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  •  To create diverse and new age films for theatrical releases

    Fox Star Studios renamed Star Studios

    By Our Staff

     

    Fox Star Studios, the movie studio known for titles such as MS Dhoni – The Untold Story, Sanju, Neerja, Chhichhore and many more, has announced it has rebranded to Star Studios, introducing a new visual identity. With this brand refresh, Star Studios will present universal story themes with iconic characters and new-age cinematic spectacles backed by cutting-edge technology, for theatrical releases as well as direct-to-digital

     

    Said Bikram Duggal, Head of Studios, Disney Star: “With Star Studios, we aim to harbour the best creative minds and bring unique stories to audiences with an expanding entertainment palate. We are creating a diverse range of stories across genres from grand visual spectacles to family dramas and everything in between. We are delighted to create a collaborative studio environment at Star Studios, that helps create cinematic experiences across theatrical and direct-to-digital films. We have already announced a few of these films, and in weeks and months we will be announcing many more films.”

     

  • Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Akshay Kumar, MS Dhoni feature in Top 5

    Virat Kohli leads Duff & Phelps Celebrity Brand Study

    By Our Staff

     

    Duff & Phelps, the leading provider of data, technology and insights related to risk, governance and growth, has announced the release of the seventh edition of its Celebrity Brand Valuation Study 2021 titled, ‘Digital Acceleration 2.0’. Virat Kohli led the list while fellow cricketers MS Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma came in at fifth, eleventh, and thirteen positions.

     

    Said Aviral Jain, Managing Director, Duff & Phelps: “While prominent Bollywood celebrities continue to feature in our list of top 20 celebrity brands, this year we saw some notable changes. Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, and MS Dhoni witnessed a stellar jump in their brand values and they seem to have hit the right chords with the audience in 2021. We also saw more sportspersons rising in the top celebrity rankings, including the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, and PV Sindhu. This significant jump was because of the lesser competition from Bollywood celebrities since there were fewer theatrical releases in 2021.”

     

    Added Varun Gupta, Head of Asia Pacific, Valuation Advisory Services, Duff & Phelps: “Businesses and brands have heavily leveraged social media and other online platforms for brand endorsements this year, too, with below par weightage to traditional platforms. 2021 also saw the emergence and growth of several startups in the fintech and direct-to-consumer (D2C) business segments that significantly contributed to the overall number of brand endorsements undertaken by the top 20 celebrities. As traditional as well as upcoming industries adopted the digital route to continue engaging with their consumers, we observed greater traction in fintech, social media and OTT platforms, and D2C platforms from a celebrity endorsement standpoint.”

     

  • Celebrate the return of Tata IPL 2022 back to Indian shores

    MS Dhoni in new campaign of Star Sports

    By Our Staff

     

    Star Sports, the official broadcaster of IPL, has launched #YehAbNormalHai campaign featuring MS Dhoni. The campaign is to celebrate all the excitement and the return of IPl to Indian shores. Tata IPL 2022, to be precise. Scheduled to start from March 26, 2022.

     

    Speaking about the #YehAbNormalHai campaign ahead of TATA IPL 2022, Sanjog Gupta, Head – Sports, Disney Star said: “The Tata IPL 2022 campaign seeks to recruit millions of TV viewers and digital users across the country. Structured in four phases, the campaign turns the spotlight on fan frenzy and unique situations typically associated with the tournament as well as the distinct proposition of this year’s edition. #YeAbNormalHai adequately represents this, tying it with the social context of people discovering a “new normal” in their lives. The launch phase of the campaign strives to create a sense of excitement for the start of the 15th season, which promises to be the biggest ever.”

     

  • As per the 2021 report of IPLomania, 60 matches were played wherein a whopping 219 brand variants across 117 brands appeared during the matches

    Hansa Research launches IPLomania 2022

    By Our Staff

     

    Hansa Research, consumer insights company, has launched IPLomania 2022, a syndicated study that captures insights about the advertised brands during the IPL tournament. IPLomania will track brands on a daily basis and understands return on investment among other things. It will also track the popularity and loyalty among fans for different teams and players.

     

    According to the previous reports of IPLomania, Rohit Sharma’s reliability in the Indian team as well as his leadership qualities helped him reach the top position in the favourite player category for three consecutive years while Virat Kohli came second and MS Dhoni was third.

