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  • Travelxp 4K ties up with Magyar Telekom to expand Europe footprint

    Travelxp 4K ties up with Magyar Telekom to expand Europe footprint

    Mumbai: Travelxp 4K has announced its partnership with Hungarian telecom company Magyar Telekom to distribute the channel to viewers across Hungary.

    Travelxp 4K is one of the world’s leading travel channels. Earlier, its premium travel and lifestyle content was available only to Telekom 4K mini pay package viewers on channel number 74 since November 2021. “The channel’s shows have been fully localised keeping in line with its commitment to connect with audiences in their own language. Travelxp is already localised in 13 European languages and distributed in over 20 countries across Europe,” said the statement.

    “Magyar Telekom is a great platform for airing the premium HDR content of Travelxp 4K in HLG HDR, 10-bit REC 2100 color space and 50 frames,” said Travelxp managing director – Europe Sumant Bahl. “According to a study I came across recently, television is the most widely consumed type of media in Hungary, reaching 8.3 million viewers in 2021. Apart from showcasing the beauty of the world in stunning resolution, we are also excited about introducing the people in Hungary to the original and engaging content we create, which has been known to not only invoke wanderlust in viewers across the globe but also challenge their notions of the world and broaden their horizons.”

    “We are very pleased to extend our 4K channel line-up with a high-quality travel channel like Travelxp 4K,” said Magyar Telekom director of TV and entertainment Annamaria Rajki. “In 2021 first in Hungary Magyar Telekom launched a 4K mini pay package for the Telekom TV subscribers. Now our 4K portfolio, which contained sport and nature-oriented channels thus far, is enriched with a new genre and provides astonishing contents for travelers in those times people could hardly travel.”

    Travelxp is distributed in over 80+ countries, localised in over 15+ languages and has 1000+ hours of premium travel and lifestyle content. It is also one of the largest producers of travel content and a global innovation leader in 4K HDR technology. With a diverse programming mix, all Travelxp shows are original in-house productions filmed across 55+ countries with multi-cultural hosts from across the world.

  • WPP’s Kantar Health acquires consulting company in Czech Republic

    WPP’s Kantar Health acquires consulting company in Czech Republic

    MUMBAI: WPP’s Kantar Health has acquired CEEOR, a specialist research and consulting company in the Czech Republic. 

     

    Founded in 2006 and based in Prague, with offices in Slovakia and Hungary, CEEOR is a research and consulting organisation specialising in analytical services for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare industries in Europe and beyond. It has a market-leading reputation as a customer-oriented and technology-focused market intelligence provider. CEEOR’s core business is centered on commercial effectiveness activities, electronic data collection, and real-world research studies, including epidemiology and health outcomes. 

     

    Through this acquisition, Kantar Health will further strengthen its capabilities in the commercial effectiveness field, helping clients to better optimise decisions in marketing and sales, investments, timing and targeting. 

     

    CEEOR’s consolidated revenues for the year ended 31 December, 2014 were €1.6 million, with gross assets of €0.7 million as at the same date. 

     

    In Central and Eastern Europe the Group (including associates) generates revenues of almost $600 million and employs over 6,000 people. In the Czech Republic, the Group (including associates) generates revenues of almost $100 million and employs around 1,000 people. 

     

    Kantar generates revenues of almost $5 billion (including associates) and employs over 34,000 people. 

  • Cineworld to buy European cinema chain

    Cineworld to buy European cinema chain

    MUMBAI: England’s largest movie theater operator, Cineworld, has announced that it will be buying over 100 multiplexes across Eastern Europe and Israel for $828 million (?503 million).

     

    The purchase will be done in a mix of cash and shares, from Cinema City International (CCI), listed on the Warsaw stock market in Poland.

     

    The company will pay CCI $448 million (?272 million) in cash, and has launched a $181 million (?110 million) share rights issue to help fund the purchase. The proposed tie-up with Cinema City will give it leading positions in Poland, Israel, Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Slovakia. The cash and shares deal is due to complete in March.

     

    The merged group will have 201 outlets and 1,852 screens across Europe, with the addition of 966 from Cinema City making it the second largest operator in Europe behind Odeon UCI, which has more than 2,100 screens.

     

    According to The Financial Times, Cineworld, which snapped up 21 Picturehouse sites last year, shares rose 5.87 per cent at 415p, continues a run that has pushed up the price almost 50 per cent in a year. CCI shares rose 7 per cent to 32.30 zlotys in Warsaw.

  • India’s The Good Road out of the Oscar race

    India’s The Good Road out of the Oscar race

    MUMBAI: Gyan Correa’s much publicised The Good Road is out of the race for the Foreign Language Oscars. Nine features will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 86th Academy Awards. Seventy-six films had originally been considered in the category.

