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  • Koffeetech Communications restructures into six specialised verticals

    Koffeetech Communications restructures into six specialised verticals

    Mumbai: Koffeetech Communications, a digital marketing agency, has announced a restructuring to enhance impact and growth across industries. As part of its expansion, Koffeetech has consolidated operations into six specialised verticals: communications, labs, media works, boosters, studios, and motion pictures, establishing itself as a digital marketing conglomerate. This change coincides with the opening of new offices in Pune and Bangalore, strengthening the agency’s presence in key markets.

    Guided by the principle “We are KAAFI for you,” Koffeetech aims to be a trusted brand partner, providing digital solutions that combine creativity, strategy, and technology. With expertise in real estate, e-commerce, education, and more, Koffeetech focuses on delivering services that meet the evolving demands of today’s market.

    “Our vision has always been to provide specialized, innovative solutions that drive meaningful growth for our clients,” said Koffeetech Communications founder & CEO Jay Rathod. “This restructuring into six verticals allows us to offer even more focused expertise while scaling our operations to meet the needs of clients across India and globally.”

    Koffeetech Communications’ six vertical powerhouses:

    . Communications: Focused on digital marketing, managing SEO, social media strategies, and digital brand building.

    . Labs: The technology arm specializes in website development, app development, and digital transformation.

    . Media Works: This public relations vertical specializes in media buying and reputation management, helping brands communicate effectively while managing event planning and crisis management.

    . Boosters: Designed to accelerate business results through data-driven performance marketing, paid search, social media advertising, influencer collaborations, and mobile marketing.

    . Studios: Focuses on innovative branding and design solutions, creating standout visuals and launching impactful ad campaigns.

    . Motion Pictures: Specializes in high-quality video production, creating corporate films, product showcases, and ad films, with a focus on storytelling for lasting impact.

    Koffeetech’s geographical footprint has expanded recently, positioning itself to serve clients in India’s major business hubs. This approach allows the agency to tap into a broader talent pool and work across sectors such as real estate, e-commerce, education, and healthcare.

    “Our expansion into Pune and Bangalore reflects our commitment to growth, both in terms of team size and client reach,” Rathod continued. “We know the growing market in various industries in these cities. And there is more to come.”

    Koffeetech has built long-term partnerships with brands across India, helping them navigate the digital landscape. The agency’s team now includes over 75 skilled professionals, with plans for continued growth by focusing on specialised talent for each vertical.

    Koffeetech has established expertise in real estate, where its digital marketing solutions have helped developers increase lead generation, brand awareness, and sales. A Morgan Stanley report predicts that India’s e-commerce market will reach $200 billion by 2026, with a 30 per cent compound annual growth rate. Koffeetech is prepared to drive this growth.

    India has also seen a surge in foreign direct investments in education, amounting to $9.51 billion between 2000 and 2024, boosting higher education and EdTech sectors. Koffeetech is recognised for driving student enrollment through targeted campaigns across digital platforms. “Whether we’re working with real estate developers, educational institutions, or e-commerce brands, our goal is to provide them with strategic, impactful services that drive real results,” added Rathod.

  • Critically acclaimed short film Half Full starring veteran Naseeruddin Shah and Vikrant Massey wins major accolade at ShortsTV’s Best of India Short Film Festival 2019 in Los Angeles

    Critically acclaimed short film Half Full starring veteran Naseeruddin Shah and Vikrant Massey wins major accolade at ShortsTV’s Best of India Short Film Festival 2019 in Los Angeles

    Mumbai: Critically acclaimed short films Half Full, featuring veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah and Vikrant Massey, and Counterfeit Kunkoo, written and directed by Reema Sengupta, were declared winners at ShortsTV’s Best of India Short Film Festival 2019 being held in Los Angeles. Organised by ShortsTV, the world’s leading short film TV service and official distributor of the OSCAR nominated short films theatrical release, a special screening was conducted in Mumbai to announce the winners. Present on the occasion were veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah, winning directors Karan Rawal (Half Full) and Reema Sengupta (Counterfeit Kunkoo), along with Chief Executive of ShortsTV, Carter Pilcher.

