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  • Star CJ Alive is a big hit in Kolkata

    Star CJ Alive is a big hit in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: The people in Kolkata seem to be addicted to the new ways of shopping. Star CJ Alive, a home shopping channel from the house of STAR CJ Network India (a joint venture between STAR Asia and the South Korean home shopping major, CJ O Shopping) recently conducted a survey in the target markets. The result of the survey was interesting as it revealed that the consumers of Kolkata in the fiscal 2012-2013 have bought 26.63 lakh sarees, 23.83 lakh tablets, 21.87 pieces of jewellery and 18.82 lakh handsets.

     

    One of the supposed reasons for the growth of the channel is the ‘Global O’ Shopping Day’ that was celebrated by the channel at the beginning of the year 2013, in India along with eight other countries – South Korea, Japan, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Turkey, Philippines and Vietnam. It featured global products and resulted in 110 per cent hike in orders as compared to the average daily order figure.

     

    “Kolkata is one of our biggest markets and we are delighted to give our customers the best deals. Our goal is to serve our customers better,” said Star CJ Network CEO Kenny Shin while in the city Kolkata. He also said that the channel that was launched around four years ago is one of the fastest growing shopping channels in the country.

     

    The channel offers an array of products including fashion, lifestyle, home appliances, kitchenware, digital devices, jewellery, beauty products among others. The channel’s target markets includes Delhi, Pune, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Ghaziabad, Bangalore, Ludhiana, Surat, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Vadodara, Amritsar, Faridabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Jaipur, Chennai, Nagpur and Nashik among others.

  • BBC has announced a season of hard-hitting investigative programmes – FREEDOM2014

    BBC has announced a season of hard-hitting investigative programmes – FREEDOM2014

    MUMBAI: The BBC announced Freedom2014, a season of hard-hitting investigative programmes from around the world asking what freedom looks like today. Launching on Saturday 25 January, the season will run on the BBC World Service in English and across the BBC’s language services, on BBC World News television, BBC News Channel and BBC.com, until April 2014.

     
    Peter Horrocks, Director of BBC Global News said: “The BBC is a champion of media freedom. The BBC has long been a symbol of freedom, as the sole provider of impartial and balanced news reporting in many countries.’

     
    “So I’m delighted to announce Global News’ Freedom2014 season, in which the BBC will explore what freedom means to people around the world.  We are uniquely placed to explore this theme, drawing on the expertise of our journalists around the world to give local knowledge and context to powerful investigative journalism.”

     

    Freedom2014 kicks off with the documentary Thailand’s Slave Fishermen on both radio and television (Saturday 25 January). Becky Palmstrom investigates the forced enslavement of Burmese and Cambodian men on Thai fishing boats.

     
    On Monday 27 January, BBC World News will be asking to what extent we can or should be free from government intrusion, as technological change makes every aspect of our lives easier to monitor and record. A day of programming on television and radio will look at how government intelligence agencies spy on their allies and millions of ordinary citizens around the world. The programmes will report on what individuals can do to keep their personal information secure.

     
    James Stephenson, Head of News at BBC World News said: “Edward Snowden revealed the extent of surveillance by the US National Security Agency. We will look at the implications for citizens around the world of an age of digital data and digital surveillance.”

     
    As part of the season, the BBC will be calling on its worldwide audience to submit theirownimages of freedom. Details on how to submit images can be found online at bbc.co.uk/freedom2014 from Wednesday 29th January.

                                           
    The first contributions come from a number of well-known global figures describing what freedom looks like to them in a collection of specially commissioned videos. These include Astronaut Cmdr Chris Hadfield; Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales; Anti-FGM campaigner Leyla Hussein; former hostage Norman Kember; Tourette’s ‘Superhero’ Jess Thom; and percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie. They will launch online from 29 January.

