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  • The rise of the ‘anytime’ consumer has fuelled the need for creating content that is platform-agnostic, says Ashish Sehgal

    Zee’s ‘Indian Pro Music League’ onboards many sponsors

    By Our Staff

     

    There is much excitement at Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd with the success of its Indian Pro Music League (IPML), airing on Zee TV and Zee5.

     

    Speaking about the positive response from advertisers, Ashish Sehgal, Chief Growth Officer – Advertisement Revenue, ZEEL said: “The rise of the ‘anytime’ consumer has fuelled the need for creating content that is platform-agnostic and that can be consumed by the audience any time of the day. Our objective has always been to maximize our content presence by being platform agnostic and thereby providing holistic solutions to our advertisers. Our aim of bringing India’s first-ever music league on both, linear and digital platforms, was to amalgamate the enthusiasm generated by a league with the emotion evoking power of music. We are pleased to see the overwhelming response received from our partners and we are confident that the novel concept of the show along with the star-studded line-up will attract audiences across platforms to make the show a resounding success.”

     

    Among the many sponsors, IPML has:  Maruti-Suzuki and Lifebuoy as Co-Presenting sponsors, Parle G and Whisper as Co-Powered sponsors, Balaji Wafers as Special Partner and Nilkamal Industries’ Nilkamal Mattrezzz, Asian Paints Limited’s Ultima Protek and Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) as Associate Sponsors. Phew!

     

     

  • Four other Zeenetwork channels & TV, Zee Marathi, Zee Punjabi and Zee Yuva also re-started daily new episodes on July 13

    Zee says #BanegiBaatSaathSaath in partnership with marquee CPG brands

    By A Correspondent

     

    Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) announced its content comeback via a partnership with leading CPG brands. Zee collaborated with leading brands – Nestle Maggi, Amul Lassi, PepsiCo, Red Label, Cadbury Dairy Milk, ITC Dark Fantasy to gear up the nation for its daily content comeback on Zee TV on July 13. Four other HSM channels –  & TV(HGEC), Zee Marathi, Zee Yuva (MGEC) and Zee Punjabi (PGEC) – also made their daily content comeback on the same day.

     

    Said Prathyusha Agarwal, Chief Consumer Officer, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited: “With the resumption of production, we are excited to bring fresh content for our consumers. The last three months have caused a significant stir amongst the mood of the nation. People are increasingly investing time in entertainment to cope with the uncertainty prevailing around. TV has been the greatest common unifier and respite in this lockdown and as content creators, we acknowledge that it is a huge responsibility we carry. For us, understanding the pulse of our consumers and customers and delivering delight is an obsession, which is what we are attempting to do both with this campaign and in crafting all our stories for the second half 2020. The stories we bring will aim to uplift the mood of the nation and provide our viewers respite through all that they are going through. Zee has and will always stand by its viewers and all its partners and is looking forward to holding hands and turning on the light at the end of this tunnel and are confident that we will once again provide valuable experiences to our partners and viewers.”

     

    Added Ashish Sehgal, Chief Growth Officer, Advertisement Revenue, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL): “With the resurgence of fresh dose of content, we would like to celebrate the spirit of camaraderie with all our stakeholders – cherished viewers & advertisers – to brighten and cheer up with engaging content. Brands will once again have the opportunity to resonate and pave their way into the minds of their consumers in this new environment. At Zee, we have not only seamlessly weaved stories for brands with relevant influencers and have been at the forefront in creating an integrated platform agnostic solution for our advertisers/ brands but ensured that they are part of our communication as well. This has led us to partner with our brands in unique ways and create value for them and #13kitaiyyari is another testimony to the power of partnerships, more importantly brand partners are integral part of the communication when we are reconnecting with our consumer.”

     

    On the Banegi Baat Saath Saath campaign, Sagar Kapoor, CCO, Lowe Lintas said: “We want to reinforce the power of unity and remind everyone that if we come together we can conquer any barrier. The film made for Banegi Baat Saath Saath is a tribute to the industry’s resilience and its commitment to entertain the vast audience it caters to. The message we want to reverberate is that of hope in sight and encourages everyone to rally together to craft a better second half as we come back from the very short interval!”

     

    Added Srija Chatterjee, Managing Director, Publicis Worldwide India: “While we were preparing for the big come back Zee TV campaign, we had this germ of an idea, it was all about bringing multiple brands together to co-create cheer and tremendous excitement, as we know that our dear Zee TV viewers are indeed eagerly waiting for their favourite shows to come back with fresh episodes. We developed #13thKiTayyari and this was a testament of true collaboration between the Zee team who got in touch with the brands and the Publicis team who delivered this campaign from start to finish in a matter of just 3 days. This is probably the first time that so many brands were coming together in one campaign. We are elated over the chatter on this campaign… goes to show that we achieved what we set out to do – Go ahead and tune in on 13th of July to enjoy Naye Kisse – naye Episodes of their favourite shows on Zee TV.”

