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  • eBay India and Nasscom launch eBay eCommerce Guide

    MUMBAI: The online marketplace eBay India and Nasscom (National Association of Software and Services Companies) unveiled the ‘eBay eCommerce Guide‘.


    Launched by Nasscom president Kiran Karnik and eBay India Marketplace country manager Gautam Thakar at the Nasscom eCommerce seminar, the eBay eCommerce Guide aims to spread awareness and educate internet users on the various elements of eCommerce.


    According to an official release, the eBay eCommerce Guide spells out the basic business models of eCommerce, benefits to users, profiles of sellers & buyers & industry statistics. In addition, there are chapters on technology trends and resources which will assist consumers in understanding the newer developments in eCommerce.


    eBay eCommerce Guide includes eCommerce – Anytime, Anywhere, Anything Marketplace, eCommerce- Benefit from It, Reach of eCommerce in India, Real People in the e-World, Guidelines for Online Transactions, Technology and Trends, Resources and Guides and Glossary of eCommerce Terms.


    “eCommerce is of growing importance and online market places can be of immense help, especially to the SME sector and rural craftsmen who cannot afford other expensive channels of marketing,” Nasscom Karnik says. “eBay India as a pioneer of a new paradigm of ecommerce into India, has provided a revenue generation platform for thousands of Indians sellers both in India and globally. I congratulate eBay on their initiative of bringing out a eCommerce Guide, and hope that this will encourage even more Indians to adopt eCommerce.”


    The eBay eCommerce Guide is currently being distributed among influencers and media through Nasscom and other industry bodies. To avail a copy, one can mail to mediacentreindia@ebay.com

  • eBay India and Nasscom launch eBay eCommerce Guide

    eBay India and Nasscom launch eBay eCommerce Guide

    MUMBAI: The online marketplace eBay India and Nasscom (National Association of Software and Services Companies) unveiled the ‘eBay eCommerce Guide’.

    Launched by Nasscom president Kiran Karnik and eBay India Marketplace country manager Gautam Thakar at the Nasscom eCommerce seminar, the eBay eCommerce Guide aims to spread awareness and educate internet users on the various elements of eCommerce.

    According to an official release, the eBay eCommerce Guide spells out the basic business models of eCommerce, benefits to users, profiles of sellers & buyers & industry statistics. In addition, there are chapters on technology trends and resources which will assist consumers in understanding the newer developments in eCommerce.

    eBay eCommerce Guide includes eCommerce – Anytime, Anywhere, Anything Marketplace, eCommerce- Benefit from It, Reach of eCommerce in India, Real People in the e-World, Guidelines for Online Transactions, Technology and Trends, Resources and Guides and Glossary of eCommerce Terms.

    “eCommerce is of growing importance and online market places can be of immense help, especially to the SME sector and rural craftsmen who cannot afford other expensive channels of marketing,” Nasscom Karnik says. “eBay India as a pioneer of a new paradigm of ecommerce into India, has provided a revenue generation platform for thousands of Indians sellers both in India and globally. I congratulate eBay on their initiative of bringing out a eCommerce Guide, and hope that this will encourage even more Indians to adopt eCommerce.”

    The eBay eCommerce Guide is currently being distributed among influencers and media through Nasscom and other industry bodies. To avail a copy, one can mail to mediacentreindia@ebay.com.

  • Star One’s The Great Indian Laughter Challenge Dwitiya clocks the highest ever ratings

    Mumbai, June 30, 2006: The Great Indian Laughter Challenge Dwitiya on Star One, the nationwide search for the best comic talent in India has recreated history and set new records!! The two-hour MEGA FINALE episode, which aired on Friday, June 23, 2006 burst through the TRP scales delivering a rating of 7.94 on CS4+ and became the 4th highest ranked shows amongst the Hindi General Entertainment channels.

    The Season 2 that captivated the fancy of the entire nation witnessed a robust growth in channel shares touching 3.41 on CS4+ HSM, making The Great Indian Laughter Challenge Dwitiya one of the most successful show launched in 2006.

    Basis the TAM media research figures across audiences and markets, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge Dwitiya has decimated well-entrenched competition in the last 4 weeks in the Friday Prime time slot of 10:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. The show-stealers were the ‘Wizards of Wit ‘ Shekhar Suman & Navjot Singh Sidhu, who donned the judges’ hats for both the seasons.
    The Great Indian Laughter Challenge Dwitiya that opened strongly with 5.06 TVR (CS4+ HSM Base) has only grown from strength to strength each week.

