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  • Sony LIV celebrates its 1st Anniversary with an open love letter to its viewers

    Sony LIV celebrates its 1st Anniversary with an open love letter to its viewers

    MUMBAI: Sony LIV, Multi Screen Media (MSM)’s premium video-on-demand service has launched a unique campaign to thank its viewers for the successful completion of its first year. The brand has written an open letter to viewers personifying Sony LIV as the doting partner of the viewer and describing the relationship between the two. The thought was derived from all the gestures couples indulge in when they complete their first year of togetherness like sending each other flowers, chocolates, putting up testimonials on social media, etc. The letter highlights all the high points of the year gone by for Sony LIV and its viewers.

     

    The beautifully-designed letter that put Sony LIV’s gratitude in words was sent to viewers through Facebook and emails. Overwhelmed viewers wrote back expressing their joy at such a warm way to involve them in the celebrations. Messages ranged from thank you notes to congratulatory messages on social media. Some of them read like this: “The letter made be blush, such a sweet gesture from Sony LIV” and “I have been watching shows on Sony LIV right from the start and I can totally relate to the sentiment of the letter.”     

     

    While the first few months passed akin to the honeymoon phase of a relationship, soon Sony LIV began innovating and experimenting to keep its partner interested and engaged. The idea was to give LIV’s viewers breaks that were worthwhile and fun. After all, modern life is all about those little escapes from the mundane. It successfully stayed at the forefront in terms of product development and technological advancements by introducing the iOS, Android, Windows and Blackberry applications so that viewers could truly enjoy the brand proposition: “Mazey Ke Break Lo, Kahin Bhi Dekh Lo”. 

     

    Sony LIV also ran various interactive campaigns to create a buzz around its 1st Anniversary. A special logo was created for this occasion, the Sony LIV website held a contest which allowed fans to wish the brand Happy 1st Anniversary in the style of their favourite Sony character. Fans went all out to express their wishes. Some did it in the signature ACP Pradyuman (of the CID fame) way: “Daya Darvaza Todo, Andar Anniversary ka Cake Band Hai, Happy Anniversary!” or in the style of Dr. Hansraj Hathi from Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah: “Arey Komal! Badi Zorose Bhook Lagi Hai, Chalo Jaldi, Sony LIV ka Anniversary Cake Khane! Badhai Ho!”

     

    Also on Facebook and Twitter Sony LIV ran a contest called ‘Gift a Maze ka break’ where people could gift their friends Sony LIV merchandise and movie tickets by tagging them and stating why their friends deserved to win a maze ka break.

     

    The brand came up with promotional videos to drive traffic on the website. Encouraging viewers to participate in the Sony LIVanniversary party from 24th to 31stJanuary where movie tickets, autographed merchandise and gift vouchers were up for grabs.        

     

    Over the past one year, Sony LIV has consistently brought marquee shows from the Sony Network to its viewers on a device that they could access anywhere, anytime. Indian Idol Junior, KBC, Boogie Woogie, Top Gear and other popular shows were brought to the viewers on their preferred device, so that they never had to worry about missing a single episode. The content repertoire expanded over the year to include English shows from AXN and Sports – LIVE streaming of the New Zealand vs India cricket series; thereby catering to different audience groups, both male and female.

     

    Extensive data analysis helped keeping engagement levels high. Innovations such as driving Indian Idol Junior auditions via the online medium and the app, offering the option to vote across all platforms including social media was offered. Also, introducing the play-along gaming application for KBC viewers enabled audiences to become active and facilitated a two-way communication via LIV.

  • Sony bags the rights to Facebook COO Sandberg’s ‘Lean In’

    Sony bags the rights to Facebook COO Sandberg’s ‘Lean In’

    MUMBAI: Sony Pictures has confirmed that it has acquired the rights to make the Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s book into a movie.

     

    Published in March 2013, Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead encourages women to advance their careers. If the film is able to capture the essence of the book, it won’t be so much a biography of Sandberg, who recently became one of the youngest female billionaires ever, as a manifesto advising women on how to achieve professional success.

