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  • Reliance Jio launches smart TV OS for Indian market

    Reliance Jio launches smart TV OS for Indian market

    MUMBAI: Three days from today and a whole new bunch of TV sets with a new type of operating system are slated to launch. Reliance Jio, the technology arm of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, has unveiled JioTele OS, a new operating system for affordable smart televisions, which will hit stores on 21 February.

    The platform, designed specifically for Indian viewers, will debut through partnerships with television manufacturers Thomson, Kodak, BPL and JVC. Jio says the system will offer artificial intelligence-powered content recommendations and support multiple Indian languages.

    The company’s president of technology claims the platform will deliver lag-free 4K streaming and seamless integration of television channels, streaming apps and cloud gaming services. A unified remote control will manage all content sources.

    This launch follows Jio’s recent merger of JioCinema with Disney+ Hotstar to create JioHotstar, expanding its streaming content library. The platform is expected to integrate JioGamesCloud, allowing users to access high-end games without requiring powerful hardware.

    The announcement comes amid growing demand for connected television services in India, with approximately 35 million households currently using smart TVs. Jio plans to roll out regular software updates to maintain compatibility with new apps and enhance security features.

    Additional television manufacturers are expected to adopt the platform later in 2025, though specific pricing details remain under wraps until the official launch next week.

  • Kodak inks deals with six Hollywood studios

    Kodak inks deals with six Hollywood studios

    MUMBAI: Kodak has finalised new film supply agreements with all six major Hollywood studios. As part of these agreements, Kodak will continue to provide motion picture film to 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Co., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., NBC Universal Inc., Paramount Pictures Corp. and Sony Pictures for their movie and television productions. 

     

    “Film has long been – and will remain – a vital part of our culture. With the support of the studios, we will continue to provide motion picture film, with its unparalleled richness and unique textures, to enable filmmakers to tell their stories and demonstrate their art,” said Kodak chief executive officer Jeff Clarke.

     

    Kodak has been engaged in broad discussions with prominent filmmakers, studios, independent artists, production companies, and film processors to enable film to remain a fundamental medium. Last July, the studios made known their intent to play a key role in leading this industry-wide effort.

     

    Prior to the agreements being finalized, several highly acclaimed films were produced on film, including Oscar nominees Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, Interstellar, Foxcatcher, Into the Woods, Leviathan, Inherent Vice and The Judge. Additionally, some of the most-anticipated films of 2015 are being shot on Kodak film, such as Star Wars: Episode VII –The Force Awakens, Mission: Impossible 5, Batman v. Superman – Dawn of Justice, Jurassic World, Ant-Man, Cinderella, Entourage and Trainwreck.

     

    These agreements make it possible for Kodak to continue to manufacture motion picture film while also pursuing new opportunities to leverage film production technologies in growth applications, such as touchscreens for smartphones and tablet computers. This also positions the company to remain the premier supplier of camera negative, intermediate stock for post production, and archival and print film.

     

    “With the support of the major studios, the creative community can continue to confidently choose film for their projects. We’ve been asking filmmakers, what makes a project ‘FilmWorthy.’ Their responses have varied from the need for its exceptional depth to its distinctive grain, but overwhelmingly, the answer is ‘the story.’ They need film to tell their stories the way they envision them, and hold a strong desire for it to remain a critical part of their visual language. Enabling artists to use film will help them to create the moments that make cinema history. The agreements announced today are a powerful testament to the power of film and the creative vision of the artists telling them,” said Kodak president of entertainment and commercial films Andrew Evenski.

  • Kodak now supplies film to six major Hollywood studios

    Kodak now supplies film to six major Hollywood studios

    NEW DELHI: Kodak has concluded a new agreement with 20th Century Fox to supply motion picture film to its movie and television studios.

    "This is great news for our business," said Kodak‘s Entertainment & Commercial Films Division‘s president and GM Andrew Evenski, which includes the motion picture film business.

    "This agreement shows that this medium remains vital for studios and artists creating a variety of content for a global audience. Kodak is honored to continue supporting Fox and their content creation, distribution and archival needs," he added.

    With the signing of this agreement, Kodak has now completed new contracts with six major Hollywood studios in the last year. The company previously announced agreements with Walt Disney Co, Warner Bros Entertainment Inc, NBC Universal Inc, Paramount Pictures Corp and Sony Pictures.

    Kodak continues to manufacture billions of linear feet of film every year, and the Entertainment Imaging division continues to be the largest driver of film manufacturing volume for Kodak into the future.

  • Social Wavelength to represent Radian6 in India

    MUMBAI: Mumbai-based social media agency Social Wavelength has partnered with Canada based social media monitoring agency Radian6. The Indian agency will be the representative for the Canadian agency in India.

    The partnership between Radian 6 (part of Salesforce.com) and Social Wavelength entails that all business of Radian 6 in India will largely be handled via Social Wavelength. Any leads generated by Radian 6 directly on their website, or through any other means, will come to Social Wavelength, to be managed further. Social Wavelength will also do its own independent marketing, and lead generation to sell maximum licenses of Radian 6.

    This will also include the large existing client base of Social Wavelength to whom the services of Radian 6 will be offered. Radian6’s clients include Dell, General Electric, Kodak, PepsiCo, Microsoft, Edelman, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide and Weber Shandwick.