    Half Full is a 12-minute short film that focusses on the trials and tribulations of a young man (Vikrant Massey) who is undergoing an internal conflict. One night, he encounters an old man (Naseeruddin Shah) and a strange vibe develops between the two leading to some sarcastic and vague questions. The other winner, Counterfeit Kunkoo is a 15-minute short film which is based on the life of a middle-class Indian woman named Smita who lives without her husband. The film offers an intimate perspective on the identity of the 'Ideal Indian Female' in the urban India of today. 

    Expressing his happiness on winning the award, Half Full actor Naseeruddin Shah said, “It’s a proud moment for the entire cast and crew of Half Full. I am happy to note that discerning Indian audiences are moving towards short format content and ShortsTV has taken this initiative to provide an ideal platform to Indian filmmakers and actors. I am also glad that we finally have a destination where one can watch the best of curated short format content from across the world.”

    Commenting on the initiative, Mr. Carter Pilcher, Chief Executive of ShortsTV said, “India’s love affair with short movies has taken off since launching ShortsTV here late last year.  Our audiences can’t get enough of them. Both Bollywood and Hollywood are starting to take notice, and it’s exciting. We created the Best of India Short Film Festival to get Indian talent into the mainstream of the Academy of Motion Pictures Award consideration – and to give Indian talent a chance to bring home an Oscar that was “made in India.”  We are the only short film festival in India whose prize is Oscar qualification, and the world better watch out —ShortsTV and the amazing talent here in India are going to bring home an Oscar!”

    Meanwhile the other short films amongst the finalists selected to screen in Los Angeles and become qualified for Oscar consideration were Unfamiliar by Rahat Jain and Maya by Vikas Chandra. These are also eligible for a television broadcast deal on ShortsTV.

    ShortsTV was launched in India in 2018 exclusively with Tata Sky. With a catalogue of over 10,000 short films, ShortsTV provides a single curated destination of the best shorts from India and around the world, with a line-up including films recognized by the Oscars, BAFTA and Cannes. With the Best of India Short Film Festival, ShortsTV strives to create opportunities for Indian filmmakers to be recognized internationally. The winner last year was Mumbai based filmmaker Chintan Sarda and his short film ‘Shunyata’, featuring Jackie Shroff in a leading role.

  • Khabar Pakki Hai? verifies viral content on News18 India

    MUMBAI: With the exponential growth of social media, innumerable photos, videos and stories are shared every second, but there is no way to check the authenticity of all this content. This results in a lot of misinformation impacting opinion and resultant actions by people believing these false & fabricated stories.

    As verification of such viral content becomes all the more vital, News18 India brings ‘Khabar Pakki Hai?’ – a show that will not only check facts and test the authenticity of viral content but also try to assess whether it is real or just propaganda.

    TV18 Broadcast Limited, is a part of Network18 Group. Through its subsidiary, TV18, the group operates news channels such as CNBC-TV18, CNBC Awaaz, CNBC-TV18 Prime HD, CNN-NEWS18, and News18 India. TV18 also operates a JV with Viacom called Viacom18, which houses a portfolio of popular entertainment channels such as Colors, Colors HD, Rishtey, MTV India, MTV Indies, Comedy Central, Vh1, Nick, Sonic, Nick Jr and Viacom18 Motion Pictures.

    News18 will also reach out to the relevant authorities and try to get the official statements on the unverified news. In the event of two conflicting versions of the same story that are hard to fact-check, the show will present the opposing narratives highlighting the contradiction in the story.

    Through this show, the channel will examine news doing the rounds on various social media platforms and attempt to debunk disinformation and try and tell fake from real news. Watch ‘KhabarPakki Hai?’ starting 22 April, every Saturday & Sunday at 7.30pm.