     

    Even earlier, The Good Road, Correa’s directorial debut that intertwines three stories in the hostile and remote Kutch in Gujarat, had a bumpy ride – when it invited the wrath of The Lunch Box team, which felt that Correa’s work stood little chance at the Oscars.

     

    The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are: Belgium, The Broken Circle Breakdown, Felix van Groeningen, director; Bosnia and Herzegovina, An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker, Danis Tanovic, director; Cambodia, The Missing Picture, Rithy Panh, director; Denmark, The Hunt, Thomas Vinterberg, director; Germany, Two Lives, Georg Maas, director; Hong Kong, The Grandmaster, Wong Kar-wai, director; Hungary, The Notebook, Janos Szasz, director; Italy, The Great Beauty, Paolo Sorrentino, director; Palestine, Omar, Hany Abu-Assad, director.

     

    Foreign Language Film nominations for 2013 are being determined in two phases. The Phase I committee, consisting of several hundred Los Angeles-based Academy members, screened the original submissions in the category between mid-October and December 16. The group’s top six choices, augmented by three additional selections voted by the Academy’s Foreign Language Film Award Executive Committee, constitute the shortlist. The shortlist will be winnowed down to the five nominees by specially invited committees in New York and Los Angeles.  They will spend 10 January to 12 January viewing three films each day and then casting their ballots.

     

    The 86th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on16 January, 2014, Thursday in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

  • The 2013 season finale of the 16th JK Tyre racing championship promises to be a Mega affair

    The 2013 season finale of the 16th JK Tyre racing championship promises to be a Mega affair

    MUMBAI: The grand finale of the 16th JK Tyre Racing Championship to be held at the Buddh International Circuit on November 30-December 1, will see the unique coming together of the high-octane world of motor racing, glamour and music. The 2013 season opener held at the Kari Motor Speedway which created history in the Indian Motorsport industry is all set to culminate on a grand note at BIC.

    JK Tyre, the biggest promoters of motorsport in the country in its yet another path breaking initiative has invited renowned international professional women’s racing team to race in the ‘Ultima Queens Cup’ which will run as a support race in the final round of the 16th JK Tyre Racing Championship. Keeping in mind the fact that India has very few women race drivers, JK Tyre in its efforts to promote women in this challenging sport has taken this step forward to encourage women drivers to take up racing as a serious sport. The audience will be treated to some adrenaline racing action as the Ultima Race Queens from Scandinavia, Puerto Rico, Hungary, and Netherlands display some wheel-to-wheel action in their Race Polos at the world’s best racing track.

    JK Tyre has produced some of the most talented Indian male race drivers and with the JK Ultima Queens Cup they have taken the step to inspire Indian women into motorsports at a professional level.

    Talking about this initiative, Mr. Sanjay Sharma, Head-Motorsport, JK Tyre & Industries Limited said, “We have always supported women race drivers and have been associated with the Duchess Car Rally for Women in Chennai, Trichy, Patna to name a few. By inviting the Ultima Race Queens to race here in India we want to encourage more and more women to take up motorsport which is otherwise considered a male-dominated spor
    t.”

    Besides the Ultima Queens Cup, the competition has heated up across the three race categories namely the JK Racing India Series, the JK-VW Polo R Cup and the LGB Formula 4. Fans will be treated to high-quality racing as India’s best race drivers will battle it out for the coveted ‘JK Tyre Racing Champion’. With few points separating the top 3 in all the categories, the weekend will be a thriller for all the fans.

    To enthrall the crowd, German stuntman and world record holder Ronny Wechselberger along with India’s best Rally Drivers will do the Guinness Record breaking 360 degree parking at above normal speeds.

    The 2013 season of the JK Tyre Racing Championship which was spread over four rounds has set new benchmarks in the industry in all aspects be it introducing world class racing technology & racing cars to young Indian racers in their country, practicing racing as practiced anywhere in the world, packaging to make the sport more viewer friendly, hospitality & a heady mix of speed & entertainment.

    The qualifying & few races across each category will be held on Saturday, Nov 30 and the balance set of races on Sunday, Dec 1, 2013.

  • 79% Indians look for best deals while shopping

    79% Indians look for best deals while shopping

    MUMBAI: A majority (79 per cent) of Indians would rather ‘spend time looking for a good deal,’ while only 21 per cent would rather ‘pay more to make a quick/efficient purchase.’ The findings reflect a new poll of 18,503 online respondents conducted by Ipsos OTX.

