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  • See kid’s success from new aspect: Lego campaign

    MUMBAI: Innovation is seen as the key to progress and growth– the elusive spark that ignites the next big thing. And amazing creations and innovations all spark from remarkable imagination. But concerned with academic pursuits, adults might unknowingly stifle the growth of kids’imagination – especially as they apply to education and a very narrow definition of success.

    With the launch of the #LegoBuildAmazing campaign, the brand sets out to reframe this emphasis, by highlighting a different route to a child’s success in the world – through the freedom to explore, imagine and create. For 80 years, the Lego Group has been the building block catalyst of a generation’s creativity, and with this new platform, it aims to showcase to parents how nurturing a creative mind could help builders of tomorrow make a mark in the world.

    The campaign, which will be rolled out across India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines, is set to be a year-long campaign to reflect the brand’s ongoing commitment to inspire and develop children to think creatively and unleash their future potential for success. 

    What happens when a child builds with Lego bricks? And what happens when the Lego Group sees the build as a blueprint for creativity that will impact the future? To shine a light on this, the brand took ideas that sprung from kids’pure imagination and turned them into a real, tangible creation.

    The event will be in major cities in India in this month, to spark your kids’boundless imagination and take joy in their imaginative creations. Parents can look forward to many fun and exciting activities to promote curiosity and inspire kids to think in new and unconventional ways – including workshops led by adult Lego builders to guide kids in building their very own unique Lego creations.

    In addition, parents can snap a picture of their kids’amazing creations, upload onto social media with the event and have the exclusive opportunity to take home Charlie The Chameleon, the lovable campaign mascot.

  • Cyberbullying may lead to depression in Asian kids

    Cyberbullying may lead to depression in Asian kids

    MUMBAI: Telenor Group, on this Safer Internet Day 2017, released results from a survey of parents and adults across Asia in order to give greater visibility of the types of digital bullying affecting youth and how they deal with it. The survey was conducted over Facebook with 320 respondents primarily from Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand and other Asian countries. While cyberbullying exists across all countries, the respondents said that they are discussing cyberbullying with youth and feel that resilience is being built, which may help them tackle digital abuse or better empathize with victims. The survey targeted Facebook users from 18-64 with stated interests in parenting, family issues, child welfare and online security.

    “In the lead up to Safer Internet Day, we conducted this digital survey to keep on the pulse of the ever-evolving arena of digital bullying, to see how it affects children in Asia, and what both adults and children can do about it,” says Telenor Group director – Social Responsibility Zainab Hussain Siddiqui. “Encouragingly, across Asia,we see examples of awareness-building efforts – on the part of our company and many others – reaching scores of children, parents and school teachers. And we hope this is leading to more resilience against online mistreatment.”

    Telenor India’s WebWise, a flagship programme on children’s cyber safety & security, also reveals that in India 99 per cent school-going children in urban areas are using internet out of which every second child feels unsafe online. Over 35 per cent children have experienced hacking of their account while 15.74 per cent shared that they have received inappropriate messages.

    First things first: Parents say they do talk to their children about cyberbullying Dialogue is the first step in helping children understand how, why and on what channels online mistreatment can happen – and how to manage and report it. One of the first findings of this survey sheds a positive light on the situation. A majority of the respondents (46 per cent) say that they speak to their children ‘all the time’ about internet and online behavior, followed by 39 per cent who discussed this ‘sometimes’. Only 12 per cent said they had never spoken about this topic. A large segment of Asian adults feel empowered and aware enough to address online safety with youth.

    Common experiences in cyberbullying

    ‘Being the target of hostile and rude comments and profanity online’ was the most common form of cyberbullying incidents that respondents’ children had experienced (22.5 per cent of respondents). The next largest group said they ‘did not know’ if any of the listed cyberbullying incidents had occurred to their child. The third largest group said their children had not experienced cyberbullying as they have been ‘trained how to respond and defend themselves’ against this type of activity.

    Effects of cyberbullying vary

    When asked how cyberbullying experiences affected the child, the answer was multi-layered with some surprises. They implied that Asia’s children are increasingly learning how to deal with bullying online, or actively were able to ignore the attacks with no effect on them. While 29 per cent of respondents said that being cyberbullied affected the child negatively and they were ‘depressed’ for a time period, 24 per cent said that the situation made the child more alert and able to defend themselves online. A further 24 per cent said the child did not seem to be affected, with seven per cent even saying the online bullying ‘inspired the child to then help other victims.’

