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  • Arun Srinivas, vice president, skincare and make-up, HUL, won Marketer of the year: Personal Care

    Meet the IAA Awardwinners-6: Arun Srinivas

    Arun Srinivas, vice president, skincare and make-up, HUL, was awarded Marketer of the year: Personal Care at the IAA Leadership Awards held last week. Here he spoke with RITU MIDHA minutes after receiving the award from I&B Minister Manish Tewari

     

    What would you say is key to HUL’s marketing excellence?

    At HUL it is always consumer first – and that has resulted in in them being with us for decades and more.

     

    This award is a testimony of effort that people have put in across the teams – and is a motivation for us to sustain performances like this.

     

    Do you see the growth for personal care products coming from rural areas or urban ones?

    Penetration of personal care categories in rural areas and small markets would be on the rise as they become more and more affluent. Equally there is opportunity in larger cities and metros because our per capita consumption in many of these categories is still very low compared to even other developing nations.

     

    There is a real task of building relevance for these categories, more so in smaller towns and rural areas – and that would bring in growth.

     

    What would be a bigger growth possibility for HUL – market expansion or eating into competition’ share?

    In personal care it is still about growing the market, and widening the market size – and depth in terms of rural access etc.

     

  • The winners were decided on the basis of a stringent process of nominations through a nationwide research by a well known research agency followed by audience votes

    India TV Yuva Awards honour the rising stars

    By A Correspondent

     

    In a glittering ceremony held recently in the capital, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav was given the most popular youth icon India TV Yuva Award in the politics (male) category. The event was laced with the presence of politicians, industrialists, actors and eminent sportsmen.

     

    Chhavi Rajawat, a young MBA-educated girl working as a sarpanch in Rajasthan village bagged the India TV Yuva Award for best youth icon in the politics (female) category. Team India cricketer Yuvraj Singh was given the best youth icon (male) award in the sports category by BJP president Rajnath Singh. Olympic bronze-winner Manipur boxer Mary Kom got the best youth icon (female) award in the sports category.

     

    Pratyusha Banerjee of the ‘Balika Vadhu’ fame bagged the best TV actor (female) award. Siddharth Shukla, best known as Collector Saheb in Balika Vadhu, received the best TV actor (male) award.

     

    In the Business category, Balaji Telefilms owner Ekta Kapoor bagged the best youth icon (female) award, and Indiabulls group co-owners Sameer Gehlaut and Rajiv Rattan won the best youth icon (male) award.

     

    In the Music category, Mamta Sharma won the best youth icon (female) award, while Sonu Nigam won the best youth icon (male) award. Three youth icon awards were also given in the Special category to Bollywood actor John Abraham, Manish Paul and Rani Mukherjee.

     

    India TV Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma said, “The Yuva Awards given to youth icons in the fields of politics, sports, music, television and business were an aspirational salute to young men and women, who through their grit and determination have inspired people and have shown exemplary leadership and extraordinary excellence with achievements much bigger than their age.”

     

    The winners were decided on the basis of a stringent process of nominations through a nationwide research by a well known research agency followed by audience votes. The Jury was chaired by Sarod Maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and included the Chairman & editor in chief, India TV Rajat Sharma, cricketing legend Kapil Dev, VLCC founder Padmshri Vandana Luthra and Prof. Pushpesh Pant.

     

  • Peter Kreisky, founder of Kreisky Media was one of the international speakers at the Indian Magazine Congress 2013 who shared his observations on the changing market dynamics surrounding the domain of print

    Magazines have to be on the medium where consumers thrive: Peter Kreisky

    Peter Kreisky, founder of Kreisky Media was one of the international speakers at the Indian Magazine Congress 2013 who shared his observations on the changing market dynamics surrounding the domain of print.

     

    On the sidelines of the event, Kreisky told MxMIndia on how digital would be the way forward for the magazine industry and the importance that a growing market like India holds for the print landscape around the world. Excerpts:

     

    As one moves across multiple markets where print plays a dominant role, what is the kind of change you see in the way the business is now run?

