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  • Stage set for News TV Summit and NT Awards on 25 March

    Stage set for News TV Summit and NT Awards on 25 March

    MUMBAI: A large part of the Indian news television fraternity is expected to be huddled in New Delhi’s Taj Palace Hotel come 25 March. The occasion: the sixth Indiantelevision.com News Television Summit which is expected to commence at 11 am and which will be followed by Indiantelevision.com’s NT Awards in the evening.

     

    “Getting out of the Squeeze – Learning to live in a digitised India” is the theme of this year’s summit. A keynote opening address by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Secretary Uday Kumar Varma has been lined up and will be followed by three panel discussions covering the business and regulatory framework in a digitising India, innovative use of technology in the news broadcast space and the emerging trends in prime time news and the importance of TV news anchors.

     

    The News Television Summit 2013 is endorsed by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and is supported by ABP News and ABP Majha. The NT Awards are presented by LR Active Oil while Saakshi TV, TV9, CNBC TV18, CNBC Awaaz, and Aaj Tak have also pitched in as partners.

     

    “The news TV industry has been grappling with an uber-competitive environment with limited revenue streams in almost every language segment,” says Indiantelevision.com Group CEO and Editor-in-Chief Anil Wanvari. “DAS and DTH can potentially help specific segments of the news TV industry generate new revenue streams in terms of subscription and premium niche news channels in the medium to long term. Of course the transition will throw up its own challenges.”

        
    Amongst those slated to attend and speak include: MIB Joint-Secretary Supriya Sahu, ABP News India CEO Ashok Venkatramani, BAG Media Network chairperson Anuradha Prasad, DEN CEO S.N. Sharma, Puthiya Thalaimurai TV news director S. Srinivasan, Legal expert Anish Dayal, India TV advisor Paritosh Joshi, Castle Media Director Vynsley Fernandes, Ericsson content and media head Supriyo Mookherjee, Quantel Q-Tube expert Chrisophe Messe, NDTV CTO Dinesh Singh, Cellcast Asia founder & CEO Pankaj Thakar, BBC Global News COO India Preet Dhupar, NDTV Group Editor Barkha Dutt, CNN-IBN host and veteran newscaster and analyst Karan Thapar, Bloomberg India Editor Vivek Law, Headlines Today Managing Editor Rahul Kanwal, DD’s Sanjeev Srivastava and finally India News Editor-in-Chief Deepak Chaurasia.

     

    The conference is to be followed by Indiantelevision.com’s The NT Awards, which received more than 1,000 entries for 43 categories from 45 TV news channels operating in English, Hindi, Telugu and Marathi. More than 110 jury members from news TV practitioners to print and magazine journalists to costume designers to marketers to agency professionals to former police officials to entrepreneurs helped judge the entries over two weeks of judging in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Delhi. Ernst & Young had the responsibility of being the official tabulator of the jury results.

     

    Information & Broadcasting minister Manish Tewari has consented to be the chief guest for The NT Awards. CEOs of media companies and TV channels, Editors, Reporters, Technicians, Celebrities and Sportsmen are expected to attend the function, which is being anchored by TV anchor and political satirist Cyrus Broacha and TV actor Kavita Kaushik.

     

    The print partners include Cable Quest, Satellite@Internet India, and Aavishkar Dish Antenna while Tellychakkar.com and Radioandmusic.com are online partners. The event has been executed and produced by Indiantelevision.com’s ITV 2.0 Productions.

  • Six contemporary French films at Bonjour India Fest

    Six contemporary French films at Bonjour India Fest

    MUMBAI: As part of the Bonjour India- Festival of France, six contemporary French films will be screened at PVR Anupam Saket in New Delhi from 22 to 24 February.

     

    Later, the festival will travel to seven cities with an aim to promote contemporary French cinema in India.

     

    Entry is free on first come first served basis. Passes will be available 45 minutes before the show timing at the venue.

     

    Bonjour India 2013 is a cultural exchange programme between India and France in the fields of art, literature, cinema, education, sports, fashion, photography and the performing arts.

  • PM applauds celebration of Indian cinema centenary in France

    PM applauds celebration of Indian cinema centenary in France

    NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that the decision of French film Festivals including Cannes to celebrate the centenary of Indian cinema will further strengthen cultural relations between India and France.

    Singh said this in a statement to the Media during the state visit of French President Francois Hollande to India in New Delhi today:

    Singh said culture is as strong a binding force as any between India and France and a new Cultural Exchange Programme was signed today.

