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  • PEG + CAT wins 3 Emmy Awards including Outstanding Pre-School Children’s Animation Program

    PEG + CAT wins 3 Emmy Awards including Outstanding Pre-School Children’s Animation Program

    MUMBAI: 9 Story Entertainment is pleased to announce that its series Peg + Cat (80 x 12’) has won three Emmys at the 2014 Daytime Emmy Awards, including  Outstanding Pre-School Children’s Animation Program, Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program (Hayley Faith Negrin) and Production Design (Jennifer Oxley).

     
    The series originally debuted on PBS Kids in the U.S. in the fall of 2013 and on Treehouse in Canada in March of this year. Peg + Cat has also been licensed by Super RTL (Germany and German-speaking Europe), Canal+ Family (France and French-speaking territories), ABC TV Australia, TVNZ (New Zealand), SVT (Sweden), YLE (Finaland), HOP (Israel), Mini-Mini (Poland), E-Junior (UAE), Zee Learn (India) and Disney (Korea).

     

    Created by Emmy Award winning creative director, animator and children’s writer Jennifer Oxley (Little Bill, The Wonder Pets!) and Billy Aronson (Rent, Postcards from Buster), Peg + Cat is co-produced by 9 Story Entertainment and The Fred Rogers Company for PBS Kids. 9 Story has international distribution rights to the series.

     

    The series follows an adorable spirited little girl, Peg, and her sidekick, Cat, as they encounter unexpected problems that require fun and creative solutions. In order to solve the problems, Peg and her cat must add, subtract and apply basic arithmetic. Their adventures take them to historical far-away lands, art centers in bustling metropolises and the colourful cosmos, all the while demonstrating that it’s never too early to start learning the magic of numbers.

     

    9 Story is one of the industry’s leading creators, producers and distributors of award-winning animated and live-action content for young audiences around the world.  With one of North America’s largest animation studios based in Toronto, 9 Story has over 220 creative and production staff, and has produced over 900 half hours of quality children’s and family programming, seen on some of the most respected children’s channels around the world across multiple platforms.  The company’s distribution arm represents a growing catalogue which includes several beloved brands such as Arthur, Wibbly Pig, Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars, Wild Kratts and Almost Naked Animals in addition to exciting new series such as Numb Chucks, Camp Lakebottom, Cache Craze, Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood and Nerds and Monsters. The company recently acquired CCI Kids, the family content division of CCI Entertainment, increasing 9 Story’s portfolio to over 1600 half hours of content with popular shows such as Guess How Much I Love You, Joe & Jack, Artzooka! and Extreme Babysitting.   www.9story.com

  • ABC News bags National Edward Murrow awards at RTDNA

    ABC News bags National Edward Murrow awards at RTDNA

    NEW DELHI: ABC News has won 2014 National Edward R Murrow awards for excellence in radio and television at the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA).

     

    “This year’s field was the best we have ever seen,” said RTDNA chairman Chris Carl. “The entries gave our judges the luxury of a fantastic pool from which to select the winners.”

    The awards will be presented at the New York Marriott Marquis in New York City on 6 October, according to the RTDNA website.

     

    This year, RTDNA, which recognises outstanding work produced by radio, television and online news organisations around the world, awarded 98 National Edward R Murrow awards in 13 categories including Overall Excellence, Breaking News, Investigative Reporting and more. RTDNA received more than 4,000 entries during the 2014 awards season, surpassing 2013 by more than 500 entries and setting an all-time record for entries in what proved to be one of the most competitive season in RTDNA history.

     
    In the network radio division, ABC News Radio won the Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence, its first in eight years. It has been more than twenty years since ABC News has brought home Overall Excellence awards for both radio and television in the same year. ABC News Radio also won an award in the Breaking News category.

     

    For the sixth consecutive year, National Public Radio took home the award for Best Network Radio Website. NPR won two additional awards for Investigative Reporting and News Series.

     

    CBS Radio News won three awards in the same division – Continuing Coverage, Newscast, and Writing. Studio 360/WNYC/PRI (Feature Reporting), State of the Re: Union (News Documentary), American Public Media (Hard News), ESPN (Sports Reporting), and New York Public Radio/PRI (Use of Sound) each won one award.  

