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  • IMG Media hires former ESPN Star senior exec

    IMG Media hires former ESPN Star senior exec

    MUMBAI: From broadcasting to selling sports programming and event properties – that’s the path Former ESPN Star Sports business development & corporate communication (south Asia) director Rathindra Basu has taken. Recently, he hopped on IMG Media, which is amongst the world’s largest indpendent producers and distributors of sports programming, as vice-president and head of sales in the Indian sub-continent.

     

    In his role at IMG Media he will be looking after sports media content distribution and sales for the SAARC countries; covering all forms of media rights – including TV, audio, fixed media, in-flight and closed circuit, broadband and mobile. His responsibilities include developing key relationships with major sports broadcasters and other TV networks including the public broadcaster.

     

    Speaking to indiantelevision.com Basu says: “In my new role I will be looking at expanding our reach across the Indian subcontinent and reaching out to as many broadcasters for distribution and sales deals.”

     

    Basu will report to IMG Media Sr VP and head of sales Asia Pacific Chris Guinness, based in the London office and IMG Media Sr VP and head of sales Asia Pacific Leena Singarajah, based in Selangor, Malaysia.

    He will continue to be based out of New Delhi.

     

    IMG produces more than 21,000 hours of television and more than 30,000 hours of radio programming annually. It provides a seamless solution for both rights holders and broadcasters worldwide. Be it live or studio, in stadium or on the course, across the US or throughout South Africa, it claims to be a stop solution to handle all production needs.

     

    With over 200 clients and events, including Wimbledon, the Australian Open, the ATP Masters Series, the R&A (governing body and organiser of The Open Championship), International Rugby Board (IRB), MotoGP, the National Football League (NFL) and the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB). IMG operates from over 30 offices worldwide and has daily exchanges with over 4,000 key media contacts. It also maintains the world’s largest sports archive with more than 250,000 hours of footage.

  • FameBox launches Exclusive Video Blog with Harsha Bhogle

    FameBox launches Exclusive Video Blog with Harsha Bhogle

    MUMBAI: FameBox, a multi-channel talent platform for digital media, has launched a new video blog in collaboration with Harsha Bhogle. Renowned cricket commentator and public speaker, Harsha Bhogle will share his views and insights on cricket and its legends on ‘Out of the Box with Harsha’. To begin with, the blog pays tribute to iconic Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar who recently announced his retirement from international cricket. In the Sachin Tendulkar series of videos Harsha Bhogle talks about interesting moments and anecdotes about the cricketer starting from his early playing years.

    The video blog will be hosted on the FameBox Cricket channel on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/user/FameboxCricket). Harsha will post a new video every week and will also regularly interact with his fans over social media to create conversations around the blog.

    “The video blog is an interesting new media form. It captures the essence of television without losing the easy informality of a conversation. Through these video blogs I will be hoping, effectively, to have informal conversations with you. These are new emerging mediums and they present fresh challenges. I do hope you like them.” said Harsha Bhogle. The video blog is part of a larger effort at developing Harsha Bhogle’s digital presence and the soon to be launched www.harshabhogle.com.

    FameBox provides a platform for established and emerging talentto develop an active and engaged community around their digital video content. ‘Out of the Box with Harsha’ is the first of such initiatives where FameBox will collaborate with popular and industry leading personalities to launch digital video properties.

    “We are elated that Harsha Bhogle has chosen FameBox to share his insights of cricket and give viewers an up close view of its legends with his fans. The video blog is an absolute delight for any cricket fan and presents a unique opportunity for fans to directly interact with Harsha as well as join the ongoing conversation around cricket,” said Dhruvank Vaidya, Head – Business Development and Finance, Four Cross Media, who will also head the FameBox business.“Digital video is being increasingly seen as a powerful medium for advertisers to connect and interact with their audiences.At FameBox, we are passionate about developing a wide range of content across genres, cultivating talent and taking existing talent to new heights.We will continue to provide more such opportunities to advertisers and audiences,” he added.

  • Interbrand appoints global CMO & North American CMO

    Interbrand appoints global CMO & North American CMO

    MUMBAI: Interbrand, a brand consultancy, has named Graham Hales as its global chief marketing officer and Andrea Sullivan will be the new chief marketing officer of Interbrand North America.