     

    Commenting on the significance of the report, Praveen Nijhara, CEO, Hansa Research, said: “With sports marketing gaining prominence year on year, studies like IPLomania helps to provide a thorough analysis on the impact each brand creates in the viewers mind. We have been tracking brands, players, teams during the Indian Premier League (IPL) for over a decade now through ‘IPLomania’. We are extremely proud of the fact that our syndicated study has emerged as a guide for Indian brands and marketers, especially when it comes to understanding the efficacies of their ad spends during this highly popular tournament.”

     

    As per the 2021 report of IPLomania, 60 matches were played wherein a whopping 219 brand variants across 117 brands appeared during the matches. Nearly 13,85,103 seconds were consumed by these 117 brands, which is a  growth of a whopping 36.64% from 2020. The revenue perception model will probably change in 2022 and brands can learn and fine-tune their brand strategies by recapturing the branding and advertising developments from IPL 2021.

     

  • Urges consumers to stay active in their insurance needs

    MS Dhoni to be Brand Ambassador for Turtlemint

    By Our Staff

     

    Online insurance platform Turtlemint has announced the onboarding of Mahendra Singh Dhoni as brand ambassador.

     

    Said Anand Prabhudesai, Co-founder, Turtlemint: “This is our first foray into an integrated brand campaign. We have curated a wide mix of media like television, print, OOH and digital to take our unique message and story to India. It’s a story of how technology is not just pushing insurance penetration but also enabling lacs of insurance entrepreneurs in the smallest towns and cities of India to do more. We are sure that Dhoni’s far-reaching connect will go a long way in getting our story heard, and building support for our mission.”

     

  • Narendra Modi, Yogi Adityanath, MK Stalin, MS Dhoni and Mamata Banerjee

    Axis My India CSI Survey: Most impactful celebrity of 2021

    By Our Staff

    Axis My India, the consumer data intelligence company better known for its exit polls, released its latest findings of the India Consumer Sentiment Index (CSI), a monthly analysis of consumer perception on a wide range of issues. The month of December reveals Prime Minister, Narendra Modi as the most impactful celebrity of the year – view of 40% across India (majority). Chief Minister’s of Uttar Pradesh- Yogi Adityanath, Tamil Nadu- M K Stalin and West Bengal- Mamata Banerjee followed suit along with Indian Cricket captains Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and former captain MS Dhoni.

    Commenting on the December report, Pradeep Gupta, CMD, Axis My India, said: “The survey finds that PM Modi is overwhelmingly popular across the country and the most recognisable face in India. 40% of the total people surveyed have picked him, far higher than any other personality on the list. Virat Kohli stood second at 4% followed by Yogi Adityanath at 3%. Mr. Modi’s popularity seems to be growing at a time when world leaders are facing dwindling popularity. This poll is yet another demonstration of Mr. Modi’s grasp over the pulse of the nation.”

     

  • To advocate health and wellness for the brand

    Dhoni to be brand ambassador for Neuberg Diagnostics

    By Our Staff

     

    Neuberg Diagnostics has roped in MS Dhoni, as a brand ambassador for the next two years. He will advocate for Neuberg’s health and wellness campaign and convey its efforts towards empowering every citizen with better and affordable healthcare.

     

    Said Aishwarya Vasudevan, Group Chief Operating Officer, Neuberg Diagnostics: “At Neuberg Diagnostics, every action we have taken has been inspired by the company’s Vision to make world class diagnostic services accessible and affordable to all. Over the last few years, we have been successful in introducing innovative solutions and ensuring its access to millions. Our next milestone is to spread the message of getting Proactive with health rather than Reactive. In line with this, we have curated our awareness campaign on health and wellness. To catapult the reach of this campaign, we could not have found a better suited role model than MS Dhoni. With MS Dhoni as our health Ambassador, we will encourage the use of preventive healthcare services, engaging people across age groups and geographies. We are honoured to have him onboard as our Partner to drive this Initiative.”