     

    The Washington Post won the Overall Excellence Award in the large online news organisation division as well as an award for Feature Reporting for the second year in a row.

     

    In the same division, The Boston Globe won three awards (Breaking News, Continuing Coverage, and Investigative Reporting). The Bay Area News Group (Use of Video), Time Magazine (News Documentary), The Dallas Morning News (News Series), The New York Times (Hard News), Yahoo! (Sports Reporting), and The Detroit Free Press (Website) also won awards in the large online news organisation division.

     

    Of particular note, this year, in the Small Market Radio division was KNAU – Arizona Public Radio, which pulled off a rare double win in News Series and Writing for its entry Building Hope In Haiti: Flagstaff Responds To Humanitarian Crisis.

     

    In the same television division, CBS News earned five Murrow Awards for Newscast, News Series, Feature Reporting, Investigative Reporting, and Writing.

     

    NBC News took the awards for Use of Video and Breaking News in the Network Television division.

     

    Univision Network News took the award for best network television website, while ESPN won for News Documentary and Sports Reporting.

     

    Overall Excellence award winners in 2014 are:
     
    •         ABC News (network television)

    •         ABC News Radio (network radio)

    •         The Washington Post (large online news)

    •         The Texas Tribune (small online news)

    •         WCVB-TV, Boston (television, large market)

    •         WBIR-TV, Knoxville, Tenn. (television, small market)

    •         WBEZ, Chicago (radio, large market)

    •         WDEL, Wilmington, Del. (radio, small market)

  • Nine Gold programming wins 3 RAPA awards

    Nine Gold programming wins 3 RAPA awards

    Nine Gold, the three-hour block of prime time programming on national broadcaster Doordarshan’s Metro channel, has walked away with three awards at the 26th Annual RAPA Awards (Radio & TV Practitioners’ Association of India), a company release states.

     

    Nine Gold won awards in the following categories:-
    * Best TV programme (Game) for Superstars, Nine Gold’s national talent hunt show hosted by Chunky Pandey.
    * Best Telefilm Direction for Mr Mehman, directed by Saurabh Shukla and a part of the popular Director’s Cut series.
    * Best TV Title Song for the popular drama Alag Alag.

     

    Speaking on the occasion, Padmashree PS, director programming, Nine Gold, said: “These awards reiterate our commitment to re-define the television viewing experience, providing our viewers with three hours of the best prime time quality Hindi entertainment every night of the week.”

  • Will this ‘Arjun’ hit the bullseye?

    Will this ‘Arjun’ hit the bullseye?

    MUMBAI: Looks like ‘acche din’ are here for broadcasters in the kids’ genre (read Disney, Pogo, Cartoon Network, Nick, Sonic, Nick Jr.). There was a time when all one used to get to watch was Tom chasing Jerry on screen, Swat Kats fighting crime to save Megakat City from the evil clutches of Dark Kat or Popeye gulping down spinach to clobber Bluto and save Olive (not that we didn’t like these classics). But, it’s really heartening to see broadcasters lapping up original Indian IPs and going a step further by getting involved in the making as well.

     

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  • Zee Hindi Movie Cluster comes out with a roaring win at the PromaxBDA India Awards

    Zee Hindi Movie Cluster comes out with a roaring win at the PromaxBDA India Awards

    MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (ZEEL), the 24×7 entertainment destination which has various entertainment channels under its portfolio has out done itself in the Hindi Movie Cluster segment. Winning the hearts of millions of viewers across the country, the Hindi movie channel Cluster of ZEELhouses the world’s largest Hindi film librarywon clean sweeps at the PromaxBDAIndia Awards, 2014. The channels namely Zee Cinema(South ka super punch) and Zee Classic(Iconic Villains) had a final tally of 3 Gold and 4 Silver trophies in categories such as Best Entertainment promo, Best Comedy promo, Best Movie Promo, Drama promo and Best Original Music compositionamongst many others.