  • Annual Media Scholarship instituted in name of Big B

    Annual Media Scholarship instituted in name of Big B

    NEW DELHI: An annual media scholarship has been instituted in the name of the megastar Amitabh Bachchan for students of cinema and media who will be selected after an exhaustive process.

    The scholarship has been instituted by filmmaker Anand Pandit of Anand Pandit Motion Pictures.

    As the scholarship was announced, the star handed the Amitabh Bachchan Media Scholarship Trophy, a cheque of Rs 5 lakh as well as a certificate to this year’s winner Shradha Thorat from the Whistling Woods Institute.

    ‘I hope this scholarship will push students of cinema to strive for excellence. This scholarship is a wonderful gesture by Anand bhai to harness and nurture new talent. Anand bhai is a dear friend and I am humbled by his gesture in instituting this initiative. I hope this scholarship helps talented individuals pursue their love for cinema,’ said Bachchan.

    ‘I don’t see anyone better than Amit ji to inspire our younger generations. I feel a scholarship is a small ‎contribution to immortalise the biggest icon of Bollywood as well as give an opportunity to those who show true talent,’ said filmmaker Anand Pandit.

    The annual scholarship will be awarded to the student who shows promise and creativity. While the scholarship has gone to a student from Whistling Woods, Pandit is not yet decided whether this will be open to students from other institutions in later years.

    ‘Every year one student who excels will be awarded the scholarship in consultation with Mr Bachchan and Mr Pandit,’ said filmmaker and Whistling Woods founder Subhash Ghai.

  • Annual Media Scholarship instituted in name of Big B

    Annual Media Scholarship instituted in name of Big B

    NEW DELHI: An annual media scholarship has been instituted in the name of the megastar Amitabh Bachchan for students of cinema and media who will be selected after an exhaustive process.

    The scholarship has been instituted by filmmaker Anand Pandit of Anand Pandit Motion Pictures.

    As the scholarship was announced, the star handed the Amitabh Bachchan Media Scholarship Trophy, a cheque of Rs 5 lakh as well as a certificate to this year’s winner Shradha Thorat from the Whistling Woods Institute.

    ‘I hope this scholarship will push students of cinema to strive for excellence. This scholarship is a wonderful gesture by Anand bhai to harness and nurture new talent. Anand bhai is a dear friend and I am humbled by his gesture in instituting this initiative. I hope this scholarship helps talented individuals pursue their love for cinema,’ said Bachchan.

    ‘I don’t see anyone better than Amit ji to inspire our younger generations. I feel a scholarship is a small ‎contribution to immortalise the biggest icon of Bollywood as well as give an opportunity to those who show true talent,’ said filmmaker Anand Pandit.

    The annual scholarship will be awarded to the student who shows promise and creativity. While the scholarship has gone to a student from Whistling Woods, Pandit is not yet decided whether this will be open to students from other institutions in later years.

    ‘Every year one student who excels will be awarded the scholarship in consultation with Mr Bachchan and Mr Pandit,’ said filmmaker and Whistling Woods founder Subhash Ghai.

  • TV18 Broadcast consolidated Q3 net profit up 142%

    TV18 Broadcast consolidated Q3 net profit up 142%

    MUMBAI: TV18 Broadcast Ltd’s consolidated net profit in the quarter ended December 31, 2013 rose 142 per cent from a year earlier on a fall in programming cost and marketing, distribution and promotional expenses and as its consolidated revenue increased.

     

    TV18’s reported revenues on a consolidated basis stood at Rs 525.5 crore in the third quarter of 2013-14, up 3 per cent from a year ago.

      

    TV18’s consolidated programming cost in the third quarter fell to Rs 142.58 crore from Rs 155.52 crore a year ago. Its marketing, distribution and promotional expenditure in the third quarter was down to Rs 140.78 crore from Rs 166.01 crore a year ago.

