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Category: Music and Youth

  • Channel V gears up to launch two new shows

    Channel V gears up to launch two new shows

    MUMBAI: Star India’s youth and music destination Channel V is all geared up to add two new shows to its programming mix from February to March. 

    The channel will launch a new show titled D4- Get Up and Dance and is produced by Edge Storm Ventures LLP. The show will sport a new cast and story-line and will launch on 22 February and will be aired from Monday to Friday in the 7 pm time band.

    The show is a mélange of drama, romance and sheds light on the life of a young girl named Baby, who is a skilled dancer but however keeps her dancing skills a secret as a result of her parents’ disapproval. The lead’s life is turned upside down after she meets her dance idol Mikhail and decides to join his dance troupe leaving everything aside. While her talent continues to shine, romance blooms as Baby falls in love with Mikhail despite knowing the fact that he is emotionally secluded.

    Speaking on the show, Channel V business head Kevin Vaz said, “Channel V has always been at the forefront of delivering content that appeals to the youngsters. We introduced the youth to dance based fiction shows and continue to own that space, our new show D4 – Get Up and Dance will captivate audiences by showcasing energy bursting performances on the back of a romantic story.”

    Sources close to the development inform Indiantelevision.com that the channel is also coming up with a new fiction show titled Ishq Unplugged starring Mohit Gaur and Shruti Prakash, which is produced by Panorama Entertainment. The show is slated to go on air from 7 March in the early prime time band of 7:30 pm. The love story is set on the background of a singing reality show where the two leads fall in love during the contest. It will depict their love story with a singing twist.

    The shows are also available on Hotstar.

  • Channel V gears up to launch two new shows

    Channel V gears up to launch two new shows

    MUMBAI: Star India’s youth and music destination Channel V is all geared up to add two new shows to its programming mix from February to March. 

    The channel will launch a new show titled D4- Get Up and Dance and is produced by Edge Storm Ventures LLP. The show will sport a new cast and story-line and will launch on 22 February and will be aired from Monday to Friday in the 7 pm time band.

    The show is a mélange of drama, romance and sheds light on the life of a young girl named Baby, who is a skilled dancer but however keeps her dancing skills a secret as a result of her parents’ disapproval. The lead’s life is turned upside down after she meets her dance idol Mikhail and decides to join his dance troupe leaving everything aside. While her talent continues to shine, romance blooms as Baby falls in love with Mikhail despite knowing the fact that he is emotionally secluded.

    Speaking on the show, Channel V business head Kevin Vaz said, “Channel V has always been at the forefront of delivering content that appeals to the youngsters. We introduced the youth to dance based fiction shows and continue to own that space, our new show D4 – Get Up and Dance will captivate audiences by showcasing energy bursting performances on the back of a romantic story.”

    Sources close to the development inform Indiantelevision.com that the channel is also coming up with a new fiction show titled Ishq Unplugged starring Mohit Gaur and Shruti Prakash, which is produced by Panorama Entertainment. The show is slated to go on air from 7 March in the early prime time band of 7:30 pm. The love story is set on the background of a singing reality show where the two leads fall in love during the contest. It will depict their love story with a singing twist.

    The shows are also available on Hotstar.

  • MTV to roll out ‘Girls On Top’ on 7 March

    MTV to roll out ‘Girls On Top’ on 7 March

    MUMBAI: Come March and MTV will be rolling out a new show based on girl power and their issues titled Girls on Top. The new show celebrates women and will shatter long standing stereotypes and question the nonsensical taboos surrounding the women in India today.

    The show will premiere on 7 March and will be aired from Monday to Friday at at 6:30 pm. 

    Redefining what it means to be an ideal girl, the show portrays the young Indian girl in her various avatars from a havoc wrecking goddess to a hardworking superwoman; from a devilish diva to a manic pixie dream girl; from a bookish romantic to a tattooed hell-raising disc jockey.

    Based on three girls trying to survive in Mumbai, who share an apartment, the show sheds light on the way these girls deal with job, love and domestic issues.

    The three leads in the show are Isha played by Saloni Chopra shown as a TV producer, a tabloid journalist Gia played by Barkha Singh, and DJ Revati played by Ayesha Adlakha making their way through life in Mumbai and how they grow stronger together as they face one difficult circumstance after another.

    Commenting on the launch of the new show, Viacom18 EVP and business head youth and EEC Ferzad Palia said, “With Girls On Top, we at MTV are all set to take a close look at the lives of three young women trying to make it on their own in Mumbai. The show will focus on their struggles around work, love and life, but at the same time, will also offer viewers an insight into the changing face of Indian women. They’re here to claim what’s theirs – the right to choose a career and a partner, the freedom to express themselves through their work and their style and the independence to live life on their own terms. It’s a show that will resonate with all those young women who have ever dreamed of a life outside the confines of societal norms by breaking stereotypes and questioning taboos. I’m sure our young viewers will fall in love with our three protagonists from MTV Girls On Top because somewhere they’ll find their own story within theirs.”

