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  • Star India bags Team India title sponsorship

    Star India bags Team India title sponsorship

    MUMBAI: It wants to own Indian cricket, it appears. The Rupert Murdoch owned 21st Century Fox India offshoot STAR India has bagged the title sponsorship rights to team India. Two bidders were in the final running – Sahara and Star India – the former was disqualified leaving Star with the title sponsorship.

    This was announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) through a tweet a short while ago.

    A release sent out by the BCCI says that the team sponsorship will be “covering BCCI events, ICC events and ACC events, for the period 1 January 2014 to 31 March 2017.”

    Rights include the right to be called the “Official Team Sponsor,” and to display a commercial logo on the team clothing of the Sr. Men’s Cricket Team, the U-19 Men’s Cricket Team, the Men’s A-Team and the Women’s Team.

    The decision was taken at a meeting of the BCCI’s Marketing Committee, on 9 December 2013.

    The tender document, which was available from 11 November 2013, was picked up by seven prospective bidders. Bids were accepted until 3:00 pm on 9 December 2013, at which time the bids were opened and evaluated.

     

    Two bidders – Star India and Sahara India Financial Corporation – were in the fray. Sahara’s bid was found to be ineligible.

    “Star is the Title Sponsor for BCCI international and domestic matches for the period October 2013 to 31 March 2014, as well as the Holder of the Broadcast, Internet and Mobile Rights of cricket in India, for the period July 2012 – March 2018. Star has a deep understanding of the game of cricket, and what it means to the nation. We are pleased to extend our association with them,” BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel said.

    “Star is delighted to become the Official Sponsor of the Indian cricket team. It’s a team of brilliant talent and we are proud to be associated with them. This is further endorsement of Star’s deep commitment to Indian cricket and Indian Sports in general,” said Star India CEO Uday Shankar.

    Sources indicate that Star bid Rs 1.92 crore per match for a bilateral series, and Rs 61 lakh per match for ICC-sponsored tournaments.

  • Tag Heuer on the race track

    Tag Heuer on the race track

    MUMBAI: It is the market leader when it comes to watches and chronographs and TAG Heuer continues to celebrate its success. The brand as a part of the celebration of ‘50th Anniversary of Carrera’ launched the Carrera Calibre 1887, ‘Jack Heuer Special Edition’.

    Launched in the 1960s, the avant-garde Carrera series was created by Jack Heuer, great grandson of the brand’s founder, for race car drivers and motor racing enthusiasts and his passion for racing has seen this collection grow and evolve over the last 50 years.

    MAM-2 SRK sharing a light moment with Franck Dardenne, GM , TAG Heuer India

    TAG Heuer Brand Ambassadors Shah Rukh Khan and Karun Chandhok unveiled the TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 1887 Chronograph – Jack Heuer Special Edition, a tribute to honorary chairman Jack Heuer.

    Since 2013 marks the end of Jack Heuer’s journey with TAG Heuer, he has helped create a special edition Carrera timepiece – the TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 1887 – Jack Heuer Edition, for this special occasion.

  • Starcom MediaVest seals a data deal with Acxiom

    Starcom MediaVest seals a data deal with Acxiom

    MUMBAI: Many mergers, partnerships and acquisitions happened in this year. Now, when the year is coming to an end, there’s another big deal that has been sealed between media agency Starcom MediaVest Group and marketing technology and services company Acxiom. A multi-year deal has been signed between the two.

    The deal will let Starcom use Acxiom’s Audience Operating System, which enables audience segmentation and targeting across online and offline media using first-party and third-party data. The two firms aim to develop new applications for the system, such as targeting TV advertising.

    The deal gives the Publicis Groupe an option to expand its services to other companies under the umbrella. It also gives Starcom MediaVest the first right of refusal for using Acxiom system in overseas markets when in becomes available outside US. Acxiom expects to roll out the audience targeting platform in the UK and China next.
    However, the deal isn’t exclusive and Starcom can test system with other companies as well.

    The time-frame of the deal hasn’t been revealed by the companies. And since Publicis and Omnicom are in the middle of a merger approval process, there’s no indication on how the Acxiom deal might extend over to Omnicom agencies once the merger is completed.

    The new partnership is followed by similar deals that have been signed earlier in the year. A pact gave Starcom MediaVest a first crack at premium Twitter ad inventory, and is intended to give the agency the ability to influence new Twitter products. Even last month, a deal between Starcom and Yahoo was announced which gave the agency exclusive access to Yahoo’s first-party data on its visitors.