    Markets across the Europe, Asia, South America etc are in different stages of development, literacy and penetration of print and digital media. One of the things that’s universal across these markets is the advent of very sophisticated mobile screen-based devices. It’s something that the younger generation is relying on almost exclusively for their news, information and entertainment. And if that is where they are then the magazine media has to move there to tap them or else they won’t be able to capture eyeballs or ad dollars.

     

    Are magazines taking to the digital medium in a manner befitting the business? What’s the trend being observed there? 

    The trend is a universal trend which is far more choices for consumers to spend time on the medium and more choices for advertisers to spend their money around. This is a trend that’s ongoing in most markets but the impact is far more dramatic in the mature markets than the developing markets because the investments in developed markets are less and you have less to lose.

     

    With pricing and infrastructural bottlenecks, do you think the jump by magazine players in India on to the digital medium is still in a nascent phase?

    Every country is at a different stage where pricing of their digital product is concerned. One of the things we saw in India is that in the telecom industry the number of subscribers has leapfrogged by a huge number. Most people did not have landlines until recently but they have bypassed that need and now have mobiles in their possession. Also, in the area of education there is quite some effort being made in making the syllabus available online for illiterate children in remote and rural areas in countries like Ethiopia, Somalia etc. That again is something that’s leapfrogging a generation where they are resorting to using the tablets and not a PC.

     

    How are advertisers reacting to the shift from traditional to digital medium where magazines are concerned?

    The advertisers were very reluctant initially to advertise on the web but now they are aware of the scale and proof that consumers are actually looking at their ads and acting on them – facilitated by Google, Yahoo etc. Even ads on mobile has picked up in a big way in markets like the US, Europe etc. This is seeing a drastic change as advertisers have started seeing worth in the digital offering as well. It is also the task of ad agencies to create work that is appreciated and works effectively for the brands as well.

     

  • Coca-Cola is presenting sponsor and Samsung co-presenter of the third PTC Punjabi Film Awards to be held in Mohali on March 1

    PTC Film Awards to see much fan fare, many sponsors

    By A Correspondent

     

    Rajiee M Shinde

    Friday, March 1, will see the PTC Punjabi Film Awards happening in front of packed crowds at the Multipurpose Sports Stadium at Sector 78 in Mohali, near capital Chandigarh.

     

    The contribution of Punjab and Punjabis to the film industry is well-known, but until a few years back, the number of Punjabi films reduced was less than a dozen a year, rues Rajiee M Shinde, Director & CEO of leading Punjabi entertainment and news broadcaster, PTC.  “That number grew to 24 in 2012,” she says hinting at the contribution of the awards to evangelize Punjabi-language films.

     

    The event, with Coca-Cola as lead sponsor, Samsung as co-presenter and a slew of around a dozen national and regional brands, will be deferred live. But the deferment, Ms Shinde, informs will be of just 30 minutes.

     

    The 2013 Awards show will see feature some top names from Hindi and Punjabi cinema.  Said Rabindra Narayan, President, PTC Punjabi, PTC News and PTC Chak De, said, “The PTC Network, with the largest reach in Punjab, will not only take the awards across India, but also across the world to USA, Canada and Australia. In UK, the awards will be recorded and telecast. Viewers will be able to watch the show, making this the single largest Punjabi commercial movies’ extravaganza worldwide.” And will PTC take these awards abroad, Ms Shinde said: “We would ultimately take this abroad, but I wouldn’t like to miss out on the ground connect that we have here.”

  • Mindshare India wins 13 shortlists at the Fest of Media Asia in Singapore as the media major is Network of the Year

    Mindshare India flag flies high at FOMA

     

    By A Correspondent

     

    Ever since he took charge in late 2011, Mindshare India boss Ravi Rao has been living out of his suitcase and smartphones. The back-to-back meeting with clients and pitches leaves him little time for much else. While we don’t think these cruel hours at work are healthy, the hard work is paying off. Mr Rao is delighted by the “good, all-round show – right from the effectiveness award for Slice, Pepsico to HUL winning on the back of strong entries”.