     

    Over the coming months there will be a wide variety of programmes commissioned as part of the Freedom2014 season. They have been produced by journalists from across the World Service’s 27 Language services and include:

     
    ·Freedom Songs: A five part series looking at the ways in which singing is used around the world as an expression of freedom.  From Nina Simone’s ‘I wish I knew how it would feel to be free’ to the playlist of a teenager in Argentina during the military dictatorship, and the power of the human voice in South African protest and civil activism.

     

    ·China’s Global Popstars: Rebecca Kanthor reports on China’s efforts to groom a state-approved pop star for international stardom.

     

    ·Missing Histories, China and Japan: The historical record of Japan and China has always been a flashpoint for tension, but what do the younger generations make of this legacy? Japanese journalist Mariko Oi visits her counterpart in China, Haining Liu, and then Haining makes her first trip to Japan, hosted by Mariko.

     

    ·Freedom to be Single: Rupa Jha finds out first-hand about the discrimination faced by women – widowed, divorced, or single by choice in India.

     

    ·Guantanamo Voices: DawoodAzami goes to Pakistan, Afghanistan and Guantanamo to hear from former Guantanamo detainees about what freedom means to them. Dawood is the first Afghan journalist to visit and report from the controversial US military prison.

                                             

    ·China in Vogue: Jessie Levine looks at the rise in the magazine culture in China, its link to consumerism, and the changing face of Chinese fashion. She speaks to editors, photographers, designers and cultural commentators to find out how these new freedoms are affecting Chinese women.

                                              

    ·All That Stands in the Way: Despite most countries legislating against gender discrimination, around the world young women do not have the same opportunities as men. As father to two young daughters, BBC presenter Ros Atkins wants to know how they will be treated differently as they grow up simply because of their gender. Through personal and informal portraits of the lives of teenage girls in Iceland, London, Lesotho, and Oman, Ros will be asking what the entrenched social and cultural attitudes are that stand in the way of girls achieving equality.

  • Shahir Zag is jury president of outdoor lotus at AdFest 2014

    Shahir Zag is jury president of outdoor lotus at AdFest 2014

    BANGKOK: ADFEST is pleased to announce that Shahir Zag, Chief Creative Officer at Y&R MENA in Dubai, is joining next year’s festival as Jury President of the Outdoor Lotus category.

     

    A passionate typographer, designer, poet and creative sage, Zag has been instrumental in turning the creative spotlight onto the Middle East since moving to Dubai from Mumbai in 1997.

     

    In 2012, he was ranked #1 copywriter, #1 art director and #2 Chief Creative Officer in the world by the Big Won Report, an annual global report tracking the award performance of agencies.

     

    “I’m really kicked about the ‘Co-create’ theme at ADFEST this year. Doing great creative is no longer a writer-art director thing. It’s evolved into a wonderfully collaborative process. More and more, we’re seeing the influence of in-house producers and editors, artists, inventors, consumers, and interns doing social at two in the morning. It’s great that ADFEST as a festival is celebrating this. The APAC region is exciting for me because it’s brimming with great human stories and the creatives here are fearless in their telling,” says Zag.

     

    Zag’s writing, design, and art direction have won trophies at ANDY, Art Directors Club, Cannes Lions, Clio, One Show, D&AD, London International, and New York Festivals.

     

    He is also a prolific blogger, whose website shahirzag.com is full of pearls of wisdom such as, ‘The fear of being boring is a great motivator’ exquisitely expressed in perfectly kerned typefaces.

     

    Zag was promoted to the role of Chief Creative Officer, Y&R MENA, in 2010. He moved to Dubai after four years working at agencies in India, including Lowe Enterprise Bombay.

     

    “It’s not often you meet a prodigy like Shahir, who is a major creative force in the Middle East and beyond. It’s an honour to welcome him to ADFEST 2014 as Jury President of the Outdoor Lotus category,” says Jimmy Lam, President of ADFEST.

     

    ADFEST 2014 takes place on 6th – 8th March 2014 at the Royal Cliffs Hotel Group in Pattaya, Thailand.  

     

    ADFEST is on Facebook and Twitter. Don’t forget to join the conversation!

