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  • Senco Gold ropes in Madhumita Sarcar, Sunita Kaushik as brand ambassadors

    Senco Gold ropes in Madhumita Sarcar, Sunita Kaushik as brand ambassadors

    Mumbai: Senco Gold & Diamonds has announced the appointment of celebrities Madhumita Sarcar and Sunita Kaushik as its regional brand ambassadors. With this move, Senco aims to strengthen its presence in West Bengal and the North-Eastern states of Assam and Tripura.

    Sarcar is a popular Bengali actress and Kaushik is a renowned Assamese actress and dancer. To promote the brand in West Bengal, Senco is coming up with a campaign with Sarcar which will go live on the occasion of Poila Boisakh, the Bengali New Year. Kaushik will represent the legacy brand and its unique jewelry collections in the North-Eastern states of Assam and Tripura on the occasion of Bohag Bihu.

    On signing the two leading ladies as brand ambassadors, the company said, “As part of its ‘hyperlocal’ approach, Senco Gold and Diamonds has chosen Bengali actress Madhumita Sarcar and Assamese actress and dancer, Sunita Kaushik as its regional brand ambassadors, to establish a deeper customer connect and enhance the visibility of the brand in east and north-eastern regions. Kiara Advani has been Senco’s brand ambassador since October 2021.”

    Speaking on becoming the face of Senco in West Bengal, Madhumita Sarcar said, “It is an honor to be associated with a brand like Senco Gold & Diamonds, which has a legacy of over five decades in the jewelry business. The campaign is beautifully planned and executed which brings out the essence of Bengal beautifully.” While Sunita Kaushik said “This is my first brand endorsement in the jewelry category and it is my absolute honor to be on board with such an esteemed brand name, the collection of the brand is something that I personally like and I am more than happy to represent this brand in the North East for the brand.”

    “With a legacy of more than five decades and roots in the east, it was a natural choice for us to onboard regional brand ambassadors for West Bengal and Assam as part of the first phase of our ‘Hyperlocal’ strategy. I am sure our customers in the region will like and connect with our campaigns planned across platforms like print, outdoor, digital and TV featuring the two celebrities,” commented Senco Gold Diamonds director and head of design and marketing Joita Sen.

  • Chrome DM bags election count and analysis forthe upcoming elections in Meghalaya,Tripura, Nagaland

    Chrome DM bags election count and analysis forthe upcoming elections in Meghalaya,Tripura, Nagaland

    Chrome Data Analytics and Media – India’s largest primary research and data analytics company – has bagged the tender for covering and analysing the counting of polls in the North-Eastern states of Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland for the Doordarshan  channel. This marks the foray of the company in official election analyses, having done multiple pre and exit poll studies over the past few years.

    As per the tender with Doordarshan, the firm will be involved in livedata collection, processing of the election data and providing it to the national news broadcaster on the counting day of the Assembly Elections-2018.The elections will be held on 03/03/2018 in Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland.

    The project will have equal parts of Chrome DM’s proprietary technology empowered platforms for quick data collection & analysis, as well as on-ground presence of representatives from the company at all counting booths. Chrome DM will developing a customized, one-stop dashboard for the channel for real-time information dissemination.

    “The Doordarshan project is an exciting and challenging brief, and is a natural extension of our in-depth election studies over the last few years. It is the perfect example of a confluence of on-ground infrastructure and cutting edge technology that modern research &data analytics requires. We look forward to delivering excellence by providing the fastest coverage and real time analyses, “said Chrome Data Analytics and Media chief Pankaj Krishna.

    The assembly elections are being seen as a referendum on the mood of the nation before the 2019 national elections.

  • CNN-News18 #HelpAshmita Campaign

    CNN-News18 #HelpAshmita Campaign

    MUMBAI: In the aftermath of India’s performance at the Rio Olympics, the discussion across the country turned to what needs to be done in order to improve the country’s ranking at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. Against this backdrop, CNN-News18 took the lead not only in terms of coming up with a unique charter for improving our performance at the next Olympics but even took up the cause of a young talented gymnast Ashmita Pal who dreams of representing and winning laurels for the country.

    On the first day of the campaign itself, the channel has raised over Rs. 3 lakhs and the contributions are still pouring in. Responding to the initiative, a leading Public Sector company announced an immediate grant of Rs. 2 lakhs and a monthly scholarship of Rs. 20,000 per month for the next two years for the athlete. Shahid Chowdhury, Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Tripura also backed the CNN-News18 campaign.

    The channel, in partnership with Bitgiving, is aiming to raise Rs. 10 lakhs in order to get proper facilities for gymnastics training for Ashmita through their campaign #HelpAshmita who hopes to win an Olympics Gold.

    Earlier this month, young Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar scripted history as she entered the final of the Vault event at the Rio Olympics. Her feat will not only serve as an inspiration for upcoming sportspersons like 15-year-old Ashmita Pal but has also given them the courage to chase their dreams.

