “Driving reach & viewership for online video has been a challenge for a lot of entities in this space but One Digital Entertainment has developed its secret sauce to ensure we are able to deliver each creator their due. We are also humbled by the support and the talent of our creators and channels and only look to make this business more meaningful for them”.

  • One Digital Entertainment crosses the 1200+ channel mark

    One Digital Entertainment crosses the 1200+ channel mark

    MUMBAI One Digital Entertainment, known for managing digital video content and channels for some of the biggest creators in the country like Sanjeev Kapoor, Honey Singh, Badshah, Speed Records, Raftaar, Rannvijay, Anubhav Sinha, Tiger Shroff, Fever FM amongst others, recently crossed the 1200+ YouTube channels mark, further consolidating its position as the largest multi-channel network in the country. The company that started around three years ago today boasts of an undisputed 20 billion minutes of content that has been consumed on its network so far, 

     

    One Digital’s expansive presence ranges from music, entertainment, lifestyle, food, comedy and more. The company is also credited with identifying new talent and creating Internet sensations like Prajakta Koli, who has crossed 37,000 subscribers in less than 10 months on her channel Mostly Sane.  The largest content network for YouTube in India and also distributes content across multiple other content publishers and partners. 2016 will also see One Digital foray more actively into original web programming with a line-up of 12 different formats to be launched.

     

    Commenting on this success,  One Digital Entertainment COO and CO founder  Gurpreet Singh said, “Driving reach & viewership for online video has been a challenge for a lot of entities in this space but One Digital Entertainment has developed its secret sauce to ensure we are able to deliver each creator their due. We are also humbled by the support and the talent of our creators and channels and only look to make this business more meaningful for them”.

  • China’s LeEco makes India debut; partners ErosNow & YuppTV

    China’s LeEco makes India debut; partners ErosNow & YuppTV

    MUMBAI: Internet and technology company and one of the largest online video companies in China LeEco has forayed into the Indian smartphone market with the launch of LeEco Max smartphone. What’s more, the company has inked content partnerships with over-the-top (OTT) players ErosNow and YuppTV.

     

    LeEco has launched their flagship superphones, Le Max & Le1s, in the Indian market. As their partner, ErosNow will be integrated within the Le ecosystem of internet enabled smartphones and smart televisions, showcasing ErosNow’s Bollywood films, music and Originals. Devices will include a one-year premium subscription to ErosNow service pre-bundled with the purchase of the phones.

     

    On the other hand, YuppTV will provide 250 live channels across 12 languages, offering entertainment, news, movies, music, kids, lifestyle and spiritual content.

     

    With a focus on maximum user engagement and satisfaction, the ErosNow service will be seamlessly integrated into the user interface of Le devices purchased in India.

     

    Eros International group CEO and MD Jyoti Deshpande said, “Content consumption is surging across consumers with patterns changing rapidly and internet entertainment networks becoming increasingly popular. Our partnership with LeEco is part of our philosophy to provide consumers entertainment whenever and wherever they want it.”

     

    “When content owners and platforms come together like Eros and LeEco, we provide a compelling consumer proposition. We are confident the LeEco range will be able establish its success in the attractive Indian market bundled with our premium content that consumers will love,” she added.

     

    LeEco Asia Pacific CEO Tin Mok said, “We are excited to be entering the attractive and vibrant Indian market and partner with some great companies here like Eros who is a proven market leader in Indian entertainment. We sold four million phones in China last year and our target this year is 15 million and we hope to replicate that success in India and wow the Indian consumer with our super phones and televisions packed with features. We are pioneers and innovators in the technology world and creating a seamless ecosystem has worked for us very well in China. We believe the Indian consumer will get great value and user experience from our cool phones at compelling prices with annual subscription of ErosNow built into the price.”

  • China’s LeEco makes India debut; partners ErosNow & YuppTV

    China’s LeEco makes India debut; partners ErosNow & YuppTV

    MUMBAI: Internet and technology company and one of the largest online video companies in China LeEco has forayed into the Indian smartphone market with the launch of LeEco Max smartphone. What’s more, the company has inked content partnerships with over-the-top (OTT) players ErosNow and YuppTV.

     

    LeEco has launched their flagship superphones, Le Max & Le1s, in the Indian market. As their partner, ErosNow will be integrated within the Le ecosystem of internet enabled smartphones and smart televisions, showcasing ErosNow’s Bollywood films, music and Originals. Devices will include a one-year premium subscription to ErosNow service pre-bundled with the purchase of the phones.

     

    On the other hand, YuppTV will provide 250 live channels across 12 languages, offering entertainment, news, movies, music, kids, lifestyle and spiritual content.

     

    With a focus on maximum user engagement and satisfaction, the ErosNow service will be seamlessly integrated into the user interface of Le devices purchased in India.

     

    Eros International group CEO and MD Jyoti Deshpande said, “Content consumption is surging across consumers with patterns changing rapidly and internet entertainment networks becoming increasingly popular. Our partnership with LeEco is part of our philosophy to provide consumers entertainment whenever and wherever they want it.”

     

    “When content owners and platforms come together like Eros and LeEco, we provide a compelling consumer proposition. We are confident the LeEco range will be able establish its success in the attractive Indian market bundled with our premium content that consumers will love,” she added.

