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  • Bindass launches FBB Dance Anthem

    Bindass launches FBB Dance Anthem

    MUMBAI: As an essential fashion item in the wardrobes of everyone, it is not a big surprise that jeans have inspired plenty of talk and opinions over the years. From several Indian and international brands to Patanjali’s plan to launch Indianised jeans, denima has always managed to grab much of our attention. Staying true to deliver to its viewers a fun, upbeat and engaging anthem is Disney India’s Bindass channel.

    The Bindass team has conceptualized a denim dance with clothing brand FBB to reach out to the Indian youth in a unique and engaging way. The idea behind the campaign is to promote denim fits in a fun, engaging, entertaining manner that would appeal to the youngsters of this country.

    “At the heart of it all, we tell great stories in a manner that our consumers prefer. Over the last few years, we have come to understand the lives, motivations and preferences of our audiences through our constant conversations with them. Our partners have come to recognize this as they come to us with their objective and we conceptualize and create a story that can bring in the desired impact,” said Disney India vice president – Revenues, Media Networks, Nikhil Gandhi.

    Terrence Lewis has choreographed this anthem, featuring Lewis and Shantanu Maheshwari. The latter was associated with the channel since its reality series, Bindass Naach. The catchy upbeat music catalyses the soul of the campaign to the next level and is composed by Saurabh Kalsi.

    The campaign rolled out on both the channels (Bindass and Bindass Play) and digital platforms in the evening of 5 October.

    Through its television and digital reach, the campaign is targeted at all of the Bindass audiences between 15-21 spread across HSM markets. “The composition is peppy, upbeat, foot-tapping and will definitely see an appeal among youngsters; irrespective of the markets. The idea of the campaign is to be engaging and interactive and the digital platforms give us the ability to interact with our viewers,” added Gandhi.

    It will see a playout on Bindass’ Facebook page which reaches out to around eight million fans along with a YouTube play. At the time of writing, it had got in excess of 170,000 views. It will also be taken on ground with a big culmination activity on 16 October 2016.

    Lewis will also be visiting Mall of India in Noida and encourage everyone to join in the dance anthem. This will also be livestreamed on Facebook; reaching out to youngsters across. The radio channel, Radio City will also replicate the event across 15 cities with their RJs

    A media consultant is all praise for the FBB denim dance song. “It is a good example of content marketing and native advertising,” says she. “Jeans are worn by youth, and Bindass’ tying in FBB in a very peppy song is going to work well for the brand. Bindass, FBB and fans all stand to benefit.”

  • Bindass launches FBB Dance Anthem

    Bindass launches FBB Dance Anthem

    MUMBAI: As an essential fashion item in the wardrobes of everyone, it is not a big surprise that jeans have inspired plenty of talk and opinions over the years. From several Indian and international brands to Patanjali’s plan to launch Indianised jeans, denima has always managed to grab much of our attention. Staying true to deliver to its viewers a fun, upbeat and engaging anthem is Disney India’s Bindass channel.

    The Bindass team has conceptualized a denim dance with clothing brand FBB to reach out to the Indian youth in a unique and engaging way. The idea behind the campaign is to promote denim fits in a fun, engaging, entertaining manner that would appeal to the youngsters of this country.

    “At the heart of it all, we tell great stories in a manner that our consumers prefer. Over the last few years, we have come to understand the lives, motivations and preferences of our audiences through our constant conversations with them. Our partners have come to recognize this as they come to us with their objective and we conceptualize and create a story that can bring in the desired impact,” said Disney India vice president – Revenues, Media Networks, Nikhil Gandhi.

    Terrence Lewis has choreographed this anthem, featuring Lewis and Shantanu Maheshwari. The latter was associated with the channel since its reality series, Bindass Naach. The catchy upbeat music catalyses the soul of the campaign to the next level and is composed by Saurabh Kalsi.

    The campaign rolled out on both the channels (Bindass and Bindass Play) and digital platforms in the evening of 5 October.

    Through its television and digital reach, the campaign is targeted at all of the Bindass audiences between 15-21 spread across HSM markets. “The composition is peppy, upbeat, foot-tapping and will definitely see an appeal among youngsters; irrespective of the markets. The idea of the campaign is to be engaging and interactive and the digital platforms give us the ability to interact with our viewers,” added Gandhi.

    It will see a playout on Bindass’ Facebook page which reaches out to around eight million fans along with a YouTube play. At the time of writing, it had got in excess of 170,000 views. It will also be taken on ground with a big culmination activity on 16 October 2016.