     

    Hales most recently served as chief executive officer of Interbrand London, while Sullivan served as executive director of client services and was responsible for client services and marketing for Interbrand North America. In their new roles, Hales and Sullivan will work closely to integrate marketing and business development initiatives to drive growth across Interbrand’s global network. Hales and Sullivan will work with regional managing directors to engage new clients while deepening relationships with existing clients, ensuring they continue to benefit from the firm’s strategic and creative offerings and services.

     

    As CEO of Interbrand London for the past four years, Hales led key brand engagements with some of the firm’s most high-profile clients, including the BBC, British Airways and Samsung. Under his leadership, Marketing Magazine named Interbrand’s London office Agency of Year in 2011. Hales brings extensive global experience to his new role as Interbrand’s global chief marketing officer. He has helped to oversee the firm’s offices in Amsterdam and Mumbai and has also driven regional business development activity in the Middle East, Turkey and Scandinavia. Prior to serving as Interbrand London’s CEO, Hales was Interbrand’s global chief communications officer. While in that role, he was instrumental in helping to create original content around the firm’s annual ‘Best Global Brands’ report.

     

    While serving as executive director of client services, Sullivan led the client services and marketing team and co-founded Interbrand’s global corporate citizenship practice. Additionally, she played a pivotal role in developing and promoting Interbrand’s thought leadership on a global scale, having delivered interactive experiences with partners such as the ANA, Cannes, Deloitte, Guggenheim, Harvard, Lyons, MoMA, NYSE, United Nations, World Business Forum and Yale. Sullivan was a founding member of G23, a landmark consultancy comprising top female leadership from within the Omnicom network. G23 was designed to lead Omnicom clients in activating the global female economy.

     

    “It is a very exciting time in the history of Interbrand,” said Interbrand’s global chief executive officer Jez Frampton. “The promotion of both Graham and Andrea marks the first time that the firm has had two leaders in place to strategically foster and activate a global vision of marketing, communication, and business development. Graham and Andrea have been proven leaders of the business for many years and I congratulate them both on the next chapter of their careers at Interbrand.”

  • ZyXEL Partners with QNAP for 10G Ethernet Powered NAS Solution

    ZyXEL Partners with QNAP for 10G Ethernet Powered NAS Solution

    NEW DELHI: ZyXEL Communications, a leading provider of secure broadband networking, Internet access, connected home and routing products, today announced their partnership with QNAP which is a leading commercial Network Attached Storage (NAS) provider to create affordable, high performance 10G Ethernet powered NAS solution packs for small to mid-size companies (SMB). The solution packs include ZyXEL’s XGS1900 series Web-managed smart 10G Ethernet switches and QNAPs TS-870U-RP NAS appliance.

     

    To capitalize on the benefits of virtualization, SMBs need a lightning fast network and high performance storage solution. Field-tested to ensure optimal performance, the ZyXEL 10G switches and QNAP NAS solution pack meets the SMBs unique needs. The joint solution assures compatibility with a range of virtualization platforms offering data centres operators the reliability of a robust solution at an attractive price point.

    “ZyXEL being a leading Telecom brand plays a crucial rolei n bringing telecom and high end technologies within a reach of common man. It believes in providing end to end solution to its dedicated partners and customers with a commitment of stability, performance and affordability. In this process we are happy to take forward our relationship with QNAP to the next level by integrating our 10G solution with their high end storage solution as well as integrating IP Surveillance requirements with them as they are one of the most innovative and strongest storage brand globally”, said Pinaki Chatterjee, Executive Director Distribution Channel & Business Development, ZyXEL India.

     

    Together, the ZyXEL 10G switches and QNAP NAS alleviate network congestion and deliver back-up and disaster recovery capabilities to SMBs. This is critical as more connected devices are added to the network, and the popularity of applications like video processing, business analytics and multimedia that demand large bandwidths and big storage keep escalating.