    Cyberbullying and online gaming

    Those whose children play online games reported a higher rate of cyberbullying attacks than standard browsing activities. Of those surveyed, 79 per cent said their child or a child that they know has been threatened with physical harm while playing online games specifically on websites or on social media. This was followed by 41 per cent who said the child was the target of offensive comments including name calling, racist or sexist remarks.

    Important: Education on appropriate websites

    The reportedly most important online safety topic for children was to make sure that they know which websites or social networks are safe – or which should be kept out of bounds (27 per cent of respondents). This was followed closely by education about sharing personal information online (26 per cent), and knowing that people post anonymously online without repercussions (25 per cent).

    Other risks: Sharing personal information and visiting forbidden websites

    Cyberbullying formed part of the online concerns that adults hold for youth, but the responses of the survey point out that risky online actions in general need to be addressed through education. Of the respondents, 55 per cent said their child had given personal information to strangers online, followed by 51 per cent who said the child had visited websites they were not supposed to.

    However, while online scams and social media platforms in an increasingly digital worldappear to be more prolific than ever, it was interesting to note that respondents said their child, or a child they knew, was least likely to experience email and social media account hacking, as well as sharing NSFW (Not Safe for Work) photos or videos.

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  • Xaxis names Arshan Saha APAC president

    Xaxis names Arshan Saha APAC president

    MUMBAI: Xaxis the world’s largest programmatic media and technology platform, today announced the promotion of ArshanSaha to President, Asia Pacific (APAC). Saha was previously Vice President, South and Southeast Asia. As one of the founding members of Xaxis APAC, Saha helped established offices in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam and India.

    “Arshan has played an integral role in establishing Xaxis as the programmatic advertising platform of choice in Asia Pacific,” said Xaxis global president Nicolas Bidon. “He has done an incredible job of expanding Xaxis’ programmatic footprint and building the region’s business with great management skills, passion for our clients’ success and knowledge of the industry. I look forward to his continued leadership as APAC President.”

    “The tremendous success and growth of Xaxis has culminated in the creation of [m]PLATFORM which we are looking forward to roll out across APAC. Arshan has played a significant role in this success with his ability to understand and navigate clients and publishers in the region. I cannot think of a better candidate to take Xaxis APAC to the next level”, says [m]PLATFORM.
    APAC president Michel De Rijk.

    Over the last 4.5 years at Xaxis, Arshan’s leadership included full charge of all seven markets’ P&Ls, as well as growing the businesses 20-fold within a short span of three years. Prior to joining Xaxis in 2012, Arshan served as Regional Director for Southeast Asia at Innity Corp. where he played a critical role in establishing the company as the leading media network in the region. Arshan’s portfolio included over 300 clients across multiple industries, an array of large to mid-sized publishers, as well as technology vendors across APAC, driving best-in-class -advertising technology and innovation. He was also most recently voted as Campaign Asia’s 40 under 40 most talented individuals in Asia.

    “I am incredibly honored to lead our team of committed programmatic experts here in APAC. As leaders, we will continue to set standards and drive the industry forward with our proprietary technology and unique data so the entire ecosystem is able to benefit from measurable value.” said Arshan “It’s a very exciting time as clients are demanding empowerment and guarantees to be able to navigate through the programmatic landscape whilst at the other end of the spectrum we have a consumer who is seeking relevance and personalization.”

  • Xaxis names Arshan Saha APAC president

    Xaxis names Arshan Saha APAC president

    MUMBAI: Xaxis the world’s largest programmatic media and technology platform, today announced the promotion of ArshanSaha to President, Asia Pacific (APAC). Saha was previously Vice President, South and Southeast Asia. As one of the founding members of Xaxis APAC, Saha helped established offices in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam and India.

    “Arshan has played an integral role in establishing Xaxis as the programmatic advertising platform of choice in Asia Pacific,” said Xaxis global president Nicolas Bidon. “He has done an incredible job of expanding Xaxis’ programmatic footprint and building the region’s business with great management skills, passion for our clients’ success and knowledge of the industry. I look forward to his continued leadership as APAC President.”

