2014-01-10

ZEEL Announces The Biggest Global Awards Event

‘Lux Cozi Zee Cine Awards 2014’

will be simulcast on Zee TV, Zee Anmol & Zee Tamizh on 23rd February

9th January, Mumbai: Having drawn an unparalleled vote count of over 4.5 Million votes from across the globe last year, the ‘World’s Biggest Viewers’ Choice Awards’ – ‘Zee Cine Awards’ is back! Showcased on Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL), one of India’s leading television, media and entertainment conglomerates, ‘Zee Cine Awards’ is its biggest worldwide property. The votes cut across an extremely expansive universe of ZEE’s channels that entertain over 700+ million viewers across 169 countries, and represent the unanimous voice of a global audience. After creating a worldwide footprint for the Indian film industry across destinations like Macau, Singapore, London, Mauritius and Dubai, Mr Punit Goenka, ZEEL Managing Director and CEO and superstar Shah Rukh Khan announced that the 14th edition of ‘Zee Cine Awards’ will be held in Mumbai and telecast simultaneously on Zee TV, Zee Anmol and Zee Tamizh on 23rd February.

Through its strong presence worldwide, the annual extravaganza ‘Zee Cine Awards’, is one of the most prestigious award ceremonies recognizing excellence in the Indian film industry. With the previous edition of the awards clocking in an impressive 7105 TVTs, the property remains the highest rated film awards show on television. Post its premiere on Zee TV, Zee Anmol and Zee Tamizh, the grand awards show will also be multicast on other ZEE channels including Zee Café for the very first time.

Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan further announced that he will be exclusively performing at ‘Lux Cozi Zee Cine Awards’ this year! So, if there’s a one-stop shop for viewers to experience the cult popularity of ‘Chennai Express’ and the frenzy of ‘Lungi Dance’ LIVE, it will only be on ‘Lux Cozi Zee Cine Awards 2014’.

Always recognized by advertisers for its immense value and credibility, ‘Luz Cozi Zee Cine Awards 2014’ being a network property will make it more of a preferred choice for them. It will give an opportunity for more advertisers to reach out to different target audiences in various categories, including regional, English, mass and the niche channels from ZEE’s cluster. The Hindi cinema fraternity has also taken into cognizance the advantages of partnering with the esteemed property and for the first time, the Neeraj Pandey scripted film, ‘Total Siyapaa’ starring Ali Zafar and Yami Gautam has entered into a tie-up with ‘Zee Cine Awards’ 2014 and interesting initiatives on this front will shortly be announced.

Mr Punit Goenka, ZEEL Managing Director and CEO, said, “I’m pleased to announce that the 14th edition of ‘Zee Cine Awards’ will be held in Mumbai. Year on year, Zee Cine Awards is a property with growing global reach and audience share. Zee Media and ETC from within our network will be our media partner and Bollywood partner respectively. The success of ‘Zee Cine Awards’ over the years makes it an indispensable component of every advertisers’ media mix and this year, they will further leverage it across the network’s varied channels. Shah Rukh has been an integral part of every edition of ‘Zee Cine Awards’ over the years. We’re extremely glad that we will have Shah Rukh perform exclusively and only at ‘Zee Cine Awards’ this year.”

“Every year the talent recognised by our viewers continues to inspire us with the depth and richness that the Hindi film fraternity represents. We will support extraordinary new films who need a platform like the ‘Zee Cine Awards’ to showcase it to the industry, and that’s why we are so pleased to support ‘Total Siyapaa’. We are looking forward to celebrating their achievements in a fittingly glamorous way at the Awards,” he adds.

Staying true to its proposition of ‘Haq Hai Aapka’, ‘Lux Cozi Zee Cine Awards 2014’ will declare its list of nominations across popular categories and a transparent, hassle-free voting mechanism that will pass the baton of selecting the Best Actor, Best Film, etc to where it truly belongs … in the hands of its loyal audience! So get ready for the biggest Bollywood awards night with the dazzle of the most glamorous stars walking the red carpet in their inimitable style, rib-tickling gags and spoofs by the witty celebrity hosts, scintillating performances by the hot-steppers of B-town and hard-earned recognition to the most deserving performers of 2013 voted and selected by you!

