Tag: digital arm

  • Samsonite and Lavie appoint Trinetra Focus to handle social media

    Samsonite and Lavie appoint Trinetra Focus to handle social media

    MUMBAI: Trinetra Focus, the digital arm of Focus, has won the digital and social media duties for Samsonite and Lavie. Innovations form the core of the campaign. The focus of the mandate is to take conversations on the social media platform to the next level by ensuring continuous engagement and interactions with the target audience through novel campaigns. This will enable the brand to become a constant companion of the customer, thereby increasing the social quotient to achieve the business objectives.

    Highlighting the core objective of the mandate, Focus Circle Brands president Upendra Welingkar said “Social media plays a pivotal role in ensuring continuous brand engagement especially for the fashion and retail segment. Recent facebook statistics suggests that among the next generation of consumers 96 per cent are using social media. Many of these also claim that their purchase decisions are influenced by the information gleaned on these platforms. Making it integral for brands like Samsonite and Lavie to be present on these platforms”

    Adding his thought, Samsonite south Asia CEO E P Suresh Menon said, “For us the key challenge as far as our social media platform is concerned was engaging with the audience on a continuous basis. We have realised that channelising our energies effectively on the social media would enable us to come closer to the customer and in the long run assist us in achieving our business objectives. We were looking at agencies that could provide us with ideal balance of engagement and impact. With their futuristic approach and in-depth understanding of the target audience Focus has been able to capture that effectively”

    Speaking on the mandate, Trinetra Focus VP Saumik Barua highlighted, “For B2C brands like Samsonite and Lavie audiences tend to create a perception on the basis of their online interactions and engagements. Our prime objective is to create content and applications that positions the brand to reach the masses who would either purchase the product or inadvertedly share the brands ethos”

    The key responsibilities of Trinetra Focus will involve online reputation management, SEO consultation and most importantly amplifying social presence. In the second phase, Trinetra Focus is likely to establish the concept of social shopping wherein they will integrate iframe – a shopping tab on the website – to the facebook page allowing users to shop directly from the platform. The initiatives undertaken will be aimed towards driving the customers towards ecommerce platform.

  • SPT Networks unveils second screen app to accompany ‘Hannibal‘

    SPT Networks unveils second screen app to accompany ‘Hannibal‘

    MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks has unveiled a customised second screen viewing app to accompany the premiere of their hotly anticipated drama, ‘Hannibal’, which it co-commissioned for its global portfolio of channels.

    Developed by SPT Networks’ digital arm, the ‘Hannibal’ app will initially be made available in local languages to accompany the series on AXN channels serving pan Asia Spanish-speaking Latin America, Brazil, Spain and Portugal. It will be the first scripted second screen app in several territories.

    SPT’s second screen ‘Hannibal’ app will synchronise to each episode as it airs live, and also use audio watermarking technology that will trigger it to synchronise during any DVR and VOD playback. The app will be available through iTunes for all iOS mobile phones and tablets to accompany international premieres on AXN channels.

    Users will be able to access exclusive ‘Hannibal’ content, learn more about characters, watch relationships unfold, and access behind-the-scenes footage. Integrated social media elements will enable viewers to interact directly with the show and other fans in a hosted ‘Hannibal’ community.

    SPT executive VP – Digital Networks – Eric Berger said, “SPT’s second screen Hannibal app will be a first for drama series in many markets, breaking new ground for pay TV. ‘Hannibal’ is bursting with additional material and storylines that enrich the viewer experience through this app and which, thanks to the technology now available, we can synchronise live to any schedule, anytime.”

    SPT Executive VP Programming and Production Networks Marie Jacobson said, “‘Hannibal’ is tailor-made for this kind of real-time digital experience. We feel strongly the deep mythology and intricate character weaves of our series will drive core fans of the genre to seek out our app and engage at new levels.