    The second edition of “Bonjour India” is being organized currently in India.

  • Gruner + Jahr expands into New Delhi

    Gruner + Jahr expands into New Delhi

    MUMBAI: European media conglomerate Bertelsmann AG‘s publishing arm Gruner + Jahr opened is expanding its news corporate in New Delhi to cater the needs of recently acquired companies, MaXposure Media Group and Networkplay.

    Gruner+Jahr‘s entered India in 2008 through the launch of Geo magazine through a license contract and has since then been strategically advancing to build a strong portfolio of print and digital media activities. As part of the expansion strategy in India, the company also acquired majority stakes in digital ad network Networkplay and magazine publisher Maxposure.

    Gruner + Jahr International executive board member and president Torsten-Jörn Klein said, “The opening of Gruner+Jahr‘s new office is an important step in streamlining our operations and building a strong platform in India. Looking at attractive market growth rates and having gathered the two fast growing companies of their respective industry, emphasizes G+J‘s & Bertelsmann long term commitment to India and strong belief in the growth of the media industry.”

    The new office will provide employees of both Maxposure and Networkplay the opportunities of closer interaction and support on personnel and business level and motivate them to jointly achieve greater heights in their respective industry.

    Gruner + Jahr has over 300 magazines and 150 websites in more than 30 countries. In fiscal year 2011, the company generated revenues of euro 2.3 billion and employed around 11,800 people worldwide. 74.9 percent of Gruner + Jahr is owned by Bertelsmann AG, 25.1 percent by the Hamburg publishing family Jahr.

  • 46 films to screen in 8th IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival

    46 films to screen in 8th IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival

    MUMBAI: Forty six films from 16 countries will be screened in the 8th IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival to be held New Delhi from 5 to 7 March. The programme includes three curated packages of films from Japan, Turkey and Hong Kong.

    24 filmmakers from 10 countries will also be present to lead the discussions following the screening of their films. These films would be shown at the India International Centre Auditorium at Alliance Française on 6 March.

    Apart from the film screenings, there will be a seminar on ‘Representing Children’s Worlds: Gender, Media and Society’ on 5 March.

    A panel discussion on ‘Does Nuclear Power have a Future?’ will be held on 6 March.

    The festival is being organised by IAWRT – India, in association with the India International Centre, Sangat South Asia, Japan Foundation and Alliance Française.

  • Al Jazeera appoints Motivator & Ogilvy as AoR

    Al Jazeera appoints Motivator & Ogilvy as AoR

    MUMBAI: Al Jazeera has awarded its media duties to GroupM’s media agency, Motivator. Meanwhile, the creative duties will be handled by Ogilvy.

    Industry sources confirmed the development to Indiantelevision.com.

    Al Jazeera English is an international news channel, holding over 70 bureaus around the world which span six different continents. Launched in 2006, it broadcasts to over 250 million households across 130 countries, a number that is expected to grow as the channel expands throughout India.

    The international news provider has operated a bureau in New Delhi since its establishment five years ago.

  • Maaza stresses on mangoes for all seasons in new campaign

    Maaza stresses on mangoes for all seasons in new campaign

    MUMBAI: Maaza has launched a brand campaign, ‘Har Mausam Aam’, to take ahead the thought and positioning of the brand as a ‘Mango’ that is available throughout the year regardless of seasons.

    The campaign has been conceptualised by Leo Burnett. It has been designed to reinforce the fact that Maaza offers a real mango experience being available throughout the year.

    Coca-Cola India VP- juice business Andriy Avramenko said, “The latest campaign for Maaza has been designed to give all mango lovers the choice of enjoying the superlative taste experience of the delicious fruit all throughout the year with new variety – Maaza, the ‘Har mausam Aam’. This particular variety gives mango loyalists the freedom to gratify their mango craving anytime they want – with its consistent authentic seedless mango taste each and every time. The thought is to strengthen brand Maaza’s strong association with the mango in a very entertaining and engaging manner.”

    Leo Burnett New Delhi ECD Sainath Saraban said, “Our new campaign is all about Maaza being the mango equivalent whatever the season may be, and since it is made with great care using the choicest mangoes, it gives you the best mango experience every time, all through the year. Hence the line, ‘Har Mausam Aam’, is the central theme of our campaign.”