     

    The competition was indeed tough, including that coming from within the Group M stable. At the Festival of Media Asia, the premier destination for media agencies and professionals, Mindshare was the Network of the Year.

     

    Other than Mindshare, the top honours went to Million Reasons to Believe in Thailand (Campaign of the Year) submitted by Initiative Thailand for Coca-Cola, OMD Hong Kong (Agency of the Year). The winners in these categories were determined by a points system based on entries appearing in the shortlist and the list of highly commended and winning entries.

     

    Winners were selected from a shortlist of 117 campaigns, presented to an expert panel of 27 industry judges, led by Leonardo O’Grady, ASEAN Integrated Marketing and Communications Director, Coca-Cola. The gruelling two-day judging process saw much deliberation and debate, resulting in the final list of winners.

     

    The 2013 Festival of Media Asia Awards were presented at a gala event at the Sentosa Cove in Singapore last night (March 5). Awards were presented to winners vying across 15 open categories, with an additional three grand prix awards. There were over 400 submissions from over 10 markets across the region.

     

    “We held every entry to the highest standard,” said Leonardo O’Grady, ASEAN Integrated Marketing and Communications Director, Coca-Cola. “We had to make some difficult decisions. Many of the entries were of such a high quality that we struggled to find a clear winner, and one of the things that emerged was that the lines between content and communication have become blurred.”

     

    Mr O’Grady continued, “The Best Communications and Mobile categories were hotly contested and we have also seen some great wins from Thailand, Australia and India.”

     

    “Each and every one of these winners deserves the recognition they have received from the jury.” said Charlie Crowe, Founder of the Festival and CEO of C-Squared, the organizers of the event. “We have seen some exemplary campaigns that have been able to change minds and move people. They represent the best work coming out of Asia, and demonstrate the sheer creative energy and calibre of the industry in this region.”

     

    The Awards ceremony was the grand finale for the three-day Festival of Media Asia 2013, held in Singapore for the second time. This year’s event brought together over 600 influential delegates and over 40 speakers from across Asia and the globe.

     

    The Festival included case studies, panel discussions, and presentations focused around the theme of Mobility. The Festival’s day programme ended with M.A.P, a speed round of presentations from innovative companies looking to be named Hot Company of the Year (according to audience votes) which saw Future Ad Labs emerging on top, as well as the Rising Star Award for promising young talent which went to Stella Su (Yen-Wen Su) from Starcom Taiwan.

     

    Ravi Rao

    As for Ravi Rao, he’s sitting back, delighted. At the shortlists revealed for the Media Abby at Goafest, his agency leads with 20 shortlists. Back to the FOMA wins, he told MxMIndia: “I am extremely proud of the teams including those that made it and got shortlisted.” And what’s next: “Another year and now Goafest beckons.” Well said.

     

    The full list of Festival of Media Asia Award winners is available online at www.festivalofmedia.com/asia/awards.

     

     

     

  • In its third year, the Press Club Mumbai awards will recognize excellence in journalism from across the country

    Press Club Mumbai announces journalism awards

    By A Correspondent

     

    The Press Club Mumbai has announced its journalism awards for 2013.

     

    With the awards, the Club seeks to promote good journalism – quality writing, bringing news speedily and truthfully to consumers, and the upholding of high ethical standards. In the pursuit of these goals, the Press Club had instituted ‘Awards for Excellence in Journalism’ in 2011.

     

    Last year, Press Club received over 600 entries from all over the country for the seven categories of awards. In view of the good response and the need to broaden the spectrum, the number of award categories has been increased to 10. Besides adding ‘Science and Technology’ as a category, the Awards have widened the scope of journalists who can enter by adding awards for: ‘The Television Story of the Year’ and the ‘Photo Story of the Year’.