    The awards which were held at The Westin Mumbai Garden Cityfrom May 27 – 28, 2014, saw some of the most prominent members of the entertainment industry coming together. Amidst tough competition, Zee Hindi Movie cluster won in 6 categories, adding more feathers to its cap. These awards have prominent members of the entertainment industry on the panel and it is a matter of great pride that Zee Cinema and Zee Classic have which has been in the industry over a decade has won so many awards across various platforms.

    Thrilled on receiving the awards, Ruchir Tiwari, Deputy Vice President -Head of Programming, ZEEL – Hindi Movie Channels added,“It feels great that we emerged victorious in so many categories in the most prestigious entertainment award ceremony. Constantly creating clutter-breaking and innovative campaigns, our on-air promotions team has infused novelty and vigour into both our campaigns – ‘South ka super punch’ on Zee Cinema and ‘Iconic Villains’ on Zee Classic. The creative route these channels chose to promote the movie festivals involved very unique, innovative and path-breaking promotional activities which have worked wonders with the viewers. We are proud to have a team who is so high on talent and sets benchmarks in effective communication for the industry to follow.”

    The PromaxBDA Awards aims to recognize the passion engaged in the marketing of television and video content on all platforms – on-air promotion, branding, advertising, etc. along with inspiring creativity, driving innovation and honoring excellence. The association is considered to be the leading global resource for education, creative inspiration and career development in the media and marketing sectors.

     

  • Viacom18 reigns supreme at PromaxBDA India Awards with 17 wins

    Viacom18 reigns supreme at PromaxBDA India Awards with 17 wins

    MUMBAI: Viacom18, India’s fastest growing entertainment network of iconic brands proved its creative mettle at the recently concluded PromaxBDA India Awards by winning a whopping 17 awards across categories. Viacom18’s brands MTV, Vh1 and Comedy Central brought in a total of eight golds and nine silvers for excellence in the creative campaigns. All the winning campaigns at Viacom18 have been conceptualized and produced in-house.

     

    MTV turned out to be the biggest winner amongst all TV channels at the PromaxBDA India Awards with a total of 11 awards being scooped up by its creative team alone.

     

    PromaxBDA India Awards recognizes excellence in on-air promotion, branding and advertising across India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The awards ceremony was held in Mumbai on 28th May 2014.

     

    Below is a list of the award-winning campaigns at the 2014 PromaxBDA India Awards:

     

    Gold:

    1. Best Print Campaign – MTV Rock The Vote

    2. Best Editing – MTV Spoken Words

    3. Best Campaign – MTV Webbed

    4. Best on air – Identz

    5. Best Interactive Promo – MTV Roadies Battlegroud

    6. Best Reality promo –MTV Roadies Journey

    7. Best Title Sequence – MTV Spoken Word

    8. Best Sales & Marketing Presentation –Comedy Central Superhero

     

    Silver:

    9.   Best Logo Design – Spoken Word

    10. Best Animation – MTV HI5

    11. Best Holiday Special event promo (Rock the vote) – MTV Rock The Vote

    12. Best Funniest Spot ()-MTV Serial box

    13. Best Use of Social Media – Anger Management – The Destructomatic

    14. Best Comedy Promo – Suits S3 – INDIAN HARVEY

    15. Best Entertainment Promo – Suits S3 – Indian Harvey

    16. Something for Nothing – Comedy Central’s 2014 Predictions

    17. Best Children’s Programme Promo – Silver – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – CP Promo 

  • Asian Television Award invites entries from Asian countries

    Asian Television Award invites entries from Asian countries

    NEW DELHI: The 19th Asian Television Awards (ATA) to be held in Singapore later this year has invited entries by 20 June for awards in more than 40 categories.

     

    Celebrating excellence in programming, performance and production, ATA seeks to applaud the many master “magicians” who put in their heart and soul to create television “magic”. The finalists and winners will be decided by a distinguished panel of judges comprising industry experts, and the results will be tabulated and audited by international auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.

     

    To be eligible for entry, all programmes must be broadcast or cablecast for the first time in the Asia Pacific region during the period from 1 June 2013 to 31 May 2014.

     

    Complete details, including entry forms, categories and eligibility, are available on www.asiantvawards.com. The programming awards include 25 categories, while there are nine performance categories, and six awards in Technical and Creative Categories.