‘Lux Cozi Zee Cine Awards 2014’ hits your TV screens on 23rd February 2014. You don’t want to miss it for the world!

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Saluting Shyam Benegal

Zee Classic pays an ode to the genius filmmaker with a

month-long festival ‘Benegal @ Work’

Launched in April 2004, Zee Classic is India’s only Hindi movie channel that shows films from the classic era of Hindi cinema. In addition to bringing alive the magic of these evergreen masterpieces, the channel constantly endeavours to also acquaint viewers with the greats who made a significant contribution to this Golden era and made the industry what it is, thereby standing true to its promise of bringing forth ‘Timeless Movies. Timeless Moments’!

The legendary man Zee Classic salutes this month was awarded the Padma Shri in 1976 and the Padma Bhushan in 1991. A recipient of the highest honour for an Indian filmmaker – the ‘Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award’, he has walked away with the National Award 7 times over for his films. Critical acclaim, standing ovations at the most prestigious film festivals, the most esteemed awards and rave reviews from the more discerning segments of the audience have been the pillars that have built the prolific film career of the legendary Shyam Benegal. Ushering an all-new era of alternate Indian Cinema with his very first four feature films, Benegal has truly been a path-breaker all along. Being a channel that showcases and celebrates classic films, highlighting their relevance to the youth of today, it is only befitting that Zee Classic raises a toast to the genius of Benegal, a man whose body of work shaped the contours of cinema in the 70’s and 80’s. Starting 11th January, Zee Classic will air ‘Benegal @ Work’, a showcase of some of Shyam Benegal’s finest masterpieces … some of the most impactful films that define his style and let audiences experience the magic of his storytelling.

The festival kicks off with Benegal’s debut film ‘Ankur’, a story of economic and sexual exploitation set in his home state Andhra Pradesh. The film introduced prodigal actors such as Shabana Azmi and Anant Nag and won Benegal the 1975 National Film Award. Shabana won the National Film Award for Best Actress. Benegal’s ‘Trikal’ captures the transition of Goa from being a Portuguese colony to a district governed by India. Liberally sprinkled with dashes of humor, this is a fast-paced comedy about a family and their friends who lived in Goa through this interesting phase of its evolution. On 25th January, catch ‘Bhumika – The Role’, a film broadly based on the memoirs of the well-known Marathi stage and screen actress of the 1940s, Hansa Wadkar who led a flamboyant and unconventional life … the film focuses on an individual’s search for identity and self-fulfillment. The immensely talented Smita Patil gave one of the most inspired performances of her career, transforming herself in its course from a vivacious teenage girl to a wiser but deeply wounded middle-aged woman. ‘Mandi’ is a satirical comedy on politics and prostitution. Based on a classic Urdu short story Aanandi by Pakistani writer Ghulam Abbas and starring acting heavyweights such as Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Smita Patil, it’s a must watch! Benegal’s ‘Nishant’ captures the tyrannical power-play of the high-handed Zamindars and brings you the struggle of a rape victim for justice when the perpetrators of her torment happen to hail from the Zamindar’s clan. The ‘Benegal @ Work’ festival is something every film aficionado should mark out on their calendars and not miss for the world!

Zee Classic has the largest library of Hindi movies with over 300 exclusive titles from 1940 to 1970. These films have been digitally remastered so that viewers have the best possible experience of these evergreen films. Classics like Awara, Mother India, Shree 420 and the best works of legends like Raj Kapoor, Kishore Kumar, SD Burman, Guru Dutt, amongst many others, are just a few in Zee Classic’s vast library.