     

    Said Atul Shrivastava, CEO, Laqshya: “We are thrilled to partner with Zee for their comeback announcement. The power of the outdoor medium with the might of the partner brands and the Zee network created tremendous buzz on ground around the campaign. The message of solidarity from Zee resonates with the partners and viewers alike and we look forward to more fruitful associations through the coming half of the year”

     

     

  • This is being billed as one of the largest protagonist-led initiative to unite India in its fight against Covid-19

    Zee unveils new anthem in collaboration with SBI Life

    By A Correspondent

     

    Zee Entertainment has joined hands with SBI Life Insurance and Mindshare to produce the ‘We Can, We Will!’ anthem, which involves 27 TV artists singing the anthem in their local languages to invigorate the nation to fight against Covid-19.

     

    Expressing his views on the collaboration, Ashish Sehgal – Chief Growth Officer, Advertisement Revenue, Zee Entertainment Enterprises said: “As a network, Zee has always believed in ‘Customer First’ and this venture of creating an anthem of collective unity for SBI Life with Zee is truly one such classic example from our Content & Partnership team. Similarly, SBI Life with the thought of the anthem to inspire the collective willpower of the nation, hit a synergy with Zee when they during difficult times thought of creating this anthem to rally our nation’s battle against the corona outbreak. The anthem has been executed with 27 powerful influencers of Zee in nine languages from their homes and edited remotely to take it live across the network through a roadblock, truly exemplifying Zee’s philosophy of Extraordinary Together through an extraordinary feat.”

     

    Talking about this association, Ravindra Sharma, Chief of Brand & Corporate Communications, SBI Life Insurance, added: “The Coronavirus outbreak has thrown up multiple, unprecedented challenges for people from all walks of life, the entire nation is exploring solutions to tide through this crisis. In current times of self-isolation, the anthem is our humble effort to lift the spirits of every individual and remind them that as a nation we need to stay together, as with our collective will power we will overcome the biggest of challenges.”

     

    Said Amin Lakhani, Chief Operating Officer Mindshare South Asia: “These are indeed challenging times for mankind. People from all walks of life have been affected in some way or the other. There’s massive uncertainty, anxiety and boredom that is impacting our morale. This initiative is our humble effort to help uplift the spirit of our nation. We Can, We Will! is a unique anthem. For amplifying this message, Zee was the perfect partnership. It deployed its huge network presence throughout India and with the help of 27 celebrities in nine languages reinforced the belief that together India can, and India will win!”

     

     

  • Viewers could scan a QR code and order on Flipkart

    Zee TV, Essence & Flipkart get together to woo customers

    By A Correspondent

     

    Zee TV collaborated with Flipkart and media agency Essense and to make TV viewing interactive during Flipkart’s annual sale – Big Billion Days.  Viewers could scan a QR code on screen during the airing of Zee TV’s top-rated primetime dramas Tujhse Hai Raabta and Kundali Bhagya to shop for the look of Kalyani’s smart kitchen and get the same gifts as Srishti (in teh cast) had picked for her family. These featured products were all made available at discounted prices on an exclusive co-branded webpage on Flipkart.

     

    Said Anand Chakravarthy, Managing Director, India, Essence: “Television content has always had a wide-reaching impact on people. It not only shapes perceptions and beliefs, but also consumer fashion trends today. The clothes and accessories worn by TV protagonists can be aspirational for viewers, who want to own similar products. This insight led us to the QR code activation on Zee TV, using simple yet effective technology that allows viewers to immediately gain access to desired products on Flipkart during the Big Billion Days festival. This is a great collaboration between the TV channel, Flipkart and Essence to deliver a first-of-its-kind ecommerce experience to consumers in India,”

     

    Speaking on the initiative, Ashish Sehgal, Chief Growth Officer, Zee  said: “In the business of entertainment, one of our key objectives remains making our brands increasingly tangible and accessible to our consumers. Our collaboration with Essence and Flipkart had our flagship channel Zee TV turning Interactive in the course of Flipkart’s Big Billion Days Sale wherein across a couple of shows, not only did we connect with viewers on an emotional level through content but satisfied their impulse purchase desires by connecting them to a Flipkart-Zee platform, thereby bringing point of purchase to consumer right in their living room.”