     

    Sandberg also launched an organisation, Lean In, to further promote her message. She will donate her proceeds from the film to the foundation, according to Deadline, 

    which reported the story earlier.

     

    While there were few specifics available about the movie or the deal, Deadline said Sony Pictures, which made The Social Network about Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg – tapped Nell Scovell to write the script. Scovell helped Sandberg write the book as well.

  • Fastrack compelled to withdraw its latest ad

    Fastrack compelled to withdraw its latest ad

    MUMBAI: Long ago, in 1995, when models Milind Soman and Madhu Sapre went bold to show their seductive side while endorsing a shoe brand, they created a furor. While the advertising fraternity claimed it to be a coming of age ad, almost all the “socially responsible” groups came together to raise their voice against the ad that put everyone associated with it in a sticky situation.

     

    Even after almost two decades the situation doesn’t seem to have changed much. This time the youth brand, Fastrack, which has become popular for its daring stance on youth issues, is at the receiving end. A latest Out-of-Home (OOH) campaign by the fashion and lifestyle brand from the house of Tata’s shows youngsters draped in tape that has “sale” written on it.

     

    The campaign conceptualised by Lowe Lintas was launched in the middle of this month and will be on till mid-February. Ironically, the brand, which till now has been appreciated for its unprecedented take on the social causes, had to take a step back in this case.

     

    Sources from the industry reveal that the campaign has been at the receiving end from certain sections of the society since the time it was launched, some even claiming the ad to be objectifying women. Thus, the brand was compelled to take off the ad.

     

    Lowe Lintas’ NCD Arun Iyer confirmed the news with indiantelevison.com and said that it was a mutual decision taken by both the teams (brand and creative) to take off the advertisement. However, a new campaign will replace it within 24 hours, he informs.

     

    The brand has over eight million likes on Facebook.

  • MEC and Britannia Good Day Wish ‘Happy Good Day To You’

    MEC and Britannia Good Day Wish ‘Happy Good Day To You’

    MUMBAI: MEC, a leading global media agency and a founding partner of GroupM, has designed and implemented an engaging digital campaign for Britannia Good Day biscuits. The campaign titled HappyGoodDayToYou isaimed at bringing a smile through small actions without a rhyme or reason.

     
    “Happy Good Day to you” is a new wishing revolution which invites users to simply send daily greetings to their loved ones. Britannia Good Day believes that small acts are all that it takes to make someone happy. The team strategized the digital campaignthat will bring a smile upon a loved one’s face knowing that someone somewhere is thinking of you. The campaign has a dedicated website with thematic messages to express different emotions and feelings of Friendship, Love and Humor. Since the activation started in December, special greetings for Christmas/New Year were also incorporated. The site also allows the user to personalize their greeting, customize the message and add images which will let their loved ones have a Happy Good Day.

     
    The campaign has been linked to Facebook, which keeps the audience updated on the campaign developments. Through the page, the audience is made aware of the contest winners, traffic generated to the microsite, update on entries and interesting contest pictures.

    The website has many interesting features incorporated into it. The first one being The Wish Meter. It is like a tracker, which tracks the number of wishes sent by each city and the top eight cities are mentioned on this Meter. Another interesting and fun feature on the website is the “What’s Your Good Day Moment?” It urges viewers to share their delightfulmoments and let the happiness spreadon to all others viewing the website. All the user has to do is upload happy pictures and make the world smile 🙂

    MEC, known for its specialization in providing genuine integrated solutions to its clients has reached out successfully to Britannia Good Day’s audience by using appropriate platforms to convey the message – ‘Small acts is all that it takes to make someone happy.’ According to The Wish Meter, there have been over 1 lakh wishes already sent.

     
    Giving details on the campaign ZubinTatna, National Director Planning, MEC India said “MEC is delighted to partner with such a reputed brand that has been there for more than 25 years. The brief given to us by Britannia Good Day was to popularize the greeting “Happy Good Day to You”. The team at MEC was successful in capturing this message through this campaign. Making someone happy, can be as simple as sending a greeting or a pleasantry across. We are glad that the campaign has been appreciated and has received great response from the target audience. We are certain that through this initiative, we have helped Britannia Good Day attract more visibility across the country.”

