Tag: Jyoti Narain

  • Wee stores rope in Sridevi as brand ambassador

    Wee stores rope in Sridevi as brand ambassador

    MUMBAI: Wital See Marketing has announced the launch of its flagship retail chain ‘Wee Store‘ in several cities across India. The brand is launching a TV commercial featuring its brand ambassador Sridevi.

    The ad film is directed by Pradeep Sarkar.

    Wital See Marketing executive director Jyoti Narain said, “With rising aspiration levels backed by higher disposable incomes Indians today are seeking a global shopping experience. Looking at the potential of the retail sector, the brand has forayed into retail with its flagship retail chain ‘Wee Store‘. With its tagline ‘Shopping Solutions‘ Wee Stores will cater to diverse needs of consumers by providing quality products at affordable prices. Each of our stores will cater to the specific needs of our customers. The plan is to take the number of stores to about 150 by the end of this fiscal.”

    For the current fiscal, the company is looking at revenue of around Rs 100 crore, a major chunk of which would come from their own private label-Wee.

    Speaking on the occasion Actress Sridevi said, “In my opinion Wee Stores are for everyone and the concept of these stores is practical and unique. Wee Stores will not only cater to the specific needs of a wide array of people but also cater to people in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities.”

    Wee Stores has already launched its stores in cities such as Gurgaon and Delhi including 70 stores in various cities on a smaller format.

    Wee See is an Indian company which started operating its business since October 2011 The company has also opened hypermarkets in Delhi and Chennai and is operating an exclusive apparel and accessory store in Gurgaon.

  • Stage set for 3rd News and Television Awards and Summit

    Stage set for 3rd News and Television Awards and Summit

    MUMBAI: The news television industry is gearing up for the most prestigious Indian News Television (NT) Awards.

    Currently in the third year, the awards are conducted by Indiantelevision Dot Com to recognise and honour news channels and professionals in the country.

    This is for the first time that the NT Awards have been judged by the peer group, that is senior members of the news industry as well as eminent personalities are among the judges.

    According to Indiantelevision.com founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief Anil Wanvari, “After consulting the industry, we have decided to implement peer judging this year as there is no better way than to be judged by the industry itself. And we are delighted by the response of the news television industry towards the 3rd edition of the NT Awards and Summit. We look forward to taking this from strength to strength with the involvement and support of the industry. Our aim is to establish the NT Awards as the recognition and encouragement of excellence in the news television industry.”

    In all 700 entries were received for 26 categories. The awards will be announced at a glittering ceremony on 25 March at Hotel Ashoka in New Delhi from 7.30 pm onwards.

    The NT Awards will be preceded by the Third Indian News Television Summit, which will be held at the same venue earlier in the day on the theme of “Wake Up Call for the TV News Business”. The summit is endorsed by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.

    The panellists include Ashok Venkatramani (Star News), Barun Das (Zee News), G Krishnan (TV Today), Jyoti Narain (P7 News), LV Krishnan (TAM), Narayan Rao (NDTV), Shazi Zaman (Star News), QW Naqvi (Aaj Tak), Barkha Dutt (NDTV), Nalin Mehta (Author), Rajdeep Sardesai (CNN IBN), Sanjeev Srivastava (Sahara), NVN Murthy (TV9), Shailesh Reddy (Zee 24 Ghantalu), Rani Reddy (Saakshi TV), and Ramachandra Murthy (HMTV).

    The panel discussions will see participation from a host of practitioners from the news television fraternity. The three sessions are on ‘Reality dawns in the News Business’; The Telugu News Titans’; and ‘Content Story’.

    The NT Awards will have categories that will cover programming and personality awards. The NT Awards will be presented to channel programmers, anchors, presenters, technicians, producers, editors, reporters and management.

    Ernst and Young is the auditors for the awards, while the jury meetings were organised in Mumbai, Hyderabad and New Delhi.

  • Pearls Broadcasting launches Hindi news channel

    Pearls Broadcasting launches Hindi news channel

    MUMBAI: Pearls Broadcasting Corporation Ltd has launched a national Hindi news and entertainment channel christened P7.

    The Noida-based Hindi news and entertainment channel promises to offer public news, information and entertainment dedicated to common people irrespective of colour, caste, creed and religion. Formally on air from 27 March, P7 has the tag line ‘Ek Umeed’ (A ray of Hope).

    The company has Jyoti Narain, ML Sehjpal and Kesar Singh as directors.

    “We will allow people to develop their own opinions and decisions on the basis of the facts we present. I am proud to have a team of leading young and dynamic people, who have already made a mark for themselves in TV journalism and believes in taking responsibility to change the way viewers look at news and entertainment,” said Narain.

    “P signifies performance, perfection, perseverance, passion, pursuance, presentation of thoughts and company name Pearl. 7 signifies seven days of the weeks- our Channel is in operation of 24×7 hours of the weeks; seven continents – it is poised for being viewed of all over the world; seven colours in rainbow; seven notes of music – encompassing all the notes of musical life; seven chakras of human body; seven wonders of the world and it also represents Ketu Planet of spiritual enlightenment,” he added.

    P7 also plans to soon launch an entertainment channel.