  • MTV to roll out ‘Girls On Top’ on 7 March

    MTV to roll out ‘Girls On Top’ on 7 March

    MUMBAI: Come March and MTV will be rolling out a new show based on girl power and their issues titled Girls on Top. The new show celebrates women and will shatter long standing stereotypes and question the nonsensical taboos surrounding the women in India today.

    The show will premiere on 7 March and will be aired from Monday to Friday at at 6:30 pm. 

    Redefining what it means to be an ideal girl, the show portrays the young Indian girl in her various avatars from a havoc wrecking goddess to a hardworking superwoman; from a devilish diva to a manic pixie dream girl; from a bookish romantic to a tattooed hell-raising disc jockey.

    Based on three girls trying to survive in Mumbai, who share an apartment, the show sheds light on the way these girls deal with job, love and domestic issues.

    The three leads in the show are Isha played by Saloni Chopra shown as a TV producer, a tabloid journalist Gia played by Barkha Singh, and DJ Revati played by Ayesha Adlakha making their way through life in Mumbai and how they grow stronger together as they face one difficult circumstance after another.

    Commenting on the launch of the new show, Viacom18 EVP and business head youth and EEC Ferzad Palia said, “With Girls On Top, we at MTV are all set to take a close look at the lives of three young women trying to make it on their own in Mumbai. The show will focus on their struggles around work, love and life, but at the same time, will also offer viewers an insight into the changing face of Indian women. They’re here to claim what’s theirs – the right to choose a career and a partner, the freedom to express themselves through their work and their style and the independence to live life on their own terms. It’s a show that will resonate with all those young women who have ever dreamed of a life outside the confines of societal norms by breaking stereotypes and questioning taboos. I’m sure our young viewers will fall in love with our three protagonists from MTV Girls On Top because somewhere they’ll find their own story within theirs.”

  • Shemaroo hires Kunal Wadhwani as social media & digital marketing head

    Shemaroo hires Kunal Wadhwani as social media & digital marketing head

    MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment has appointed Kunal Wadhwani as head of social media and digital marketing to give a push the company’s digital marketing initiatives.

    Shemaroo Entertainment director Jai Maroo said, “We are glad to welcome Kunal on board. We understand the importance of digital marketing and its growing influence on the masses. Kunal will drive Shemaroo’s way forward in digital marketing.”

    Prior to joining Shemaroo Entertainment, Wadhwani was with Everymedia Technologies heading media planning and buying. He also managed digital marketing and Online Reputation Management (ORM) for Bollywood movies, brands and celebrities.

  • Shemaroo hires Kunal Wadhwani as social media & digital marketing head

    Shemaroo hires Kunal Wadhwani as social media & digital marketing head

    MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment has appointed Kunal Wadhwani as head of social media and digital marketing to give a push the company’s digital marketing initiatives.

    Shemaroo Entertainment director Jai Maroo said, “We are glad to welcome Kunal on board. We understand the importance of digital marketing and its growing influence on the masses. Kunal will drive Shemaroo’s way forward in digital marketing.”

    Prior to joining Shemaroo Entertainment, Wadhwani was with Everymedia Technologies heading media planning and buying. He also managed digital marketing and Online Reputation Management (ORM) for Bollywood movies, brands and celebrities.

  • Disney, Fox, Lionsgate invest $50 million in Atom Tickets

    Disney, Fox, Lionsgate invest $50 million in Atom Tickets

    MUMBAI: Three Hollywood studios namely The Walt Disney Company, 20th Century Fox and Lionsgate have invested $50 million in a theatrical mobile ticketing platform and app company Atom Tickets.

    Atom Tickets is a social, mobile ticketing platform designed to make movie-going simple. Movie fans can use the service to purchase tickets and concessions, coordinate and invite friends without having to pay for them, and skip the lines at the theater. The app is available in both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

    “We’re thrilled to partner with some of the most forward-thinking media companies, exhibitors and trailblazers in the entertainment business. By bringing convenience to consumers and innovation to theaters, we will enhance the movie-going experience and bring additional revenue to studios and exhibitors,” said Atom Tickets co-founder and executive chairman Matthew Bakal.

