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  • All about Real Estate now just a click away with ndtv.com/property

    All about Real Estate now just a click away with ndtv.com/property

    Following the tremendous success of NDTV’s Property Show and the weekend edition ‘Property Its Hot’, NDTV has taken it to an all new level and launched an official website – ndtv.com/property. It is India’s singular online portal where buyers and investors will have the ease to navigate through the most researched and insightful content on real estate in the country.

    The website will be the sole online destination for all real estate related information, featuring latest policy issues that affect buying decisions; exclusive interviews with leading industry voices and decision makers; insights from thought leaders; advice from top legal, finance and tax experts and much more. The site also has a special section dedicated to address queries from NRI investors and buyers.

    Commenting on the launch Vikram Chandra, Group CEO NDTV Network, said, “We have received extremely positive feedback from our viewers on our Property Show. With the introduction of the official website, we now hope to be able to provide our viewers with assistance on every aspect of the industry round the clock.”

    The exclusivity of the site lies in it being a one of its kind online platform, featuring residential projects recommended on the basis of exhaustive research done by a team of on ground researchers. The experts’ recommendations are placed citywise and are in all budgets and sizes across 24 cities in the country.

    Going that extra mile to bridge the gap between buyer and the builder community NDTV has also introduced a special section called ‘Rate Your Developer’ where buyers can give feedback on their developers through a simple survey NDTV@25.

  • Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards now in India

    Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards now in India

    It’s time to pack the red carpet away and roll out the orange one instead, as the world’s biggest and most entertaining kid’s award show – the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards comes to India this November.

    Nickelodeon is known world-over as the # 1 global entertainment brand dedicated to kids. The brand is all about giving kids what they want. With an approach that puts kids first and celebrates them each and every day, Nickelodeon takes pride in encouraging kids to be themselves – funny, messy and free-spirited. Keeping this in mind, Nickelodeon through LIVE Viacom18 is bringing the biggest and most popular Kids award show – The Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award to India for the very first time. The only live awards show of the kids, by the kids and for the kids where kids get to vote across categories for their favorites who will get declared the winners!

    With over 25 successful years of enthralling kids, the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards has captured the hearts of kids worldwide. Since its inception, the awards show has been telecast in over 33 countries worldwide. Year on year the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards receives millions of votes from across the world!

    The 2013 KCAs reached more than 24.6 million unduplicated viewers in 23 countries including the US across the premiere and encore episodes (more than 10.6 million from the international audience) Further the awards generated a record breaking 148 million International votes, up +284% from last year’s total of 39m. The highest number of votes recorded ever!

    The show is known for its fun elements such as orange carpet, orange blimps, green slime mania (term coined by Nickelodeon, where celebrities as a mark of honour, get green slimed!), vivacious performances and kids having a blast. In the past, the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards has witnessed popular personalities such as Johnny Depp, Pitbull and Halle Berry to name a few, presenting awards, performing and winning awards as well! Furthermore, the show has also caught many celebrities off guard by sliming the likes of Justin Bieber, Will Smith and even Daniel Radcliff. This year, it will be interesting to watch our homegrown celebrities and stars have the honor of being slimed at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards India.

    Ms. Nina Elavia Jaipuria, Executive Vice President &Business Head, Kids’ Cluster, Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd. says, “At Nickelodeon, we put kids at the core of all that we do. We believe in empowering kids and giving them the opportunity to make their own choices. With Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards now in India, we are giving them a platform where they can voice their choices. We will be their true mouthpiece in every sense of the word!”

    Commenting on the launch of the Kid’s Choice Award India, Mr. Jaideep Singh, Sr. Vice President and Business Head – INS, Viacom18 Pvt. Ltd. said, “We are very thrilled and privileged to be at the forefront of bringing an award show of this stature to Indian shores. There is an impressive line-up of celebrity performances and anchors for Nickelodeon’s first ever Kids’ Choice Awards. Part of our LIVE business is to constantly strive to provide fresh and innovative concepts that will not only pique interests of the Indian audience but give an opportunity to advertisers to connect with their audience.”

  • Vogue celebrates six years in India with Frieda Pinto

    Vogue celebrates six years in India with Frieda Pinto

    MUMBAI: Vogue India completes six years in India this October, marking the milestone with a special issue dedicated to the infinite magic of black.
    The anniversary issue has actress Freida Pinto as the cover girl, playing the perfect muse to the theme.

    The magazine shares adventures of interesting personalities that start their work shift post 6:00 pm in ‘Midnights children’. ‘A study in black’ has the world’s most renowned designers share their love for black. Other than the ode to black in fashion, celebrities throw light on must-see hangouts in popular cities for the story, ‘Bright lights big city’. The anniversary issue also features a list of 50 selected scary movies and books over time for enthused readers.

    Vogue launched in India in 2007 as the country’s ultimate fashion bible, helmed by editor Priya Tanna. The magazine has grown from strength to strength over the years and the success story is evident by the increase in print run from 50,000 to 60,000 copies.