     

    LeEco Asia Pacific CEO Tin Mok said, “We are excited to be entering the attractive and vibrant Indian market and partner with some great companies here like Eros who is a proven market leader in Indian entertainment. We sold four million phones in China last year and our target this year is 15 million and we hope to replicate that success in India and wow the Indian consumer with our super phones and televisions packed with features. We are pioneers and innovators in the technology world and creating a seamless ecosystem has worked for us very well in China. We believe the Indian consumer will get great value and user experience from our cool phones at compelling prices with annual subscription of ErosNow built into the price.”

  • Cyrus Oshidhar’s 101India launches digital series on underground hip hop scene

    Cyrus Oshidhar’s 101India launches digital series on underground hip hop scene

    MUMBAI: 101India.com is planning to launch a web series on the flourishing Indian underground hip hop scene called Hip Hop Homeland.

     

    The first six episodes will be released on 20 January, 2016, followed by the next five episodes on 27 January, 2016.

     

    It is a series of raw, gritty profiles about a fast emerging youth trend, which cuts across gender, class and geography, and makes powerful statements of youth identity and voice.

     

    Talking about the show, 101India CCO and MD Cyrus Oshidhar said, “Our team panned out to different parts of India to discover talented rap artistes. The new trend in hip hop is coming through the slums and the chawls, and the rappers covered in the Hip Hop Homeland series speak in a street ‘bhasha’ that draws on local languages in a quest for authenticity. The sugar-coated romance that we see in Bollywood might have takers but there is also an audience for the angst and rebelliousness these boys express. These are voices worth listening to and their words are being amplified across the internet to a broader audience.”

     

    Hip Hop Homeland begins in Mumbai and travels to Kashmir, Shillong, Punjab, Calcutta and finally South India. The first leg of the series will showcase 11 videos of six – seven mins minutes featuring various artists such as TodFod, Mawwali, Voctronica, Kinga Rhymes, BobKat, Ace, Zake (graffiti artist) Beast Mode (the crew), Shawty Pink, Flying Machine (Arif), DMC.

     

    One of the artists Aklesh Sutar aka Mawali, the Marathi rapper from Swadesi says, “We got the kind of love and reception in our mother tongue that we didn’t in English. Because of the internet, you can be sitting here rhyming in Bengali and finding your audience in Kolkata. It doesn’t matter where you are.”

     

    Rapper Dharmesh Parmar aka TodFod a part of rap crew Swadeshi adds, “Hip means knowledge. Hop means movement. Hip Hop is the movement of knowledge. The reference here is to the larger sub-culture within which it falls. Within hip hop comes not just rap, but also other forms of self expression from music to dance to visual art, and ultimately, for these boys, a philosophy.”

  • “Something is technically wrong” with Twitter, yet again

    “Something is technically wrong” with Twitter, yet again

    MUMBAI: One of the most visited and used social media websites – Twitter, has faced a technical issue yet again this week. Similar issues have been noted over the last few days too.

    Some users have been facing problems with the portal both on mobile and the web.

    On visiting the website from the desktop, some users were greeted with the message, “Something is technically wrong. Thanks for noticing – we’re going to fix it up and have things back to normal soon.”

    This interruption from the popular microblogging site is expected to affect people across the globe who rely on Twitter for both business and pleasure.

    Officials from Twitter India have confirmed about the global technical outage.

    Due to these technical difficulties, platforms such as tweetdeck have also been affected. However, official quote or confirmation about the same has not been received.

    The technical issue went around for a span of almost 2 hours starting from 2:15 pm and was finally resolved at 4:05 pm.

  • Reliance Jio to raise Rs 15,000 crore via rights issue

    Reliance Jio to raise Rs 15,000 crore via rights issue

    MUMBAI: Mukesh Ambani’s telecom company Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd is planning to raise a sum of Rs 15,000 crore via a rights issue. The company’s board has approved the plan for the same.

    According to the information given in a regulatory filing, the company will issue 15 billion equity shares of Rs 10 each totalling up to a whopping amount of Rs 15,000 crore to its existing shareholders.

    As of yet, the company has not given any further clarification for raising such a large amount.

    As was reported earlier by Indiantelevision.com, Reliance Jio also inked a spectrum sharing and trading agreement with Reliance Communications to strengthen its indoor coverage and voice services.

    Further, the company also plans to offer 4G services at a monthly charge of Rs 300 – 500 and will also provide 4G mobile phones at a low price of Rs 4000 per unit.

     

  • nexGTV names Dushyant Kohli as head – growth

    nexGTV names Dushyant Kohli as head – growth

    NEW DELHI: Subscription-driven video entertainment app nexGTV has appointed Dushyant Kohli as head – growth.

     

    He joins nexGTv with over 13 years of experience driving business growth and digital marketing for multiple businesses including the freemium social discovery network Wamba.com. He has also had stints with companies like HT Mobile Solutions, Zapak Digital Entertainment and BCCL.

     

    Kohli  started his career with The Indian Express Group followed by The Times Group.

     

    nexGTV COO Abhesh Verma said, “In Dushyant, we are bringing on board an excellent professional who understands the various dimensions of a digital business and underlying technology. His appointment is a timely step in helping us capitalise the immense market potential in the mobile TV space. Digital entertainment is fast becoming a staple amongst the Indian viewership, reflected in our continuing growth. We are confident that Dushyant’s joining will further accelerate our success.”

     

    Kohli added, “Having a good experience in the internet & mobile space and most popular digital engagement fields like gaming and social discovery, I always wanted to enter the digital entertainment domain and thus I’m excited to join nexGTv, which is the preferred digital entertainment destination for content consumers across India. The Indian digital entertainment market is in a very interesting phase, and I am eager to leverage my experience of business & user acquisition, engagement and retention to help carve nexGTv’s growth story.”