    Sharing her views on the campaign, AnuradhaNarasimhan , Director – Marketing, Britannia Industries Limitedsaid “The new campaign of Good Day is all about having a good day, every day. And this thought is captured beautifully in the wish “Happy good day to you”. Our objective with the digital campaign was to take this wish to everyone and get people to start using it in common parlance. MEC helped us do just that by devising a comprehensive digital strategy to get India to start wishing each other “Happy Good Day to you”. Through our website, www.happygooddaytoyou.com, we have been able to get over 1.75lac consumers from the length and breadth of the country to spread the happiness with a simple “Happy Good Day to you” wish. Because the brand believes that’s all it takes to make someone’s day a good day. Happy to partner with MEC in bringing happiness to our consumers”

     
    Contest closes on 31st January, 2014
    For more details log on to http://www.happygooddaytoyou.com

     

  • NBCUniversal News Group announces strategic collaboration and investment in NowThis News

    NBCUniversal News Group announces strategic collaboration and investment in NowThis News

    NBCUniversal News Group announces strategic collaboration and investment in NowThis News

     

    NEW YORK: The NBCUniversal News Group, one of the most influential and respected news portfolios in the world, and NowThis News, the first exclusively short-form video news network built specifically for mobile and social, have agreed that the News Group will take a minority stake in NowThis News and the two companies will co-produce original short-form news videos to be distributed across mobile and social platforms. Content will be produced by co-located NowThis News and NBCUniversal News Group teams based out of NowThis News’s New York City studio.

     

    NowThis News is a news organization that specializes in creating unique, short-form video for audiences across social platforms that include, but aren’t limited to, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Vine, YouTube and Snapchat. Videos are combined into NowThis News’s Android and Apple apps and a mobile website, allowing viewers to seamlessly watch updates delivered to their pockets, wherever they are.

     

    As more people consume news and information on mobile and social media, this collaboration will capitalize on the News Group’s world-class news operations and NowThis News’s approach to original, short-form storytelling to reach the next generation of users.

     

    “We know that news consumption among younger audiences continues to grow, but in order to reach that audience, we need to continue to create video for the platforms they use most. NowThis News does exactly that — delivering relevant news stories for the mobile and social platforms that resonate with this audience,” said Patricia Fili-Krushel, Chairman of the NBCUniversal News Group. “We’re excited to incorporate this relationship into our overall strategy – to innovate inside and outside the company – positioning the News Group for future success.”

     

    Kenneth Lerer, NowThis News’s Co-Founder and Manager Director of Lerer Ventures, said, “By working together, the NBCUniversal News Group and NowThis News can learn from each other and build a great digital news experience that’s a win-win for the new news consumer who wants all video, all the time, built for social and mobile. This partnership allows us to showcase our shared vision of combining the world’s strongest news brands with NowThis News to super serve consumers.”

     

    NBCUniversal News Group and NowThis News will collaborate to create original, short-form videos that fit where the audience lives. The teams will co-produce content for TODAY, MSNBC, NBC News and CNBC such as:

     

    Mashups: Covering daily political, pop culture, or business news
    Explainers: Breaking down business, political or financial news

     

    “Our partnership with NowThis News is another example of our commitment to emerging platforms so that our advertising partners can increase their audience reach,” said Linda Yaccarino, President, Advertising Sales, NBCUniversal. “With this collaboration we have the ability to innovate and harness the power of compelling video and create campaigns that resonate more strongly with consumers.”

     

    The partnership represents the latest in a series of moves that the NBCUniversal News Group, whose digital assets include NBCNews.com, msnbc.com, TODAY.com, and CNBC.com has made in the digital space. Together these assets reach more than 70M unique users. Recently, the News Group also announced an investment and content partnership with Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg’s new venture, Revere Digital, launched a new msnbc.com, created new original video units for NBC News and CNBC and acquired live stream video platform, Stringwire.