  • HDFC Life’s ‘Birthday’ gift

    HDFC Life’s ‘Birthday’ gift

    MUMBAI: “Not today but surely tomorrow,” is something we all say even though tomorrow never comes. And if it does, it’s usually because someone or something triggers us into action.

    Similarly, HDFC Life’s new campaign ‘Birthday’ to promote its long-term financial plan to secure the future of a child tries to inculcate among young parents the habit of disciplined and systematic investment planning by using their kid’s birthday as trigger.

    HDFC Life didn’t want its campaign to be labelled as something that simply lures people but as an informative ‘trigger’ that would help them secure their child’s future.

    Drawing a parallel with the Cadbury ad which uses the tagline ‘Shubh Aarambh’ telling people to eat something sweet before starting something new, HDFC marketing, product, and direct channels senior executive vice president Sanjay Tripathy says: “Previously too, brands, especially FMCG brands, have used trigger-based communication successfully. Hence, we thought of using the same thought.”

    “Birthday seemed the best option because as parents, one can plan a long-term and every b’day will act as a reminder for the payment of the premium. Timing and the context plays a very important part. We did this by showing in our film a younger kid and young parents and one of our contextual ads also shows age for buying the product, which is between 3-9 years so that parents can have a long investment horizon of 10-15 years for a bigger corpus available when the child turns 16, 18 or 21, ready to take up under or post graduation.”

    Won’t the economic slowdown impact the plan and in such a scenario, will the trigger work?

    Child plans are some of our major plans and close to 15% of our business comes from this, says Sanjay Tripathy

     “Child plans are some of our major plans and close to 15% of our business comes from this. And when we did research, we found out that the parents are very involved in the planning of birthday celebrations, the other part that came out was that the mother is very involved in the planning of the financial future of the child. And lastly, people are not very clear about when to take the step? So we thought this a nice way to convey the message of when is the right time for the parent to start investing,” replies Tripathy.

    The 360-degree campaign covers TV, print, radio, OOH and digital and will run for six weeks. Asked about the spend break-up, he says: “Television and print by nature are costly, and the amount I’m spending on digital might be less compared to them but it might be sufficient for that medium so I won’t be fair to break it down.”

    With Leo Burnett having done the ATL (print, TV and radio), NCD KV Sridhar talks about campaign execution as: “Most of the times, the important parenting decisions are overshadowed by urgent ones. Through our campaign, we’ve tried to communicate to parents that investing in a child plan at the right time is equally important. And we thought what better day than a child’s birthday to remind parents to start investing for their future. After all, only when they invest on time will their children get the support they need to fulfil their dreams when they grow up”.

    Digital agency Propaganda has handled the campaign’s digital side.

  • “We always look at ways to improve our consumer experience”

    “We always look at ways to improve our consumer experience”

    MUMBAI: While growing up, we all loved the flavour of the soft, creamy choco-filled candy that effortlessly melted in our mouths, leaving us craving for more. Most of us have grown up with that familiar taste of Cadbury’s Eclairs. We have shared the choco-candy with our friends and family in the moments of joy and celebration and even otherwise. Now, the confectionary brand is repackaging one of its most popular products.

    Keeping up with the fast-paced lifestyle, Cadbury re-launched Cadbury Éclairs as Cadbury Choclairs. Even in 2009, Cadbury Éclairs was re-launched with an enriched chocolate center.

    The reason behind this change is very simple – as a brand, Cadbury always looks at ways to improve its consumer experience. Elaborating more on it, Cadbury India powdered beverages (Gum & Candy) associate vice president Amit Shah says, “In 2011, Cadbury Éclairs heralded in the New Year with another exciting addition to its fold – the new Cadbury Éclairs Rich Brownie. Our rebranding decision is based on this philosophy of product innovation and not so much on what is going on in the market place. Also, we hold the global copyrights for Choclairs and thought the time is right to introduce this name in India to align with the global brand name for the candy.”

    Except India, the candy from the house of Cadbury has globally been known as Choclairs. And it’s not just the name that has changed; there some specific positive product innovation as well in order to give consumers a new experience with every bite of Choclairs. Adds Shah, “Apart from enabling us to align with the global brand name, this name change will also help consumers distinguish our brand, the original Cadbury candy, from other branded and unbranded Éclairs available in the market.”

