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  • GoQuest to present its formats at MIPCOM 2016

    GoQuest to present its formats at MIPCOM 2016

    MUMBAI: GoQuest Formats, a non-fiction and fiction formats subsidiary of GoQuest Media Ventures- a global multi -platform for content syndication, distribution & production, is keeping up to its promise made at MIPTV 2016 to various global clients that GoQuest will be producing pilots of its 2 formats and presenting it at MIPCOM 2016.  

    The formats are:

    Ultimate Cinderella: A life makeover show, this unique TV program gives a second chance to deserving women changing their lives forever.

    Friends ForNever:  An exhilarating quiz game show where best friends go at each-other for a cash prize.

    This has come on the back of its having generated considerable interest on its paper formats from the participants at MIPTV 2016. This was announced by Vivek Lath, Managing Director and founder of GoQuest Media. The international pilots of the formats have been developed to showcase the novelty and entertainment factor in these FORMATS. The paper format of these shows received great response from participants from China, Greece, France, Germany, Turkey and UAE.

    GoQuest Formats will be presenting three more formats at MIPCOM:

    Sing-A-Songwriter– A unique singing reality show which wraps all the aspects of a song i.e. singing, songwriting and composing into one super music reality format. On Sing-A-Songwriter, every song is a new song.

    Dinner Karaoke: A fun weekend format which searches for a Karaoke star among regular restaurant diners.

    Kitchen 50: 50: A cooking show where two cooks who know each other in real life go against each other in a cook off to win a 10,000 dollar prize.

    All the formats have been designed to elicit a lot of excitement and drama for the viewer’s globally. Ease in execution is another advantage for broadcasters looking to produce these formats.

    Vivek Lath further adds GoQuest has collaborated with vibrant creators from Europe and North America to come up with ideas that have global resonance and cuts across various genres of Reality TV. GoQuest is approaching MIPCOM with an expectation to not only earn a name for itself in the FORMAT space with its offering but also to soak-in the latest trends and the current needs to help our creators and collaborators to continually develop more exciting options in the future”

  • GoQuest’s co-production in Indonesia narrates common social theme

    GoQuest’s co-production in Indonesia narrates common social theme

    MUMBAI: Art unites countries. GoQuest Productions has entered into a production pact for a new television drama series in the Bahasa ‘Malaikat Kecil Dari India’ with Indonesia’s leading General Entertainment TV channel ANTV. GoQuest Productions is a venture of GoQuest Media Ventures – an Indian multi-platform for content distribution, syndication and production.

    The series (Little Angels from India), which has already gone on air on ANTV, is GoQuest’s maiden venture in GEC production space with its long-time content syndication partner ANTV in Indonesia.

    Vivek Lath, Managing Director, GoQuest Media said, “GoQuest Media found in ANTV just the right partner to venture into production of TV series, building upon its forte in content syndication and distribution. This Indonesian TV series is a blend of popular TV artistes from India and Indonesia and has a theme which cuts across the social milieu of these two countries. I am sure ANTV, through this show, will be able to attract and expand its viewership significantly and fortify its leading position in the entertainment space,”

    Jaspinder Kang, who is a partner in GoQuest Productions, stated that the TV soap on ANTV is a 40-episode daily drama series which has Indian TV artistes such as Bhavesh Bhalchandani and Harshita Ojha, lead child Artistes from Veera, Ruhana Khanna, lead child artiste from Ganga, and Vaishali Thakkar, popular TV actress from Uttaran.

    Otis Hahijary, managing director, ANTV, stated, “ANTV is committed to bring quality new-age multi-cultural shows to its viewers. Our distinct offerings which has a slew of shows from Turkey and India as part of our offering have enthralled our viewers. The tie-up with GoQuest to launch “Malaikat Kecil” which talks about how three kids who get separated from their mother in India get eventually reunited in Indonesia.”

  • GoQuest’s co-production in Indonesia narrates common social theme

    GoQuest’s co-production in Indonesia narrates common social theme

    MUMBAI: Art unites countries. GoQuest Productions has entered into a production pact for a new television drama series in the Bahasa ‘Malaikat Kecil Dari India’ with Indonesia’s leading General Entertainment TV channel ANTV. GoQuest Productions is a venture of GoQuest Media Ventures – an Indian multi-platform for content distribution, syndication and production.

    The series (Little Angels from India), which has already gone on air on ANTV, is GoQuest’s maiden venture in GEC production space with its long-time content syndication partner ANTV in Indonesia.