     

    “Indian consumers lately show both impulsive and compulsive buying behaviour. But at the same time they are dealaholics and hardcore value for money seekers. No wonder why sale/ discount offer periods record the highest revenue both for online and offline retailers,” said Ipsos India head of marketing Biswarup Banerjee.

     

    Those with a lower household income (82 per cent) are most likely to spend time looking for a good deal. Even those with middle (80 per cent) and high (74 per cent) levels of income, however, would take the time to find a better price. Similarly, those with a low level of education (100 per cent) are more likely than those with a medium (80 per cent) or high (79 per cent) level. Women (80 per cent) are more likely than men (78 per cent) to go hunting for a sale.

     

    The countries with the highest proportions of those indicating they would rather spend time looking for good deals are from: Hungary (94 per cent), Spain (94 per cent), Great Britain (93 per cent), Argentina (92 per cent), Belgium (91 per cent), France (91 per cent) and Germany (91 per cent). This group of deal-chasers is followed by: Australia (90 per cent), Italy (90 per cent), Mexico (90 per cent), Japan (88 per cent), South Africa (87 per cent), Canada (86 per cent), Poland (86 per cent), the United States (85 per cent), China (81 per cent), Russia (81 per cent) and South Korea (81 per cent). The lower group includes: India (79 per cent), Brazil (76 per cent), Saudi Arabia (76 per cent), Norway (75 per cent), Sweden (75 per cent), Turkey (74 per cent) and Indonesia (58 per cent).

  • Rainbow Media signs deals for Mag Rack Vod content

    Rainbow Media signs deals for Mag Rack Vod content

    MUMBAI: US media firm Rainbow Media Holdings has added international broadcasters to the growing reach of its Mag Rack video-on-demand (Vod) content.

    The latest round of deals delivers several Mag Rack titles into the UK, Sweden, Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the Middle East. Continuing Rainbow’s international expansion, the deals represent 319 VOD segments.
    Launched in 2001 in the US, Mag Rack is an on-demand television service, delivering made-for-Vod programming. Mag Rack is available to 12 million on-demand customers in 50 US markets, and several of its series were sold into Scandinavia, Hungary and Greece earlier this year.

    iD MD Sally Miles says, “Our continued momentum with Rainbow’s stable of brands is truly a testament to the international appeal of this top-quality programming. With Mag Rack, buyers are getting a rich array of series that speak to the diverse tastes of their viewers’ evolving, on-the-go lifestyles. Mag Rack is a truly progressive brand to be working with in the VOD marketplace.”

    The newest round of international Mag Rack deals includes:

    Inside Weddings has been Sold to Wedding TV (UK), TV7 (Sweden), Club Channel (Poland & Hungary), CTC Domashy Network (Russia) and Spektrum (Czech Republic). The show has advice on everything from gowns and formal wear, flowers and photography to places to celebrate.

    Mama Gena has been sold to TV7 (Sweden) and Club Channel (Central & Eastern Europe). In this “school of womanly arts,” Mama Gena’s lessons teach women to take control of their power of pleasure to have their way with the world and men, with each episode offering new tips and techniques.

    Eight segments of Wild Wheels have been sold to TV4 (Sweden) and 24 sold to Prava/Prevodi (Bosnia & Herzegovina). This series takes viewers into a world of crazy cars—rock crawlers, aqua cars, modified stretch limos, mud/ice racers and more—for a drive on the wild side.

    Let’s Go Garden has been sold to ACE (Russia). Let’s Go Garden, hosted by Jackie Albarella. This focusses on the practical side of gardening with projects real people can achieve whether a beginning gardener or a passionate green thumb.

    Motorcycle Freedom has been sold to Ananey (Israel). These short segment programs take viewers onto the open road with a virtual ride on some of the latest superbikes.

  • Panregional players to participate in Discop 2006

    Panregional players to participate in Discop 2006

    MUMBAI: The 2006 edition of Discop to be held from 22 to 24 June expects a good attendance due to the strong recovery of the world television programming markets and the awakening of Central Europe and Eastern Europe to production projects in addition to sales of finished product.

    To be hosted at the Sofitel Atrium Hotel in Budapest, Hungary, there will be 1,300 participants from less than 400 participants four years ago.