    “The Atom Tickets app and platform is bringing innovation to the ticketing market by empowering social networks and mobile devices to make the movie-going experience seamless and convenient. Their technology not only adds value to the consumer, but also helps movie studios and theaters by providing deep consumer insights, advanced analytics, and concession and ticket couponing,” added The Walt Disney Company chief strategy officer Kevin Mayer.

    “Our innovative e-commerce platform utilises cutting edge data analysis and targeting techniques to help connect movie-goers to films that they and their friends will love,” said Atom Tickets co-founder and CEO Ameesh Paleja.

    “This is an exciting opportunity for us and more importantly, for our audiences. Atom Tickets provides an enhanced social experience for consumers to discover and purchase tickets to movies, designed for ease of use on mobile devices. Atom’s unique interface and integration with movie fans’ social networks creates a streamlined, fun way to go to movies with friends,” said 20thCentury Fox chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos.

    “We believe that Atom Tickets has the potential to revolutionize the way audiences go to the movies, and we’re delighted to partner with blue chip studios like Disney and Fox in this cutting edge initiative for the theatrical business. More than four billion seats go unsold in theaters each year, and Matthew, Ameesh and the Atom team have developed a state-of-the-art app that offers exciting new opportunities to pre-purchase tickets and concessions as well as paving the way for the successful introduction of dynamic ticket pricing,” said Lionsgate vice chairman Michael Burns.

    Established in 2014, Atom Tickets’ Series A funding was led by Lionsgate. The app is currently available in select test markets, with a full national rollout planned for later this year.

  • Disney, Fox, Lionsgate invest $50 million in Atom Tickets

    Disney, Fox, Lionsgate invest $50 million in Atom Tickets

    MUMBAI: Three Hollywood studios namely The Walt Disney Company, 20th Century Fox and Lionsgate have invested $50 million in a theatrical mobile ticketing platform and app company Atom Tickets.

    Atom Tickets is a social, mobile ticketing platform designed to make movie-going simple. Movie fans can use the service to purchase tickets and concessions, coordinate and invite friends without having to pay for them, and skip the lines at the theater. The app is available in both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

    “We’re thrilled to partner with some of the most forward-thinking media companies, exhibitors and trailblazers in the entertainment business. By bringing convenience to consumers and innovation to theaters, we will enhance the movie-going experience and bring additional revenue to studios and exhibitors,” said Atom Tickets co-founder and executive chairman Matthew Bakal.

    “The Atom Tickets app and platform is bringing innovation to the ticketing market by empowering social networks and mobile devices to make the movie-going experience seamless and convenient. Their technology not only adds value to the consumer, but also helps movie studios and theaters by providing deep consumer insights, advanced analytics, and concession and ticket couponing,” added The Walt Disney Company chief strategy officer Kevin Mayer.

    “Our innovative e-commerce platform utilises cutting edge data analysis and targeting techniques to help connect movie-goers to films that they and their friends will love,” said Atom Tickets co-founder and CEO Ameesh Paleja.

    “This is an exciting opportunity for us and more importantly, for our audiences. Atom Tickets provides an enhanced social experience for consumers to discover and purchase tickets to movies, designed for ease of use on mobile devices. Atom’s unique interface and integration with movie fans’ social networks creates a streamlined, fun way to go to movies with friends,” said 20thCentury Fox chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos.

    “We believe that Atom Tickets has the potential to revolutionize the way audiences go to the movies, and we’re delighted to partner with blue chip studios like Disney and Fox in this cutting edge initiative for the theatrical business. More than four billion seats go unsold in theaters each year, and Matthew, Ameesh and the Atom team have developed a state-of-the-art app that offers exciting new opportunities to pre-purchase tickets and concessions as well as paving the way for the successful introduction of dynamic ticket pricing,” said Lionsgate vice chairman Michael Burns.

    Established in 2014, Atom Tickets’ Series A funding was led by Lionsgate. The app is currently available in select test markets, with a full national rollout planned for later this year.

  • B4U Television Network chooses Amagi’s Cloudport for global operations

    B4U Television Network chooses Amagi’s Cloudport for global operations

    MUMBAI: Amagi announced that B4U Television Network has now chosen Amagi’s Cloudport 2.0 channel play out platform for its global operations following the successful implementation in India last year. 

     

    Utilizing the next-generation channel playout platform, B4U Television Network is now delivering its popular B4U Movies and B4U Music TV channels in the United States, Canada, Caribbean, U.K., Mauritius, and APAC regions as well as its B4U Aflam and B4U Plus TV channels in the Middle East.

     

    Cloudport provides B4U with an efficient, reliable, and cost-effective cloud-based TV broadcast infrastructure that integrates well with satellite and fiber-based delivery models used in certain geographies of the TV network’s operations.