     

    The categories for 2013 Awards are:

    1. Sports: The K N Prabhu Award for Excellence in Sports Writing instituted by the Press Club and Podar Enterprise.

     

    2. Crime: The Pradeep Shinde Award for Excellence in Crime Reporting for the Best Crime story or investigation in 2012.

     

    3. Politics: Award for the Best Political Story of the Year for the most outstanding news report/commentary/investigation related to political events or leaders in the country.

     

    4. Business: Award for the Best Business Story of the Year for the most outstanding news report/commentary/ analysis in respect of corporate bodies or finance and banking or economic policy-making.

     

    5. Entertainment & Media: Entertainment Writer of the Year Award for the best news Story/report/analysis of events related to entertainment and celebrities featuring filmed entertainment, television or other mediums.

     

    6. Health & Environment: Award for the Best Story on Health / Environment for the most outstanding contributions to bringing the spotlight on a burning or relevant issue concerning health or the environment.

     

    7. Science & Innovation: The Story of the Year in the Field of Science and Innovation for the best article or analytic piece published on scientific discovery or pioneering innovation in India that promises to impact people’s lives and society.

     

    8. Television Story of the Year: The search is on for the first time to spot and award the best TV news story of 2012 for investigation and impact. Stories will be judged on the visual elements, the text and presentation, as well as overall impact.

     

    9. The Big Picture: A special award for photo-journalists will be given to the best photo/image that tells a story published in an Indian newspaper/magazine and which left its readers spellbound and thinking.

     

    10. Lifetime Achievement: An award to an editor or senior journalist for his/ her outstanding contribution to journalism, development of ethical writing; and for the defense and expansion of the boundaries of Freedom of the Press.

     

    Each of the categories of awards will carry a cash prize of Rs.1 lakh. The winning article/video story/image will be awarded prize money of Rs.75,000 and a citation, while the runners-up will be awarded prize money of Rs.25,000 and a citation. Indian journalists residing anywhere in the country are eligible to apply for the awards. The Lifetime Achievement Award will be selected by a special jury from among a shortlist drawn up by the Managing Committee of the Press Club. Editors or editorial heads can also nominate stories/articles of journalists working in their charge. The Awards Ceremony will be held in Mumbai sometime in May 2013. A distinguished panel of judges in all categories appointed by the Press Club will decide on the winning entries. For details, visit: www.pressclubmumbai.com

     

  • The 45-year-old National Award-winner is director and associate profession at the School of Literature at the Mahatma Gandhi University, based in Kottayam in Kerala

    Malayalam academic PS Radhakrishnan wins Nat Award for film criticism

    By Ananya Saha

     

    Forty-five-year-old Dr PS Radhakrishnan was evaluating a PhD when his students told him he had won the National Award as Best Film Critic. The Director and Associate Professor for Literature and Arts, School of Literature at Mahatma Gandhi University has been writing about films and on films since 1995. His film writings have won Kerala State Awards in 2009, 2010 and 2011.

     

    Ecstatic, Dr Radhakrishnan told MxMIndia, “I have always written in Malayalam. So when my students told me I have won the National Award, I asked them to check their facts. I never thought that someone who has been writing in Malayalam would win the coveted National Award. I feel privileged to be a part of it.” Though he felt overwhelmed for the first few minutes, the feeling sunk in with the deluge of congratulatory messages.

     

    Dr Radhakrishnan’s essays have centered around ‘Nationalism and Cinema’. His writings appear in the Malayalam dailies and weeklies. He has written on stars such as Rajnikath, Dev Anand among many others. An avid fan of films, he vouches for movies such as ‘Bicycle Thief’ and ‘Aparajito’, which is a sequel to ‘Pather Panchali’. “When you start watching a lot of movies, you get to know what is missing or what could have been added to make a film more perfect,” he said.

     

    The academician did his postgraduation in Malayalam Language and Literature and PhD from Mahatma Gandhi University in Indian aesthetics and Malayalam Criticism. Dr Radhakrishnan has written five books till now, with only one being centred around movies: History and Film, which also won the State Award.