    And since old habits take time to die, the launch is accompanied by a 360 degree campaign to generate rapid awareness about the change. Television is, of course, the key medium that introduces the new brand name. However, the TV campaign is also supported by a radio campaign, print inserts, cinema campaign and social media activation.

    Besides, to reach consumers in small towns, the brand has opted for cyber café integrations with a branded jigsaw puzzle and Interactive Voice Recording (IVR) integration with Cadbury Choclairs caller tune. All these initiatives along with trade activation have been initiated to create awareness and build the excitement amongst consumers for Cadbury Choclairs.

    Contract Advertising has been brought on board to work on the campaign.

  • Myntra.com urges people to shop online

    Myntra.com urges people to shop online

    NEW DELHI: In the last few years, online shopping has become big. It has been a blessing in disguise for people in the small town India who got an access to many brands which were almost unreachable for them earlier. With its new television campaign titled “Ayega, Ghar Baithe Payega”, ecommerce portal for fashion and lifestyle brands Myntra.com is stressing on the convenience that online shopping gives. The theme of the campaign is “Real Life Mein Aisa Hota Hai Kya”.

    The commercial was first launched on Myntra.com’s social media platforms Youtube and Facebook before being aired across major TV channels starting 30 November.

    The TVC establishes Myntra.com as the online fashion destination and positions it as one of the country’s most comprehensive online fashion stores. Demystifying the inbuilt inertias of shopping online, Myntra.com’s latest ad gives an innovative treatment to educate and captivate the audience on the perks of online shopping over offline.

    The ad showcases a mammoth parcel being carried across crowded streets by a large number of Myntra delivery boys. The parcel gets ferried across the river, over the bridge and through tiny lanes to reach its final destination. The parcel upon arrival unveils the numerous fashion apparel and accessory options that Myntra.com offers its customers, reiterating its position as the one-stop-shop for fashion. The catchy background score picks pace through the journey and conveys advantages of shopping with Myntra.com in a simple, realistic manner.

    Shot in Panjim, Goa, the film was directed by Nikhil Rao and produced by Jamic Films. The campaign was conceptualised by Agnello Dias from Taproot Agency.

  • Nikon School helps sales, stickiness

    Nikon School helps sales, stickiness

    BENGALURU: Camera and camera accessories major Nikon Corporation Tokyo is one of the major players in the world. Nikon School, an initiative by its 100 per cent Indian subsidiary, Nikon India, helps take better photographs with D-SLR or Nikon 1 camera, whatever be the level of experience of the shutterbug.

    Nikon School conducts basic and advanced D-SLR workshops and photo-walks in different cities, which have proved to be big hits with camera owners and photography enthusiasts. Generally within a day or two of an online announcement from Nikon India about an event, all the seats are booked. Usually the size of each workshop is limited to about 25 participants and two teachers.

    Not only does the company impart knowledge and help improve skill sets, the teachers also carry with them a variety of accessories, spare cameras and lenses which they lend to the participants to try out free of cost, to touch feel and experience a product.

    On the same day, last month, Nikon School organised photo-walks at Garden of Five Senses in Delhi, Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Borivali E in Mumbai, The Alipore Zoo in Kolkata and at Nandi Hills in Bangalore. The event welcomed photography enthusiasts from all walks of life irrespective of their professional excellence in photography. These were not just workshops for mere transfer of information but a broader platform to exchange the ideas, gauge the customer insight and carve out an offering in line with the expectation from the brand.

    ‘Many of the participants of our workshops are first time camera owners who have probably bought a basic D-SLR with a basic VR Lens kit, who are unsure about the kind of photography they want to pursue. Once they attend our events, they find their niche, and then based on our suggestions buy the kind of lenses and accessories that suit their tastes,’ revealed one of the teachers to indiantelevision.com during the photo-walk at Nandi Hills near the Garden City of Bengaluru.

    Quite a number of the shutterbugs attend more than one workshop, and consult Nikon teachers for camera upgrades, for better accessories, information about procurement sources, etc.

    ‘I have attended five workshops by Nikon Bangalore, and this is my second photo-walk,’ revealed an amateur photographer.’Each time I learn something new, there is a lot of fine-tuning of my skills. Photography is a hobby, I don’t earn anything from it, but I want to be good at whatever I do,’ she added.

    ‘I have seen friends’ waste money buying accessories, lenses and cameras that they don’t really need. These people at Nikon School have been advising me about what I need, and I have found their guidance very useful,’ said another Nandi Hills photo-walk participant.