     

    On the partnership of with ZyXEL “Networking company “for 10 G solutions for QNAP Small & medium storage, Sanjay Biswal Sales Manager-India, QNAP said “QNAP has happily announced about go to market strategy with ZyXEL for their XGS 1900 Series switches. The XGS -1900 series switches are robust & cost effective network switch for small & medium segment customers. It will help both the organization for provide cost effective High Speed DATA Storage solutions. The High Speed Storage will be used for Surveillance Purpose/ Media and Broadcasting / DATA Centre and high speed data access scenario”.

    Constrained by limited resources, many SMBs utilize affordable virtualization technology to improve operational efficiency and maintain data security. Leveraging virtualization enables SMBs to make better use of their resources – both infrastructure and staff

  • BBC in content deal with Chinese portal

    BBC in content deal with Chinese portal

    MUMBAI: Users of Chinese web portal QQ.com can now learn English directly from the site thanks to a partnership deal with BBC World Service. It is the first Chinese portal to enter content partnership with the BBC.

    From today 14 February 2007, users of the portal will be able to access BBC Learning English content specially tailored for Chinese speakers.

    BBC Learning English teaches reading, listening and comprehension. It explains various points of the English language through human interest stories and topics including UK lifestyle and culture.

    The BBC will start English teaching on QQ.com with two popular features, Take Away English and Quizzes. Take Away English the BBC says has been a hit with Chinese users as it offers MP3 audio and pdf text downloads, so the learner can quite literally take away the BBC’s English lessons.

    Topics range from the latest Harry Potter book and online gaming to Chinese football players, and include listening, reading, exercises and an audio glossary. Quizzes offers learners an interactive test of their English vocabulary and grammar and helps them with teacher feedback.

    Looking ahead at what BBC Learning English has in store for Chinese online users, Alison Konieczny, who is the editor of BBC English Language Teaching China team said, “We are planning to treat Chinese learners to two more features which will enrich their English vocabulary in fun and entertaining ways. Real English teaches words and phrases learners won’t necessarily find in their dictionaries, and Word Master is an interactive game which tests and teaches vocabulary common in English proficiency exams.”

    “I can’t think of a better day to launch our partnership with QQ.com than 14 February, which of course is Valentine’s Day. It’s a memorable day for a lot of people, and I hope Chinese learners will fall in love with our BBC pages and make us a regular date!”

    BBC World Service’s Business Development Manager for China and North Asia, Raymond Li said, “We are delighted to partner with one of the leading national portal sites in China to provide quality English learning content to many learners in China. Internet has become an increasingly popular and effective learning platform among young people, and the BBC has been building up successful partnership with China’s local portal sites over last few years. Our new partnership deal with QQ.com will help us reach more online learners in China, therefore bringing more benefit to them, too.”

    BBC Learning English offers English language teaching programmes and online content for a global radio and online audience.

    English learning materials are available online at bblearningenglish.com and, for Chinese speakers, on bbcchina.com.cn.

  • MSN India appoints Samir Saraiya as head of business development

    MSN India appoints Samir Saraiya as head of business development

    MUMBAI: MSN India, the leading online destination for Indians across the globe, today announced the appointment of Samir Saraiya as head of business development.

    Saraiya will be reporting to MSN India & Windows Live country head Jaspreet Bindra.
    According to Bindra in an official statement, “The Indian Internet market is flourishing and the growth that MSN India is experiencing reflects that. The appointment of Samir is part of our commitment to strengthen our pool of experience and expertise that MSN customers have come to expect.”

    In this newly created role, Saraiya will be responsible for leveraging the strengths of MSN India and Windows Live to create new opportunities and relationships with businesses in the Indian market.

    He has been with the internet industry for the past several years. The early dotcom wave saw him shifting to Mid-Day where he headed the group’s business development portfolio across its digital assets. He then joined the Indian media conglomerate, The Times of India Group, where he worked with the vice chairman’s office overseeing business strategy across the Group’s media properties, including Indiatimes, The Economic Times and Bombay Times.

    In 2003, he moved to Yahoo! India where he was responsible for creating new revenue streams across both the internet and mobile divisions including launching Yahoo! India’s E-commerce initiative and its mobile adverting products, states the release.