    Vivek Lath, Managing Director, GoQuest Media said, “GoQuest Media found in ANTV just the right partner to venture into production of TV series, building upon its forte in content syndication and distribution. This Indonesian TV series is a blend of popular TV artistes from India and Indonesia and has a theme which cuts across the social milieu of these two countries. I am sure ANTV, through this show, will be able to attract and expand its viewership significantly and fortify its leading position in the entertainment space,”

    Jaspinder Kang, who is a partner in GoQuest Productions, stated that the TV soap on ANTV is a 40-episode daily drama series which has Indian TV artistes such as Bhavesh Bhalchandani and Harshita Ojha, lead child Artistes from Veera, Ruhana Khanna, lead child artiste from Ganga, and Vaishali Thakkar, popular TV actress from Uttaran.

    Otis Hahijary, managing director, ANTV, stated, “ANTV is committed to bring quality new-age multi-cultural shows to its viewers. Our distinct offerings which has a slew of shows from Turkey and India as part of our offering have enthralled our viewers. The tie-up with GoQuest to launch “Malaikat Kecil” which talks about how three kids who get separated from their mother in India get eventually reunited in Indonesia.”

  • MIPTV 2016: Deal making, the Goenka brothers and the Indian presence

    MIPTV 2016: Deal making, the Goenka brothers and the Indian presence

    Cannes: A 100 plus strong delegation has been making its presence felt at Reed Midem’s MIPTV 2016 in this picturesque small town of Cannes on the French Riviera. Thankfully the weather has held up and the skies have been clear on most days, excepting for one when it drizzled steadily throughout. Touts on the streets made a killing selling umbrellas. On other days, a nip in the air  forced everyone to bring out their cardigans and overcoats.

     

    But on Day 3 of the 50 plus year old market cum festival, the sun came out in all its glory with the temperature climbing up and television executives feeling its full blaze even as the deal making and the conferences and debates hotted up.

     

    MipTV, the festival-cum-market has attracted upwards of 10,500 participants, at a time when Europe has been grappling  with warning signs about it being a no-visit zone courtesy the terrorist attacks.

    For the Indians, the highlight of MipTV is the honouring of the two Goenka brothers – Punit and Amit Goenka (the scions of media entrepreneur Subhash Chandra) – with the Medialle des Honneurs on 6 April. Punit, who was supposed to come, could not make it on account of a family emergency, but Amit did.  This is the first time an Indian is being honoured as such by the French company Reed Midem.

    Additionally, the other high points have been an India format session moderated by Indiantelevision.com founder Anil Wanvari, and a session on 4K in which TravelXP CEO Prashant Chothani participated. Other panelists on the India session included: Ajay Nair (OML), Rahul Sangari (Grey Matter), GoQuest Media (Vivek Lath), and Yogesh Karikurve (ZeeTV).

    Indian companies such as Zee TV, Star India, GoQuest, Vedic Broadcasting, DQ Entertainment, Cosmos Maya, Eros Worldwide, Indiantelevision.com, Indiacast, Green Gold Animation, Rajshri Entertainment, are among those companies which have come on as exhibitors.

    Film producer Prasad Devineni who bankrolled the  Indian multilingual blockbuster film Bahubali and who also churns out many a TV show in the Telugu market made it to MIPTV to explore new avenues for his company Arka Media Works.

    Cosmos Maya CEO Anish Mehta was cock-a-hoop with delight about the deals his company had managed to sign on at MipTV.

    MIPTV also had some grand moments  like the premier  for Roots and The Story of God (Morgan Freeman), Morgan Spurlock’s keynote, the launch of MipDrama Screenings, the keynotes by author and writer Harlan Coben, Vivendi Content & Havas Media CEO Domiqnique Delport, RTL co-CEO Gullaume de Posch, Mattel COO & President Richard Dickson and Wildness chief strategy officer Margaret Czeisler.

    At the time of writing all eyes were turned towards the Medaille D’Honneur ceremony which was slated to be held late on the evening of 6 April.  Amit is expected to receive the award for himself and his brother in front of an audience consisting of leading global TV executives.

    In addition to Punit Goenka and Amit Goenka, three other distinguished TV industry leaders will receive Médaille d’Honneur in Cannes including:   Germany’s Studiocanal TV MD Rola Bauer,  Disney Media Networks global distribution president Ben Pyne from the US  and Mexico’s Comarex president Marcel Vinay. 

     

  • MIPTV 2016: Deal making, the Goenka brothers and the Indian presence

    MIPTV 2016: Deal making, the Goenka brothers and the Indian presence

    Cannes: A 100 plus strong delegation has been making its presence felt at Reed Midem’s MIPTV 2016 in this picturesque small town of Cannes on the French Riviera. Thankfully the weather has held up and the skies have been clear on most days, excepting for one when it drizzled steadily throughout. Touts on the streets made a killing selling umbrellas. On other days, a nip in the air  forced everyone to bring out their cardigans and overcoats.

