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  • Laqshya launches branded IPs and content division

    MUMBAI: Integrated marketing agency Laqshya Media Group has announced its foray into branded Intellectual Properties(IPs) and content with the launch of a new division under its live event IP Company, Event Capital.This launch comes close on the heels of Laqshya Media Group announcing its foray into talent management with the signing of Indian Cricketer Suresh Raina in April 2017.

    Deepak Choudhary, Founder and Director, Event Capital said, “It is widely known that the branded entertainment space is growing at a break-neck pace, and with Laqshya Media Group’s head start in the live event IP space with Event Capital, creating strategic IPs for achieving a brand’s business objectives is the natural way forward.”

    Bollywood Music Project, the most recent offering from Event Capital has created history with two editions in its debut year with over 50,000 attendees across Mumbai and Delhi, and was livestreamed to an audience of over 10 million.Event Capital has already tested the waters successfully in the branded IP space with the IIFL Wealth Mumbai International Chess Tournament held in December 2016. Swaroop Banerjee, CEO, Event Capital carries a wealth of experience in the branded entertainment and content space with his earlier stints at Viacom18, Star Movies and MTV Asia. Prior to Event Capital, he curated Bajaj Auto’s motorsport IP, Pulsar Festival of Speed. The company will be announcing the head of this new division, who will report into Banerjee.

    Swaroop Banerjee, CEO, Event Capital said, “The Branded IPs and Content division is a logical progression for us and will sit at the heart of what we do, as brands and creators look to new mediums in telling their stories. The space has grown significantly over the past couple of years, and we have witnessed a lot of established brands going beyond event sponsorships to establish their own IPs like Pulsar Festival of Speed,Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, Ray-Ban Never Hide Sounds, etc.to maximise their engagement with their target audiences.”

    “According to the FICCI KPMG Report 2017, there has been a nearly 98 percent increase in the number of live event IPs organised in 2016 as compared to the previous year, and we have already seen the impact of online content destinations like Netflix, Hotstar, etc. No marketer wants to miss this opportunity, and we are already in conversation with some of them to create new IPs or leverage their existing ones with our understanding of building event IPs across varied genres,” he added.

    Over the next few weeks, Event Capital is scheduled to organise its media, communication and design festival, Edutainment Show on May 19-20 at Hotel Sahara Star, Mumbai and follow it up with India’s most iconic fashion event for kids, India Kids Fashion Week in July 2017.

  • Laqshya Media Group ropes in Swaroop Banerjee as Event Capital CEO

    Laqshya Media Group ropes in Swaroop Banerjee as Event Capital CEO

    MUMBAI Event Capital, the live IP  arm of Laqshya Media Group has roped in Tribe Asia IP director Swaroop Banerjee  as its CEO. Banerjee’s mandate at Event Capital involves expanding the current bouquet of Live intellectual properties owned by Event Capital and introduce focussed live and digital content creations.

    Based out of Mumbai he will oversee development of new verticals in lifestyle, music and sports. Deepak Choudhary, the co-founder of Event Capital, will now focus on acquisitions, collaborations and investments as Director of Event Capital.

    “Banerjee’s unfathomable experience with building IPs, combined with his genuine passion for festival culture, music and alternative sports, makes him absolutely ideal to lead Event Capital as the chief executive. EC currently has several IPs in Lifestyle, Sport, Music, Education and Trade and Banerjee’s strategy of creating the right balance on IP creations and acquisitions is in sync with our vision. We are glad to have him on board”, said Event Capital director and co founder Deepak Choudhary.

    “When we took on the initiative to make Event Capital India’s largest IP creator and aggregator, we were extremely focussed and with the support of our entire Laqshya Media machinery we are committed to make this brand a world class live and digital content hub. Banerjee has been on our mind from quite some time and with him we are confident to take the next big step in this game changing IP environment” Laqshya Media Group MD Alok Jalan added.

    “It is a gigantic opportunity and I am excited to work with such a talented team. I am overwhelmed by their generosity in supporting me and allowing me total autonomy to create a lifestyle, music and sports vertical from scratch and revitalize the existing genres of live content that we own. You will very soon hear announcements from us on larger than life collaborations with Bollywood, International Music, Alternative Sports and Lifestyle”, said Banerjee on his new role.

  • Laqshya Media Group ropes in Swaroop Banerjee as Event Capital CEO

    Laqshya Media Group ropes in Swaroop Banerjee as Event Capital CEO

    MUMBAI Event Capital, the live IP  arm of Laqshya Media Group has roped in Tribe Asia IP director Swaroop Banerjee  as its CEO. Banerjee’s mandate at Event Capital involves expanding the current bouquet of Live intellectual properties owned by Event Capital and introduce focussed live and digital content creations.