    Endorsed by Dipa Karmakar, Ashmita has represented India at the World School Gymnastics in Turkey this July. Hailing from Agartala, her father is a daily wage earner and her mother is a domestic help. For her, meeting basic nutrition needs is a struggle, let alone the diet required by an athlete. But defying all odds, Ashmita fought her way into the national team. She is now training under Soma Nandy, wife of Dipa Karmakar’s coach.

    For the CNN-News18 team, this campaign is a manifestation of the channel’s commitment and thought leadership in picking up issues that the country feels strongly about and making a difference on the ground.

  • CNN-News18 #HelpAshmita Campaign

    CNN-News18 #HelpAshmita Campaign

    MUMBAI: In the aftermath of India’s performance at the Rio Olympics, the discussion across the country turned to what needs to be done in order to improve the country’s ranking at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. Against this backdrop, CNN-News18 took the lead not only in terms of coming up with a unique charter for improving our performance at the next Olympics but even took up the cause of a young talented gymnast Ashmita Pal who dreams of representing and winning laurels for the country.

    On the first day of the campaign itself, the channel has raised over Rs. 3 lakhs and the contributions are still pouring in. Responding to the initiative, a leading Public Sector company announced an immediate grant of Rs. 2 lakhs and a monthly scholarship of Rs. 20,000 per month for the next two years for the athlete. Shahid Chowdhury, Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Tripura also backed the CNN-News18 campaign.

    The channel, in partnership with Bitgiving, is aiming to raise Rs. 10 lakhs in order to get proper facilities for gymnastics training for Ashmita through their campaign #HelpAshmita who hopes to win an Olympics Gold.

    Earlier this month, young Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar scripted history as she entered the final of the Vault event at the Rio Olympics. Her feat will not only serve as an inspiration for upcoming sportspersons like 15-year-old Ashmita Pal but has also given them the courage to chase their dreams.

    Endorsed by Dipa Karmakar, Ashmita has represented India at the World School Gymnastics in Turkey this July. Hailing from Agartala, her father is a daily wage earner and her mother is a domestic help. For her, meeting basic nutrition needs is a struggle, let alone the diet required by an athlete. But defying all odds, Ashmita fought her way into the national team. She is now training under Soma Nandy, wife of Dipa Karmakar’s coach.

    For the CNN-News18 team, this campaign is a manifestation of the channel’s commitment and thought leadership in picking up issues that the country feels strongly about and making a difference on the ground.

  • Five regional centres of India’s premier drama school to open in other parts of country

    Five regional centres of India’s premier drama school to open in other parts of country

    NEW DELHI: The Delhi-based National School of Drama, which has formed the training ground for some of the best television and film personalities, is to get five regional centres in different parts of the country, Parliament has been told.

    This follows the recommendations made by the Broad Based Committee for opening up of five regional centres across the country.

    The NSD Society proposes to establish one regional centre each at Kolkata, Mumbai/Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, and the North-East besides upgrading the existing Regional Resource Centre (RRC) at Bengaluru to become a full-fledged regional centre.

    Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said these regional centres are to be established in consultation with the concerned State Governments who were required to provide accommodation for the purpose.

    So far, only Karnataka has allotted land for the purpose at Bengaluru. NSD has started one year teaching training programme in the Bengaluru Chapter commencing from academic session 2014-15.

    In addition, under consolidation of Out-reach Programme in the North-East Region, NSD has opened its Centres in Sikkim and Tripura. 

    Several actors like Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Nadira Babbar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and others and filmmakers like M S Sathyu have made major contributions to the NSD, many of them beginning their careers here.

  • Five regional centres of India’s premier drama school to open in other parts of country

    Five regional centres of India’s premier drama school to open in other parts of country

    NEW DELHI: The Delhi-based National School of Drama, which has formed the training ground for some of the best television and film personalities, is to get five regional centres in different parts of the country, Parliament has been told.

    This follows the recommendations made by the Broad Based Committee for opening up of five regional centres across the country.

    The NSD Society proposes to establish one regional centre each at Kolkata, Mumbai/Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, and the North-East besides upgrading the existing Regional Resource Centre (RRC) at Bengaluru to become a full-fledged regional centre.

    Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said these regional centres are to be established in consultation with the concerned State Governments who were required to provide accommodation for the purpose.

    So far, only Karnataka has allotted land for the purpose at Bengaluru. NSD has started one year teaching training programme in the Bengaluru Chapter commencing from academic session 2014-15.

    In addition, under consolidation of Out-reach Programme in the North-East Region, NSD has opened its Centres in Sikkim and Tripura. 

    Several actors like Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Nadira Babbar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and others and filmmakers like M S Sathyu have made major contributions to the NSD, many of them beginning their careers here.

  • Dharamshala Filmfest’s initiative for Himalayan film makers

    Dharamshala Filmfest’s initiative for Himalayan film makers

    NEW DELHI: The third Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) has launched the DIFF Film Fellows initiative for Himalayan filmmakers to encourage young filmmakers.

     

    The festival to be held from 30 October to 2 November, will take applicants who are 25 years of age or younger and the applications have to be sent in by 31 August.