  • India to host 2011 Cricket World Cup final

    India to host 2011 Cricket World Cup final

    MUMBAI: The International Cricket Council conference held in London has reached a final decision on certain key points pertaining to the 2011 Cricket World Cup venue distribition between India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

    While India will stage the final match, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will stage semi-finals. The opening ceremony has gone to Bangladesh.

    “It has been decided that all four should evenly play a part in hosting the major events of the tournament,” Pakistan Cricket Board director Abbas Zaidi has been quoted in media reports as saying. Pakistan hosted the final of the World Cup, last played in Asia 10 years ago.

    “Traffic will come to a stop in the four countries in 2011. There will be more than a billion television viewers in the sub-continent, and another billion in the rest of the world,” adds Inderjit Singh Bindra of India.

    The 2011 World Cup will see India staging 22 matches, Pakistan 16, Sri Lanka nine and Bangladesh six. The venues being considered for the final include Eden Gardens in Calcutta, the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore and the Feroz Shaha Kotla in Delhi.

  • ‘Krrish’ strikes digital gold with UFO Moviez digital cinema screens

    ‘Krrish’ strikes digital gold with UFO Moviez digital cinema screens

    MUMBAI: UFO Moviez, the digital cinema network launched by Valuable Media Pvt Ltd. (an Apollo International subsidiary), announced the release of Krrish, the latest blockbuster starring Hrithik Roshan, directed and produced by Filmkraft Productions (India) Pvt. Ltd.

    Krrish went out on 87 UFO screens in the first week and 90 UFO screens in week two. These UFO screens account for 15 per cent of the total number of screens that the film opened with and also marks the biggest ever digital release of a Bollywood blockbuster on a single digital network platform.

    The movie has received one of the biggest openings in the history of Indian cinema – grossing close to Rs 700 million in its first week alone. Krrish opened at theatres across the world with 790 prints, 250 of them in overseas screens alone.

    Also, Krrish was released for global digital screening with 925 cinema screens exhibiting the film worldwide. Thus, the network has made its presence felt by accounting for 10 per cent of the total digital film screens in the world to exhibit Krrish since its release two weeks ago.

    UFO Moviez, spearheaded by founder directors Raaja Kanwar, Sanjay Gaikwad and Usman Fayaz, plans to create the largest chain of digital cinemas houses worldwide by 2007 in India. It is part of Group Apollo’s Media Initiative and was launched by the company’s chairman and managing director O S Kanwar and Yash Chopra in November 2005.

    Having initially set up 500 digital movie halls by August 2006 at an investment of Rs 800 million, UFO plans to scale it up progressively to 2000 cinema halls across the country at a total investment of Rs 3 billion.

    UFO International CEO Aditya Shastri said, “It is has been our privilege to be part of this success and bringing the latest in digital projection technology has surely been an advantage. We are proud of our association with Krrish and remain committed to ensuring pristine quality images with perpetual life with no compromise in quality. With Krrish’s trouble free shows under our belt, we can definitely stake our claim to a stable and rugged technology of digital viewing. The overall response towards digital cinema has been extremely positive and will be a constant source of motivation for us.”

  • ‘Krrish’ strikes digital gold with UFO Moviez digital cinema screens

    MUMBAI: UFO Moviez, the digital cinema network launched by Valuable Media Pvt Ltd. (an Apollo International subsidiary), announced the release of Krrish, the latest blockbuster starring Hrithik Roshan, directed and produced by Filmkraft Productions (India) Pvt. Ltd.


    Krrish went out on 87 UFO screens in the first week and 90 UFO screens in week two. These UFO screens account for 15 per cent of the total number of screens that the film opened with and also marks the biggest ever digital release of a Bollywood blockbuster on a single digital network platform.


    The movie has received one of the biggest openings in the history of Indian cinema – grossing close to Rs 700 million in its first week alone. Krrish opened at theatres across the world with 790 prints, 250 of them in overseas screens alone.


    Also, Krrish was released for global digital screening with 925 cinema screens exhibiting the film worldwide. Thus, the network has made its presence felt by accounting for 10 per cent of the total digital film screens in the world to exhibit Krrish since its release two weeks ago.


    UFO Moviez, spearheaded by founder directors Raaja Kanwar, Sanjay Gaikwad and Usman Fayaz, plans to create the largest chain of digital cinemas houses worldwide by 2007 in India. It is part of Group Apollo‘s Media Initiative and was launched by the company‘s chairman and managing director O S Kanwar and Yash Chopra in November 2005.


    Having initially set up 500 digital movie halls by August 2006 at an investment of Rs 800 million, UFO plans to scale it up progressively to 2000 cinema halls across the country at a total investment of Rs 3 billion.