     

    NBCUniversal News Group

     

    The NBCUniversal News Group is one of the most influential and respected portfolios of on-air and digital news properties in the world, reaching over 147 million people each month.

     

    The Group includes NBC News, a broadcast leader of global news and information for over 75 years and home to such respected programs as “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams,” “Today,” “Meet the Press,” and “Dateline;” MSNBC, the premiere destination for in-depth analysis of daily headlines, insightful political commentary and informed perspectives reaching more than 96 million households worldwide; CNBC, the recognized world leader in business news reaching approximately 395 million homes worldwide as well as The Weather Channel and digital platforms including the NBC News Digital Group, msnbc.com, CNBC.com. The NBCUniversal News Group also extends on its nationwide network of owned and affiliate stations, NBC News and CNBC Radio; as well as MSNBC on Sirius XM radio.

     

    NowThis News

     

    NowThis News is a Lerer Ventures startup and portfolio company that has produced over 10,000 original 6, 15, and 30 second news videos for rapidly growing social and mobile audiences. The company was founded by Huffington Post co-founder and former Chairman Kenneth Lerer, and former Huffington Post CEO Eric Hippeau. From studios in New York, Washington DC, NowThis News produces over 50 daily video updates for Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, Vine, YouTube, All of the NowThis News platforms can be found here: http://www.nowthisnews.com/whatsup

     

    Lerer Ventures

     

    Lerer Ventures is a New York-based, seed stage venture capital fund led by Managing Directors Kenneth Lerer, Eric Hippeau, Ben Lerer and Jordan Cooper. LV invests in founders in the earliest stages of a startup’s life, seeking out entrepreneurs with product vision, consumer insight, focused execution and unwavering ambition. Its portfolio includes Buzzfeed, Warby Parker, Thrillist, Percolate, Fullscreen, Food52, Songza, RebelMouse and Refinery29.

  • Comedy Central reaches two million fans on Facebook

    Comedy Central reaches two million fans on Facebook

    MUMBAI: It has been two years since Comedy Central launched in India. The channel dedicated to comedy has surely made its inroads into its audience’s heart. The proof is the two million fans on Facebook in just two years.

     

    In a time wherein social media platforms make or break a brand’s market presence, Comedy Central has used them effectively to engage audiences and maintain a presence in their lives even when the television is off. 

    Growth chart of Comedy Central India Facebook page

    Commenting on the achievement, Viacom18 sr VP and head English entertainment Ferzad Palia said, “Our Facebook page is the epicentre of all our social activity online. We are delighted to reach this milestone especially considering we went from one to two million in a matter of only eight months!  This is symbolic of our fans loyalty. We will continue to strive to provide the best of comedy entertainment both on & off air”

     

    One of the engagements that had outstanding results was Suits Season 2 FB App: Are You a Real Suitor? The objective was to capitalise on the show’s wide appeal and provide a refresher to audiences before the second season. Over 10,000 participants signed up to test their “Suits Quotient” giving the page 60,000 page views and 40,160 unique views. Social media conversations around the show increased by 200 per cent generating over 200,000 impressions and the show hashtag #SuitsS2onCC trended in India.

    “A big thank you to all our fans for helping us reach this mark. It truly feels wonderful to see this FB page reach this milestone. This only goes to prove their loyalty. CC India re-affirms the endeavour to provide its fans with cult entertainment,” added Viacom18 digital media VP and business head Rajneel Kumar.

     

    Comedy Central India since its inception prides itself of having the right mix for the diverse audience it caters to. The channel’s reach has grown five times in the past one year. Smaller cities have shown a steady growth in contribution while the channel maintains number one position in the metros.

  • Dentsu Digital bags digital duties for Mandom’s Gatsby

    Dentsu Digital bags digital duties for Mandom’s Gatsby

    MUMBAI: Dentsu Digital has recently been awarded digital duties of Gatsby, a part of Mandom India.
     

    The account win was the outcome of a multi agency pitch process.