    Social Wavelength joint CEO Sanjay Mehta said, “Over the last 3.5 years that we have been in the social media space, we have worked with number of social media monitoring tools, including Raidan 6. In terms of extent of coverage of content on social media, the user interface, the dashboards, the flexibility, the extensive reporting that it offers, and the many value-added features that it has and which it keeps introducing, we found no other tool to compare with Radian 6. Keeping this in mind, we started our discussions with Radian 6, and concluded this agreement with them recently.”

    While Radian 6 is a social media monitoring tool, often, in order to put together a solution of social media monitoring, there is a need for services, beyond the tool. These services will then be offered by Social Wavelength, to whoever may be interested. Therefore clients now get a one-stop solution of the tool and the services.

    Social Wavelength offers services like social media monitoring, online reputation management and social media analytics.

    “On account of ongoing support, training and sharing of global best practices, Radian 6 adds tremendous value on an ongoing basis. Likewise, Social Wavelength, on account of their hands-on experience, working with large number of clients, and understanding the Indian landscape very well, is able to bring that value to the table, and the resultant combination is a perfect match for the end-client,” said Mehta.

    Social Wavelength will be conducting events and workshops together for the benefit of users in India aiming to gain participation from marketing folks, customer service teams, market research agencies and corporate communication persons.

  • New Oscar venue Dolby Theatre opens

    New Oscar venue Dolby Theatre opens

    MUMBAI: The venue for the Oscars has been renamed. The 3,400-seat theatre, formerly known as the Kodak Theatre, re-opened on Monday with a new audio-visual system and new signage as the Dolby Theatre.

    Dolby Laboratories Inc. announced a 20-year deal with Hollywood & Highland Center owner CIM Group last month to rename the theatre that has hosted the Academy Awards since 2002.

    The audio-visual technology company outfitted the four-level venue with its Dolby 3D and Dolby Atmos projection and audio systems. Besides the Oscars, the Hollywood theatre is home to the Cirque du Soleil production Iris and will host the world premiere next Monday of the Disney-Pixar film Brave, which will be the first feature film released utilizing the Dolby Atmos technology.

    “It‘s an incredible day for us,” sDolby President Kevin Yeaman has reportedly said after a demonstration Monday of the theatre‘s new audio-visual systems. “We‘ve been hard at work coming up with Dolby Atmos and Dolby 3D and looking for a way to tell that story and connect with audiences around the world. When this opportunity came up, we couldn‘t pass it up,” he added.

    CIM Group dropped the Kodak name from the theatre ahead of the Oscars earlier this year after a bankruptcy court judge approved the early exit of 131-year-old Eastman Kodak Co. from a 20-year naming rights deal it signed with them in 1999.

    The 85th annual Academy Awards is scheduled to be held at the Dolby Theatre on 24 February next year.

  • Kodak-a notable absentee at Oscars

    Kodak-a notable absentee at Oscars

    MUMBAI: This year‘s Oscars will see one significant absentee that of Kodak as the company is cancelling its naming contract on the Hollywood Theatre.

    In the midst of bankruptcy, the Eastman Kodak company requested permission to cancel the contract in an effort to improve the company‘s financial situation.

    It has been reported that the original $74 million deal signed in 2000 gives the company naming rights to the theatre. Kodak‘s advisors now say that the benefits of having the company‘s name on the 3,300-seat venue aren‘t living up to the cost of the contract.
     
    Receiving court approval on Wednesday, Kodak is having a hard time justifying the $4 million annual cost of the 20-year contract. It is understood that the Motion Picture Academy has a say in the new sponsor of the Hollywood theatre if they choose to continue to host the event there.

    In case if the Academy chooses to move to a new venue, they lose their say on the theatre‘s name.

  • Mudra Max ropes in Khanna as media head, west

    Mudra Max ropes in Khanna as media head, west

    MUMBAI: Mudra Max has appointed Samir Khanna as the media head — west.

    Prior to this appointment, Khanna was in-charge of Mumbai clients for Mudra India.

    Khanna will be looking after Mumbai and Ahmedabad clients and will be based out of Mumbai. He will report to Mudra Max CEO Pratap Bose and will also work closely with the other unit heads of Mudra Max.

    Mudra Max has recently integrated all the mass media teams as a single unit media in the West as Mudra Max Media.

    Khanna has over 13 years of professional experience in media. He started his career with HTA and agencies such as Lodestar, TME and Madison. He has managed HUL brands, ITC, Kodak, Godrej, Parle among others.

    Bose said the consolidation of the mass media services will enable us to portray scale and cohesiveness to the industry. “It will leverage our volume of media buys more effectively to add value to existing clients and help us in the acquisition of new businesses. With the new structure, we hope to make Mudra Max Media a force to reckon with in the industry. I wish Samir and the Mudra Max media team loads of success in the year ahead.”

    Khanna added, “This is an exciting time at Mudra Max. The consolidation of the mass media offering gives us the required width and we look forward to providing truly integrated media solutions to our clients. I look forward to working closely with the heads of our experiential and non-traditional media offerings to take media from a pure awareness generation role to a function that builds increasing levels of engagement with the consumer at each step of a brand’s marketing efforts.”