     

    Added Vikas Gupta- Vice President and Head of Marketing, Flipkart said: “Big Billion Days is India’s biggest and most loved shopping festival and this offered an innovative way to showcase the plethora of shopping options on Flipkart. We showcased top products across Mobiles , Fashion, Electronics, Large, Home & Kitchen while the audience watched their favourite shows on Zee TV. This was a great example of merging online with offline and communication with commerce.”

     

  • Angoori, Guddan and six other leading protagonists of popular shows surprise viewers with their ‘Chatpatey khayaal’

    Kurkure partners Zee channels for in-show integration

    By A Correspondent

     

    Kurkure will be seen as part of shows on channels from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) including Zee TV, &TV, Sarthak and Big Ganga. The protagonists of eight shows will be seen delivering a thought-provoking script; enabling their families to take a step towards embracing forward-thinking through fun and intelligent humor.

     

    Expressing his thoughts, Dilen Gandhi, Sr Director, Marketing – Foods category, PepsiCo India, said: “Kurkure is an ally to the Indian homemakers, who are the center force behind every positive transformation in the household. With the unique integration with Zee TV plays, we hope to continue encouraging our consumers to take unconventional routes to help their families embrace progressive thinking, while at the back of being anchored to rich Indian values. Aided by a mood uplift through Kurkure’s crunch and chatpata taste, each of the protagonists will be seen delivering a thought provoking and entertaining storyline, and we hope that Indian homemakers enjoy this Chatpata twist.”

     

    Added Ashish Sehgal, Chief Growth Officer, Zee Network commented on the association: “ZEEL shares great thought synergies with PepsiCo India, who has been a cherished client over the years. Our brand philosophies intersect beautifully when it comes to igniting a spark amongst the Indian masses to achieve the extraordinary. Through this collaboration we are happy to amplify this message Khayal to Chatpata hai across channels through the medium of our network influencers and ensure that it reaches the largest denominator in the form of engaging television content.”

     

    Sharing her thoughts on the in-show integration, Prathyusha Agarwal, CMO, ZEEL said: “Our protagonists, be it Zee TV’s Guddan or &TV’s Angoori Bhabhi, are the Indian viewers’ most sought-after dinner table companions who they not only connect closely with but also draw inspiration from. While our flagship channel, Zee TV with its brand ethos of Aaj Likhenge Kal, has stood for inspiring viewers to take charge of their destiny and work proactively in the present to build an extraordinary future. Our collaboration with Kurkure is a mark of our continued commitment to inspire our viewers every day to be their extraordinary selves. The protagonists, through evocative scripts will bring alive the synthesis of our brand philosophy with Kurkure’s new campaign ‘Khayaal Toh Chatpata Hai’. The collaboration will have our viewers look through the lens of celebrating Indian homemakers in a new light; a message relevant for viewers across gender, age and community.”

     

     

  • She will report to Ashish Sehgal, Chief Growth Officer – Advertisement Revenue at ZEEL

    Mona Jain takes on additional charge as Zee Live revenue head

    By A Correspondent

     

    Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) has announced that Mona Jain, Principal Cluster Head Sales, will now take on the additional role of Head Revenues, Zee Live. Jain will closely work with Swaroop Banerjee, COO, Zee Live and will continue to report to Ashish Sehgal, Chief Growth Officer – Advertisement Revenue at ZEEL.

     

    According to a communique, Jain has been a part of ZEEL currently heading the North branch at ZEEL and managing revenue responsibilities for channels like Zing, Zee ETC, Zee Anmol and Anmol Cinema, &TV and Big Magic. Subsequent to this, the sales team of Zee Live will get aligned to Jain and will continue to drive the business goals under her leadership.

     

     

  • Zee Mitra’s interface offers an algorithm that recommends ideal channel mix to reach out to the relevant target audience

    Zee launches online platform for small retail advertisers

    By A Correspondent

     

    Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) announced the launch of zeemitra.com, an online platform to “democratise” advertising on television by going direct to small retail advertisers. ZEEL’s new initiative will directly connect and enable small retail advertisers to advertise on Zee bouquet of channels through an online platform.

     

    Said Ashish Sehgal, Chief Growth Officer (Advertising Revenue), Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd said: “As a company our intent always has been to ‘create value’ through a customer centric approach. In fact, our first organizational value is ‘Customer First’ which stands for the need to anticipate, understand and meet the needs of our customers, ensuring customer delight. We want to partner our advertisers in growing their business and provide customised solutions to help grow their business.”