    “The tremendous success and growth of Xaxis has culminated in the creation of [m]PLATFORM which we are looking forward to roll out across APAC. Arshan has played a significant role in this success with his ability to understand and navigate clients and publishers in the region. I cannot think of a better candidate to take Xaxis APAC to the next level”, says [m]PLATFORM.
    APAC president Michel De Rijk.

    Over the last 4.5 years at Xaxis, Arshan’s leadership included full charge of all seven markets’ P&Ls, as well as growing the businesses 20-fold within a short span of three years. Prior to joining Xaxis in 2012, Arshan served as Regional Director for Southeast Asia at Innity Corp. where he played a critical role in establishing the company as the leading media network in the region. Arshan’s portfolio included over 300 clients across multiple industries, an array of large to mid-sized publishers, as well as technology vendors across APAC, driving best-in-class -advertising technology and innovation. He was also most recently voted as Campaign Asia’s 40 under 40 most talented individuals in Asia.

    “I am incredibly honored to lead our team of committed programmatic experts here in APAC. As leaders, we will continue to set standards and drive the industry forward with our proprietary technology and unique data so the entire ecosystem is able to benefit from measurable value.” said Arshan “It’s a very exciting time as clients are demanding empowerment and guarantees to be able to navigate through the programmatic landscape whilst at the other end of the spectrum we have a consumer who is seeking relevance and personalization.”

  • GCMA strives to increase export sales of content in Thailand, Indonesia by 20% in three years

    GCMA strives to increase export sales of content in Thailand, Indonesia by 20% in three years

    18th October 2016 – Global Creative and Media Agency (GCMA), Southeast Asia’s leading private media agency championing the creative industry’s trade export, continues to grow its presence in Southeast Asia the appointment of Ms. Nathamon Singhathewakul as a country manager in Thailand. Mr. Hendy Lim (former Vice President of Contents and Events at MNC Group) has also been confirmed as their partner in Indonesia.

    Through the expansion, GCMA strives to increase the export sales of content in Thailand and Indonesia by 20 percent within three years. To foster the region’s trade economy in the entertainment industry to greater heights, both Ms. Singhathewakul and Mr. Lim are to act as an intermediary for GCMA; to assist in elevating the quality of content development with the possibility for co-production between Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and other global players. With Ms. Singhathewakul and Mr. Lim’s vast experience, GCMA will work closely with private and government bodies as well as media players in both countries by providing an advisory role in relation to ne strategy in content, trends, and world-class markets in the region.

    “As the official Southeast Asia representative of Reed Midem, the world’s leading organiser of media entertainment global markets; GCMA has successfully nurtured Malaysia’s creative industry in the past six years through the promotion of content at world-class festivals, trade events, and business-to-business engagements. In addition, GCMA has increased the participation of Southeast Asian creative companies to Mipcom 2016, especially from Thailand and Indonesia to further promote their content to the world stage,” said Adam Ham, CEO of GCMA, who also revealed that the agency seeks to expand its presence in Vietnam and the Philippines next year.

    Furthermore, the expansion is in tandem with GCMA’s 10-year plan since its establishment in 2011; to assist in developing the potential of ASEAN’s creative economy and trade, particularly in content development and co-productions. Over the years, GCMA have successfully facilitate the local industry leaders such as the National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (FINAS), Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia (KKMM) and others to promote Malaysian content to the world in areas such as television, film, animation, music, licensing and merchandising.

    In addition, GCMA has built up its clientele base with local media players in both Thailand and Indonesia, namely MNC Media, RCTI, SCTV, Workpoint, M-COT, Thai-PBS, and government institutes, such as Software Industry Promotion Agency (SIPA) and Department of Industry Trade and Promotion (DITP) of Thailand as well as Indonesia’s Badan Ekonomi Kreatif (BEKRAF) and the Ministry of Education and Culture.

  • GCMA strives to increase export sales of content in Thailand, Indonesia by 20% in three years

    GCMA strives to increase export sales of content in Thailand, Indonesia by 20% in three years

    18th October 2016 – Global Creative and Media Agency (GCMA), Southeast Asia’s leading private media agency championing the creative industry’s trade export, continues to grow its presence in Southeast Asia the appointment of Ms. Nathamon Singhathewakul as a country manager in Thailand. Mr. Hendy Lim (former Vice President of Contents and Events at MNC Group) has also been confirmed as their partner in Indonesia.