    Lewis will also be visiting Mall of India in Noida and encourage everyone to join in the dance anthem. This will also be livestreamed on Facebook; reaching out to youngsters across. The radio channel, Radio City will also replicate the event across 15 cities with their RJs

    A media consultant is all praise for the FBB denim dance song. “It is a good example of content marketing and native advertising,” says she. “Jeans are worn by youth, and Bindass’ tying in FBB in a very peppy song is going to work well for the brand. Bindass, FBB and fans all stand to benefit.”

  • Disney India terminates distribution agreement with IndiaCast

    Disney India terminates distribution agreement with IndiaCast

    MUMBAI: Disney India has terminated its agency contract with IndiaCast Media Distribution, and has set up an internal team to manage the distribution for all eight of its channels.

     

    The channels under the company are Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Disney XD, Hungama TV, bindass, bindass PLAY, UTV Movies and UTV Action.

     

    All subscription and placement deals will now be done directly by its internal team with all platforms.

     

    “With the No.1 kids network, the No.1 youth network and one of the leading movie channel networks in the country, Disney India provides an exciting and diverse mix of high quality content for kids, youth and family audiences. Today’s dynamic distribution market and increasing pace of digitisation provides us with a huge opportunity for growth and scale. With a robust internal distribution team now in place, we believe we can drive significant value and further strengthen our already well-established relationships with MSOs, DTH Platforms and distribution partners,” said Disney India VP and head – revenues, media networks Nikhil Gandhi.

     

    It can be noted IndiaCast had filed a case against Disney India with The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) for wrongful termination on 28 July, 2015. TDSAT, on the other hand disqualified the case and asked IndiaCast to withdraw the case in 24 hours or it would dismiss it on 29 July. IndiaCast asked for an extension of another 24 hours to discuss and today (31 July), the case has been dismissed as withdrawn.

  • Bindass to ‘Play’ on youth demand

    Bindass to ‘Play’ on youth demand

    MUMBAI: “We want to build on our strengths,” is what Disney India MD Siddharth Roy Kapur believes in and is the reason for the soon-to-launch music channel, Bindass Play, from the network.

     

    Disney India will replace UTV Stars with the new channel which will go on air from 1 October as it wants to build on the youth-targetted brand. “Currently, Bindass is at a very good place and the viewers are aware of our values. Hence, we want to expand on it with the new music channel,” says Kapur.

     

    Early this early Bindass had launched a new brand film – ‘B for Change – to reflect the sentiments of today’s youth who want to explore but at the same time don’t hesitate in going forward to bring about a change.

     

    “Bindass has always spoken the language of youth and it is the only homegrown youth entertainment channel in the genre to have won the loyalty of youngsters in the country. Music is very close to this section of the audience,” says Media Networks content and communication VP and head Vijay Subramaniam.

     

    He adds, “Hence, the unique thing about the channel would be that it will be inspirational and will celebrate the journey of adulthood as a friend and empower the youth.”

     

    But does this mean, Bindass will now only focus on storytelling? ‘No’, comes the response from Subramaniam. The youth entertainment channel will continue to showcase music but only for five hours (7 am to 12 pm) and on relationship based programmes rather than the edgy content like Dadagiri it focused on, earlier.

     

    The latest entrant in the Rs 900 crore business caters to the age group of 14-34 with the tagline ‘Saath hai toh baat hai’. The 13 shows are mood mapped with high energy song in the morning to slow tempo in the night, and with many of them like Tia’s Request, Tweet Meri Beat, Ishq Messenger among others allowing the viewer to choose his/her playlist through social media.

     

    Digital medium plays an important role for the brand and hence, it has tried to capture the youth through it. “As and when newer opportunities come from the medium we will try to engage with them as well,” says Subramaniam.

     

    The network is already in talks with four major brands for the channel. “Advertisers are happy and will want to associate with the channel as it is extension of the brand Bindass,” says Media Networks revenue vice president and head Nikhil Gandhi and will sell the ad slots at “healthy” rates.

     

    However, media planners consider it as ‘just another channel in the genre’ as there are too many players in the genre. “Rs 500 for a 10 second ad should be the rate for the channel,” says a media planner.

     

    UTV Stars was launched in 2011 and showcased popular Bollywood content including music and feature-based programming and since it was not able to catch viewers’ attention, the network now is playing safe by launching a channel focusing on the music genre, point outs another media analyst.

     

    Nonetheless, the channel is very upbeat about its new offering and believes that it will be able to strengthen its position in the category.  An in house team worked on the look for the channel and Subramaniam believes that it will be the ‘sexiest looking channel’ on television.