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  • Former NBC chief Deborah Turness appointed CEO of BBC News

    Former NBC chief Deborah Turness appointed CEO of BBC News

    Mumbai: Noted British journalist Deborah Turness was on Thursday appointed as the new CEO of BBC News and Current affairs. She takes over from Fran Unsworth, who had announced her decision to leave the corporation last year.

    Prior to this, she held two positions in NBC News International where she was president of NBC News from 2013 to 2017, and later president of NBC News International. An editorial heavyweight, Turness became the first-ever woman to be the president of a network division in the US.

    She has previously worked as editor of ITV News for almost a decade starting in 2004, which also made her the UK’s first female editor of the network news. In April 2021 she left her role at NBC and returned to THE ITN as CEO.

    “There has never been a greater need for the BBC’s powerful brand of impartial, trusted journalism,” said Turness in a statement. “It is a great privilege to be asked to lead and grow BBC News at a time of accelerated digital growth and innovation when its content is reaching more global consumers on more platforms than ever before.”

  • Star English has much to cheer at Golden Globes

    Star English has much to cheer at Golden Globes

    MUMBAI: Star India’s English entertainment bouquet, consisting of Star World, Star World Premiere HD and FX, is known for showcasing the best and latest in English entertainment from across the world. Star India remains the first choice for premium urban audiences seeking quality English entertainment. Cast from some of its leading and critically acclaimed shows like Taraji P Henson (Empire), Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Maura Tierney (The Affair), Lady Gaga (American Horror Story – Hotel) and Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) have struck gold at the 2016 Golden Globe awards this year.

     

     The leading lady from Empire, Taraji P Henson, won her first Golden Globe for best actress in a television series drama for her groundbreaking role as Cookie.  Taraji’s character is the heart of the series and provides unforgettable catchphrases, heartbreaking line readings, and natural comedy in a tour de force performance that makes you miss her every second she’s not on screen. Empire Season 2 is currently airing on FX and FX HD every Sunday at 10 pm.

     

    The Mad Men superstar Jon Hamm won the Golden Globe for best performance by an actor in a television series drama. Jon Hamm popularized the character of Don Draper in the series which captures the world of advertising in the 1960s like never before. Despite his outward disenchantment and egotism, the character of Don Draper demonstrates a strict code of personal ethics, insisting on honesty and chivalry in his subordinates, but not always in himself. Mad Men returns to television with FX and FX HD from 29 January 2016 and will continue to air from Monday to Friday at 11 pm.

     

     Maura Tierney from The Affair won the award for best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a series, limited series or motion picture made for television. As a jilted wife slowly coming to terms with a life she never had planned for herself, Maura Tierney found a perfect balance of comedy and tragedy in her character Helen’s situation The Affair Season 2 is coming soon on FX and FX HD as part of special programming for Valentine’s Day on 14th Feb

     

    The singer-actress Lady Gaga won Best Actress in a miniseries or motion picture for television for her role in American Horror Story: Hotel. Gaga plays Countess Elizabeth who is the owner of Hotel Cortez, a ritzy hotel set in modern day Los Angeles, California. Elizabeth is an uber glamorous socialite who secretly maintains her stunningly fierce good looks by using her special clawed gloves to murder people and drink their blood. American Horror Story – Hotel airs on FX and FC HD on every Saturday at 11 pm.

     

    The Crazy-ex girlfriend star Rachel Bloom grabbed the Golden Globe for best performance by an actress in a television series—musical or comedy. Bloom plays a successful Manhattan lawyer Rebecca Bunch who follows her high-school ex, Josh Chan, to the humdrum suburbs of California. The occasional musical numbers in the series act as comedic interjections, but they also telegraph the show’s darker themes, reminding us that our protagonist is slowly unravelling. Crazy ex-girlfriend airs on Star World Premiere HD every Thursday at 10 pm.

     

    Star India has a successful track record in bringing the best of international television, a stellar cast and outstanding performances. The network is home to the shows that have helped these stars acquire world acclaim.

  • MediaCom named world’s top media agency by RECMA

    MediaCom named world’s top media agency by RECMA

    MUMBAI: RECMA, the independent research organization charged with the in-depth assessment of global media agency network performance has recognized MediaCom as the world’s top media agency.

     

    The results were published this week in RECMA’s authoritative Network Diagnostics report, with MediaCom ahead of Carat, OMD and Starcom across 19 key qualitative metrics designed to measure agency vitality and structural ability to address today’s complex communications challenges.

     

    MediaCom’s top position is underpinned by its recent new business success across a number of networked clients, with marquee client wins including Mars worldwide planning, The Coca-Cola Company assignment in Mexico and the AB Inbev account in the US. Momentum in the US, the largest market for all players in the industry, has resulted in MediaCom being named 2015 US Media Agency of the Year by both Advertising Age and Adweek.