    Speaking on spearheading Vogue in India over the last six years, Priya Tanna said, “The last six years have been enthralling, inspiring and gratifying. Launching Vogue in India has been a journey that’s nothing short of incredible. We have evolved from amagazine to a multi-media brand through the years and even in our new avatar we endeavour to curate the best of Indian and international fashion for our readers. I am particularly excited about this Anniversary issue- our tribute to black. In the past we’ve surveyed many themes, but never one that has elicited as varied a range of interpretations, discussions and opinions as this one. From dark to decadent and from mysterious to magical, the issue celebrates fashions most ubiquitous hue.”

    Vogue India’s foray in the digital space took place with the launch of vogue.in in 2010, offering its readers the best in fashion and lifestyle in the virtual world at their fingertips. The launch of mobile applications like Vogue 365 and Vogue Stylist further enhanced the magazine’s digital footprint. The digital edition is available on Magzter, Zinio and Readwhere.

    The magazine’s Twitter and Facebook pages are equally popular with almost 66k followers and about 45k likes respectively to date.

  • Crocs opens its 31st exclusive store in India

    Crocs opens its 31st exclusive store in India

    MUMBAI : Crocs Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX), leading provider of innovative casual footwear, is happy to announce the opening of a new store in Viviana Mall, Thane-West, Mumbai, India. Since bursting onto the scene in 2002 with its iconic clog, Crocs has expanded to become a global lifestyle footwear brand with over 300 styles per season, available in more than 90 countries worldwide.

    The new store opening hours are from 10:30 am to 9:30 pm. With fresh, white walls, the famously colorful CrocsTM will stand out prominently, tempting customers inside. Curved contours throughout the store help create a sense of comfort and relaxation, enhanced by the green ceiling and wooden floor. The new store occupies 1053 square feet super area and offers shoes for men, women and children. Flip flops, rain boots, wedges, flats, loafers, sneakers, cozy boots and clogs will be available in a range of colors and sizes, suitable for everybody. This season, Crocs has many exciting new collections to choose from, including Hover Synth Suede sneakers, Walu M for men and Huarache flip-flops, CrocbandTM Arc slingback for women and, CC Mickey Peek-a-boo clog for kids.

    Crocs began its operations in India in the year 2007. With this new opening, Crocs now has 30 exclusive stores, 1 kiosk and 2 factory outlets in the country. Crocs products are also available in more than 15 cities across India in more than 300 multi-brand outlets.

  • Bullett Raja trailer crosses 2.7 million views

    Bullett Raja trailer crosses 2.7 million views

    The trailer of the much awaited Bullett Raja shows Saif Ali Khan mouthing, Jab hum aaengey to garmi thodi badh jaegi. Well, it seems the mercury is already heading north!

     

    In today’s day and age of cut throat competition it is a task to get noticed without going full throttle in promotions! But Tigmanshu Dhulia’s Saif Ali Khan and Sonakshi Sinha starrer Bullett Raja has done it! Where filmmakers can’t create much hubbub about their films without having gala launches, Bullett Raja came without any crutches of any star studded event and has conquered hearts!

     

    The trailer of Fox Star Studios’ Bullett Raja which released a week ago is spearheading with a fantastic response, making it one of the quickest films to cross the 2.7 million mark without any conventional promotional events. Under four days from the release, the movie trailer was a hit and crossed the two million views mark on YouTube. And even before the trailer release, the anticipation was really high on the digital space, where #WeWantBullettRaja was trending in India throughout a day before, by a Twitter activity, called Garmi Badi Kya Contest.

     

    With Saif’s bold, rustic and trigger-happy avatar and Sonakshi’s Bengali look packed with some slick action, romance, crisp dialogues and blazing guns, Tigmanshu Dhulia’s (maker of Paan Singh Tomar and Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster) Bullett Raja has set the mood in B-town to gear up for action!

     

    Presented by Fox-Star Studios, the film also stars Jimmy Shergill, Gulshan Grover, Vidyut Jamwal, Chunky Pandey with Mahie Gill in an item number and is slated to release on 29 November, 2013.

  • Oops! &pictures forgets Ghanchakkar or does it?

    Oops! &pictures forgets Ghanchakkar or does it?

    MUMBAI: Right from the very first phase of the channel’s launch, &pictures has pulled out all stops and taken the offbeat and innovative communication route while interacting with its target audience.

     

    For the upcoming movie premiere of Ghanchakkar at 9:00 pm on the channel’s primetime property, ‘Saturday First Show’; the channel plans on taking the storyline of the film to promote the World Television Premiere of Ghanchakkar.

     

    While initial plans and promotions a few weeks back had Ghanchakkar slated to air on 5 October, &pictures now plans to air the film on 12 October instead. In keeping with the essence of Emraan Hashmi’s character who forgets everything, the pitch being used for the world premiere of Ghanchakkar too, is that “We forgot that we were to air the film on 5 October!”

     

    Promos for the premiere of the film went on air on Saturday, 5 October, and feature a montage of Emraan Hashmi’s character from the film Sanjay Atre spouting his now familiar line “Mujhe kuch yaad nahi aa raha hai.”