    Based out of Mumbai he will oversee development of new verticals in lifestyle, music and sports. Deepak Choudhary, the co-founder of Event Capital, will now focus on acquisitions, collaborations and investments as Director of Event Capital.

    “Banerjee’s unfathomable experience with building IPs, combined with his genuine passion for festival culture, music and alternative sports, makes him absolutely ideal to lead Event Capital as the chief executive. EC currently has several IPs in Lifestyle, Sport, Music, Education and Trade and Banerjee’s strategy of creating the right balance on IP creations and acquisitions is in sync with our vision. We are glad to have him on board”, said Event Capital director and co founder Deepak Choudhary.

    “When we took on the initiative to make Event Capital India’s largest IP creator and aggregator, we were extremely focussed and with the support of our entire Laqshya Media machinery we are committed to make this brand a world class live and digital content hub. Banerjee has been on our mind from quite some time and with him we are confident to take the next big step in this game changing IP environment” Laqshya Media Group MD Alok Jalan added.

    “It is a gigantic opportunity and I am excited to work with such a talented team. I am overwhelmed by their generosity in supporting me and allowing me total autonomy to create a lifestyle, music and sports vertical from scratch and revitalize the existing genres of live content that we own. You will very soon hear announcements from us on larger than life collaborations with Bollywood, International Music, Alternative Sports and Lifestyle”, said Banerjee on his new role.

  • Laqshya Solution’s OOH campaign for Flipkart’s #TheBigBillionSale

    Laqshya Solution’s OOH campaign for Flipkart’s #TheBigBillionSale

    MUMBAI: It was going to be ‘India’s Greatest Sale Ever’. Therefore, Laqshya Solutions had 24 hours to devise and implement the campaign in such a way that it would take everyone by surprise. The group inundated Bangalore and Delhi with larger-than-life hoardings to grab the attention not only of Flipkart’s competitors but also of the national media.

     

    Laqshya Solutions, the agency division of the Laqshya Media Group, was given a brief by Flipkart, one of India’s leading e-commerce platforms, to create a radical and bold campaign across Delhi and Bangalore. Laqshya Solutions worked to develop and execute the campaign using as much as 70,000 square feet of branding space in the two cities. The media mix included a large format of billboards, mall facades, airport media and digital signages.

     

    Talking about the newly launched campaign, Laqshya Media Group COO Atul Shrivastava said, “We were honoured when India’s e-commerce leaders Flipkart approached us to work on what has been their biggest, boldest campaign ever! Since this was such a crucial campaign for the brand, we took great care in formulating and executing a plan that would create a powerful impact. The very fact that there has been a tremendous reaction from consumers and the media alike, makes us feel like we have definitely accomplished Flipkart’s brief of doing something novel and dramatic.”

     

    Laqshya Solutions has also executed several other campaigns for Flipkart before their Greatest Sale Ever campaign.

     

  • Laqshya Advertising ropes in Sai Nagesh as CEO

    Laqshya Advertising ropes in Sai Nagesh as CEO

    MUMBAI: Laqshya Media Group has announced that it has appointed advertising veteran Sai Nagesh as chief executive officer of Laqshya Advertising. In addition to this, he will also be heading strategy for the group as chief strategy officer.

     

    Laqshya Advertising is the latest venture from the group and is being set up as a new-age advertising agency to provide cutting edge solutions through digital media as well as communication solutions that cut across the fast blurring lines between paid, owned and earned media.

     

    The new appointment comes at a time when Laqshya Media Group has diversified and expanded its services to include activations, event IPs and advertising.

     

    Laqshya Media Group managing director Alok Jalan said, “The kind of expertise and experience Sai brings to the table is immense and we are excited to have someone of his calibre on board with us. I am certain that Sai will offer valuable insights at a time like this when our company is exploring new opportunities and avenues for growth.”

     

    “Having been an intimate part of the Digital Ecosystem for the last couple of years, I have realized the awesome value addition that an Agency with integrated offerings can deliver. Our solutions will be embedded in an Omnichannel approach straddling all screens and will give our clients a 360 degree view of Marketing and Advertising campaigns (both Digital & Offline) as well as customer behavior, lifecycles and lifetime value. I have known the Laqshya group for the last 15 years; this familiarity combined with their vast network and expertise is a huge advantage that we are starting off with,” added Nagesh.

     

    In a career spanning a quarter of a century, Nagesh has sold advertising space for newspapers, helped launch television channels and worked with leading advertising agencies. He was also part of the team that launched GroupM in India. His last assignment was as CMO for bedbathmore.com

  • Outdoor ad spends register 8% growth in H1 FY 2013

    Outdoor ad spends register 8% growth in H1 FY 2013

    MUMBAI: Laqshya Media Group’s media research wing that caters to the OOH research and analysis has revealed the H1 fiscal analysis of 2013, while comparing it with the same period in 2012.