     

    The full RECMA qualitative assessment is based on MediaCom’s performance across 40 markets in not only pitch competitiveness, but also client loyalty, top management, digital resources and awards, reflecting the agency’s proven performance in delivering superior results for global clients such as the Coca-Cola Company, Procter and Gamble and Sony.

     

    “We’ve worked incredibly hard over the last few years to consistently build the global scale and expertise it takes to commit 100 per cent to all our clients while still winning new business. With more brands looking to marketing to drive business growth, our Content + Connections positioning and systems thinking approach enables us to provide a unique level of guidance and maximize client shareholder return,” said MediaCom worldwide chairman and CEO Stephen Allan.

  • Priyanka Chopra beats Deepika Padukone as 2015’s Hottest Woman

    Priyanka Chopra beats Deepika Padukone as 2015’s Hottest Woman

    NEW DELHI: Actor Priyanka Chopra, who surprised audiences with her performance in Mary Kom, has won two interesting accolades: ‘World’s Sexiest Asian Woman’, and ‘Hottest Woman of 2015’.

     

    Over 10 million people from across the world voted for her as the Sexiest Asian Woman also edged out Deepika Padukone as the ‘Hottest Women of 2015’, getting a whopping 53 per cent votes with Padukone receiving 35 per cent of the votes.

     

    This is not the first time that Chopra has beaten Padukone at a poll. She topped the Sexiest Woman in a Bikini poll, bagging 22,552 votes out of the 23,775 votes that came in, winning by a huge margin.

     

    Chopra also made it to the numero uno spot on the Ultimate Guys Guide – Maxim India’s Hottest List for 2013.

     

    This was the second consecutive year that Chopra made it to the top rankings on the magazine’s Hottest List, an annual poll with some of the most gorgeous women competing for the crown.

     

    The ‘Exotic’ singer and power player beat the likes of Grammy award winner Beyonce and Victoria’s Secret model Adriana Lima to the number 1 spot.

  • Comedy Central announces its new year line up with four new shows

    Comedy Central announces its new year line up with four new shows

    MUMBAI: A brand new year calls for brand new reasons to smile and Comedy Central India, India’s only 24×7 laughter destination is bringing to its audience the perfect mix of humor that will set the ball rolling for a fabulous year ahead.

    Monday, 20th January 2014 will see the Indian premieres of – House of Lies,World’s Craziest Fools as well as the latest season launch of Arrested Development. Monday was never so much fun before!

    January also witnesses the premiere of Just For Laughsfor the first time on Comedy Central India starting 23rd January.

    Show synopsis

     

    House of Lies:
    This American drama comedy television series created by Matthew Carnahan follows a group of management consultants who stop at nothing to get business deals done. It is based on the book, House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time, written by Martin Kihn, a former consultant and is a subversive, scathing look at a self-loathing management consultant from a top-tier firm. Marty, a highly successful (played but Don Cheadle), cutthroat consultant is never above using any means (or anyone) necessary to get his clients the information they want.
    Don Cheadle has received the Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in 2013 and 2013 amongst other awards for best actor like Critic’s Choice Television Award. Tune in to Comedy Central India on 20th January at 10 pm every Monday-Wednesday and you will see why!

     

    Arrested Development

    Join Michael Bluth in the latest season as he juggles his job and the disruptive family his imprisoned father left behind. Since its debut in 2003, the series has received widespread critical acclaim, six Primetime Emmy Awards and one Golden Globe Award, and has attracted a cult following, including several fan-based websites. In 2007, Time listed it among the magazine’s “All-TIME 100 TV Shows”. In 2008, the show was ranked 16th on Entertainment Weekly’s “New TV Classics” list. In 2011, IGN named Arrested Development the “funniest show of all time”

    Catch up with the Bluth family frenzy on Monday-Wednesday at 10:30 pm as Comedy Central brings back the madness this year!

     

    World’s Craziest Fools

    This show features all sorts of silly accidents that people around the world have and in turn look like fools! From jumping off things they shouldn’t be on, parking in absurd places and indulging in a little too much magic water – this show will have you giggling forever.  Presented by Mr. T – it showcases clips, sometimes viral of people from all over the world. The more believable it is, the funnier– you could have been in a similar situation too!

    Tune in from Monday-Thursday at 11 pm to catch fellow humans in acts of silliness, on your favorite comedy channel – Comedy Central India!

     

    Just For Laughs

    Just for Laughs is a comedy festival held each July in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the largest international comedy festival in the world. Each day, street performers and other acts both vocal and visual perform throughout the city, particularly in the “Latin Quarter” — an area known for its theatres, cafés and boutique shopping. In the evenings, the nightclubs and live venue theatres offer special programs supporting the performers.
    Thursday-Friday at 10 pm, tune in to Comedy Central India and experience the magic of this festival of laughs!

