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  • Govt invites Producers Guild to review self regulation of films and TV programmes

    MUMBAI: The Film & Television Producers Guild of India Ltd. has been invited by the government for the 3rd meeting of the committee for reviewing codes and guidelines. The meeting will be held on 16 January, 2006.

    An official release states that the centre has invited luminaries from the Guild including president Amit Khanna and noted filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt to share their productive views and suggestions on this crucial issue.

    The meeting also involves people representing a large spectrum of society such as Prasar Bharati, National Commission for Women, Advertising Standards Council of India, Cable Operators Federation of India, Consumer Coordination Council and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

    The Guild has been discussing on various critical matters concerning the entertainment industry with the government. These include the guidelines governing program and advertising codes under the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act 1995 and certification of films prescribed under Cinematograph Act, 1952.

  • Fifa invites bids in Asia for 2010, 2014 World Cup

    MUMBAI: Football’s governing body Fifa has launched a public tender process to select and appoint an agent to exploit its media rights in Asia.

    The media rights include the television and radio rights to the 2010 Fifa World Cup, 2014 Fifa World Cup and other Fifa events to be staged between 2007 and 2014. The tender is open to all interested parties with the expertise to handle the rights.

    The deadline for the submission of bids is 21 November 2005. Interested parties need to submit a bid to be appointed as Fifa’s exclusive agent for the entire region defined in the tender document. If the successful bidder is a broadcaster, Fifa says that it is prepared to grant, in addition to the agency appointment, the right to exercise the media rights in those countries where the successful bidder itself undertakes full broadcast operations.

    Fifa says that the tender process, which will be overseen by its Marketing & TV Division, is a reflection of its policy of transparency and its desire to give all interested parties the opportunity to submit bids in respect of the World Cup. It further says that on 2002, a cumulative audience of 28.8 billion people watched the World Cup in Korea/Japan.

    For the next event in 2006, 30 billion people are expected to tune in over the four weeks of the biggest single sports event on earth, making the media rights some of the most attractive in sports. In India the 2006 World Cup will air on ESPN Star Sports. It may be recalled that in 2002 the World Cup had served as an effective launching pad for Ten Sports.

  • Hallmark US invites viewers to ‘Meet the Santas’

    MUMBAI: Hallmark US will celebrate Christmas with the film Meet The Santas. This will air on 17 December 2005.

    This is the sequel to what Hallmark US says was its highest-rated original movie ever – Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus.

    The sequel follows Nicholas ‘Nick’ Claus played by Steve Guttenberg Three Men and A Baby, Beth Marshall and Beth’s nine-year-old son Jake.

    Nick and Beth are preparing for their long-awaited Christmas Eve nuptials and become a real family.After the wedding, they plan on taking over the ‘family business’ from Nick’s dad, Santa Claus, who has officially retired.

    While this sounds simple enough, add Nick’s parents, Santa and Mrs. Claus to the mix and Beth fears she will never win her mother’s approval; something she has been trying to earn her entire life. Perhaps it is time the adults get a lesson in believing and the true meaning of Christmas spirit.

  • Rapa awards committee invites entries for 2002

    MUMBAI: The last date for receiving entries for the 28th Rapa (Radio and TV advertisers practitioners association of India) awards for radio and TV productions is 28 March 2003. Awards will be given away in 17 languages and 51 categories. The awards will be held on 30 May 2003.
    All the radio and TV entries produced in India and broadcast or telecast for the first time, in any part of the world, between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2002, are eligible to compete. Telecast criteria not applicable for documentaries. However all submitted documentaries must have been produced between in calendar year 2002.
    Speaking to indiantelevision.com, outdoor advertising specialist company DS Mittle director Brij Mittle, and an active member of the Rapa committee, says: “The Rapa awards are one-of-their kind as they honour excellence in all the languages other than Hindi and English. This year, we have added new categories such as “best ad campaign on radio”, “best direction in a telefilm” and “best live coverage of events on TV”.”
    The languages include:Assamese, Bengali, Dongri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada,Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi,Tamil, Telugu, & Urdu. An entrant can send any number of entries. Every entry should be accompanied with a correctly filled entry form and applicable entree fee. Entrant, sending more than one entry, may remit the total entry fees through a single consolidated cheque/draft or cash.

    CategoryMembersNon-membersRadio Spot / Jingle

     

    Rs 500

     

    Rs 700Radio Programme

     

    Rs 500Rs 700TV Commercial

     

    Rs 600Rs 800TV Programme

     

    Rs 1000Rs 1250Tele-Film / Music Video

     

    Rs 500Rs 700Documentary & Telefilm

     

    Rs 1500Rs 2000Production House of the Year

     

    Rs 500Rs 500Category Nos. 39,48,49

     

    Rs 2000Rs 2500Special Awards 47 & 50NANA

    The other members of the awards organising committee include chairman Danish Khan, co-chairman Shivraj Suvarna, members Vijay Behl, S Swaminathan, Atul Tiwari.