     

    The company reported its highest ever quarterly Operating Profit (EBITDA) at Rs 77.5 crore, up 61 per cent year-on-year with both the entertainment and news businesses turning in strong quarters.

     

    On a consolidated basis, the company’s advertising revenues grew 3 per cent year-on-year. While the news and infotainment advertising environment continued to be sluggish, entertainment led by Colors and MTV delivered strong double digit advertising growth.

     

    Its net distribution Income continued its steady growth at Rs 43.6 crore, a rise of 145 per cent year on year.

     

    TV18’s broadcast operations turned in a very strong quarter with an operating profit of Rs 91.1 crores, up 110 per cent on a year over year basis.

     

    TV18’s proforma results assuming financial consolidation of 100 per cent of ETV News  and 50 per cent of ETV Entertainment, showed its revenues were up 5 per cent at Rs 595.9 crore in the third quarter and pperating profit (EBITDA) was up 79 per cent year on year at Rs. 94.5 crores  led by a strong performance in ETV News.

     

    TV18 said on a proforma basis, this was a landmark quarter for TV18 with broadcast operations turning in an EBITDA of Rs 108.1 crore. ETV Entertainment reported a sharp reduction in losses compared to the previous two quarters as programming and marketing investments made in the first half led to an upswing in ratings and revenues.

     

    On 22 Jan 2014, after receiving the required regulatory approvals, TV18 completed the acquisition of the ETV channels  –  100 per cent of ETV News, 50 per cent of ETV Entertainment and 24.5 per cent of ETV Telugu.

     

    Raghav Bahl, Managing Director of Network18, the promoter of TV18, said, “…..the strong performance of TV18 (was) despite the continued uncertainty in the macro-economic landscape…. The environmental risks may continue in the medium term.”

     

    Bahl said the company’s pre-tax profits almost tripled due to the robust operating performance of the broadcast operations and a significantly deleveraged balance sheet.

     

    Network18’s Group CEO B. Saikumar, said, “Entertainment operations at Viacom18, led by Colors delivered a healthy performance even as Motion Pictures saw losses in this quarter. Infotainment operations at A+E Networks I TV18 broke into positive territory and IndiaCast continued on its robust growth trajectory.

     

    Click here for full report

  • Kangana shares her wedding jitters in Queens teaser

    Kangana shares her wedding jitters in Queens teaser

    MUMBAI: Content plays a key role while promoting any film. Keeping that in mind, Viacom 18 Motion Pictures has presented an innovative teaser to promote their upcoming movie Queen, starring Kangana Ranaut.

     

    The teaser stands out from a traditional one-minute glimpse into the entire film. Queen’s teaser has Kangana addressing the viewers, asking them for tips for her honeymoon, in an endearing, coy manner. Kangana plays the role of ‘Rani’ in the film, a shy bride-to-be who shares her wedding-jitters in the teaser.

     

    Kangana’s character has developed an instant connect with the audience, with the teaser going viral and viewers loving the personal approach adopted by Viacom18 Motion Pictures, to present the teaser. There’s a strong word-of-mouth doing the rounds as viewers have been sharing the teaser link on all social platforms including Twitter, Facebook and Whatsapp.

     

    A strong character, a flawless actor and a powerful script well presented with simplicity has resulted into a clutter breaking Bollywood teaser. Says Viacom18 Motion Pictures head of marketing Rudrarup Datta in a release: “Our objective is to make the audience love Rani for what she is. A simple innocent girl, who will win your heart with her honesty. The teaser is the first step towards that, which not only gets your attention but also compels you to engage. We are thrilled with the response to the teaser which will now lead into the main theatrical trailer for the film.”

    Going by the initial audience response, the idea certainly seems to work for the film. Queen, directed by Vikas Bahl and produced by Viacom18 Motion Pictures is scheduled for release on 28 February, 2014.

  • Somethings fishy!

    Somethings fishy!