    UFO International CEO Aditya Shastri said, “It is has been our privilege to be part of this success and bringing the latest in digital projection technology has surely been an advantage. We are proud of our association with Krrish and remain committed to ensuring pristine quality images with perpetual life with no compromise in quality. With Krrish‘s trouble free shows under our belt, we can definitely stake our claim to a stable and rugged technology of digital viewing. The overall response towards digital cinema has been extremely positive and will be a constant source of motivation for us.”

  • New WWE magazine to launch on 11 July

    New WWE magazine to launch on 11 July

    MUMBAI: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) will launch a new men’s lifestyle magazine on 11 July. The new WWE Magazine will focus on the lifestyles of WWE superstars and divas, their activities outside the ring, and what they like in movies, music, gadgets, fashion and other items of interest to young men in their twenties.

    “This is a complete rebirth of our publishing division. We’ve been planning on giving our audience a look behind the curtain for years and now is the perfect time to do it. The new WWE Magazine is what our fans won’t see on TV,” said World Wrestling Entertainment executive vice president global media Shane McMahon.

    A significant marketing blitz is planned for the magazine’s launch, with WWE using its television, live event and online assets to promote the new venture.

    WWE hired two publishing industry veterans to fold its preexisting magazines RAW and SmackDown into one new title.

    Bob Lee, the new vice president and publisher of WWE’s Magazine Group, is overseeing all distribution, marketing, and advertising sales. Prior to joining WWE, Lee served as publisher of Sync Magazine, where he launched the first men’s tech-tainment magazine. Previously, he was publisher of Gear Magazine and has worked at Discover, Elle and US Weekly.

    Lee says he was attracted to WWE because of the connection between the WWE superstars and WWE fans. “The connection is unmatched in any other property. Our fans are the ultimate consumers of goods which are affiliated with our superstars. The new WWE Magazine is designed to attract a larger segment of the WWE fan base, and to appeal to a wide range of advertisers that target readers of lad titles and other men’s lifestyle magazines. The agencies to which we’ve spoken have been very receptive to the new look and broader appeal of our magazine,” he said.

    Tony Romando, the new vice president and editor-in-chief for WWE’s Magazine Group, has built his career on successful magazine launches, including Jane and FHM and has been involved in the rebranding of magazines like Rolling Stone and Men’s Fitness.

    “I’m looking forward to the launch of WWE magazine as much as anything I’ve done in my career. One of the things that drew me to WWE was the company’s tremendous media presence, and how it uses that presence to create a 360 -degree approach to marketing,” said Romando.

  • Pantaloon organises unique Vendor Initiative in Delhi; signs multiple strategic tie ups

    — Initiative enables SME’s and smaller consumer goods manufacturers to access national markets
    — Multiple product categories represented
    — Strategic tie ups with Fun Foods, Chaudhary Group and SR Foils

     

    New Delhi, 22nd July 2006: Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited , a leading retail chain in India ( and a part of the Future Group) has organized a unique business initiative, at Pragati Maidan, Hall No7 ABC, New Delhi from 21st July – 23rd July.

     

    This is a three-day event, where hundreds of small and medium sized enterprises are showcasing and displaying their product lines. The objective of the event is to review, assess and find manufacturers who can meet the Pantaloon standard of quality, category and product parameters with a view to giving those that meet them a national distribution footprint across various formats like Big Bazaar, Food Bazaar, Pantaloons, e-Zone, Furniture Bazaar, Central, Depot etc…

     

    The categories being showcased at the event include fabrics, apparel, fashion, home furnishings, books, gift and stationery, music & multimedia, furniture, white goods, food, beverages, agro commodities etc..

     

    Pantaloons Retail (India) Limited, as an organization has always sought to innovate in everything that it does. This has led to different initiatives, most of which are designed to project and promote the intrinsic strengths of India in the field of retail.

     

    The event in Delhi is an initiative in keeping with this spirit, as indeed re-emphasising a core value of the group…Indian-ness! This initiative , will, among other things, mean a definite increase in the turnovers of the vendors selected, and consequently, an increase in the employment generating capabilities of the SME’s as well.

     

    Speaking on the scope of this new initiative, Mr Damodar Mall, President, Food Business, Pantaloon Retail, stated, ‘Today, it is very difficult for smaller players to get into the national level markets. But given the entrepreneurial spirit of India, we at Pantaloon believe there is a huge business opportunity to be tapped here. With this initiative we have taken the much-needed first step to explore this potential.’