    Through the expansion, GCMA strives to increase the export sales of content in Thailand and Indonesia by 20 percent within three years. To foster the region’s trade economy in the entertainment industry to greater heights, both Ms. Singhathewakul and Mr. Lim are to act as an intermediary for GCMA; to assist in elevating the quality of content development with the possibility for co-production between Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and other global players. With Ms. Singhathewakul and Mr. Lim’s vast experience, GCMA will work closely with private and government bodies as well as media players in both countries by providing an advisory role in relation to ne strategy in content, trends, and world-class markets in the region.

    “As the official Southeast Asia representative of Reed Midem, the world’s leading organiser of media entertainment global markets; GCMA has successfully nurtured Malaysia’s creative industry in the past six years through the promotion of content at world-class festivals, trade events, and business-to-business engagements. In addition, GCMA has increased the participation of Southeast Asian creative companies to Mipcom 2016, especially from Thailand and Indonesia to further promote their content to the world stage,” said Adam Ham, CEO of GCMA, who also revealed that the agency seeks to expand its presence in Vietnam and the Philippines next year.

    Furthermore, the expansion is in tandem with GCMA’s 10-year plan since its establishment in 2011; to assist in developing the potential of ASEAN’s creative economy and trade, particularly in content development and co-productions. Over the years, GCMA have successfully facilitate the local industry leaders such as the National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (FINAS), Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia (KKMM) and others to promote Malaysian content to the world in areas such as television, film, animation, music, licensing and merchandising.

    In addition, GCMA has built up its clientele base with local media players in both Thailand and Indonesia, namely MNC Media, RCTI, SCTV, Workpoint, M-COT, Thai-PBS, and government institutes, such as Software Industry Promotion Agency (SIPA) and Department of Industry Trade and Promotion (DITP) of Thailand as well as Indonesia’s Badan Ekonomi Kreatif (BEKRAF) and the Ministry of Education and Culture.

  • Cherry Lu and Kelvin Ko are new sales managers at Keshet International

    Cherry Lu and Kelvin Ko are new sales managers at Keshet International

    MUMBAI: Keshet International (KI) has hired Cherry Lu and Kelvin Ko as new sales managers taking advantage of the company’s momentum in recent months which has seen it close deals in China, India, Vietnam and Thailand. . The two will report to KI’s Asia head Gary Pudney.

    Talking about the hires, Pudney said, “We are very pleased to welcome Cherry and Kelvin on board as we continue to grow our operations in Asia. Their dynamic experience and understanding of the region’s rich content industry makes us well-positioned to further build on our success.”

    Lu was previously head of International projects at Beijing Century Media, leading her to work on the Chinese edition of KI’sinteractive talent show Rising Star. She was responsible for coordinating international TV format acquisitions and productions. She brings her wealth of experience working with local Chinese broadcasters and her understanding of the local TV IP trade market to her new role. Based in Beijing, Lu will champion the KI catalogue and identify commercial opportunities for acquisitions and co-development deals across the region including China, Taiwan and Mongolia.

    Ko has over 15 years of content, sales and distribution experience and was previously TV Sales manager at Hit Entertainment, part of the Mattel Group. Based in Hong Kong, he will leverage his experience and strong relationships with Asian broadcasters, distributors and digital platforms to support and grow KI’s business across Asia including Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.

    KI has also licensed a number of its hit formats and premium dramas across Asia and has also announced the Indian remake of its drama format, Prisoners of War with Star Plus.

    The second 12 episode season of its children’s singing format Master Class, produced locally by 3C Media, has just finished airing on Beijing Satellite TV and Sichuan Satellite TV. KI Asia has also closed deals for the show in Vietnam (TTN Media Corp.), its branded entertainment car game show Trade Upin China (CCTV-2) and its original variety game show Who’s On Top in Indonesia (RCTI). RCTI is also home to series two of KI’s interactive talent show Rising Star which will air this Winter.

    The production house is actively acquiring content from the region and staffing up its local operations.

  • Cherry Lu and Kelvin Ko are new sales managers at Keshet International

    Cherry Lu and Kelvin Ko are new sales managers at Keshet International

    MUMBAI: Keshet International (KI) has hired Cherry Lu and Kelvin Ko as new sales managers taking advantage of the company’s momentum in recent months which has seen it close deals in China, India, Vietnam and Thailand. . The two will report to KI’s Asia head Gary Pudney.