Nupur Kothari

Executive – Public Relations

Zee TV Marketing

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Divine Solitaires wins the award for “Best Solitaire Brand of India” 2014 at GJTCI

Excellence Awards

Mumbai, January 10th 2013: Divine Solitaires, India’s first solitaire diamond brand that is pioneering mechanisms to introduce transparency in pricing and consistency in the quality of diamonds, recently won the “Best Solitaire Brand of India” award at Gem & Jewellery Trade Council of India (GJTCI) Excellence Awards in Ahmedabad on 4th Jan’14.

The GJTCI Excellence Awards recently took place at an award ceremony at Ahmedabad on 4th January 2014, with a view to felicitate the stalwarts of the jewellery industry and to recognize their contribution towards the development and growth of the industry. Leading names of the Indian jewellery industry were present under one roof at the award ceremony.

Trophies were awarded in across 40 categories in this year’s competition to few of the extraordinary men and women who’ve specialized in various categories of the jewellery sector for their outstanding achievements and services to the sector. Leading politicians, industrialists, social workers, eminent trade personalities and intellectuals were also invited to address the award function and to give away the award.

On receiving the award for the “Best Solitaire Brand of India” Mr. Jignesh Mehta, Managing Director, Divine Solitaires commented, “We are honored to receive such a prestigious recognition at the GJTCI Excellence Awards. At Divine Solitaires we work hard to bring about a certain level of transparency and quality in all our products. We are thankful to the GJTCI for acknowledging our work, and giving us this wonderful opportunity.”

About Divine Solitaires:

Divine Solitaires was founded by Mr. Jignesh Mehta & Mr. Shailen Mehta in 2006 with a vision to organize the market of loose solitaire diamonds in India and taking on the onus of pricing and quality. Divine Solitaires is the first & only solitaire brand in India which provides its consumer with the world’s finest & perfectly crafted solitaire diamonds in an organized & transparent manner. Every Divine Solitaire diamond adheres to the highest standards of craftsmanship & stringent quality measures which go beyond any laboratory certifications. Divine Solitaire is the first diamond brand in India to brought Nationwide Standard & Transparent Price List which guarantees complete transparency & assures our customers to get true value for money. Every Divine Solitaire is equipped with unmatched features like Hearts & Arrow, easy & Transparent Buyback and Upgrade option and a Free all risk cover insurance and many more.

Divine Solitaires consistently strives to provide the consumer with a perfectly cut diamond solitaire that has an ethical sourcing, quality certification, investment value and clarity in pricing put together in a state of the art packaging.

Within a short span of time Divine Solitaires has strengthened its presence at 82 premium jewelers in 52 cities across the country.

Divine Solitaires plans to expand their pan India presence by penetrating at least 250 markets by the next 3 years.

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For further details please contact:

Concept Public Relations Ltd.

Neha Kandalgaonkar / Amrita Shivdasani

neha@conceptpr.com; amrita@conceptpr.com

+91 9892194965 / +91 9820578800



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Jaipur Literature Festival 2014

The seventh edition of the world’s largest free literary festival is set to bring some of the greatest thinkers and writers to the Pink City for five days of literary debates and discussions. This year, the festival features Pulitzer Prize winners, academics from the world’s leading universities, as well as authors shortlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize and DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. As in past years, the annual Festival will also have live music sessions and interactive workshops.

With Amartya Sen delivering the keynote address, Gloria Steinem, Jhumpa Lahiri, Amish Tripathi, Jonathan Franzen, Mary Kom, Ekta Kapoor, Javed Akhtar are some of the other renowned personalities who will be hosting insightful sessions at the festival this year.

Registration is free! Please log on to http://jaipurliteraturefestival.org to register.

What: Jaipur Literature Festival 2014

When: January 17th to 21st, 2014

Where: Diggi Palace Sawai Ram Singh Road, Jaipur

Bhawana Narula

Account Executive

Edelman India Private Limited

Vatika Triangle, 6th Floor, Sushant Lok – 1, Block A, Gurgaon, Haryana 122 002, India

T: +91 124 4131 404 | F: +91 124 4131 499 | M: +91 95823 36500 | E: bhawana.narula@edelman.com

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The top findings include:

Three quarters of app developers have been in the industry for less than three years, thus making this a young, but growing industry

App developers that enter this business primarily adopt the Android OS. Once they gain foothold, they start embracing other platforms.