    Significant new strategic tie ups
    Pantaloon Retail also announced some significant strategic tie ups on the occasion of the vendor meet. These include tie ups with Fun Foods, Chaudhary Group and SR Foils. Details of these initiatives are given in a separate note, being distributed with this release.

     

    About Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited:
    Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited is a leading retailer with a turnover of Rs. 1073 crores for the financial year ending June 2005 . It is expected to cross the Rs 2000 crore in revenues for the financial year ending June 30, 2006.Headquartered in Mumbai, the company operates primarily through the Lifestyle and Value formats through multiple delivery mechanisms and lines of business including Fashion, Food, General Merchandise, Home, Leisure & Entertainment, Financial Services, Communications and Wellness. The company has stores in 30 cities across the country, constituting 3.5 million square feet of retail space. The company caters to the Lifestyle segment through its 21 Pantaloons Stores and 3 Central Malls. In Value Retailing it is present through 30 Big Bazaar hypermarkets, 47 Food Bazaars and 5 Fashion Stations.

  • Zee’s Q1 net shows a marginal rise of 5%

    Zee’s Q1 net shows a marginal rise of 5%

    Zee Telefilms along with its subsidiaries has registered what could be its lowest Q1 net profit in the recent past. The company showed a rise of a meagre 5% in its net profit for the first quarter of the year 2000-2001. The consolidated net profit for the current quarter is Rs 32 crore as against the corresponding figure of Rs 30.5 crore for the same period of the last year.

    Various reasons can be stated for this poor performance. To begin with, the unaudited results of the company reveal that a large amount has been written off for the total operating profit of 50 crore. Zee has hived off Rs 18.3 crore as “exceptional items”. Of these exceptional items, Rs 9.8 crore has been written-off on account of the film library sold by ZTL to its subsidiary. It can be mentioned that a lot of controversy was generated when this sale was shown by ZTL as a profit in its books in the previous financial year. And according to analysts, it is likely that the remaining amount from the sale of the library might be written-off over a period of time, which in turn might mean that Zee might show lower net profits for the remaining quarters as well.

    Also the company has accrued losses on account of its new interactive services like E-Connect and Zee Interactive Learning Systems. Zee has registered losses of 5.2 crore and 1.4 crore respectively on the two new subsidiaries.

    Interestingly, the company has shown other income as Rs 10.9 crore. This is a five times increase from the previous years figure of Rs 2 crore. Had it not been for this income, the consolidated net profit would have been even lower.

  • Zee Jagran sports new look; repositions itself

    Zee Jagran sports new look; repositions itself

    MUMBAI: Enriching Lives! That’s the new tag line of Zee Jagran, the spiritual TV channel from the Zee group, which is looking at repositioning itself.

    The new positioning statement – Enriching Lives – exudes the essence of Zee Jagran. Enriching Lives is a sum total of seven elements called hope, joy, peace, celebration, balance, silence and awakening. The right mix of these elements helps a person in experiencing life in its true colours.

    In order to break the perception that the channel is aimed at elderly people, the new positioning is targeted to all those who want to connect to their souls and live life to the fullest.

    In an official statement issued, the new positioning of Zee Jagran will be reflected in the overall aesthetics, look and feel of the channel, innovative channel packaging, colorful promos, all new range of programs and a lot more.

    The programmes designed for the channel are divided into thematic time bands, which will highlight the seven elements that lead towards enriching lives. These programmes are full of variety and cater to almost all age-groups and profiles of people who want to celebrate the festival called life, everyday.

    Starting from 2 pm, the first time band with the theme – Hope – showcases alternative healing programs like Tarot, The Good Food Show, Lifestyle Gurus, Beauty Mantras, etc.

    Joy will air at 2:30 pm showcasing serials like Ramayan, Vishnu Puran and Jai Ganesh. From 3 pm to 3:30 pm the channel will air Silence, which features programmes like Mano ya na Mano and Anant, which unveils the truth about various superstitions, evils and demons that affect life at one point or the other.

    The channel will also air shows like Celebrate, Jahan Jahan Ram Charan Chali Jahin (JJRCCJ), Namaste India, Home Healers, Green Mantra, mystical show Peace, Balance, Awakening from Monday to Thursday.

    Weekends will showcase inspirational movies. The channel recently aired hard hitting realities of the country in the form of documentaries made with the support of NGO’s like Prayaas, which are working hard for the upliftment of the underprivileged. Also there was a special feature on Bhopal Gas Tragedy victims, who are still struggling for their rights.

    The channel will also air special programmes on various festivals through a range of celebrations in the form of film festival, live shows and special features.