    Talking about the hires, Pudney said, “We are very pleased to welcome Cherry and Kelvin on board as we continue to grow our operations in Asia. Their dynamic experience and understanding of the region’s rich content industry makes us well-positioned to further build on our success.”

    Lu was previously head of International projects at Beijing Century Media, leading her to work on the Chinese edition of KI’sinteractive talent show Rising Star. She was responsible for coordinating international TV format acquisitions and productions. She brings her wealth of experience working with local Chinese broadcasters and her understanding of the local TV IP trade market to her new role. Based in Beijing, Lu will champion the KI catalogue and identify commercial opportunities for acquisitions and co-development deals across the region including China, Taiwan and Mongolia.

    Ko has over 15 years of content, sales and distribution experience and was previously TV Sales manager at Hit Entertainment, part of the Mattel Group. Based in Hong Kong, he will leverage his experience and strong relationships with Asian broadcasters, distributors and digital platforms to support and grow KI’s business across Asia including Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.

    KI has also licensed a number of its hit formats and premium dramas across Asia and has also announced the Indian remake of its drama format, Prisoners of War with Star Plus.

    The second 12 episode season of its children’s singing format Master Class, produced locally by 3C Media, has just finished airing on Beijing Satellite TV and Sichuan Satellite TV. KI Asia has also closed deals for the show in Vietnam (TTN Media Corp.), its branded entertainment car game show Trade Upin China (CCTV-2) and its original variety game show Who’s On Top in Indonesia (RCTI). RCTI is also home to series two of KI’s interactive talent show Rising Star which will air this Winter.

    The production house is actively acquiring content from the region and staffing up its local operations.

  • Photograph food for Chef’s Table

    Photograph food for Chef’s Table

    MUMBAI: Food, glorious food. We love to eat it, we love to watch others cook it, and above all, we love to photograph it. From the director of Jiro Dreams of Sushi (David Gelb) comes Chef’s Table, a Netflix original documentary series, that is returning globally for a second season on Friday, 27 May.

    To celebrate season two, the search is on across Asia for the Chef’s Table official Instagrammer. The chosen Instagrammer will visit the six restaurants featured in season two (Mexico! Slovenia! Chicago! Brazil! San Francisco! Thailand!) and document their sensory experience through beautifully-set, mouth-watering and hunger-inducing Instagram shots.

    Sounds delectable? Join in to:
    1. Follow @Netflix_IN
    2. Post your best original food photo to Instagram
    3. Hashtag #MyChefsTable

    For more information, please head on to mychefstable.netflix.com, or refer to the appended image.

    The renowned chefs featured in season 2 of Chef’s Table include: Alex Atala (Brazil); Ana Ros (Slovenia); Dominique Crenn (United States); Enrique Olvera (Mexico); Gaggan Anand (Thailand); and Grant Achatz (United States). The series provides a rare, inside look at the lives and careers of some of the world’s best chefs today on their quests for sensory perfection.
    Chef’s Table season one is now streaming globally on Netflix.

  • Photograph food for Chef’s Table

    Photograph food for Chef’s Table

    MUMBAI: Food, glorious food. We love to eat it, we love to watch others cook it, and above all, we love to photograph it. From the director of Jiro Dreams of Sushi (David Gelb) comes Chef’s Table, a Netflix original documentary series, that is returning globally for a second season on Friday, 27 May.

    To celebrate season two, the search is on across Asia for the Chef’s Table official Instagrammer. The chosen Instagrammer will visit the six restaurants featured in season two (Mexico! Slovenia! Chicago! Brazil! San Francisco! Thailand!) and document their sensory experience through beautifully-set, mouth-watering and hunger-inducing Instagram shots.

    Sounds delectable? Join in to:
    1. Follow @Netflix_IN
    2. Post your best original food photo to Instagram
    3. Hashtag #MyChefsTable

    For more information, please head on to mychefstable.netflix.com, or refer to the appended image.

    The renowned chefs featured in season 2 of Chef’s Table include: Alex Atala (Brazil); Ana Ros (Slovenia); Dominique Crenn (United States); Enrique Olvera (Mexico); Gaggan Anand (Thailand); and Grant Achatz (United States). The series provides a rare, inside look at the lives and careers of some of the world’s best chefs today on their quests for sensory perfection.
    Chef’s Table season one is now streaming globally on Netflix.