     

    “The traditional playout approach we were using was not only expensive but also restrictive in terms of the lack of ability to scale, accessibility across locations, frequent technology upgrades, and disaster recovery safeguards. We needed a playout solution that would reduce costs without compromising broadcast quality,” said B4U International business head Ashok Shenoy.  

     

    “Transitioning from a traditional playout model to a next-generation cloud infrastructure powered by Amagi’s playout platform has allowed us to be at the forefront of cutting-edge technology adoption. Cloudport increases the flexibility of our broadcast workflow, making it easy for us to deliver content relevant to each region while reducing OPEX and CAPEX.”

     

    “Amagi is proud to be B4U Television Network’s global playout partner. We are delighted to extend the efficiencies, cost savings, and flexibility that Cloudport offers to B4U’s bouquet of channels,” said Amagi co-founder K.A. Srinivasan. “As B4U looks to monetize and expand into new geographies in the future, Amagi will enable new feeds to be launched in less than four weeks, supporting multiple delivery models of cloud, satellite, and fiber with a natural extension to OTT multiscreen experience. This is precisely why Cloudport  is a future-ready playout platform.”

     

    B4U Television Network has migrated all of its content assets previously hosted in legacy data centers to the cloud. In addition to remote asset management and playlist scheduling, Amagi’s Cloudport platform supports advanced dynamic graphics capabilities, enabling B4U Television Network to provide a rich viewing experience to subscribers. This feature is especially useful for B4U’s music and movie channels that feature advanced digital video effects.

     

    With content hosted on the cloud, B4U Television Network has transparent and remote access to the entire play out chain and feed, all from Cloudport’s Web-based user interface. By providing more visibility and control over TV channels, Cloudport makes it easy for the network to manage multiple channels with distribution across disparate regions of the world.

     

    Since Amagi offers seamless integration with third-party scheduling, automation, and asset management systems, B4U was able to quickly adopt the Cloudport platform with minimal changes to its existing workflows. 

  • B4U Television Network chooses Amagi’s Cloudport for global operations

    B4U Television Network chooses Amagi’s Cloudport for global operations

    MUMBAI: Amagi announced that B4U Television Network has now chosen Amagi’s Cloudport 2.0 channel play out platform for its global operations following the successful implementation in India last year. 

     

    Utilizing the next-generation channel playout platform, B4U Television Network is now delivering its popular B4U Movies and B4U Music TV channels in the United States, Canada, Caribbean, U.K., Mauritius, and APAC regions as well as its B4U Aflam and B4U Plus TV channels in the Middle East.

     

    Cloudport provides B4U with an efficient, reliable, and cost-effective cloud-based TV broadcast infrastructure that integrates well with satellite and fiber-based delivery models used in certain geographies of the TV network’s operations.

     

    “The traditional playout approach we were using was not only expensive but also restrictive in terms of the lack of ability to scale, accessibility across locations, frequent technology upgrades, and disaster recovery safeguards. We needed a playout solution that would reduce costs without compromising broadcast quality,” said B4U International business head Ashok Shenoy.  

     

    “Transitioning from a traditional playout model to a next-generation cloud infrastructure powered by Amagi’s playout platform has allowed us to be at the forefront of cutting-edge technology adoption. Cloudport increases the flexibility of our broadcast workflow, making it easy for us to deliver content relevant to each region while reducing OPEX and CAPEX.”

     

    “Amagi is proud to be B4U Television Network’s global playout partner. We are delighted to extend the efficiencies, cost savings, and flexibility that Cloudport offers to B4U’s bouquet of channels,” said Amagi co-founder K.A. Srinivasan. “As B4U looks to monetize and expand into new geographies in the future, Amagi will enable new feeds to be launched in less than four weeks, supporting multiple delivery models of cloud, satellite, and fiber with a natural extension to OTT multiscreen experience. This is precisely why Cloudport  is a future-ready playout platform.”

     

    B4U Television Network has migrated all of its content assets previously hosted in legacy data centers to the cloud. In addition to remote asset management and playlist scheduling, Amagi’s Cloudport platform supports advanced dynamic graphics capabilities, enabling B4U Television Network to provide a rich viewing experience to subscribers. This feature is especially useful for B4U’s music and movie channels that feature advanced digital video effects.

     

    With content hosted on the cloud, B4U Television Network has transparent and remote access to the entire play out chain and feed, all from Cloudport’s Web-based user interface. By providing more visibility and control over TV channels, Cloudport makes it easy for the network to manage multiple channels with distribution across disparate regions of the world.

     

    Since Amagi offers seamless integration with third-party scheduling, automation, and asset management systems, B4U was able to quickly adopt the Cloudport platform with minimal changes to its existing workflows.