     

  • 1 Minute View: Goafest. Creative Abby. Plagiarism. Shame.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    11 superjury members in their wisdom have let India down. There were complaints of plagiarism after people got to see the award-winning metals. Note, the works couldn’t be viewed after the shortlists were declared, and hence complaints could be lodged after the awards were handed out. The superjury – comprising chairpersons of individual juries – have junked the charges saying the awarding process cannot be questioned. The Awards Governing Council has said that since the awards belong to the creative frat, their word is final. Well. One wonders what clients have to say. One wonders what the rest of the international fraternity has to say. As for us, we have just three words: Sad. Shameful. Shameless.

     

  • The FAB Awards is an international awards programme focused entirely on work done for food and beverage brands.

    McDonald’s wins FAB Brand of the Year 2013

    By A Correspondent

     

    The International Food and Beverage Creative Excellence Awards have named McDonald’s as the 2013 Brand of The Year. The brand bagged 13 nominations across the various categories.

     

    This is the only award that is publicized in advance and is based on the number of nominations that McDonald’s achieved this year. The calculations include performance at both the Creative Awards and the Effectiveness Awards. The rest of the nominees will find out their outcome on the night of the Awards Ceremony.

     

    Some of the nominated work includes ‘We all make the Games’ campaign, which was implemented during last year’s Olympic games in London; McDonald’s ‘Our Food. Your Questions’ campaign that focused on making the company more transparent; and the ‘Small Currency’ project from Indonesia, which tackled the problem of no small currency in the country.

     

    “McDonald’s truly deserves this accolade for an outstanding year of Creative Excellence across several communication disciplines and markets. Their outstanding nominations are from the UK, Sweden, India, USA, Canada, Indonesia and range from TV Advertising, Integrated, Collateral and Sales Promotion to Packaging Design,” said FAB Awards President, N.Nayar.

     

    The award will be presented in London on May 30.

     

  • The Mumbai Press Club's RedInk Awards will also recognize over 20 journalists across various categories

    Press Club Mumbai to honour Kuldip Nayar and N Ram with Lifetime Achievement Awards

    By A Correspondent

     

    The Press Club Mumbai has announced it will honour veteran journalists Kuldip Nayar and N.Ram with the RedInk Lifetime Achievement Awards for 2013 for a career dedicated to good journalism. The awards will be handed over by the Governor of Maharashtra, K Sankaranarayanan, on Saturday, May 25, at the Tata Theatre in Mumbai. More than 20 other journalists will receive awards in various categories for excellence in journalism at the Awards event.

     

    The Lifetime Achievement Awards were selected by the managing committee of the Press Club based on a survey of leading and senior journalists from across the country.

     

    “It’s a privilege to honour such distinguished journalists at the RedInk 2013 Awards. Their contribution to the media and professional achievements speak volumes and serve as motivations to us all. We are pleased to felicitate such inspirational personalities,” said Gurbir Singh, President, The Press Club, Mumbai.

     

    This year, The RedInk Awards received over 900 entries from journalists all across India. Winners have been chosen in nine competitive categories including Sports, Media & Entertainment, Health & Environment, Crime, Business, Politics, Television Story, Science & Innovation and PhotoJournalism. Some of the eminent judges included Ravi Shastri, Rahul Bose, Kumar Ketkar, Pritish Nandy, Minhaz Merchant, Shirish Inamdar, Hussain Zaidi, Khalid Mohammad and Colvyn Harris. The media partners of the event are Star India, Podar Enterprise, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Eros International, Yes Bank, Magarpatta City, and Zee Entertainment.

     

  • 20 journalists across 9 categories awarded, Satyamev Jayate presented special award

    N Ram, Kuldip Nayyar & 20 others presented Press Club Mumbai RedInk Awards

    By A Correspondent

     

    The Press Club Mumbai’s RedInk Awards 2013 for excellence in journalism were presented on Saturday, May 25 at the NCPA’s Tata Theatre. RedInk trophy and prize money of Rs 1 lakh in each category were awarded to the winners and runners-up.

