The India Today Group is gearing up to launch a morning daily. In a strategic investment by a foreign media group, it has entered into a joint venture agreement with Associated Newspapers, publishers of the Daily Mail of UK, to launch mainline newspapers in India.
The participation of Italy, the partner country at the Frames 2007, was seen in the presence of Italian stars like Giancarlo Giannini, Anna Galiena and the Oscar winner Nicola Piovani, 40 stalls and a business delegation led by Italian Minister of Communications Paolo Gentiloni Silveri and Anica (Italian Film Producers Association) president Paolo Ferrari.
This was one session that seen WIT present the world’s freshest and most popular TV shows of the season; specially edited for ‘Frames’ participants. It included clips from the world’s most successful, innovative and most talked-about TV shows based on the monthly ‘The WIT fresh TV report”.
The session on regulatory issues facing the M&E industry had many speakers opening their minds freely.
Inaugurating Ficci-Frames 2007 in Mumbai on Monday, I&B Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunshi outlined his vision for the M&E industry in a five-point agenda.
The importance of marketing a movie or getting the distribution right isn’t really a new found for the Indian movie industry. However, while only some players, largely the bigger banners, have understood the importance of these sectors, even between them, the success formulae is different and as yet, evolving.
Even as Italy and India came together to create yet another Ficci-Frames in Mumbai this year, the media industry gathered to watch this three-day convention unfold the realities of where we are all headed.
As the gaming and mobile entertainment industry gather faster pace in the country, Ficci-Frames 2007 chose to dedicate one session each on gaming and mobile entertainment that included mobile gaming and video.
The world is a global village and industries today are witnessing an increased number of co-production activities.
The afternoon session on the first day of the FICCI-Frames 2007 saw the heads of four major news channels coming together to discuss on ‘The Changing Face of News’.
The Australian trade commission is showcasing its country’s creative and technical expertise in film and entertainment at the ongoing Frames.
According to the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA), national economic gains from a new approach to investment in cable-TV infrastructure could deliver a 54.6 billion rupee (US$1.2 billion) increase in economic activity.
STAR has announced the appointment of Laureen Ong as its COO after Steve Askew resigned from the company, citing personal reasons. After joining in June, Ong will report to STAR’s CEO, Paul Aiello.
UTV and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Productions have announced their collaboration to produce four films with an estimated total budget of Rs 280 crore. The films are ‘Dilli-6’ and the ‘Paanch Kaurav’ trilogy, all to be directed by Mehra himself.
Arvind Mediratta, Chief Marketing Officer, Yum! Restaurants, is all set to join Wal-Mart as Senior Vice President and Business Head of the company’s Cash and Carry business. He is an alumnus of IIT Delhi and IIM Kolkata. While at Yum! Restaurants, Mediratta’s responsibilities included looking after KFC and Pizza Hut in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Mauritius.
Bharti Retail has invited JWT, Leo Burnett, Lowe, O&M and McCann Erickson for a creative pitch. The account size is estimated to be round Rs 18-20 crore. It is learnt that JWT, Lowe, Leo Burnett have already given their first round of presentations.
SET India has announced a multi-year agreement with Kunal Dasgupta for him to continue as CEO of the company. Dasgupta joined the company as one of SET India’s first employees in 1995.
Even as Italy and India came together to create yet another FICCI Frames in Mumbai this year, the media industry gathered to watch this three-day convention unfold the realities of where we are all headed.
Following the media reports of brands’ plans to renegotiate rates for rest of the ICC World Cup, the AAAI and IBF have issued a joint statement to clarify the industry bodies’ position on the matter. The bodies have called for both the parties to honour their respective contracts.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Italian Ministry of Communications have made it clear that the focus on the media and entertainment (M&E) industry is crucial to both the governments. Outlining the policy of the Indian government for the industry, I&B Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunshi enumerated five key focus areas in 2007 and other initiatives which are in the pipeline, at the inaugural session of FICCI Frames 2007.