     

     The top awards including those for Terrestrial Channel of the Year, Cable and Satellite Channel of the Year, Terrestrial Broadcaster of the Year, Cable and Satellite Network of the Year and for Outstanding Contribution to Asian Television.

     

     In addition, there are awards in the category of documentary, natural history or wildlife programme, news, single news story/report, drama series, telemovies, comedy, current affairs, children’s programme, preschool programme, entertainment (one-off/ annual), general entertainment, game or quiz, music, reality show, infotainment, talk show, social awareness, adaptation of an existing format, digital fiction and non-fiction programme/series, and lifestyle programme, 2D and 3D animated programmes.

     

     In the Performance Categories, there are awards for News Presenter or Anchor, Current Affairs Presenter, Entertainment Presenter/ Host, Sports Presenter/ Commentator, actor and actress in a leading Role, Actress in a Leading Role, supporting actor or actress, and Comedy Performance by an Actor/ Actress.

     

     The Technical and Creative Categories are Cinematography, Direction, Editing, Original Screenplay, and Theme Song.

  • First Vijay Television Awards sees people poll for their favourite TV stars

    First Vijay Television Awards sees people poll for their favourite TV stars

    MUMBAI: Soaring mercury levels notwithstanding, the denizens of Chennai thronged the YMCA ground to witness the first ever Vijay Television Awards to honour top talents of the channel, as voted by the people.

    The nearly 10,000-strong crowd cheered as their favourite TV stars won mask-shaped trophies in over 30 categories including favourite junior male/female, favourite fiction/nonfiction comedian, best male/female dancer, supporting actor/actress, best actor/actress, best entertainer, best judge male/female, favourite anchor male/female, favourite show etc. Of the many awards, DHFL sponsored favourite actor while Karbonn Smart A5 sponsored favourite male singer. Two gigantic screens placed next to the stage allowed people seated at a distance to soak in the award acceptance speeches, performances and other goings on.   

    The gags and light-hearted banter of the hosts for the night, Ma Ka Pa Anand, Bhavna, Ramya, Jegan, Robo Shankar, Erode Mahesh and Balaji, was punctuated by some high-octane performances including salsa, acrobatics and a flute. In one instance, a blind and physically challenged boy adopted by Star Vijay sang to a huge applause from the audience. Lending sheen to the show were celebrities including Simran, Sudha Chandran, Chitra, Ananth Vaidyanathan and Sivakarthikeyan.

    Save for the long-drawn conversation in between the performances, the approximately Rs 4 crore event went off without a glitch in the technical or execution department.

    The event was sponsored by Sunfeast Farmlite and powered by Karbonn Smart A5 with a long list of associate sponsors including DHFL, Vivel, Cinthol, Airtel, Ramraj, Prestige, Eldia, Vasantham, GSK Horlicks, Ruby Builders, Chennai Silks and Hyatt.

     

    The four-hour show is expected to go on air in the second week of June with on-air advertisers the same as on-ground ones. 16 cameras were used to record the event on ground with post-production to be done in-house by the Star Vijay team.

    Prior to the awards, a month-long campaign was undertaken across magazines and leading newspapers, specifically The Hindu, along with a 15 day radio campaign. Posters and hoardings were put up across Chennai. Starting this week, the outdoor marketing campaign will begin informing people about the on-air telecast of the awards. Coimbatore, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Trichy and Erode are among the cities being targeted. According to sources, the total marketing cost for both pre-even promotion and pre-telecast is estimated to be nearly Rs 1 crore.

    Significantly, voting was an open process conducted through the digital medium with nearly 20 lakh people voting for their favourite stars. “We planned the event nearly two years ago but at that stage, we didn’t have so many fiction hits and categories. Now was the right time,” says Star Vijay general manager K Sriram. The scale will go a notch higher in the second edition of the awards, he says.

    Click here for full list of awardees

  • Asianet Television Awards 2014 to be aired on 24 & 25 May

    Asianet Television Awards 2014 to be aired on 24 & 25 May

    BENGALURU: Asianet is all set to broadcast its Television Awards 2014 this Saturday and Sunday between 7 and 11 pm. The eight hour long event will be aired in two parts inform company sources.