     

    Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan conferred the RedInk Life Time Achievement Awards upon veteran journalists  Kuldip Nayar and N Ram. The award for Mr Nayar was received by his wife Bharti Nayyar. Broadcaster Star India won the RedInk Awards for Excellence in Journalism for its issue-based reality show ‘Satyamev Jayate‘.

     

    Manish Tewari, Union minister for Information and Broadcasting was the guest of honour for the event. The scintillating awards evening regaled the 600-plus audience with an inward looking debate on the profession of journalism, titled ‘Keeping Media Free & Fair’ hosted by Times Now Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, with media veterans N Ram and Uday Shankar (the Star India CEO was a former journalist) and Mr Tewari.

     

    During this occasion, Manish Tewari called for a robust self regulation regime for media organisations in the country.  “Content regulation in the media space is not going to come out of political executive, but will come out of the judicial process. Make self-regulation more inclusive and robust to keep out judicial intervention.”  “With exponential growth in the media space, a paradigm shift has taken place, wherein regulations have to keep pace with changing technologies and have to be universal,” Mr Tewari said.

     

    Mr Sankaranarayanan had the audience in splits as he spoke beyond his prepared speech. “During the last few years, the media has brought out scores of cases of corruption and wrongdoings by public servants and officials. They have also exposed wrongdoings by private organizations and individuals”.

     

     

    REDINK 2013 WINNERS
    Category Rank Name Publication
    Sports Winner Aditya Iyer The Indian Express
    Runner-Up Akshay Sawai Open
    Health & Environment Joint Winner Santosh Andhale DNA
    Joint Winner Vinod Kumar Menon Mid-Day
    Runner-Up Reji Joseph Deepika Daily, Kerala
    Television Story Joint Runner-Up Manu Kumar Manorama News
    Joint Runner-Up Brajesh Rajput ABP News
    Science & Innovation Winner Priyanka Pulla Open
    Runner-Up Mohan Sundara Rajan The Hindu
    Picture of the Year Winner Raju Shinde Mumbai Mirror
    Runner-Up Atul Kamble Mid-Day
    Entertainment & Media Winner Samanth Subramaniam Caravan
    Runner-Up Rekha Dixit The Week
    Politics Joint Winner Samanth Subramanian Caravan
    Joint Winner Nauzer Bharucha The Times of India
    Runner-Up Aman Sethi The Hindu
    Business Winner Joe C Mathew BusinessWorld
    Runner-Up Khyati Dharamsi The Economic Times
    Crime Winner Priyanka Dubey Tehelka
    Runner-Up Ratnadip Chowdhary Tehelka

    List courtesy: Press Club, Mumbai

     

  • After the success of its flagship programme The Property Show, NDTV is now presenting its first Property Awards to be held on June 3 in the capital

    NDTV announces first edition of Property Awards

    By A Correspondent

     

    The stage is set to honour and acknowledge excellence in Indian real estate as NDTV gets ready to confer NDTV Property Awards on June 3, 2013, presented by CERA. After the success of its flagship programme, The Property Show, NDTV has now announced its first “Property Awards”, a platform to recognize and applaud individuals and establishments who have achieved notable success in the real estate segment in the country. The Awards ceremony, to be held at the Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi, will be attended by the Union Minister for Housing & Poverty Alleviation, Ajay Maken as Chief Guest.

     

    Vikram Chandra

    Announcing the first edition of the awards, Vikram Chandra, Group CEO, NDTV said, “The real estate sector in India has come a long way by becoming one of the fastest growing markets in the world. It is the efforts of many establishments and individuals in the sector that have marked this growth and with these awards we aim to recognise their contribution to the country. We at NDTV are proud to announce the first edition of the NDTV Property Awards, a credible and distinguished platform to recognise and honour the most resilient and the strongest real estate leaders of this year.”