     

  • Twitter, Facebook are popular news sources in the US: Pew study

    Twitter, Facebook are popular news sources in the US: Pew study

    MUMBAI: With the world slowly transitioning into digital, modes of consumption are also witnessing a change. According to the latest study by the Pew research centre conducted on people above 18 years of age, it was observed that 30 per cent of Facebook users use it for news while eight per cent of Twitter users consume news from it.

     

    Most of this consumption is coming from mobile devices with Twitter outpacing Facebook by 21 per cent with 85 per cent consumption from mobile devices. At the same time, Twitter users are turning out to be young audiences between 18 to 29 years. The study also showed that 84 per cent of US adults are not using Twitter.

     

    Twitter news consumers also tend to be more educated with nearly 40 per cent holding a bachelors degree while Facebook news consumers are 30 per cent.

  • Government lifts ban on AXN after apology

    Government lifts ban on AXN after apology

    MUMBAI: The government has cleared the decks for the return tomorrow of Sony’s action channel AXN, which had been banned on 17 January charged with showing “obscene programmes”.

    The information and broadcasting ministry declared today that effective 1 March, it was lifting the ban order it had issued against AXN. The decision follows an apology tendered by the channel as well as a commitment to put in place a significantly improved and more effective system of self-regulation in order to ensure that programmes and advertisements telecast on it “do not create further problems in the future.”

    It was on 17 january that the government slapped a two-month ban on the channel for telecasting programmes such as ‘World’s Sexiest Advertisements’ that according to the ministry “were against good taste or decency and were likely to adversely affect public morality.”

  • ICC pilots Media Notes publication in build up to the World Cup

    ICC pilots Media Notes publication in build up to the World Cup

    MUMBAI: With less than six weeks to go to the start of the cricket World Cup the International Cricket Council (ICC) has launched the first pilot edition of a new publication aimed at the world’s cricket media.

    Media Notes will be available to download from icc-cricket.com and will be produced on a regular basis in the build up to world cricket’s showcase event.

    The publication will promote major tournaments and ICC events, highlight the women’s game and also look at matches of significance involving the ICC’s Associate and Affiliate Members.

    And it will also keep readers up to date with the latest movements in the LG ICC Rankings, both for teams – the Test and ODI Championship tables – and individual players. The LG ICC Rankings are the only officially endorsed ratings for international teams and players.

  • World’s first mobile movie – ‘Ctrl+Alt+Del’ launched on Reliance Mobile

    World’s first mobile movie – ‘Ctrl+Alt+Del’ launched on Reliance Mobile

    MUMBAI: Reliance Communications, today became the first telecom operator in the World to have premiered a movie on the mobile platform, with the premiere of world’s first mobile movie ‘Ctrl+Alt+Del’ on Reliance Mobile World.

    The launch of Ctrl+Alt+Del, a 25 minute film specially produced for the mobile platform by Phonethics Mobile Media, can be accessed by millions of Reliance Mobile customers on the first day of its launch and is a significant path-breaking initiative in the global telecom space.

     

    “The premiere of Ctrl+Alt+Del on Reliance Mobile marks another milestone whereby the Indian film industry has recognized the power of the mobile medium by releasing it on Reliance Mobile World”, said Mahesh Prasad, President, Applications Solutions & Content Group, Reliance Communications. “Reliance continues to delight its mobile customers by bringing big screen content to mobile phones such as the recent introduction of TV serials like Mahabharata and Malgudi Days”, he added.

     

     

    Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Saurabh Gupta, CEO, Phonethics Mobile Media (P) Ltd. and Director of Ctrl+Alt+Del said, “Phonethics is in the advanced stages of developing a slew of new products for exclusive distribution over mobile phones in the growing Indian market. The company has a rich and diverse talent pool that combine to create the best of content. We look forward to surge ahead with the support of partners such as Reliance and Rahul Bose”.

     

    Releasing Ctrl-Alt-Del on Reliance Mobile World noted actor Rahul Bose, said “For the first time in world telecommunications history the customer has been offered two completely diverse offerings on single platform: mobile services and movies! I believe that the mobile phone is the next best medium for infotainment that will reach out to the present day’s tech savvy audience. I am thrilled to be part of this never-before initiative jointly promoted by Reliance Communications and Phonethics Mobile Media.”

     

    Reliance Communications has been the pioneer in the Value Added Service segment and has maintained its leadership by offering a suite of mass market as well as niche utility, entertainment and informative applications for its subscribers. Earlier this year, Reliance Mobile became the first telecom operator in the World to launch a TV channel on the mobile, with the premiere of Times Now. The company was India’s first telecom operator in India to launch mobile streaming and Mobi-Serials.