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  • It’s bear hug time as Cartoon Network’s We bare bears visit india

    It’s bear hug time as Cartoon Network’s We bare bears visit india

    MUMBAI: Make way for big-bear hugs as Grizzly, Panda, and Ice Bear, come to India! Cartoon Network’s We Bare Bears’ 2019 awareness and fan-engagement campaign ‘We’ll be There’ is all set to enter the Indian market after a successful run across Asia Pacific region.

    Created by Daniel Chong, We Bare Bears follows the lovable three bear brothers – Grizzly, Panda and Ice Bear, in their ongoing attempt to fit into human society, how they always get into mishaps, but they make new friends along the way.

    Taking its name from the lyrics from the show’s theme song, ‘We’ll Be There’ will include a host of events ranging from mall activations, social media influencer engagement, meet-and-greets with character mascots in key locations across India. The three bears will spread good vibes and paw-sitivity with bear hugs at malls such as Select City Walk in New Delhi, Phoenix Mall in Bangalore and Infinity Mall in Malad, Mumbai, starting September 2019.

    “Cartoon Network is officially welcoming the bears to India. Grizzly, Panda and Ice Bear never fail to put smiles on faces wherever they go – and fans in India are going to love them,” said Vikram Sharma, Vice President of Cartoon Network Enterprises, Asia Pacific. “This is a really important franchise for us and we are working on many unique associations and collaborations for merchandising and brand partnerships. We’re sure that they will resonate with our legions of bear fans here, just as they have done in many other countries around Asia Pacific.”

    One of the most popular Cartoon Network shows, We Bare Bears’ success has paved the way to several merchandise and licensing deals. A wide range of merchandise is now available to fans at Miniso stores across India, The Souled Store for fashion apparel and accessories , Tee Story for apparel as well, Clovia for Lounge and nightwear, Balenzia for socks and My Baby Excel for WBB Plush Toys, that are retailed out of Hamleys, Max Retail, Toys R Us, Landmark Stores, Shoppers Stop and online platforms such Flipkart, Amazon and Firstcry.com

    In addition to Cartoon Network, audiences can watch the series on Amazon Prime  and Voot. They can also vote for which country in Asia they want the bears to visit next through the “We’ll Be There” microsite. Socially, new emoticons, stickers and local digital channels for the Bears are being added all the time. Passionate fans in India can also join the Facebook community page and watch the We Bare Bears videos on Cartoon Network India website and on YouTube channel in Hindi to know what the bears are up to.

  • Eros International profits up in first quarter

    Eros International profits up in first quarter

    BENGALURU: The Sunil Lulla-led Indian film and media company Eros International Media Limited (Eros) reported 25.3 per cent year on year (y-o-y) jump in profit after tax (PAT) for the quarter ended 30 June 2018 (Q1 2018, quarter, period under review) as compared to the corresponding year ago quarter (Q1 2018). Eros reported PAT at Rs 59.95 as compared to PAT of Rs 47.86 crore in Q1 2018. On account of items that will be classified later as a profit or a loss, total comprehensive income more than doubled (up 1.31 times)y-o-y to Rs 100.91 crore in Q1 2019 from Rs 43.56 crore.Calculated simple EBIDTA for the period under review increased 48.6 per cent y-o-y to Rs 93.33 crore (42.8 per cent of operating revenue) from Rs 47.86 crores (24.2 per cent of operating revenue.)

    Eros operating revenue in Q1 2019 declined 16.1 per cent y-o-y to Rs 217.93 crore from Rs 259.62 crore. Total Income declined 18.2 per cent y-o-y to Rs 223.57 crore from Rs 273.36 crore.

    The company says in its earnings presentation that revenues during the quarter were driven by releases of Bhavesh Joshi(Hindi), Meri Nimmo (Digital release), Blackmail (Overseas), Haami (Bengali), Goodnight City (Bengali), Alinagarer

    Golokdhadha (Bengali) and others. Eros released a total of 14 films during the quarter, consisting of 1 medium budget and 13 low budget films  as compared to 5 films in Q1  2018, consisting of 1 High Budget, 1 Medium Budget and 3 Low Budget Films). TV and Others segment included satellite sales of catalogue films to Zee TV and others.

    Eros says that Theatrical Revenues contributed – 30.7 per cent, Overseas Revenues – 12.6 per cent and Television & Others – 56.7 per cent as a percentage of income from operations.

    Company speak

    Eros executive vice chairman and MD Lulla  said: “We have started the year on an excellent note on operational and strategic parameters. Our strategy of a content driven approach reflected in a robust green lighting process enabling us to de-risk our model. Our film content is deeply researched and evaluated for its revenue potential across platforms and markets by our business leaders, due to which we were able to again deliver margin enhancing performance in Q1 2019.