    Commenting on opening 2014 on a high by winning the Gatsby’s account, Dentsu Digital CEO Glen Ireland said, “It is a great feeling to start the year with a new business win – especially, if it’s in a category that continues to grow rapidly across markets. The mandate given to us is to create an overall online presence for the brand with a strong focus on creating engagement via social media. Given the TG definition of Gatsby – Facebook will play a dominant role in creating that conversation – other channels like YouTube would help deepen the brand experience via demo-based video content. We also plan to leverage Instagram and Pinterest – relatively newer social media platforms to enhance the visibility of Gatsby online.”

     

    Gatsby was launched in Japan in 1978 and the brand made its India debut in 2003 when Mandom Indonesia started distribution of Gatsby products in the country. The year 2008, marked a new chapter in Mandom’s India plans when it appointed Mumbai-based Gardenia Cosmocare as its distributor.

     

    Since then the brand has moved from strength to strength and resulted in the company establishing a direct presence in India through Mandom Corporation (India) in 2012, making it the 11th country where the company has a direct presence.

  • LinkedIn, Pinterest more popular than Twitter

    LinkedIn, Pinterest more popular than Twitter

    MUMBAI: A new Pew Research Center Internet Project study shows a change in the use of the social media trend. While Facebook is still on the top with 71 percent online adults on the network, up from 67 percent one year ago; the result also shows that 42 per cent adults are now using at least two networks.

    Another interesting revelation made by the study is that Pinterest saw the biggest spike in 2013, jumping from 15 percent of online adults to 21 percent while passing Twitter (18 percent) in the process. LinkedIn is at the second spot after Facebook at 22 percent, while Instagram grew from 13 percent to 17 percent.

    According to industry experts, Twitter is less intuitive than Facebook and thus can turn off users, limiting its growth as a mainstream social media platform.

  • Social network scams double in 2013

    Social network scams double in 2013

    MUMBAI: According to Bitdefender, a security vendor, social network scams targeting users of sites like Facebook have nearly doubled in 2013 as compared to 2012.

    The company also revealed that it was expected as social media scammers are likely to fool people and double their profits during the holidays.

    “There are two simple steps that will ruin your Christmas: click on a free voucher scam, and complete the `intelligence’ surveys that ask for your credentials and your mom’s maiden name. Not even Santa Claus will help you recover the money and personal details you lose,” Bitdefender chief security strategist Catalin Cosoi told the media.

    Bitdefender advised social media users to think twice before clicking on dubious Christmas messages that ask them to complete endless surveys.

  • Google and Facebook will be the top two ad publishers in 2014: eMarketer study

    Google and Facebook will be the top two ad publishers in 2014: eMarketer study

    MUMBAI: A recent study conducted by eMarketer has revealed that the mobile ad spending in US is expected to near $9.6 billion in 2013 and account for a whopping 22.5 per cent of all digital ad investments.

    The report also highlights that both Facebook and Google are major drivers and recipients of this growing market, domestically and internationally.

    “The rapid growth of mobile ad revenues at Facebook has helped make the social network the second-largest digital ad seller in the US, behind only Google. This year, Facebook will take in 7.4 per cent of net US digital ad dollars, or $3.17 billion, while Google will account for nearly four in 10, or $17.00 billion,” reveals the eMarketer study.

    eMarketer had previously forecast that Facebook would remain slightly behind Yahoo! this year. “But the strength of Facebook’s mobile business has pushed the social network past Yahoo!, whose share is now expected to decline to 5.8 per cent in 2013, from 6.8 per cent last year,” says eMarketer in its report.

    The study reveals that even on a worldwide basis, Google and Facebook will be the top two ad publishers, with 31.91 per cent and 5.64 per cent of the market this year, respectively.

    eMarketer has also found that both Google and Facebook have grabbed the greatest shares of net US mobile ad revenues, with Facebook jumping from 9 per cent to 16 per cent between 2012 and 2013.

    “Globally, Google dominates the mobile ad landscape, with a 48.76 per cent market share,” eMarketer estimates. “Facebook has seen its share of global mobile revenues explode this past year, growing from 5.34 per cent in 2012 to 16.91 per cent in 2013.”