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  • ‘Unpack Your Dreams’, advise cricketers

    ‘Unpack Your Dreams’, advise cricketers

    MUMBAI: Aristocrat has appointed Indian cricket champions Rohit Sharma and R. Ashwin as its ambassadors to endorse the brand’s new identity and stylish product line.

    Repositioning the brand with a fresh outlook, Aristocrat will now have a new logo with a tagline that says, ‘Unpack Your Dreams’ which is aimed towards individuals who are ambitious and constantly pursue their passion.

    Sharma said, “All of us dream, but very few of us live the dream. Somewhere along the way, we lose sight of our vision. Ever since I was a young kid it was my dream to play cricket for the country. Now, when I look back, I know that it wouldn’t have been possible had I not given it my all. It was only through self-discipline and practice that I managed to achieve this.”

    Ashwin says, “As a cricketer, I am always travelling, be it for practice sessions or for a series and having reliable travel gear is of utmost importance.” Expressing her views on the partnership, V.I.P Industries managing director Radhika Piramal says, “We are delighted to have two powerful players to endorse Aristocrat. They have passionately followed their dreams and have managed to become one of the best cricketers in the world.”

    V.I.P Industries sales and marketing vice president Sudip Ghose added, “With the repositioning, we wanted to extend our product offering with a new collection and create a fresh appeal for the brand, keeping in mind the evolving consumer and industry trends. We believe our new brand ideology and ambassadors will resonate with a younger audience who are passionate about their dreams and follow them no matter what.”

    The digital film will go live from 14 January across all social media platforms of Aristocrat.

  • Star launches marketing campaign to build ICC Champions Trophy 2013

    Star launches marketing campaign to build ICC Champions Trophy 2013

    MUMBAI: Star India has launched a marketing campaign, with the core theme of ‘Zor Lagao Champion Banao”, to promote the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 which started today 30 May with warm up matches.

    The event is airing on Star Sports 2 and on Star Cricket. The campaign is based on the insight that there is a symbiotic
    relationship between a spectator or fan and a player which inherently means that the spectator becomes as much a part of the game as the player himself.

    The focus of the campaign is that each match of the tournament in ICC Champions Trophy will be hotly contested as it features only the top eight ODI teams in the world. India, placed in group B, will take on Pakistan, South Africa and West Indies in the group stage. Australia, England, Sri Lanka and New Zealand form group A. The top two teams from both the groups will qualify for the semi-finals.

    ESPN Software India COO Vijay Rajput said, “Cricket is a religion in this country. Fans live and feed off each and every moment of cricket especially when the men in blue are in action. He jumps
    in joy when his favourite batsman hits a boundary; he becomes the ecstatic bowler who has just taken a wicket. The relationship is intense. From the players‘ perspective as well, this intensity is reciprocated as they get equally excited when they receive vociferous support from spectators inside the stadium or outside.”

    The ad agency MWG TAG led by Prasoon Joshi and his team have conceptualised the overall theme campaign. The main thematic film for the campaign has been directed by Bollywood director, Dibakar Banerjee. The film features Indian players including Indian captain M S Dhoni along with Virat Kohli, R Jadeja, R Ashwin, S Raina and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar.

    Joshi said, “The campaign is driven from the insight ‘Kaun banata hai champions?‘ Who makes a player and a game great – the hard work and dedication of the player or the love and passion of the fans? What this campaign believes is that without the love, passion and energy of the fans no player and game can attain great heights. I am thankful to Dibakar for this great execution.”

    The campaign is being supported across the entire Star network with astons, bugs etc.

    As had been reported earlier by Indiantelevision.com Star Cricket & Star Cricket HD will showcase all the 15 matches of the tournament in English while Star Sports 2 will showcase all matches in Hindi.

    Besides, the sports broadcaster will also showcase four of the six
    practice matches branded “Kick-off” live before the start of the main tournament. India takes on Sri Lanka on 1 June while the India Australia encounter is scheduled for 4 June.

  • Aircel launches marketing campaign with CSK for IPL 2013

    MUMBAI: Aircel, the official sponsor of Chennai Super Kings team, has launched the ‘Kaun Dega Man of the Match‘ contest for all its prepaid and postpaid subscribers.

    The contest gives three lucky winners a rare opportunity to hand over the ‘Man of the Match’ award live in front of millions of cricket fans, in any one of the Chennai Super Kings game.

    An all-expenses paid offer, Aircel intends to share this unique opportunity and experience with its new as well as existing subscribers (both prepaid and post-paid).

    All Aircel’s existing and new pre-paid subscribers can buy a connection and recharge it with Rs 100 or above to be eligible for participation to the contest. However, all its existing and new post-paid customers are automatically eligible to participate in this contest.

    Apart from the giving of the ‘Man of the Match’ award, the contest also offers eight lucky winners, an exciting chance to meet the Chennai Super Kings team to their city.

    Other interesting offers by Aircel for its valuable subscribers for IPL include: CSK players R. Ashwin, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja and Murali Vijay talk to Aircel subscribers via Celeb Chat, a specially developed CSK app with updated information on the team, and a newly created Video Scorecard for an innovative presentation of scores along with videos of key events.

    Speaking at the occasion, Aircel CMO Anupam Vasudev said, “Aircel is proud to be associated with one of the most prestigious and successful cricket teams of the IPL – Chennai Super Kings. Our partnership with CSK aims to encourage cricket and provide a great platform for the new crop of talent to shape up into champions of future. Through our association with CSK, we offer our customers something ‘Extra’ like tickets, CSK merchandise and innovative consumer engagement programs along with the opportunity to witness and experience the best international cricket with some top ranking Indian and international players.”

    Tapping into the digital world to create buzz around CSK in the social media community, Aircel also launched the “Blogger Hunt” contest. The contest gives one winner a unique opportunity to travel with the Chennai Super Kings team for over 45 days wherein they would publish candid inside stories/content on the Aircel micro blogging site, on the Facebook and the Twitter page.