     

    Though the films can be of any genre, the programme is targeted specifically at filmmakers from the Indian Himalayan regions including Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarkhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, and the hill regions of West Bengal and Assam.

     

    Five filmmakers will be selected to attend DIFF 2014 and participate in its various events, including screenings of the best of contemporary independent cinema. Master classes and workshops will be held by visiting filmmakers and industry professionals.

     

    The selected participants will be able to engage in special one-on-one mentorship sessions with these visiting filmmakers.

     

    The programme covers train fares, food and lodging for the selected participants for the duration of the festival. 

  • DD on studio upgradation drive

    DD on studio upgradation drive

    New Delhi: A total of 39 studio centres in the country have been taken up for full digitization as part of the ongoing scheme of digitization of Doordarshan’s Network, Parliament has been informed.

    State of the art digital equipment would therefore be made available at the studio centres in the north east states on a par with other similar studio centres in the country.

    Of these 39, eleven are in the north east states: three in Assam, two in Meghalaya, and one each in Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. The others are: five in Uttar Pradesh; two each in Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, and West Bengal; and one each in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh and Puducherry.

    Five Digital Satellite News Gathering Units (DSNG) have also been provided at Guwahati to cater to the coverage requirements of north east states. DSNG Units are deployed at different places in north east states as per coverage requirements. As part of the ongoing schemes, four additional DSNG Units for North East States are envisaged to be procured.

    Meanwhile, Prasar Bharati sources said upgradation/modernization which includes induction of new technologies, replacement of old aging equipment and augmentation/upgradation facilities of all Doordarshan Kendras including those located in north-east region is a continuous process and schemes in this regard are formulated and implemented from time to time.

    The sources said that for the north east region there is a dedicated 24×7 North East Channel, besides Kendras in North East like DDK Guwahati, DDK Aizwal, DDK Gangtok, DDK Tura, DDK Shillong , DDK Silchar, DDK Dibrugarh, DDK Itanagar, DDK Agartala, DDK Kohima and DDK Imphal which telecast programmes in their respective regional languages.

  • CNN-IBN to launch ‘Battle for the North-East’

    CNN-IBN to launch ‘Battle for the North-East’

    MUMBAI: CNN-IBN is launching a new series Battle for North-East on the polls of Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya. The week-long series will provide election updates and stories on the three states regularly on the newswheel on CNN-IBN accompanied by special coverage on polling and counting days.

    For this, the news channel has tied-up with The Shillong Times, an English newspaper from Meghalaya, for the local coverage.

    The series will focus on the opinion of the people about their sense of alienation, their desire for mainstreaming, their view of the rest of the country, and a reality-check of the changing social trends of the state.

    CNN-IBN and IBN 7 editor-in-chief Rajdeep Sardesai said, “The upcoming elections in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland will be imperative in deciding the political stability of the region in the time to come. CNN-IBN will closely follow the entire process from the pre-polling to the ballot counting and provide the viewers comprehensive analysis on the same. In other words, ‘Battle for North-East’ will be India’s window into northeast India.”

  • Delhi High Court restrains 92 cable operators from unauthorised telecast of World Cup

    Delhi High Court restrains 92 cable operators from unauthorised telecast of World Cup

    NEW DELHI: The Delhi Court granted stay to ESPN Star Sports, the official broadcaster of the Fifa World Cup, in favor of its application for a civil suit filed against 92 cable operators across the country for unauthorised broadcast of the Fifa World Cup restraining all the cable operators from showing Fifa through any other channel other than ESPN Star Sports.

    The channel has an exclusive deal with Fifa to telecast all the matches of the Fifa World Cup in territory of India. After this order anyone still showing FIFA World Cup through any other channel will be held in contempt of court and liable for prosecution, says an official release.

    Elaborating on this, ESPN Software India Pvt Ltd AVP Affiliate Sales Rajesh Kaul says, “No other channel, whether pay, free to air or terrestrial is authorised to provide, show or distribute the Fifa World Cup Germany 2006 in the territory of India. Also carriage, reception or distribution of the Fifa World Cup Germany 2006 by any MSO, Cable Operator, Sub-Operator without written authorization from ESPN Star Sports is a violation of copyrights and hence an illegal activity. Strict and legal action will be taken against the operators who violate the court orders. Post the order; police raids have already been started.”

    The 92 cable operators restrained from the unauthorized telecast are from Tamil Nadu, Jharkand, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Assam, Tripura, Karnataka, Kerala, West Bengal, Bihar and Punjab, adds the release.

    “The 92 cable operators across the country were broadcasting by means of wireless diffusion the services of free to air international channels like TV 5 Cambodia TV, CC5 Channel, CCTV1, Super Sports, Multi-choice and Dream Satellite, thereby infringing the copyright of ESPN Star Sports. Today after an application in the Delhi High Court, the judge has restrained these operators from carrying and distributing the World Cup by any means whatsoever, without authorized permission from ESPN Star Sports. Operators showing the Fifa World Cup through other channels should stop this to avoid legal court action,” adds Kaul.