    MUMBAI: Viacom18 Motion Pictures brings to its audiences a rip roaring comedy What The Fish, this December, set in a Delhi house which is left empty apart from Mishti the fish when ‘Masi’ (the evergreen Dimple Kapadia) goes on a trip, leaving it to the niece. Starting with a crazy party the house becomes a center for some hilarious activity. Manu Rishi, Manjot Singh and Anand Tewari join the act with the unique comic timing.

     

    Directed by Gurmmeet Singh the film is co-produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, Lightform Pictures Production and presented by Tipping Point Films.

     

    Known for creating a buzz with their unique and innovative ways to promote a film, the producers have a lot of context to do so with this particular venture taking a hint from some of the bizarre items which make an appearance in the movie (condoms, a joint, mardangi ki goliyaan to name a few).

     

    Viacom 18 Motion Pictures has sent across a fish-bowl package to various trade organisations, media houses, celebrities, twitter/digital influencers and radio jockeys; and this doesn’t end here – even Mumbai with its rickshaw-walla’s, and not to forget the machliwali’s and various commoners have been plastered with the curious case of a fancy fish bowl literally making the city go – What The Fish!

     

    “WTF is the most hilarious comedy that you are going to see in a while. The sheer craziness of the happenings in the film though entirely situational makes it unmissable. The movie demanded that we go beyond the cliché and create some ‘comic curiosity ‘ to brace audiences,” said Viacom18 Motion Pictures head of marketing & operations Rudrarup Datta.

    What The Fish is set for release on 13 December.

  • Television business props up Network 18 Q1-2014; prevent further reddening

    Television business props up Network 18 Q1-2014; prevent further reddening

    BENGALURU: Network 18 Media & Investments Limited (Network 18) reported a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs18.9 crore in Q1-2014, as compared to a loss of Rs 90 crore in Q1-2013. Results from three of the four revenue segments of the media and entertainment player reported losses, with television playing the lone hand in keeping profits for Q1-2014 buoyant and positive. Though Network 18 reports combined figures for Television and Motion Pictures, company officials confirmed that Motion Pictures had also added to Network 18 losses. Despite showing revenue growth, the other two segments -digital content and e-commerce business; and allied businesses also pulled down profits for Q1-2014. Let us take a look at the figures for Q1-2014 Operating revenue for Q1-2014 stood at Rs 556.6 crore on a reported basis. The corresponding figure for Q1-2013 was Rs 435.6 crore, hence showing a 28 per cent growth for Q1-2014. Operating revenue during Q1-2014, was however lower by 18 per cent as compared to the Rs 679.6 crore for the preceding quarter Q4-2013. Revenue from the television and motion business at Rs 437.4 crore was 47.2 per cent higher than the Rs 297.2 crore for Q1-2013 but about 8.6 per cent lower than the Rs 511.3 crore for Q4-2013. Revenue from digital content and e- commerce at Rs 106.9 crore grew 46.8 per cent as compared to the Rs 72.8 crore in Q1-2013, and was about 3.2 per cent lower than the Rs 110.4 crore during Q4-2013. Revenue for Q1-2014 from allied businesses fell 37.7 per cent to Rs 65.6 crore from Rs 105.3 crore in Q1-2013 and 36.7 per cent from Rs.103.6 crore in Q4-2013. Digital content and e-commerce reported a loss of Rs 43.5 crore. Allied businesses reported a loss Rs 9.9 crore and Rs 9.2 crore were contributed to the losses from discontinued operations. Television and Motion picture business propped up the company with an operating profit of Rs 23.8 crore. The company turned in a profit after tax of Rs 18.9 crore for the quarter. Network18 managing director Raghav Bahl said, “The macroeconomic environment continues to be challenging and growth prospects remain uncertain. Despite this backdrop, our core TV and digital businesses turned in a steady performance. We continued the profitable monetisation of our investments and raised growth capital in HomeShop18. There were pockets of weaknesses in our portfolio and we are committed to improving segments that are not meeting expectations. We have a strong portfolio of media businesses and remain confident of unlocking its value for our stakeholders”. Network 18,group CEO B. Saikumar said, “The core television and digital businesses got off to a stable start in the new fiscal year. Our entertainment broadcasting business showed strength and the e-commerce businesses grew strongly. While our news and infotainment businesses have seen distinct softness in advertising, our entertainment businesses led by Colors have performed well on this front. Motion pictures have seen losses this quarter and the management is confident of stemming them in the immediate term. Net distribution revenues from IndiaCast are on a strong growth trajectory and we continue to be enthused by its growth potential. Our e-commerce businesses continued their stellar growth and the digital content business grew steadily as well. We remain confident of delivering a strong year ahead.”