     

  • Ranveer Singh and MS Dhoni are most recalled brand ambassadors in the Indian Institute of Human Brands (IIHB) study on advertising recall in IPL 2021. Shah Rukh Khan topped the report in 2019 and MS Dhoni was at No 1 in 2020

    Ranveer Singh & Dhoni top IPL recall rankings

    By Our Staff

     

    Both actor Ranveer Singh and cricketer MS Dhoni have have done equally well in the annual IPL ad recall research of the Indian Institute of Human Brands (IIHB) conducted 10 days after the start of the league this year. The research polled 879 respondents in the age-group of 18-35 years (M=481, F=398) across India. The interviews were conducted telephonically.

     

    Dream 11 was the most spontaneously recalled brand in this year’s survey, which possibly also helped enhance both the brand equity and recall of Dhoni who anchored the 12-ad series for the brand as its ambassador and protagonist. Jio Fiber, with multiple IPL teams featured with an effervescent Ranveer Singh gyrating with a sing-song brand message, came in second on recall in the research, also helping the celebrity endorser to considerably strengthen his personal recall. Byju’s was the most spontaneously recalled brand on the IPL last year; though its celebrity endorser Shah Rukh Khan trailed behind other celebrities.

     

    Expectedly, Virat Kohli did well on recall too and came third in the recall rankings. Salman Khan did surprisingly well in this year’s survey and came in at No. 4, ahead of Rishabh Pant, Rahul Dravid, Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt and Saurav Ganguly who followed in that sequence. Ajay Devgn, Sachin Tendulkar, Shikhar Dhawan, Shah Rukh Khan, Boman Irani, Kareena Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Ayushmann Khurrana and Akshay Kumar, on the other hand, had very few mentions and scored very poorly on respondent recall. There were sporadic mentions of Virender Sehwag and Priyanka Chopra too. In the last survey conducted in October 2020, MS Dhoni had the highest spontaneous recall as a celebrity endorser. Virat Kohli was a not-so-close second. Akshay Kumar was at rank 3; Ayushmann Khurrana at rank 4.

     

    Said Dr Sandeep Goyal, Chief Mentor of IIHB: “MS Dhoni and Ranveer Singh had a disproportionate share of visibility and recall in the IPL research we just conducted. This was in synch with the ultra-high recall of the brands they respectively endorse. It is interesting nevertheless to note that brands without celebrities like Phone Pe, Byju’s and others too have done well wherever media investments are heavy”.

     

    IIHB team used its proprietorial Celebar tool based on Celebrity Brand Association & Recognition to assign a metric score to each celebrity and associated brand. The tool takes into account:

    • Spontaneous recall of the brand

    • Spontaneous recall of the celebrity

    • Association between brand & celebrity together

    • Recency of communication

    • Media weight behind campaign

    • Solus versus multiple brands using the celebrity

     

    MS Dhoni had a Celebar score of 87, up from 82 at the last IPL. His spontaneous recall was an unusually high 82%. His association with Dream 11 was also very constant at 79% from the last edition. He got 9% association with IPL/Star TV, 8% brand association with Indigo Paints, 6% with Orient Fans for Orient Fans and Livfast Solar. 2% recall came from SunFeast Yippee. So, most of Dhoni’s brand goodness got hijacked by Dream 11, much like last year. If Dhoni had only been endorsing Dream 11, his Celebar score would have been near 100, given his strong association with that one brand, to almost the relative exclusion of the other brands he endorses.

     

    Ranveer achieved a Celebar score of 86, empirically almost equal to that of MS Dhoni. But his association was more democratically spread with Jio Fiber at 56%, JD mart at 48%, My11Circle at 22% and Bingo at 18%. Names of some other brands were mentioned by respondents but these were filtered out as they were not part of the IPL broadcast.

     

    Both MS Dhoni and Ranveer gained massively also on account of their main brands spending disproportionately large amounts of media monies which made them exponentially more visible than other competing celebrities.

     

    Virat Kohli trailed behind the Top 2. His score of 45 on Celebar is mostly derived by his 94% association with MRF tyres. Bluestar is in low single digits on association.

     

    Salman Khan at a Celebar of 38, owes 82% recall to Rajshree elaichi and the balance to Pepsi. Rishabh Pant climbed up interestingly to No. 5 on the strength of his JSW appearances. Varun Dhawan had 76% of his recall from Lux Cozi and much lower from Frooti. Alia owed most her recall also to Frooti with scattered mentions of Dark Fantasy.

     

    Interestingly, the IPL seems to be running no/few ads with Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor, and even with cricketers Rohit Sharma or KL Rahul or Hardik Pandya, or the media weightages behind those ads were too insignificant to be noticed by viewers.