    According to the report, despite the lingering economic uncertainty, OOH continues to grow – giving a positive sign to advertisers who plan to reach out to people with billboards, bus shelters, huge gantries, foot-over bridges, and any other outdoor vehicles.

    According to Laqshya Media Research statistics on the outdoor advertising ad revenues, there has been a growth of 11 per cent for Q1 and 4 per cent growth during Q2 of 2013 over the same period in 2012, making it a total of 8 per cent growth for the H1 fiscal 2013 over 2012.

    The sector-wise analysis reveals that real estate has upped its OOH investments most rapidly as compared to any other sector making it the most dynamic category for the first half of 2013. The sectors’ spends grew by 51 per cent as compared to H1 of 2012. The report states that the realty players from Mumbai and Delhi have been spending heavily in traditional OOH, whereas south based players are also actively visible in premium ambient media like airports.

    The education sector with large focus on Q1 dominates the other category spends though their spends have reduced compared to H1 of 2012. In the media & entertainment category, TV channels particularly the GECs hold a substantial pie in the OOH share of spends. Jewellery brands like Tanishq has been spending heavily along with south based brands like Malabar and Kalyan on their store launch across various towns using OOH to create awareness. There has been a 28 per cent rise in their spends observed this year as compared to H1 2012.

    Many other sectors slightly exceeded their spends in the first half this year as compared to last year making the overall OOH share of spends bigger and thus creating an 8 per cent growth as compared to 2012. Categories like banking, mobile handsets, airline operators, housing finance, life insurance, retail (particularly the innerwear segment) and healthcare saw greater growth as compared to last year’s first half.

    Two-wheelers have emerged as one of the most active spenders in the first half of 2013 as compared to the same time in 2012, registering a growth of at least 50 per cent. Brands like Hero Motocorp, Bajaj and Honda have captured the roads with larger than life displays for their two-wheelers.

    The first half of fiscal year 2013 also saw a decrease in spends by the top OOH spenders like automobiles (four wheelers) and mobile services.

    Laqshya Media Group COO Atul Shrivastava said, “The overall OOH pie has grown 8 per cent this year as compared to same period last year. There has been a moderate growth in various other sectors but OOH that has traditionally thrived on automobiles and mobile services took a hit. Big players in the four- wheeler category like Hyundai and Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover have been successfully banking on OOH long term sites to create brand salience. The only spike observed in the category was during the brand launch of Honda Amaze and Chevrolet Sail.”

  • Pranit Projects Launches Mayfair Villas on the Mast Head of Hyderabad GVK One Mall Facade

    Pranit Projects Launches Mayfair Villas on the Mast Head of Hyderabad GVK One Mall Facade

    MUMBAI: GVK One Mall, the fashionable and most premium mall in Hyderabad located at the upper class Banjara Hills has been ingeniously and strategically used by Pranit Projects to announce the launch of Mayfair Villas, a gated high-end premium luxury villa project at Tellapur, Gachibowli.

     

    The huge and bold 5,400 square feet large Façade of GVK One Mall aptly serves as the mast-head of the rich and fashionable Hyderabad. It aptly serves as the most aspirational spot for all Hyderabadis for whom Banjara Hills and now GVK One Mall are established symbols of success and aspirational accomplishments. The glass façade is huge, imposing and has a very strategic location along the curvature of a very important arterial road which has been used by Mayfair Villas to draw on the instant aspirational association and give the project a springboard launch.

     

    Laqshya Media Group, the leading out-of-home media Company, has executed the launch campaign for the new Mayfair Villas at GVK One Mall, Hyderabad. Pranit Projects Pvt Ltd wanted to create an impactful buzz for their beautiful new villas in a classy location with excellent visibility. What better place to do that than the GVK One Mall!

     

    Commenting on the new glass façade display, Mr G. Kalyan Reddy – Director, Pranit Projects Pvt Ltd, said, “We wanted to create something that would capture everyone’s attention instantly. At a time when most real estate groups are into high rise apartments, this campaign draws attention to the creation of a ‘commune’ with a large number of tastefully designed villas.  The GVK One Mall glass façade is a great idea to establish this uber-premium concept! We’re pleased with the kind of ideas thought, recommended and executed by the Hyderabad Laqshya team. ”

     

    Jude de Valliere, Sr. Vice President of Laqshya said, “We compliment the client for their discerning understanding of the strategic importance of GVK One Mall Façade. We are delighted to partner with Pranit Projects Pvt. Ltd., for the launch of their elegant new ‘Mayfair Villas’. We are confident that this will be the start of a new and mutually beneficial relationship with them. We are proud of the work executed by our team.”