     

    But on Day 3 of the 50 plus year old market cum festival, the sun came out in all its glory with the temperature climbing up and television executives feeling its full blaze even as the deal making and the conferences and debates hotted up.

     

    MipTV, the festival-cum-market has attracted upwards of 10,500 participants, at a time when Europe has been grappling  with warning signs about it being a no-visit zone courtesy the terrorist attacks.

    For the Indians, the highlight of MipTV is the honouring of the two Goenka brothers – Punit and Amit Goenka (the scions of media entrepreneur Subhash Chandra) – with the Medialle des Honneurs on 6 April. Punit, who was supposed to come, could not make it on account of a family emergency, but Amit did.  This is the first time an Indian is being honoured as such by the French company Reed Midem.

    Additionally, the other high points have been an India format session moderated by Indiantelevision.com founder Anil Wanvari, and a session on 4K in which TravelXP CEO Prashant Chothani participated. Other panelists on the India session included: Ajay Nair (OML), Rahul Sangari (Grey Matter), GoQuest Media (Vivek Lath), and Yogesh Karikurve (ZeeTV).

    Indian companies such as Zee TV, Star India, GoQuest, Vedic Broadcasting, DQ Entertainment, Cosmos Maya, Eros Worldwide, Indiantelevision.com, Indiacast, Green Gold Animation, Rajshri Entertainment, are among those companies which have come on as exhibitors.

    Film producer Prasad Devineni who bankrolled the  Indian multilingual blockbuster film Bahubali and who also churns out many a TV show in the Telugu market made it to MIPTV to explore new avenues for his company Arka Media Works.

    Cosmos Maya CEO Anish Mehta was cock-a-hoop with delight about the deals his company had managed to sign on at MipTV.

    MIPTV also had some grand moments  like the premier  for Roots and The Story of God (Morgan Freeman), Morgan Spurlock’s keynote, the launch of MipDrama Screenings, the keynotes by author and writer Harlan Coben, Vivendi Content & Havas Media CEO Domiqnique Delport, RTL co-CEO Gullaume de Posch, Mattel COO & President Richard Dickson and Wildness chief strategy officer Margaret Czeisler.

    At the time of writing all eyes were turned towards the Medaille D’Honneur ceremony which was slated to be held late on the evening of 6 April.  Amit is expected to receive the award for himself and his brother in front of an audience consisting of leading global TV executives.

    In addition to Punit Goenka and Amit Goenka, three other distinguished TV industry leaders will receive Médaille d’Honneur in Cannes including:   Germany’s Studiocanal TV MD Rola Bauer,  Disney Media Networks global distribution president Ben Pyne from the US  and Mexico’s Comarex president Marcel Vinay. 

     

  • GoQuest Media licenses Hollywood biographical series ‘Celebrated’ to South Africa

    GoQuest Media licenses Hollywood biographical series ‘Celebrated’ to South Africa

    MUMBAI: India based content sales agency GoQuest Media has licensed Hollywood biographical series Celebrated to South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).

    Celebrated, which is a biography series that highlights the careers of Hollywood’s most famous stars, is produced by Reboot Entertainment and has been previously licensed to the USA and Indonesia.

    The series chronicles the dizzying heights of stardom as well as the personal pitfalls of fame – granting viewers access to stars like never before. Every episode includes rare interview clips, exclusive red carpet footage and behind-the-scenes tidbits.

    GoQuest Media has licensed entertaining content to Africa in past as well.

    “This is a stepping stone for us towards our global ambition of establishing ourselves as a global distribution company from India in the International markets. We are also in talks with television channels in India for this show,” says GoQuest Media managing director Vivek Lath.

  • GoQuest Media licenses Hollywood biographical series ‘Celebrated’ to South Africa

    GoQuest Media licenses Hollywood biographical series ‘Celebrated’ to South Africa

    MUMBAI: India based content sales agency GoQuest Media has licensed Hollywood biographical series Celebrated to South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).

    Celebrated, which is a biography series that highlights the careers of Hollywood’s most famous stars, is produced by Reboot Entertainment and has been previously licensed to the USA and Indonesia.

    The series chronicles the dizzying heights of stardom as well as the personal pitfalls of fame – granting viewers access to stars like never before. Every episode includes rare interview clips, exclusive red carpet footage and behind-the-scenes tidbits.

    GoQuest Media has licensed entertaining content to Africa in past as well.

    “This is a stepping stone for us towards our global ambition of establishing ourselves as a global distribution company from India in the International markets. We are also in talks with television channels in India for this show,” says GoQuest Media managing director Vivek Lath.