  • Queen of Thailand and IPL chairman open 2nd Delhi international Film Festival

    Queen of Thailand and IPL chairman open 2nd Delhi international Film Festival

    NEW DELHI: A total of 171 films from 39 countries across the world will be showcased during the Second Delhi international Film festival which commenced here today.

    The Queen of Thailand, Dr. Mom Luang Rajadarasri Jayankura, and Indian Premier League Chairman Rajeev Shukla were present. Others who attended the opening included Sri Lanka Cultural Affairs and cultural Heritage Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, and Mrs. Aliki Koutsomitopoulou, Deputy chief of Mission, Embassy of Greece in India who were the guests of honour. 

    The Festival opened with the critically acclaimed Srilankan Film “Siddhartha Gautama” by director Saman Virman. Virman, Lead actors Gagan Malik and Aanchal, and Producers Naveen and N G Perera were present.

    The festival is a seven day event and will have fashion, singing and poetry sections along with the film section. Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha will be presented the Lifetime Achievement Award for his valuable contribution to Indian Cinema and Politics.  Muzaffar Ali’s classic film ‘Umrao Jaan’ will have a special screening and award.

    Earlier, Gagan Malik who also played Ram in ‘Ramayana’ earlier this year said “The festival is beginning with a film that gives the message of world peace and unity.” He further added “playing the role of young Gautam Buddha was an honour as well as a responsibility for me.”
    The films includes 15 Short films; 28 Indian feature films; 12 Indian documentaries; 36 Indian short films; ten NRI films; five Animation films; seven films from across the borders; and 18 Student films.


    The festival includes some prizes for films in categories like “Best Feature Film”, Best Documentaries, Best Short films etc. 

    Ariel Cohen’s “Take Mama”, from Israel will be the closing film of the festival on 27 December.

  • FMI closes 1,200 hours programming sales deal in Asia

    FMI closes 1,200 hours programming sales deal in Asia

    MUMBAI: In the last two months, Fremantle Media International (FMI) has closed more than 1,200 hours of programming sales in Asia. On the first day of the Asia TV Forum, the company announced that the deals include many titles from its recently launched Mipcom slate as well as the first ever sale of an Australian drama to a free-to-air channel in the Philippines.

     

    The competitive reality docu-series, The Fashion Fund featuring Anna Wintour, has been sold to two broadcasters in Thailand: free-to-air channel Workpoint TV and pay TV operator TrueVisions. TrueVisions has also acquired the new Hulu original series Behind the Mask, the one-off feature documentary I Am Steve McQueen and the eye-opening factual special, Asteroids: Doomsday or Payday?

     

    Solar Entertainment in the Philippines has bought series one to three of Winners and Losers, making it the first ever free-to-air Philippine network to broadcast an Australian drama. It has also acquired The Fashion Fund, David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal, Boston Legal) medical drama Monday Mornings and Web Therapy series three starring Lisa Kudrow.

     

    The Asia team has made light work of racking up deals across Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and The Philippines, packaging some 580 hours alone for Mediacorp’s on-demand platform Toggle.sg. Leading shows across all genres, from entertainment and lifestyle to drama and kids, have also been snapped up by a variety of free-to-air, pay TV and cable channels.

     

    Looks like it is a good time for the Asian market.

  • Sangeeta Chacko honoured with ‘Outstanding International Business Communicator’

    Sangeeta Chacko honoured with ‘Outstanding International Business Communicator’

    MUMBAI: Percept’s corporate communication head Sangeeta Chacko was conferred with the esteemed ‘Outstanding International Business Communicator 2013 Award’ by the National Organisation of Commerce and Industry (NOCI) in Thailand.

    The award recognised her dynamic and proactive role in conceptualising and leading a wide spectrum of communication activities including ATL & BTL stakeholder communication, advertising, PR, brand marketing, business development, digital & social media marketing and corporate social responsibility (CSR). It also recognised and honoured her multifaceted and innovative styles in communication designs, platforms and methodologies.

