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  • GoQuest Media to globally distribute Cinema Vision content

    MUMBAI: GoQuest Media Ventures, a distributor of international content to television channels and digital platforms, has joined hands with Cinema Vision India (CVI) promoted by Siddharth Kak to facilitate distribution of content globally.

    Cinema Vision India has made some of the most iconic and popular Television shows which includes Surabhi, Bhoomi, Colours of India and India Dhanush.

    GoQuest is all set to showcase a plethora of CVI’s content in MIPTV. All of these will serve as an introduction to India’s culture in one single space.

    Through this partnership between the two, they plan to reach millions of viewers across the world to rediscover India in all its rich diversity of music, dance, art, history, customs and lifestyle in a contemporary format. With one of the new age content distributors taking on to disseminate Indian cultural content at a global level, this is going to be an unforgettable voyage of a Cultural Discovery of India. We hope your quest for knowing the Indian cultural content will be met here.

    “Cinema Vision India is excited to team up with GoQuest. We are confident that the team will give us great audiences for our programs. Through this collaboration we plan to open more avenues towards disseminating Indian culture on a global platform,” says Cinema Vision India producer and presenter Siddharth Kak.

    “We are excited to be working with CVI on such a huge catalogue of programming, showcasing the cultural and natural heritage of India. It gives us immense pride to take this content to the worldwide markets for distribution,” says GoQuest Media Ventures managing director Vivek Lath.

  • Antara Kak joins the Colors fiction team

    Antara Kak joins the Colors fiction team

    MUMBAI: She started off her career as an assistant director working mostly on nonfiction shows and documentaries. Now Antara Kak has shifted gears and has joined the Colors team as a fiction producer. “I’ve always wanted to do fiction shows and this is a complete jump for me,” admits Kak who joined the channel on 16 September.
    Antara Kak is ecstatic about joining the Colors team

    Kak comes to Colors loaded with an experience of 20 years. She worked on Surabhi, which was produced by her father Siddharth Kak, for about eight years. Post that she directed a documentary- A life in dance- that won her the prestigious IDPA (Indian Documentary Producers Association) award for debutant director.

    She was also the creative director for ‘Mano ya na mano’ on the erstwhile channel Star One as well as the supernatural thriller ‘Sambhav kya’ on 9X. Till now she was a part of Cinemavision production house with her father and now she has been given the responsibility of handling her first show on Colors which is to be a relaunch, the name of which was not revealed. Work is on in full speed as the show is expected to go on air in one month.

    As producer, Kak will be responsible for producing shows for Colors along with Prashant Bhatt, who is the weekday programming head.

  • International Emmys judging: BAG Films’ ‘Siddhant’ through to Finals

    International Emmys judging: BAG Films’ ‘Siddhant’ through to Finals

    MUMBAI: The Indian entertainment industry is looking at a brighter tomorrow as BAG Films’ Siddhant has qualified in the drama category for the final of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ 34th International Emmy Awards.

    The semi final round was conducted in Mumbai today and saw a 19-member jury scan entries in four categories – comedy, non-scripted entertainment, drama series and children and young people (the latter two being new additions from last year’s judging).

    India is among a select few countries like Germany, New Zealand, Australia, Qatar and Greece to host the semi final rounds of this event. The jury comprised different representatives from the television fraternity in India including Abhimanyu Singh, Archana Puran Singh, Ashwini Yardi, Asit Modi, Ketki Dave, Mandira Bedi, Monisha Singh, Nachiket Pantvaidya, R D Tailang, Ravi Kiran, Ram Kapoor, Ravina Raj Kohli, Ritu Goel, Sanjeev Sharma, Shristi Arya, Siddharth Kak, Smriti Irani, Supriya Pathak and Suresh Bala.

    In essence there seemed to be a consensus among jury members that there was a dearth of Indian content due to sheer lack of awareness among producers and TV channels alike.

    International Emmy Awards Semi-Finals host Anil Wanvari with International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences director, Emmy judging, Sandy Clark.
    Speaking to Indiantelevison.com, Walt Disney Television International (India) executive director production and programming Nachiket Pantvaidya said, “Asian content was quite good as there seems to be a trend in programming particularly around the theme of magic and fantasy. However, Indian content was highly under represented.”

    Having been on the jury last year as well, Contiloe Films Pvt Ltd CEO Abhimanyu Singh was of the opinion, “Indian entries are at par with the rest. However, there is a greater need to drive the Emmy’s forward through better marketing of the brand, to encourage greater participation.”

    In response to the jury’s plea for greater awareness in terms of the procedure to enter the competition, the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences director, Emmy judging, Sandy Clark told this website, “There is a misconception that the Emmy’s is only open to US programming. However, there are no restrictions and thus broadcasters, directors, distributors and producers can all enter. We spread awareness through our website, via email and through events like Mipcom and MipTV to encourage entries from across the globe.”

    Hopefully this year’s win, combined with word-of-mouth will provide an impetus to more Indian producers and TV channels to make a bigger entry next year. Speaking about B.A.G. Films’ achievement, Indiantelevision.com CEO and International Emmy Semi Final host Anil Wanvari said, “Siddhant making it to the final speaks volumes for Indian content and this will hopefully facilitate greater participation next year.”

    The entries in the remaining categories shortlisted for the final round are as follows:

    Comedy – War of the In Laws, TV Broadcasters Ltd, Hong Kong, China

    Non-Scripted Entertainment – 1. Wisholang (My Wish) – Papawad (Forgiveness), GM Networks, Philippines
    2. Viking Family Special, Fuji Network Corp, Japan

    Children and Young People – 1. My Perfect Partner, Media Corp, Singapore

    2. Advengers, TV Asahi Corp, Japan

    Drama – 1. Home Affairs, Penguin Films, South Africa
    2. Siddhant B.A.G Films, India