     

    The Cred ad for Rahul Dravid was spontaneously recalled by 17% respondents but only 2% remembered Jackie Shroff and only 1% mentioned Kumar Sanu for the same brand.

     

    Mutual Funds (AMFI) ads had 22% recall but most respondents got the protagonists mixed up, with the most attributing the messaging to Dhoni and Kohli.

     

    Dream 11’s association with multiple cricketers was mentioned by many respondents but most were not sure if they remembered current creatives. Only the connect with MS Dhoni was unambiguous.

     

    Despite heavy media weights, Vimal Elaichi ad featuring Ajay Devgn and Shah Rukh Khan had only an 8% recall. Netmeds with Kareena Kapoor and Renuka Shahane had a good 9% recall. Priyanka Chopra’s Appy Fizz and Katrina’s Slice were almost not recalled. Hema Malini managed 3% recall on Kent RO. Randhir Kapoor’s Asian Paints managed 4% while Kareena Kapoor’s and Pankaj Tripathi’s Berger creatives both got below 1%. Ayushmann was remembered by less than 1% in Urban Company. Gajaraj Rao was mentioned in less than 1% for Voltas. Unacademy featuring Sunil Gavaskar and Harsha Bhogle too scored poorly at 2%. Gamezy featuring KL Rahul got less than 1% recall.

     

    On the ads without celebrities, the most remembered were Phone Pe (32%), Byju’s (31%), Vivo (22%), One Plus (21%), Groww (20%), Upstox (20%), Kia (19%), MPL (18%), Bisleri (11%), PharmEasy (11%), Thums Up(9%), Coca Cola (6%), Renault Kiger (6%), Tata Safari (6%), Skoda (3%), Ajio (3%), Dark Fantasy (2%), LikedIn (2%), Raymond (2%) and Tuborg (1%).

     

    As more gets added to the broadcast as the IPL progresses, both standings of celebrities and recall of brands may change, a communique added.

     

  • The Indian Institute of Human Brands (IIHB) ran a telephonic survey on Sunday, October 4 reaching out to 892 respondents during the day to check out recall of brands, their celebrities and their messaging

    Byju tops on IPL ads recall. Dhoni, Kohi most recalled celebs: IIHB study

    By A Correspondent

     

    Byju’s was the most spontaneously recalled brand on the IPL last weekend as MS Dhoni had the highest spontaneous recall as a celebrity endorser. The Indian Institute of Human Brands (IIHB) ran a telephonic survey on Sunday, October 4 reaching out to 892 respondents during the day to check out recall of brands, their celebrities and their messaging. There were 41% female respondents, ad 59% male. All respondents were between 15 to 35 years.

     

    So while Byju’s was the most spontaneously recalled brand on the IPL last weekend, its celebrity endorser Shah Rukh Khan trailed behind other celebrities who were more visible, hence more recalled. Dream 11 was at No 2 with multiple endorsers.

     

    Swiggy, Thar, UpGrad and Altroz ranked highest amongst brands that did not use a celebrity. VI was not spontaneously recalled, notes the study.

     

    MS Dhoni had the highest spontaneous recall as a celebrity endorser. Virat Kohli was a not-so-close second. Akshay Kumar was at #3; Ayushmann Khurrana at #4.

     

    Said Dr Sandeep Goyal, Chief Mentor of the IIHB: “So far in the IPL, MS Dhoni is the biggest celebrity. Virat Kohli trails. However, it is surprising that Shahrukh Khan has not done as well as the brand, BYJUs, that he represents. Aamir, though supported by much lesser media weightages, is a better performing celebrity this season at IPL. Non-celebrity brands have done well too. Swiggy, Thar, UpGrad, Altroz, Lenskart, MG Gloster, Facebook, Amazon, Kellogg’s, cricket.com, and VI were mentioned in significant measure by respondents. PhonePe and Swiggy were rated as the best ads of the ones on the IPL. But, the feedback on qualitative goodness was inadequate and is mentioned here only as part of data received by default.”

     

     

  • The campaign is titled Hum banayein, jo Aapka dil chaahe

    TVS Motor launches new corporate campaign

    By A Correspondent

     

    TVS Motor Company has unveiled a new marketing campaign “Hum banayein, jo Aapka dil chaahe”.