     

     

  • Amagi and Zee Entertainment Enterprise have announced the addition of Zee Cinema to their bouquet of channels offering geo-targeted advertising

    Amagi and Zee expand partnership to drive choice and value for advertisers

    By A Correspondent

     

    Amagi Media Labs and Zee Entertainment Enterprise have furthered their partnership, adding Zee Cinema to their list of channels that serve geo-targeted TV ads. A significant development, Zee Cinema will now give advertisers targeted access to over 158,600,000 viewers and coverage across 16 markets where Amagi has the capability to deliver geo-targeted content. These 16 markets are: Delhi-NCR, UP, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, North-east, J&K, Mumbai, Rest of Maharashtra, MPCG, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and All India- DTH.

     

    Zee Cinema gets added to the list of high-viewership channels which are already on amagi platform that includes: Zee News, Zee TV, Zee Marathi, Zee Kannada and Zee Bangla (for Bangladesh)

     

    In a diverse market such as India, Amagi’s platform offers advertisers the benefits of targeted reach and increased relevance in key markets. Advertisers can use Amagi’s platform to market region-specific products, communicate regional offers and promotions and to increase share of voice in target markets. As one of the country’s leading media houses, Zee is well placed to amplify the effectiveness of this offering and the partnership with Amagi is reflective of the company’s commitment to driving incremental value for advertisers.

     

    Ashish Sehgal, Chief Sales Officer, Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd. said, “We are confident of the value that Amagi’s platform offers our advertisers.  Geo-targeted TV ads will add greater direction and specificity to media planning, especially in the Indian market. Our partnership with Amagi will significantly boost our efforts to offer greater ROI to advertisers.”

     

    Amagi co-founder, KA Srinivasan said, “We are extremely pleased to announce the launch of geo-targeted TV ads for Zee Cinema. We feel there is tremendous scope for the growth of geo-targeted TV ads in a country as varied as India. It is our endeavour to be India’s central advertising platform that offers advertisers a reliable and cost-effective solution to TV advertising. The addition of Zee Cinema to our bouquet of channels is a step forward in this direction.”

     

  • Zee HD League is aimed at giving an enriched viewing experience to the affluential viewers

    Zee rolls out HD League for the affluential

    By A Correspondent

     

    ZEE has announced the launch of network’s new brand identity – Zee HD League.

     

    Zee HD League is a complete bouquet with the best of Hollywood and Bollywood blockbusters, cutting-edge entertainment and best-in-class sporting action. A comprehensive 360 degree marketing campaign across affluential touch-points such as airports and multiplexes along with special emphasis on digital is being rolled out to promote the Zee HD League. As part of the HD campaign – Zee TV HD will showcase the World Television Premiere of the critically acclaimed and award-winning movie The Lunchbox on Sunday, 8th February.

     

    Sunil Buch, Chief Business Officer, ZEEL says, “With close to a 40 per cent increase in the sales of flat-panel TVs coupled with an aggressive push by DTH and Digital Cable players, HD channels continue to gain consumer traction. Zee HD League is aimed at giving an enriched viewing experience to the affluential viewers. Our approach will be two pronged – Adding width in terms of new HD channels and depth by looking at HD exclusive offerings from each of our channels.”

     

    Ashish Sehgal, Chief Sales Officer, ZEEL said, “There is a clear opportunity for advertisers to sharply target the elusive affluent audience segment. HD subscribers have a high skew towards the premium 25+, SEC AB in 6 metros and are growing at a whopping 50% per annum. By adopting a network approach, we will further strengthen our monetization strategy by offering advertisers a suite of advertising options across multiple genres.”

     

  • While Mona Jain joins ZEEL as EVP – Cluster Head, Rahul Sharma will be Senior VP – National Sales Head

    Mona Jain, Rahul Sharma join Zee

    Mona Jain

    By A Correspondent

     

    Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) has announced the appointment of Mona Jain as EVP-Cluster Head and Rahul Sharma as Senior VP-National Sales Head.

     

    Speaking on both appointments, Ashish Sehgal, Chief Sales Officer (CSO), Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) said, “We are extremely happy to have two media stalwarts join us from the industry. Mona brings with her an immense experience and understanding of the industry. She has been instrumental in key media launches and her knowledge will be really valuable in reinforcing our relationship with agencies & clients. Mona will play a key role in developing brand solutions, setting up a business model for geo-targeting & agency relationship management. She will also head the North region leading the Business Development team, new initiatives and niche channels. Rahul comes with a digital background, which will add a new dimension in selling traditional media. His proven skills in establishing start-up operations and successful launch of channel brands will play an integral role in helping the company achieve its business objectives.”

     

    Commenting on her joining, Ms Jain who was until recently CEO of VivaKi Exchange, said: “I am extremely pleased to be stepping into this position. Zee looks poised for huge growth and it will be very exciting to be a part of this journey.”

     

    Said Mr Sharma said, “I have been a part of television and I am excited to join ZEE and be a part of the biggest television network.”

     

    Both appointments are effective today (March 5).