    The National Organisation of Commerce and Industry (NOCI) instituted the first edition of the ‘Outstanding International Awards’ in the APAC region with an aim to felicitate excellence in business and outstanding contribution made by individuals and institutions towards Society and National Welfare. The award recognised the international influence and impact the recipients demonstrated via their exemplary work across the fields of Business, Leadership, Communications, Health, Education, Tourism, Entrepreneurship, Banking and Social Causes.

    The Jury panel comprised senior stalwarts from various industrial fields renowned for their contribution towards the economic, professional and educational fields in India and overseas. The awards are a testimony towards the proactive attitude, innovation, contribution and global perspective reflected by the recipient towards business and economy.

  • ASEAN Film Festival to coincide with ScreenSingapore

    ASEAN Film Festival to coincide with ScreenSingapore

    The ASEAN Film Festival will run alongside this year’s ScreenSingapore, presenting free screenings at the Bugis+ Filmgarde Cineplex.

     

    The event from 3 to 6 December, which consists of eight films, will open with an invitation-only screening of Anthony Chen and close with Rithy Panh documentary The Missing Picture.

     

    Other films include Kongdej Jaturanrasmee’s Tang Wong from Thailand, Riri Riza Atambua 39° Celsius from Indonesia, and, from Brunei, commercial comedy What’s So Special About Rina Ada apa dengan Rina.

     

    Organised by Objectifs and the Singapore Film Commission (SFC), the one-off event is part of the ASEAN City of Culture initiative. Singapore is the current host city.

  • Thai Film industry looking for Indian movies to be produced in Thailand

    Thai Film industry looking for Indian movies to be produced in Thailand

    MUMBAI: In a media interaction at the 44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Panjim, Goa today, the lead actor of the Thai film, Only God Forgives Vithaya Pansringarm said that Thailand has a great opportunity for production of Indian movies. He said that Thailand, being a film destination for Hollywood/international movies, production of Indian films is also possible there. He added that Indian movies are liked in his country and DVDs and films with Thai subtitles are also available in the Thai market.

     

    In the film Only God Forgives, Pansringarm played a retired police officer’s role who believes that he`s God and an Angel of Vengeance who also has a responsibility to protect his society from any bad karma or bad spirits. The film talks about a young lady’s struggle to avenge the murder of her brother on the demand of her mother, in Bangkok.

     

    Producer of Thai film Tang Wong, Soros Sukhum said that his film is part of independent cinema and Thailand film industry should make film based on modern concepts in place of superstitions. Soros Sukhum has also supported the idea of producing more films in Thailand. Tang Wong is about four Bangkok boys who had taken different wishes to perform a performance of a traditional Thai dance, if their wishes are fulfilled. The struggle to perform this dance is the main theme of the film.

  • Launch TVC of Gionee in India

    Launch TVC of Gionee in India

    MUMBAI: Launch TVC of Gionee in India.

    1. Company Background: 
    Established in 2002, Gionee is a technology driven company engaged in mobile device Design, R&D and Manufacturing. In 2005 Gionee adopted the forward integration strategy to do business in its own brand in markets across the globe. Gionee is known for bringing quality, innovative products with world class standards which have today helped them to be no 2 in mainland China by selling over 23 million units annually. The brand has a strong presence in the Middle East, Northern Africa, Vietnam, Taiwan, Myanmar, Thailand and they recently entered the Indian market.

    2. Creative Strategy:
    Living Life and Enjoying Life.
    Technology makes us experience wonderful things in life and the ELIFE E6 takes it to a whole new experiential level. With its own research and development facility, Gionee leverages top notch engineering skills to constantly innovate and manufacture one of its kind hardware. Thus, in a marketplace saturated with every company harping upon its software features, Gionee takes the leap with hardware that excites and engages the user. Features that enable us to experience the joy of life and help us do more with less.