    Discop is a programming market focused especially on Central and Eastern Europe and it is attended by small- and medium-sized buyers that do not usually go to MIPTV and Mipcom. The highlights are:
    * For the first time, there will be regional production presence, with a good number of local, regional and independent producing companies.
    * Larger buyers will attend, including some from Western Europe.
    * New players are emerging including regional distributors, new pan-regional pay TV channels and also broadcasters, from Czech Republic, Bulgaria and smaller nations.
    * Several ancillary business developers will also attend, covering home video, licensing, mobile telephony and Internet. This did not happen in the past.
    On the sellers side, there will be larger participation, too:
    * Western Europe will be more represented than earlier.
    * Latin America will be participating at full, not only with telenovelas but also offering other types of finished product and formats, cashing on the new bonanza of telenovelas and general “Latin” product in Europe.
    * The countries within the region are starting to market their own product.
    * More participants from the U.S. are expected, since NATPE purchased the show from Reed-Midem.

  • NDTV and Genpact tie-up for outsourcing media and entertainment services

    NDTV and Genpact tie-up for outsourcing media and entertainment services

    MUMBAI: Outsourcing is no longer restricted to IT, as it now enters global marketing. The Prannoy Roy promoted NDTV Ltd has entered this arena of outsourcing by forging an alliance with Genpact (formerly GE Capital International Services) to offer media outsourcing services to enterprises worldwide.

    With the emergence of digital technologies looking at revolutionising the media and entertainment market, the alliance between the NDTV and Genpact will focus on providing cost effective, high quality media services to global and regional media and entertainment companies in areas like editing, digitisation and closed captioning, according to a posting on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) site.

    According to a press release posted on ndtvprofit.com, the joint venture aims to deliver value and business impact to global media and entertainment customers. The venture will combine NDTV’s brand image, domain knowledge and world-class media skill sets with Genpact’s offshore experience, global delivery capabilities, sales and marketing infrastructure, and reputation for operational excellence.

    “We are very excited about this new venture and believe that there are significant untapped opportunities around the world. We hope to break new frontiers and push India’s media envelope even further,” said Roy.

    “Our partner, Genpact and their outstanding experience and reputation in global business processes, combined with NDTV’s commitment to quality and cutting-edge technology, should deliver significant value for media and entertainment players around the world,” Roy added.

    Genpact president Pramod Bhasin said, “This is a landmark deal, the first of its kind to offer outsourcing solutions for the media industry. Through our partnership with NDTV, our customers will gain access to customized solutions and be able to further benefit from our global expertise and cost-effective service delivery.

    He added, “With 20 years of experience, NDTV’s domain knowledge will provide this venture a solid foundation to pursue opportunities in the growing media space.”

    The entire Global Media & Entertainment Industry was estimated at $1,340 billion at the end of 2005 and is expected to grow to $1,777 billion by end of 2009. In addition, there are a number of drivers that are changing the dynamics for the industry, such as the increasing prevalence of HDTV, digital content and on-demand programming.

    The changing dynamics have created a need for media companies to ensure that their content is digitized and available for customers to access and use. There is also pressure on media companies globally to cut costs and outsourcing is one of the established means to achieve this.

    The venture between NDTV and Genpact will be the first to offer tailored outsourcing solutions to the media industry, allowing companies to respond to these changes quicker, faster and cheaper than would otherwise be possible.

    General Electric Co. (GE) had spun off its outsourcing subsidiary, Genpact, two years ago. With a direct sales network spanning Europe, North America and Asia and headquartered in Gurgoan, Genpact has operations centers across India as well as in China, Hungary, Romania, the United States and Mexico.

    Genpact provides a wide range of outsourcing services including sales and marketing analytics, customer services, supply chain and aftermarket services, financial services core operations, financial services collections, finance and accounting, information technology services and enterprise application services and program management solutions.

  • T-Mobile acquires rights for 2006 football World Cup for seven European firms

    T-Mobile acquires rights for 2006 football World Cup for seven European firms

    MUMBAI: Football’s governing body Fifa’s marketing agency Infront Sports and Media has signed an extensive agreement with mobile phone operator T-Mobile International for mobile broadcast rights covering all 64 matches of the 2006 Fifa World Cup

    The deal covers seven European territories including host country Germany, Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and the United Kingdom.

    T-Mobile acquired the rights for the non-exclusive transmission of near-live and/or delayed video clips of key match footage such as goals via mobile networks to mobile phones. Additionally the rights package includes access to archive video material of the 2002 Fifa World Cup.

    In Germany, T-Mobile is entitled to offer live streaming transmissions of 20 selected 2006 FIFA World Cup matches to its customers. The transmission is possible over telecommunications networks (GPRS/UMTS) on a pay basis.

    Infront executive director Oliver Seibert said, “We are delighted about this extensive agreement with T-Mobile as the mobile arm of Deutsche Telekom, one of the official partners of the 2006 Fifa World Cup. In Europe, mobile broadcast rights agreements have now been signed covering most of the important football markets. This guarantees a strong mobile coverage during the 2006 Fifa World Cup reaching millions of fans.”