  • Television business props up Network 18 Q1-2014; prevents further reddening

    BENGALURU: Network 18 Media & Investments Limited (Network 18) reported a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs18.9 crore in Q1-2014, as compared to a loss of Rs 90 crore in Q1-2013.

    Results from three of the four revenue segments of the media and entertainment player reported losses, with television playing the lone hand in keeping profits for Q1-2014 buoyant and positive. Though Network 18 reports combined figures for Television and Motion Pictures, company officials confirmed that Motion Pictures had also added to Network 18 losses.

    Despite showing revenue growth, the other two segments -digital content and e-commerce business; and allied businesses also pulled down profits for Q1-2014.

    Let us take a look at the figures for Q1-2014

    Operating revenue for Q1-2014 stood at Rs 556.6 crore on a reported basis.

    The corresponding figure for Q1-2013 was Rs 435.6 crore, hence showing a 28 per cent growth for Q1-2014. Operating revenue during Q1-2014, was however lower by 18 per cent as compared to the Rs 679.6 crore for the preceding quarter Q4-2013.

    Revenue from the television and motion business at Rs 437.4 crore was 47.2 per cent higher than the Rs 297.2 crore for Q1-2013 but about 8.6 per cent lower than the Rs 511.3 crore for Q4-2013.

    Revenue from digital content and e- commerce at Rs 106.9 crore grew 46.8 per cent as compared to the Rs 72.8 crore in Q1-2013, and was about 3.2 per cent lower than the Rs 110.4 crore during Q4-2013.

    Revenue for Q1-2014 from allied businesses fell 37.7 per cent to Rs 65.6 crore from Rs 105.3 crore in Q1-2013 and 36.7 per cent from Rs.103.6 crore in Q4-2013.

    Digital content and e-commerce reported a loss of Rs 43.5 crore. Allied businesses reported a loss Rs 9.9 crore and Rs 9.2 crore were contributed to the losses from discontinued operations. Television and Motion picture business propped up the company with an operating profit of Rs 23.8 crore. The company turned in a profit after tax of Rs 18.9 crore for the quarter.

    Network18 managing director Raghav Bahl said, “The macroeconomic environment continues to be challenging and growth prospects remain uncertain. Despite this backdrop, our core TV and digital businesses turned in a steady performance. We continued the profitable monetisation of our investments and raised growth capital in HomeShop18. There were pockets of weaknesses in our portfolio and we are committed to improving segments that are not meeting expectations. We have a strong portfolio of media businesses and remain confident of unlocking its value for our stakeholders”.

    Network 18,group CEO B. Saikumar said, “The core television and digital businesses got off to a stable start in the new fiscal year. Our entertainment broadcasting business showed strength and the e-commerce businesses grew strongly. While our news and infotainment businesses have seen distinct softness in advertising, our entertainment businesses led by Colors have performed well on this front. Motion pictures have seen losses this quarter and the management is confident of stemming them in the immediate term. Net distribution revenues from IndiaCast are on a strong growth trajectory and we continue to be enthused by its growth potential. Our e-commerce businesses continued their stellar growth and the digital content business grew steadily as well. We remain confident of delivering a strong year ahead.”