    The integrated communication plan for the campaign includes roll out of a range of initiatives including out-of-home (OOH) media, point of sale merchandise and on-the-ground initiatives across all key markets.

  • Valentine’s Night to release on 10 February

    Valentine’s Night to release on 10 February

    MUMBAI: Producers Kirshan Kumar and Sanjeev Malhotra are gearing up to release their film Valentine’s Night on 10 February.

    The film chronicles the life of four couples breaking up on Valentine’s Day in New Delhi. The broken hearts meet on social networking sites and decide to leave their pain of separation behind. They move out to enjoy the Valentine’s Night.

    The story revolves around the night of Valentine‘s day, when all the four couples meet. There is loyalty test, there are mistakes committed and what happens thereon is quite an adventure. Each gets the love of their life but not before a murder is committed…. Everybody is under the scanner but who has done it?

    Presented by Kirshnam Mediatech, the film, directed by Kirshan and Badal, stars Payal Rohatgi, Sangram Singh, Rakhi Sawant, Rahul Minz and Neha Thakur.

  • UFO announces Digital Film Fest

    UFO announces Digital Film Fest

    NEW DELHI: New and amateur filmmakers will get an opportunity to showcase their talent in the upcoming digital film festival — UFO 0110 International Digital Film Festival – which is introducing a contest to promote new talent and fresh ideas in the industry.


    The festival will be organised from 23 February to 1 March at Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi.


    Christened as ‘Film in 6 Days‘, the competition will present a challenge to young filmmakers to direct a short film in a brief span of six days. To facilitate this process and help the participants bring their imagination into life, the organisers will provide all the logistical support to them.


    ‘Film in six days‘ competition will select six to 10 teams (consisting of director, director of production, and editor) on the basis of their past experience and interviews. The selected candidates will be given a topic by the festival organisers to make a film within six days. These films then will be reviewed by a jury comprising senior people from film fraternity who will select winner will be rewarded with prize money/editing software/equipment.


    Festival Director and Ekaa Films founder Madhureeta Anand said, “The six-day competition is an integral and important part of the UFO 0110 International digital Film Festival. It is our way of seeing that budding filmmakers get a chance to make films that on the one hand can be a showcase of their work and on the other hand can be learning experience. For us at the film festival it‘s our way of planting seeds. We hope that these very filmmakers will, in the future, send in films to the festival and add to the viewing experience and quality of the festival.”


    Filmmaker Sudhir Mishra, Jury member of the last IDFF feels “Digital format of filmmaking is an amazing format that gives you the freedom to shoot things, make a movie, put forth your viewpoint about an issue/agenda etc while overcoming the constraints of inadequate funding or networking etc. It is a wonderful medium for independent voices and certainly more and more people are now open to the idea of digital film making.”


    “As a jury member, I have very fond memories of the festival. Even the quality of films churned out by amateur filmmakers/directors such as students or those coming from non- film industry background is very exciting. The technique used by one filmmaker/story teller inadvertently varies with that used by another and this is the surprising element that one comes across fests such as IDFF. Festival like IDFF should be promoted so that maximum talent can be discovered.”


    The 0110 International Digital Film Festival is an annual event showcasing cutting edge digital films from around the world. The mission is to take the digital art and film movement forward and provide fresh and innovative content to the viewers and create a space for new styles of form and content that can become the resource pool for filmmakers in South Asia and the rest of the world. It is the only film festival in India that travels to 11 cities.

  • Best Foods awards media duties to ZenithOptimedia

    Best Foods awards media duties to ZenithOptimedia

    MUMBAI: ZenithOptimedia India has bagged the media planning and buying duties for Best Foods after a multi-agency pitch.

    The business was won through a competitive pitch amongst the top four media buying agencies in New Delhi.

    Best Foods is one of the largest rice producers, engaged in supply and trade of series of rice, health and wellness products.

    “As traditional Indian companies expand their market base to an evolved consumer, in an over cluttered marketplace, it becomes imperative to communicate through effective communication mediums. Our neutral touch point approach will help optimise the best marketing mix for the launch. We are very excited to work on yet another launch in India and are confident of achieving the desired ROI,” said ZenithOptimedia India CEO Satyajit Sen.

    Best Foods business director Aayushman Gupta added, “We are delighted to have ZenithOptimedia as our media partners for our India launch. It is their deep understanding on launching brands in India and their holistic approach to reaching all consumer touch points helped us decided on ZO. They are able to give Best a complete 360 solution to our go to market strategy.”