     

    The event was held on 10 May at the Marine Beach ground in Kozhikode.

     

    The company says that about 10,000 people attended the live event that saw a cross section of south Indian film and television stars.

     

    Some of the awardees/ awards included: Director Ranjith presented the Asianet Life time Achievement Award to the veteran actress Valsala Menon for her outstanding contributions to Television Industry; ‘Parasparam’ won the award for the best serial; Jayakumar and Harison won the award for the best director for the serial ‘Balaganapathi’. Vivek Gopan won the best actor award for his role in ‘Parasparam’ while Rekha  Ratheesh took home the best female actress trophy.

     

    Asianet has roped in Manjilas brand Double Horse as the title sponsor, the event is powered by Travancore Builders; with John’s Umbrellas as first associate sponsor,  Josco Jewellers, , KLF Kokkanad , Malabar Gold& Diamounds, Pothy’s, Vivel, Cera, Libero, Paragon, Prestige Cookers, DHFL as  associate sponsors.

  • Zing launches Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya!

    Zing launches Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya!

    MUMBAI: How far would you go to save your love? If your love was at risk, what would you do? What is the line between love and passion?
    Stay tuned to Zing this Friday, 23rd May, 2014 as it answers all these queries and many more with the launch of its new television series ‘Pyaar Tune KyaKiya’. Theshow telecasts 13 original episodes depictingreal,young, burning love,with raw emotion unlike anything ever witnessed in the Indian home before!

    Set in the heart of India,the show seeks inspiration from heart throbbing love stories of everyday. Zing’s – Pyaar Tune KyaKiyadelves into the lives of star crossed lovers, played by the biggest celebrities on Indian Television. The weekly series demonstrates real love stories, where passion meets crime with a twist! Each story is bound in a rich mix of lover’s affection and devotion imprinting the minds of viewers with the question “Isne crime to kiya, lekin kuch galat nahi kiya!”

    Keeping in line with the unusual show format celebrity hosts, Meiyang Chang and SurbhiJyoti will take viewers through a journeyof the plot, background and characters during each episode. On his association with the show, Chang mentioned “Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya is very close to my heart as I believe in pursuing my dreams just like these lovers. I play the role of a Narrator and direct the audience, aiding them with necessary facts to conclude the outcome of each amorous saga. I also really appreciate that we the hosts, shoot at the plot during each episode making this format of production very innovative, bringing out more connection to each story.”

    SurbhiJyoti went on to add “Shooting Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya was so much of fun! I too am a narrator and my role is to ensure the pieces of each story are seamlessly put together for our viewers to follow. The stories are based on real love stories and are very touching. I always feel for the characters and their emotions on screen. I feel the series is unlike any show currently on television and our fans would love our new avatar!”

    Speaking about Zing’s foray into this newly explored genre of fiction, Mr Vishnu Shankar, Programming Head at Zing stated, “Zing as a channel is skewed towards the youth audience. This fact becomes vital when we seek to provide varied content that keeps these youngsters coming back for

     

    more. So keeping in line with our philosophy, we are proud to announcePyaar Tune KyaKiya. It’s a show that’s different involves passionate, open ended love stories leaving the viewers empathizing with the antagonist rather than succumbing him to his wrong doings. The show is very bold in nature and has an amazing start cast including Sana Khan, ShaleenMalhotra, PratyushaBanerji, Ayaz Ahmed and many more. The content is captivating even to me and we are extremely delighted to add this original series to our bucket of shows”

    Adding to the response MrAnurag Bedi, EVP & Business Head- Zing stated “We recently revamped the channel and positioned it as fun-loving and for the young. It has always been my personal belief that youth nowadays are bolder and follow their heart where ever it would lead them. Similarly for Pyaar Tune KyaKiya we drew inspiration from the confidence of this younger generation. We tried to bring alive a novel concept to the regular love-fiction already on air by adding the unique touch of letting the audience decide for themselves the conclusion of each episode. It gives me great pride to launch Pyaar Tune KyaKiya only on India’s wholly youth oriented channel”

    Relive passion like you knew it with the premiere of “Pyaar Tune KyaKiya” on Friday 23rd May, 2014 at 7 pm!