    The new JV kicking in with V. Vijayendra Prasad for Hindi and regional content and Reliance Eros Productions LLP for USD 150 million already in process is bound further boost our content strategy and reflect in our financial performance in the forthcoming quarters. The first quarter was marked by the successful releases of our films which contributed to the overall growth. Our strong slate across languages, active pre-sales and catalogue monetization of our films ‘ library further supported the performance during the quarter. Looking ahead, we have drawn a compelling line-up for the remainder of the year featuring high-potential movies such as Color Yellow Productions Happy Phir Bhaag Jayegi, Anurag Kashyap’s Manmarziyan, the IndiaChina co-productions, Panda by Kabir Khan, trilingual Haathi mere Saathi and multiple other films across languages.

    Lulla further added, “As always, we continue to be a pioneer in industry innovations in catering to the changing tastes and preferences of the audiences. In this quarter, we released Meri Nimmo straight-to-digital on the Eros Now platform. I am happy to share that the film received a tremendous response from the audience and we look forward to launching more such films and originals on the Eros Now platform during the course of this fiscal. Along with it the roll-out of fresh and strong original content, makes us confident that the pace of subscriber addition for Eros Now will further accelerate, going from 50 to 100 cities and almost doubling the subscriber base to 16 million by end of the Fiscal year.”

    Let us look at the other numbers reported by the company

    Total Expenditure (TE) during the period under review declined 32.8 per cent y-o-y to Rs 146.45 crore as compared to Rs 217.81 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year.

    Films rights costs including amortisation costs in Q1 2019 declined 29.6 per cent y-o-y to Rs 90.15 crore from Rs 128.12 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year. Employee Benefits Expense in Q1 2019 declined 14.5 per cent y-o-y to Rs 13.54 crore as compared to Rs 15.83 crore in Q1 2018. Other expenses (OE) in the Q1 2019 reduced 63.8 per cent y-o-y to Rs 19.15 crore as compared to Rs 52.84 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year. Finance costs in Q1 2019 increased 5 per cent y-o-y to in Q1 2019  Rs 19.5 crore from Rs 18.58 crore.

  • Cartoon Network to reach out to 1 million kids with its School Contact Programme

    Cartoon Network to reach out to 1 million kids with its School Contact Programme

    Mumbai: Cartoon Network’s most awaited annual engagement, ‘School Contact Program’, is back to delight its young audience. Funventure, the theme for this year’s School Contact Program, will be introducing cool toons – Grizzly, Panda and Ice Bear from We Bare Bears and the superhero of Cartoon Network, Ben 10. The programme will include galore of fun games and interactions to engage with its young audience.

    Cartoon Network and Pogo’s School Contact Programme will reach out to 1 million kids in 550 schools, for each of the its channels, Pogo and Cartoon Network, across 13 cities. Some of the key cities that the School Contact Program will cover starting August first week are, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Kanpur, Kolkata and Pune. The six-week long engagement with kids will conclude mid-September.

    Funventure will be a blend of fun filled competitions and activities for kids to enlighten them about the various current affair issues. Cartoon Network characters, Ben 10 and We Bare Bears will focus on building team spirit amongst children and underscore the importance of togetherness.

    That’s not all! For kids across the country, Cartoon Network will be conducting an exciting on-air contest based on “Funventure”. Children need to tune into Cartoon Network, from Monday to Friday at 5 pm and answer simple questions via SMS, to participate in the contest. The winners stand a chance to win uber cool merchandise like Bicycles, football kits from Ben 10.

  • Cartoon Network to reach out to 1 million kids with its School Contact Programme

    Cartoon Network to reach out to 1 million kids with its School Contact Programme

    Mumbai: Cartoon Network’s most awaited annual engagement, ‘School Contact Program’, is back to delight its young audience. Funventure, the theme for this year’s School Contact Program, will be introducing cool toons – Grizzly, Panda and Ice Bear from We Bare Bears and the superhero of Cartoon Network, Ben 10. The programme will include galore of fun games and interactions to engage with its young audience.

    Cartoon Network and Pogo’s School Contact Programme will reach out to 1 million kids in 550 schools, for each of the its channels, Pogo and Cartoon Network, across 13 cities. Some of the key cities that the School Contact Program will cover starting August first week are, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Kanpur, Kolkata and Pune. The six-week long engagement with kids will conclude mid-September.

    Funventure will be a blend of fun filled competitions and activities for kids to enlighten them about the various current affair issues. Cartoon Network characters, Ben 10 and We Bare Bears will focus on building team spirit amongst children and underscore the importance of togetherness.

    That’s not all! For kids across the country, Cartoon Network will be conducting an exciting on-air contest based on “Funventure”. Children need to tune into Cartoon Network, from Monday to Friday at 5 pm and answer simple questions via SMS, to participate in the contest. The winners stand a chance to win uber cool merchandise like Bicycles, football kits from Ben 10.