Indie developers happen to focus more on the Entertainment category, multimedia apps and games; while business and finance is the most outsourced category to an app development services company.

Digitisation and monetisation of apps are two of biggest challenges faced by app developers.

Since social media integration allows deeper engagement and brand amplification of the app, 90 per cent of app developers are exploring ways to achieve that.

OPPORTUNITY

App developers in the business for:

· Less than 6 months account for 11%

· 6 months or year account for 18%

· 1 year to 3 years account for 43%

· More than 3 years account for 28%

Almost 3/4th of the developers have been in the business for less than 3 years.

APP DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS MODELS

· 47% are Indie Developers

· 25% are App/Game companies

· 27% App Development Services

DEVELOPMENT PLATFORMS

· 62% of app developers favour Android for their first year.

COMPOSITION OF DEVELOPERS TRYING NEWER PLATFORMS

· 49% of developers in business for more than 3 years having tried out a newer platform as compared to 4% of in business for less than a year.

PLATFORM & TOOLS

CROSS PLATFORM APPS v/s NATIVE APPS

· Native Apps compose 32%

· Cross Platform compose Apps 68%

A third of app developers build native apps only.

TOOLS USED FOR CROSS PLATFORM APP DEVELOPMENT

· Among cross-platform app developers, PhoneGap at 59% is the most preferred tool.

APP DEVELOPMENT PREFERENCES

· APP DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: 39% (Business & Finance is the most outsourced category to an App Development Services company)

· INDEPENDENT DEVELOPERS: 58% (focus more on the Entertainment category Multimedia Apps and Games.)

REVENUE GENERATION

· Total revenue is directly proportional to the portfolio size.

CHALLENGES FACED

· 84% Independent Developers face Distribution Challenges.

· 82% Game/ App Development companies face Monetization Challenges.

SOCIAL MEDIA INTEGRATION

90% app developers are integrating or planning to integrate social network within an app.

The Mobile App Developer in 2013

The Global Mobile ecosystem has grown immensely in the last few years. Mobile App development is a thriving industry with huge scope for aspiring developers. Every single day brings news that reflects interesting mobile technology breakthroughs that propels app development opportunities to the next level. Smartphones have brought with them smarter consumers, who have adopted apps to become integral part of their lifestyle. Considering that, many developers have been able to innovate across mobile devices and operating systems to create entrepreneurial avenues which has scaled their business faster. This opens up great opportunities for developers to build great products that can reshape the way people use technology. However, developing such apps is a herculean task for the developers, where they have to figure out ways to integrate crucial app developed lifecycle services such as ad monetization, analytics, bug tracking and in-app purchases. Based on the Mobile App Developer Survey 2013, this infographic showcases some insightful data with interesting stats and trends about App development while highlighting preferred platforms & development tools.

Also for further information, you can get in touch with me on (+919820919852) or my colleague, Nithin (+91 858 882 2006).

Best Wishes,

Ryan.

Ryan Vaz

Account Coordinator, Text100 Mumbai • Global Communications

113 Mittal Chambers, 228 Nariman Point • Mumbai 400021 • www.text100.com

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• India’s best known Technology PR firm (Paul Writer’s “The Red Book of Tech PR”) • Best Business-To-Business Campaign The SABRE India Awards 2013 •Certificate of Excellence for Superior Achievement in Brand-Building The SABRE India Award 2013 • Best Business-to-Business Campaign PR Asia Awards 2013 • The Holmes Report Best Mid-Sized Agency to Work For, 2012

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Sony Music brings to you the first release from Warner Music Group -

THE 2014 GRAMMY® NOMINEES ALBUM!

