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  • Spice Telecom plans $150 mn IPO

    Spice Telecom plans $150 mn IPO

    BANGALORE: Karnataka’s first mobile telephony service provider Spice Telecom (Spice) has plans for a public issue totaling $150 million.

    Modicorp (51% stake) along with Telekom Malaysia (49% stake) own Spice. The red herring prospectus will be filed with Sebi and the IPO is likely to open in end March this year with Spice to planning to dilute around 15-20% of their stake.

    Spice has recently been awarded a railway outsourcing contract by IRCTC to provide services to the customers for a payment of Rs 1 billion over 10 years. The scope of work includes providing customers with information services across India, IVR, information and other services. The voice call to IVR ratio is around 20:80 according to Spice officials. The contract commences from March this year.

    Spice is present in 2 circles – Karnataka and Punjab with a customer base of around 2.5million of the total 100 million plus Indian subscribers. India has over 6000 railway stations and almost 80-90% of these are covered by mobile service providers. Spice is in negotiations with other service providers for carriage and other services in the other circles. This contract means that over the next ten years other service providers can provide railway information only through Spice.

    To ramp up and meet the service requirements, Spice plans to set up 4 regional hubs all over the country. This contract has been obtained by an equally shared joint venture between Spice and Spanco Telesystems (Spanco) from Mumbai. Spanco are to be the hardware system integrators for this venture.

    Speaking during a press briefing in Bangalore yesterday, Modicorp chairman BK Modi said, “Railways cover the length and breadth of the country physically, Spice will help connect the country telephonically,” while announcing that Spice planned to have kiosks on every platform in the country, where valid passengers can pick up sub $20/- mobile and with a Rs 50/- chip that can receive incoming calls free.

    “Currently we were lacking in distribution. Now with 6,000 railway stations we can take telephony to the bottom of the pyramid, a mobile is no longer a luxury, it is a necessity, and with 4 billion passengers that travel by train, the aim for reaching a subscriber base of 500 million by 2010 could be met even earlier,” Modi said.

    Spice along with Taiwanese suppliers provide low end as well as high end mobile phone instruments.

    Unconfirmed reports also indicate that Bollywood diva Katrina Kaif has been appointed brand ambassador for Spice. Priyanka Chopra, whose three year contract ends in December 2007, will also continue as brand ambassador, a company source says.
     

  • Zoom’s Maximum style presents ‘Salaam-e-Ishq’ special

    MUMBAI: With expectations soaring for the soon-to-release Salaam-e-Ishq, Zoom gives you an opportunity to know your favourite stars up close and personal in the Salaam-e-Ishq special on Maximum Style, on Thursday, January 18th, 2007 at 8.30 p.m, on Zoom, India’s premier lifestyle and glamour Hindi entertainment news channel.

    Who better to introduce you to the star cast than the vivacious Ayesha Takia herself as she makes her anchoring debut as Maximum Style’s special host. The show will give its viewers a glimpse into the real and reel life of the star cast of the movie including Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, John Abraham, Vidya Balan, Anil Kapoor, Ishaa Koppikar, Akshayye Khanna, Govinda and Shannon.

     

    Ayesha will test her interviewing skills with Vikram Phadnis, the man behind Salaam e Ishq’s styling, to talk about the character briefs and his styling for each of these, working with the demanding Nikhil Advani and catering to the myriad whims and fancies of such a wide star cast. The show-stopping star studded fashion show at the music release of Salaam-e-Ishq will be another attraction of this special episode.

     

    Tune in to Zoom on January 18th at 8.30 p.m. to watch this star-studded Maximum Style Salaam-e-Ishq special!

  • Eros inks deal with Rose Movies

    Eros inks deal with Rose Movies

    MUMBAI: Eros International has inked a four movie output deal with Goldie Behl’s Rose Movies, which will commence with Drona, a costume drama starring Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra in December 2006.

    Eros’ association with Rose began when it distributed Bhel’s first film Bus Itna Sa Khwab Hain.

    Following on from the association on Omkara, Eros has taken a 64 per cent stake in Big Screen. Big Screen has signed up Ajay Devgan for future projects as well as directors like Rohit Shetty, Soham and Anil Devgan, asserts an official.

    Two productions are already underway, one of which titled No Smoking starring John Abraham. The movie is expected to be premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2007.

    Eros International chairman and CEO Kishore Lulla said, “Since our flotation we have focused on pursuing our key strategic objectives as a vertically integrated group within the Indian media and entertainment arena. The success of these initiatives has contributed to strong organic growth and coupled with the phenomenal growth in the Indian media sector, we believe that Eros is well positioned to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the sector.”

    The releases that are now lined up from Eros are Salaam-e-Ishq, Provoked, Speed, I See You and Nanhe Jaisalmer.The Film Music albums and soundtrack planned for release by Eros during the financial year ending March 2007 include I See You, Kudiyon Ka Hain Zamana, Mr Black Mr White, Chinni Kum and Provoked.

    In addition to cinema distribution, the group continues to focus on expanding the home entertainment mainstream distribution network. Eros titles are now available through HMV, Virgin, Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury and Amazon amongst others channels.

    Eros plans to launch its first set of high definition titles in the near future with current box office releases and digitally remastered classic titles from the catalogue. The Group plans to focus on expanding its extensive global distribution network with special focus on syndication, new media while tapping into the growing Indian market, adds the release.

