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  • Kainaz Karmakar named One Show 2025 jury president

    Kainaz Karmakar named One Show 2025 jury president

    Mumbai: Ogilvy India CCO Kainaz Karmakar in Mumbai, has been named jury president for out-of-home, print & promotional for The One Show 2025.

    Senior creative leaders from around the world are appointed as Jury Presidents to lead the judging for each discipline, and have a vote on the work.  The list of confirmed jury presidents can be viewed here.  

    In addition, members of The One Club board of directors will be present during judging, serving as non-voting facilitators in jury discussions.

    “The One Show’s reputation is built on the integrity of its juries and judging process,” said The One Club CEO Kevin Swanepoel. “Kainaz and the rest of the jury presidents will help further this legacy of the fairest and most positive judging process.”

    Entries for The One Show 2025 are now open, with fees increasing after each deadline. The super-early entry deadline for maximum savings is 1 November 2024, followed by the early deadline on 13 December 2024, the regular deadline on 31 January 2025, the extended deadline on 14 February 2025, and the final deadline on 28 February 2025.

    The full juries will be announced in December, with early judging starting in January 2025. Finalists will be announced in April, and winners of the gold, silver, bronze pencil, and merit awards will be revealed during creative week in May 2025 in New York.

    Submissions must include work background, creative ideas, insights and strategy, execution, and results to support judges’ decisions and enhance the One Show awards archive.

    All winning entries are showcased in the archive and viewable for free for one year. Winners also receive a complimentary one-year membership to The One Club, which includes full archive access.

    Agencies, brands, production companies, and individuals behind winning work are featured in The One Show Creative Rankings and The One Club’s Global Creative Rankings, which combine results from The One Show, ADC Annual Awards, Type Directors Club (TDC) Awards, ADCE Awards, and One Asia Creative Awards. Winners are ranked globally, regionally, and by country.

  • NDTV reports improved q-o-q results with lower loss, improves EBIDTA for Q2-2014

    NDTV reports improved q-o-q results with lower loss, improves EBIDTA for Q2-2014

    BENGALURU: New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) reported a lower consolidated net loss of Rs (-15.26) crore for Q2-2014, which was 57.5 per cent lower than the Rs (-24.04) crore for Q1-2014 (q-o-q), but about four per cent higher loss than the Rs (-14.68) crore the network reported for the corresponding quarter of last year (Q2-2013).

     

    However, it reported an improved EBIDTA of Rs 1.5 crore as compared to the Rs (-19.0) crore for Q2-2013. NDTV also reported a 19 per cent y-o-y growth for Q2-2014 at Rs 128 crore as compared to the Rs 108 crore for the same quarter.

     

    The Company has reported that it has sold its property in Noida for a sale consideration of Rs 30 crore. The gain of Rs 6.27 crore has been recognised in ‘Other Income’ in the standalone and consolidated financial statements recorded by the company. Consolidated other income for Q2-2014 at Rs 22.04 crore was almost quintuple the Rs 4.53 crore for Q2-2013 and the Rs 4.63 crore for Q1-2014.

     

    Let us look at the other figures for Q2-2014 reported by NDTV

     

    Consolidated total income from operations for Q2-2014 at Rs 106.19 crore was 2.8 per cent higher than the Rs 103.33 crore for Q2-2013 and 3.7 per cent higher than the Rs 102.4 crore for Q1-2014. Revenue from NDTV’s television media related segment for Q2-2014 at Rs 107.42 crore was four per cent higher than the Rs 103.33 crore for Q2-2013 and 4.7 per cent higher than the Rs 102.59 crore for Q1-2014. Its retail/e-commerce segment clocked revue of Rs 0.52 crore for Q2-2014. (Intersegment revenue adjustment of Rs 1.75 crore resulted in consolidated income from operations of Rs 106.19 crore for Q2-2014).

     

    Consolidated total expense at Rs 133.58 crore for Q2-2014 was almost flat as compared to the Rs 133.67 crore for Q2-2013 and 6.2 per cent more than the Rs 125.75 for Q1-2014. Production expense for Q2-2014 at Rs 22.84 crore was 2.2 per cent higher than the Rs 22.34 crore for Q2-2013, but 5.5 per cent lower than the Rs 24.11 crore for Q1-2014.

     

    In Q2-2014, the company spent 18.6 per cent less on marketing, distribution and promotional at Rs 25.43 crore as compared to the Rs 31.25 crore for the corresponding quarter last year (Q2-2013), but 17.9 per cent more than the Rs 21.57 crore for Q1-2014.

     

    Operating and administration expense at Rs 33.55 crore was 3.6 per cent higher than the Rs 32.39 crore for Q2-2013 and 17.4 per cent higher than the Rs 28.58 crore for Q1-2014.

     

    Its employee cost at Rs 44.92 crore for Q2-2014 was 10.45 per cent higher than the Rs 40.67 crore for the corresponding quarter of last year (Q2-2013) and almost the same as the Rs 44.93 crore for Q1-2014.

     

    The company claims that total revenue from Hindi News grew 54 per cent y-o-y. Revenue of NDTV’s digital arm, NDTV Convergence, was up by 64 per cent y-o-y. NDTV claims that NDTV Convergence registered 500 crore (five billion) page views, on an annualised basis, across mobile and web and 200 crore (two billion) minutes of streamed videos. It further says that NDTV Gadgets has become India’s biggest gadget site. NDTV’s first e-commerce venture IndianRoots.com was successfully launched on 28 July and is showing healthy sales traction says the company.