     

     “As a channel that engages with new India, we always seek to take the unconventional route which appeals to and grabs the attention of our audience,” says Zeel marketing head – national channels Akash Chawla.

     

     “The initial censor certification for the film during its theatrical release was ‘U/A’. However keeping in mind the fact that TV audiences watch films in their homes, we have further edited the film to make it suitable for viewers of all ages,” says Zeel cluster programming head (Hindi movie channels) Ruchir Tiwari, about the special considerations that have been taken into consideration while premiering the film.

  • Mindscapes One Ideas signs a joint venture agreement with DEFI

    Mindscapes One Ideas signs a joint venture agreement with DEFI

    MUMBAI: Mindscapes One Ideas has roped in DEFI group and have signed an exclusive agency JV agreement with equal share holding pattern and launching DEFI groups’ services in India as DEFI-Mindscapes.

    The statement issued said, “We would like to change the OOH skyline of India and bring in the international standards spectacular OOH signs in India and encourage more of corporate brand building than just product campaign , we will also be adding glitz to the product campaign through OOH with international communication and visual technologies. We will launching our first project in Mumbai and then slowly move to the other cities of India.”

    DEFI also pioneered in city architectural planning for OOH standardisation which helps the local municipal corporation to increase its advertising revenue without making the city look clutter and ugly and maintain the esthetic value.

    The company will be working hand on hand with all existing OOH media owners of each city along with the city planners and city councils and try to bring the city skyline to the international standards.

    “We also have the most advanced and the biggest corporate signage factory of our own under our sister concern DBS in Beijing and will initially produce all our signs over there and import it for installation but within an year we plan to open our 2nd state of the art factory in India which will mainly cater to our clients in India, Russia, Sri Lanka, Middle East, part of east Europe and African continent,” the statement continued.

  • India among partly-free countries as far as Freedom on the Net goes

    India among partly-free countries as far as Freedom on the Net goes

    NEW DELHI: India is 35th among sixty countries in the Freedom on the Net 2013 report.
    The annual report is carried out by Freedom House, an independent watchdog organization, and measures the level of internet and digital media freedom in 60 countries.

    In the new report, each country received a numerical score from 0 (the most free) to 100 (the least free), which serves as the basis for internet freedom status.

    India with 47 points is 18th in the list of the countries listed as partly free (31 to 60 points). There are seventeen countries in the most internet-free countries (0 to 30 points), 29 in the partly free countries, and fourteen in the ‘not free’ list (61 to 100 points).

    Iceland with six points tops the list of the free countries with the United States at the fourth place with 17 and the United Kingdom with 24 points, while Iran (91 points) is at the bottom with China (86 points) at the third place from the bottom of the countries which are not free of control. Pakistan has 67 points and is the fifth among the not-free countries. 

  • India among partly-free countries as far as Freedom on the Net goes

    India among partly-free countries as far as Freedom on the Net goes

    NEW DELHI: India is 35th among sixty countries in the Freedom on the Net 2013 report.

     

    The annual report is carried out by Freedom House, an independent watchdog organization, and measures the level of internet and digital media freedom in 60 countries.

     

    In the new report, each country received a numerical score from 0 (the most free) to 100 (the least free), which serves as the basis for internet freedom status.

     

    India with 47 points is 18th in the list of the countries listed as partly free (31 to 60 points). There are seventeen countries in the most internet-free countries (0 to 30 points), 29 in the partly free countries, and fourteen in the ‘not free’ list (61 to 100 points).

     

    Iceland with six points tops the list of the free countries with the United States at the fourth place with 17 and the United Kingdom with 24 points, while Iran (91 points) is at the bottom with China (86 points) at the third place from the bottom of the countries which are not free of control. Pakistan has 67 points and is the fifth among the not-free countries.

  • Jean-Claude Biguine India and Insia Lacewalla announce the Celebrity Garage Sale

    Jean-Claude Biguine India and Insia Lacewalla announce the Celebrity Garage Sale

    MUMBAI: Bargains Galore! Jean-Claude BiguineIndia, the premium French salon & spa in association with F&B consultant and curator, Insia Lacewalla announce the celebrity garage sale. With contributions from the city’s most stylish personalities including

    Soha Ali Khan, Shruthi Hassan, Shibani Dandekar, Amrita Puri,Juhi Pande, Simone Singh, Gaurav Kapur, Ankur Tewari, Sophie Choudhry, Eijaz Khan, Hazel Keech, Pallavi Sharda, Archana Walavelkar and more.

    Scheduled to take place on Sunday,October 6, 2013, this sale will offer everything under the sun – choose from books, gently-used clothing, accessories, home utility and quirky products, all available under one roof at a throwaway prices. The proceeds from this sale will go to Atma, a non-governmental organization (NGO) working to improve the quality of education for underprivileged children and young adults by providing consultancy services, training and skilled volunteers to partner charities.

    The celebrity garage sale will be held at Jean-Claude Biguine Salon & Spa, Bandra rooftop from 4:00pm to 9:00 pm.