  • CNN-IBN and IBN 7 the official promotional partners for 37th International Film Festival of India

    CNN-IBN and IBN 7 the official promotional partners for 37th International Film Festival of India

    New Delhi, November 22nd 2006: CNN-IBN and IBN 7 are the official promotional partners for the 37th International Film Festival of India – country’s annual celebration of cinema -taking place from November 23rd to December 3rd 2006 in Goa, India.

    CNN-IBN and IBN 7 will present to its viewers exclusive interviews of IFFI delegates and celebrities on the likes of Priyanka Chopra, Shahid Aamir, Sudesh Bhonsle, and Bombay Vikings etc and will also preview the film screenings. In addition, the channels will also air the official launch of various movies like ARYAN, 90 MINUTES BY IQBAL RIZVI etc.

    Dilip Venkatraman, Director Marketing and online projects, CNN-IBN and IBN 7 says “International Film Festival for India is the biggest gathering and a must attend event for business and entertainment leader from around the world. IFFI 2006 is an excellent opportunity for CNN-IBN, as the official promotional partner to increase awareness of the channel and extend its offering to the masses.”

  • Spice Telecom in expansion mode, launches Kannada Wap portal

    Spice Telecom in expansion mode, launches Kannada Wap portal

    BANGALORE: Spice Telecom (Spice) has launched its Kannada Wap portal Kannada Kasturi.com. Times Internet (TIL) supplies content to the portal.

    On offer is a collection of polytones, pruetones, singtones, MP3 Tones, videos, animations, wallpapers, videotones and theme downloads in Kannada. Value added services including WAP. IVR, SMS, USSD and MyTunes (CRBT) will also be offered on KK.

    Spice CEO Navin Kaul is optimistic about doubling the existing subscriber base of 500,000 in Karnataka in the next 10 months. Spice is present in two circles – Punjab and Karnataka – with an overall subscriber base of 2 million, states an official release. Kaul also revealed Spice’ Karnataka plan to increase the presence from the current 80 towns and cities to another 150.

    On a national scale, Spice proposes to bid for all the circles. Spice has now moved ahead of Tata Indicom in Karnataka, up from the last place to number five with the addition of around 150,000 subscribers over the last 5 to 6 months, claimed Kaul during a discussion with this reporter on the sidelines of the press conference.

    TIL Mobile Entertainment business head Neeraj Sharma claims that TIL owns rights to over 50000 picture (wall papers) and sound titles from India and around 10000 from across the world, a major portion of which is English. Times of India Director Sanjiv Sethi claims that TIL owns rights to a major portion – almost one third of the almost 2000-3000 titles of Kannada content.

    Plans are afoot to create awareness of KK. Spice Karnataka spends around Rs 180-200 million towards its media campaign. National TV ads have been a recent addition in the Spice campaign. A few moths ago spice roped in Bollywood diva Priyanka Chopra as its brand ambassador. JWT looks after the creative business.

  • Priyanka Chopra & Charu Sharma battle it out on ‘Hearbeat’

    ~ Catch the celebrities on the pulsating game show on Star One – Heart Beat, Monday to Thursday at 9.30 pm ~

     

    Mumbai, June 19 to 21, 2006: The thrill continues on HEART BEAT… Dil Thhaam Ke Khelo… as this week’s episodes that will air from Monday, June 19 to 21, 2006 will see Bollywood sensation Priyanka Chopra (June 19 & 20) & the intellectual commentator Charu Sharma (June 20 & 21), as they fight with their racing heartbeats while trying to find answers to the mind-boggling questions on the show!

    Heart Beat – Dil Thhaam ke Khelo does not ask the contestant to compete against a ticking timer, but his or her own heart beat. The calmer the player is, the easier it is to win. Imagine yourself isolated in a sealed booth…No audience, no host and not a soul in sight!

    However, there is help in the room – a reclining chair, a food and beverage bar, plasma screens, a music player with a song list, a soothing water fountain and a fishbowl.

    Will Priyanka Chopra create magic on Heart Beat? Will Charu Sharma prove his mettle on the show? Tune-in to Heart Beat on Star One every Monday to Thursday at 9.30 p.m. & play this game with your favourite celebrities!

  • Endemol India to produce Star One show TGILC Dwitiya

    Endemol India to produce Star One show TGILC Dwitiya

    MUMBAI: Endemol India will produce the upcoming Star One show The Great Indian Laughter Champions Dwitiya. Launching on 14 July, the show will attempt to showcase the best talents from both Season one and two of Laughter Challenge.

    In it’s second avtaar, The Great Indian Laughter Champions has become snazzier and is spruced up with unimaginable comical histrionics and a host of film stars, claims an official release. If Hritik Roshan, Bipasha Basu, Priyanka Chopra, Soha Ali Khan, Dia Mirza and Suniel Shetty enthralled the viewers on The Great Indian Laughter Challenge Dwitiya, celebrities like Riya Sen, Isha Koppikar, Mahesh Manjrekar and Udita Goswami amongst others, will team-up with Shekhar and Sidhu on The Great Indian Laughter Champions Dwitiya. The show has also been revamped as Shekhar and Sidhu judge the contest separately, adds the release.

    Announcing the launch, Endemol India MD Rajesh Kamat said, “We are glad to team-up with Star One and present The Great Indian Laughter Champions Dwitiya to the viewers in India. As a production house we have tried our best to present a dose of whacked-out humour with panache and flamboyance to cure Friday night blues with experimental laughter therapy! We intend to successfully develop some more path-breaking shows and be an integral part of this sunrise industry in the country.”

    Endemol has already delivered formats like Fear Factor India, Deal Ya No Deal and Heart Beat, besides producing shows like The Great Indian Laughter Challenge Dwitiya.