Features 18 hits from a diverse array of artists and songwriters

January 10, 2014: Atlantic Records and The Recording Academy®’s GRAMMY Recordings® will release the 2014 GRAMMY® Nominees album on Jan. 21, 2014, in stores. The album is already available as a pre order on iTunes and leading e commerce sites. The 20th anniversary installment of the best-selling series features 18 top-charting hits from a diverse array of this year’s GRAMMY-nominated artists and songwriters.

Shridhar Subramaniam, President India and Middle East adds on “We are happy that our first release from Warner is the prestigious Grammy Album. This album has the year’s biggest hits that have captured the hearts and minds of fans and the industry alike. We know Indian fans will love the album and we can see that with a huge pre orders that we are receiving across platforms”

The 2014 GRAMMY® Nominees album includes many of the year’s most prominent recordings and performers, highlighted by all the nominated artists and songs in the high-profile Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best New Artist, Best Pop Solo Performance, and Best Country Album categories. Some of the nominated artists featured on the album are global superstars Justin Timberlake, P!nk, Bruno Mars, Daft Punk, Katy Perry, and Lorde. The collection is made possible by a special arrangement with all of the major music distribution companies and rotates labels from year to year

The 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on Sunday, Jan. 26 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles

2014 GRAMMY Nominees Album Track List:

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Aamir is thankful to his fans in Punjab

Aamir was very nervous before the release of Dhoom.

The winters this year are very severe. The cold wave has slowed the everyday workings, especially in the northern belt. In various north cities like Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh, Jalandhar the mornings are very cold and there is heavy fog. Even the sun sets in early and the cold is almost biting.

Before the film released, Aamir was getting constant feedback from YRF and trade on how the weather could affect the film’s release.

The weather usually makes it difficult for the audiences to venture out.

However, the film got a fantastic response from the northern belt. The film opened in a big way and continued to soar at the box office.

Infact, the Punjab sector particularly has done extremely well. Even the early morning shows were more or less housefull.

Aamir is extremely thankful to his fans in Punjab who have despite extreme weather conditions have gone and watched the film.

The ace actor has been very keen to personally thank the audiences. He has actively been discussing this with his team and was also considering to visit Punjab.

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Dhoom3 has created phenomenal records in India. What has come as a shock and received a stunned expression is Dhoom 3’s overseas numbers.

Overseas markets are not known to be Aamir Khan’s forte. This reality had changed when 3 Idiots had released, when 3 Idiots had become the highest collector in several international countries and set a benchmark.

But what has happened with YRF’s Dhoom3 internationally has made everyone speech less. Dhoom3 has crossed, broken all records and doubled almost all records and doesn’t seem to stop. It’s growing strong and continues at the box office.

In fact YRF is opening several countries come this Friday where no Hindi film has ever released.

Already YRF’s Dhoom 3 in overseas has collected box office collections till 7th Jan is US$ 25.39 Million (Rs.152.34 Cr) which is double of any other film.

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Salman Khan is a phenomenal star and there is no doubt on his stardom. And an extension of his stardom is his iconic bracelet. It’s the actor’s signature style. His bracelet symbolizes everything that Salman Khan stands for.

However, its for the very first time that the actor’s bracelet has been used to introduce him in his forthcoming film Jai Ho. There is an entire sequence that has been created to introduce bracelet therefore Salman Khan. The trailer of the film starts with a close up shot of his bracelet symbolizing the actor’s actor. This very scene has created a strong buzz amongst the actor’s fan.

When asked Sohail, why the bracelet has been used to introduce Salman Khan in the film Jai Ho, prompt comes the response that when a viewer sees the bracelet he or she instantly think of Salman Khan.

After Being Human t shirts, his fans are crazy about his bracelet. In fact since no other actor wears it, the bracelet is undisputed Salman’s. Moreover this particular scene is set to create strong noise amongst the actor’s fan when it hits the silver screen.

The film is all set to hit theaters on 24th January 2014.

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