    The TV commercial encapsulates various unique hardware features in an interesting visual story. Each of the sequences is designed to inspire Awe, Wonder and a sense of Discovery. It takes the viewer beyond reality and takes them into a surreal wonderland. Unfolding a larger than life picture. Be it the One Glass Solution, DTS Sound, 1.5 GHz Quad Core Processor, Unibody design or the never before 5MP front camera. The Elife E6 enables us to experience beyond normal, beyond the ordinary. Living much more than usual. Enjoying life to the hilt.Doing more. With less.

    According to Mr.Arvind.R. Vohra, Managing Director, Syntech Technology India, the whole idea behind this launch TVC is to go and talk about the hardware supremacy of the product. Our objective for Gionee was clearly to reach to the consumers at the national level so strategically we decided to push the phone through the hardware route. Because to enjoy the software features we need to have the right hardware to blend and give a world class experience.
    The Partner & Director of Brand Curry Communication Mr.Ratno Rudra, who worked on this massive campaign said that the creative strategy was to set up the user pay off arising out of hardware – unique life experiences that the handset promises, an empowerment that allows a sense of discovery, uninhibited. Mobile phone market is witnessing high –decibel advertising where every brand is trying to outshout the next one with new promises and different value propositions. We attempted a freshness in execution strategy away from the cluster of hard working propositions and hence this communication with symbolism. Our team believed that Surreal in the world of ultra -real should stand out and make consumer notice the communication.

    4. Date when TVC is going on air and for how long
    23 October and is a 5 week campaign

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsA67z_qucs
    3. Agency team credits/Production house/Name of film director
    TEAM BRAND CURRY /Kiss Films / Juan Jaramillo

  • Single window service for film shooting to become operational shortly: Tewari

    NEW DELHI: A single window service for promoting cinema tourism is all set to become operational shortly.

    Speaking at the Cinemascape 2013 conclave in Mumbai today, Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari observed that India with its rich heritage and diverse geography has great potential as a destination for film shooting but the current system of multiple clearances at various levels made it an unattractive destination for filming.

     “Increasingly therefore, most Indian filmmakers have gravitated towards foreign destinations for outdoor shoots. Any lost opportunity is a revenue loss for the country,” he remarked.

    India has a great potential to become a destination for film shooting but the current system of multiple clearances at various levels make it an unattractive destination for filming, says Manish Tewari

     Tewari said the government has now decided to address the issue by establishing a single window service for granting clearances for film shootings in India. He informed that a Committee on Promotion and Facilitation of Film Production in India has been set up. It is chaired by the secretary in the ministry, with senior representatives from the Ministries of External Affairs, Home Affairs; Tourism; Culture; Railways; Civil Aviation; Defence and Department of Revenue etc.

     The state governments have been asked to nominate the nodal officers for film clearance. The minister said Standard Operating Procedures are being developed to accord clearances for film shooting by domestic and foreign producers in India.

     

    Tewari stressed on the need for a sound legal architecture for promoting cinema as a form of creative expression. While conceding that law and order is a state subject, he said film certification falls in the central domain. He said, “There is an urgent need to update laws relating to film certification and exhibition and I am happy to inform that the committee headed by Justice Mukul Mudgal has submitted its recommendation along with a model bill to replace the existing Cinematograph Act 1952.”

     He said the recommendations of the committee as well as the model bill will be published on the website of the ministry to seek wider public consultation. The minister assured the film fraternity that by the middle of 2014, India would have a contemporary law to deal with cinema.

     Dwelling on the issue of taxation and fiscal incentives for the film and entertainment sector, the minister called upon the industry representatives to set up a committee of experts to draw a comprehensive strategy, which could then be submitted to the Finance Minister on behalf of his ministry.

    Participating in a panel discussion, noted film maker Mukesh Bhatt said 76 different permissions have to be obtained for film shooting in India, while Indian producers are given a red carpet welcome in some of the cine-tourism nations like Switzerland, New Zealand, South Africa, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. Bhatt acknowledged that the Ministry’s effort is a welcome first step.