    ‘We don’t suggest any particular store or shop from which to buy Nikon cameras and accessories from, we just guide them to our website and ask them to buy whatever they want from the stores of their choice,’ further revealed the teacher. ‘Very often, we find that people have followed our advice and purchased the product that we have suggested,’ he added. Nikon School is planning to gradually expand into many cities and towns in the country.

    In a highly competitive business that is growing with the growth of the young Indian middle class, BTL activities such as Nikon’s workshops and photo-walks have been ensuring a small steady stream of sales and stickiness of consumers, which have seen a small, but steadily increasing number of female photographers.

  • Nikon School helps sales, stickiness

    Nikon School helps sales, stickiness

    BENGALURU: Camera and camera accessories major Nikon Corporation Tokyo is one of the major players in the world. Nikon School, an initiative by its 100 per cent Indian subsidiary, Nikon India, helps take better photographs with D-SLR or Nikon 1 camera, whatever be the level of experience of the shutterbug.

    Nikon School conducts basic and advanced D-SLR workshops and photo-walks in different cities, which have proved to be big hits with camera owners and photography enthusiasts. Generally within a day or two of an online announcement from Nikon India about an event, all the seats are booked. Usually the size of each workshop is limited to about 25 participants and two teachers.

    Not only does the company impart knowledge and help improve skill sets, the teachers also carry with them a variety of accessories, spare cameras and lenses which they lend to the participants to try out free of cost, to touch feel and experience a product.

    On the same day, last month, Nikon School organised photo-walks at Garden of Five Senses in Delhi, Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Borivali E in Mumbai, The Alipore Zoo in Kolkata and at Nandi Hills in Bangalore. The event welcomed photography enthusiasts from all walks of life irrespective of their professional excellence in photography. These were not just workshops for mere transfer of information but a broader platform to exchange the ideas, gauge the customer insight and carve out an offering in line with the expectation from the brand.

     

    “Many of the participants of our workshops are first time camera owners who have probably bought a basic D-SLR with a basic VR Lens kit, who are unsure about the kind of photography they want to pursue. Once they attend our events, they find their niche, and then based on our suggestions buy the kind of lenses and accessories that suit their tastes,” revealed one of the teachers to indiantelevision.com during the photo-walk at Nandi Hills near the Garden City of Bengaluru.

    Quite a number of the shutterbugs attend more than one workshop, and consult Nikon teachers for camera upgrades, for better accessories, information about procurement sources, etc.

    “I have attended five workshops by Nikon Bangalore, and this is my second photo-walk,” revealed an amateur photographer.”Each time I learn something new, there is a lot of fine-tuning of my skills. Photography is a hobby, I don’t earn anything from it, but I want to be good at whatever I do,” she added.

    “I have seen friends’ waste money buying accessories, lenses and cameras that they don’t really need. These people at Nikon School have been advising me about what I need, and I have found their guidance very useful,” said another Nandi Hills photo-walk participant.

     

    “We don’t suggest any particular store or shop from which to buy Nikon cameras and accessories from, we just guide them to our website and ask them to buy whatever they want from the stores of their choice,” further revealed the teacher. “Very often, we find that people have followed our advice and purchased the product that we have suggested,” he added. Nikon School is planning to gradually expand into many cities and towns in the country.

    In a highly competitive business that is growing with the growth of the young Indian middle class, BTL activities such as Nikon’s workshops and photo-walks have been ensuring a small steady stream of sales and stickiness of consumers, which have seen a small, but steadily increasing number of female photographers.

    Photo Courtesy : Wanvari Tarachand

  • DDB Mudra releases Youth Report 2013

    DDB Mudra releases Youth Report 2013

    MUMBAI: DDB Mudra Group has released its maiden Youth Report themed on “Beauty Money Sex Love Faith Substance”, the six entities which most acutely influence the choices and aspirations of urban young Indians.

    “Our role has been to merely curate the content so as to ensure the insights are raw and relevant. We have further ensured the focus is on the core thought process that goes behind brand decisions which is more sustained so that the data can be of use to marketers while developing their communication” explains DDB Mudra Group chief operating officer Pratap Bose.

    The report, unlike any other, has been collated by a panel of 40 college students, who themselves are a part of the TG, across five major cities including Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Kolkata.

    “This report also features our six mindset archetypes, a proprietary tool we use to cut through conventional SECs to better understand youth buying behavior given the diversity and continuous evolution of this TG,” adds the agency’s chief youth marketer Samyak Chakrabarty.

    Click here for complete report