     

    Commenting on the campaign, Aniruddha Haldar, Vice President (Marketing), Commuter Motorcycles, Scooters and Corporate Brand, TVS Motor Company, said: “Customer Centricity drives Innovation at TVS Motor Company. We believe in understanding our customers, their needs, and leveraging technology for product innovation to deliver unmatched ownership experience. Two-wheeler customers have distinct needs, some prefer better mileage and ease of operation of vehicle, while some seek speed and performance.  The campaign brings together, Mr. Amitabh Bachchan and Mr. MS Dhoni and their coming together itself is another first.  Both are Indian legends with long association with TVS Motor Company, and they introduce India’s 1st and only dual platform Fi technology. The consumer and expert feedback to Ecothrust Fuel injection (ETFi) and Race Tuned Fuel injection (RTFi) has been extremely encouraging, we shall continue to deliver unmatched ownership experience for our customers.”

     

    Added Nitin Karkare, CEO, FCB Ulka: “We are glad to be a part of this prestigious milestone that TVS has reached with their launch of India’s first Dual Platform Fi Technology as per the BS-VI norms. As their partner for this launch, we had an interesting task of delivering a communication that brings out this aspect at the scale that is required. This gave us the opportunity to bring together for the first time on television, two of the biggest stars in India, Mr. Amitabh Bachchan and Mr. Mahendra Singh Dhoni.  Understanding consumer needs is core to TVS product development and marketing. This campaign brings together beautifully the philosophy that has gone behind TVS BS-VI launch.”

     

     

  • The TVC features cricketer MS Dhoni

    ITC’s Sunfeast launches new TVC for pasta

    By A Correspondent

     

    ITC’s Sunfeast Yippee brand of instant noodless and pastas has launched a new TV campaign to create awareness among consumers about its new pasta range.

     

    Said an ITC spokesperson: “In the new normal world, consumers have shown immense faith in trusted food brands. A heightened demand and rise in consumption for Sunfeast Yippee noodles serves as a testament to this emerging trend. At ITC, we strongly believe that Sunfeast Yippee’s Pasta offering will aptly cater to the consumers’ need for variety during these times. Through consumer insights, we found that mothers want to provide their children with delicious and diverse snacking options, which also satiate their hunger pangs. Through the TVC, we thus wanted to illustrate the multitude of benefits that was offered by the Yippee Pasta range. From Tricolor Pasta range available in Creamy corn and Masala variants and the Pasta Treat range available in Cheese, Masala, Tomato Cheese, Sour Cream and Onion variants, the range is truly diverse.”

     

    Commenting on the campaign, Mahesh Gharat, Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy South, added: “Through our social media listening, we found that consumers are experimenting with dishes at home. Amongst all, pasta recipes were quite popular of which pictures were extensively being shared on social media platforms. Identifying with the topicality of the chatter, we thought this to be an ideal time to show consumers how they can derive benefits of taste and convenience of preparation with Sunfeast YiPPee! Pasta’s range while we also have MS Dhoni batting for us in this campaign.”

  • Lowe Lintas campaign steers customers towards a new way of selling cars directly to buyers

    Cars24 campaign fields MS Dhoni in different avatars

    By A Correspondent

     

    Cars24 has launched a new campaign that highlights a unique way of selling cars directly to its customers. Offerings like ‘instant payment’ and ‘free RC transfer’ are part of the new Customer-to-Customer model. Lowe Lintas Delhi has conceived an integrated campaign to promote this new offering.

     

    Commenting on the development, Nida Naushad, Brand Head, Cars24 said: “We are super-excited since this is our second campaign with MS Dhoni and after the success of Dhoni Review System we have even higher hopes for the new one. This campaign highlights that customers no longer have to go through the hassles of looking for the right buyer for their car and also focuses on benefits of selling directly to the end customer; hence it gives our customers the best of both worlds.”

     

    Added Janmenjoy Mohanty, Regional Creative Officer, Lowe Lintas: “In our first initiative for Cars 24, we spotted a unique problem – that sellers often don’t realise buyers are right around where they are, closer to them than they think. And we got Dhoni to play on the front foot, showing second-hand car sellers that Cars 24 was indeed the best place to meet those buyers, directly.”