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  • The event was attended by film director and actor Farhan Akhtar

    Mirch goes Kool 104 with all-English radio in Hyderabad

    By A Correspondent

     

    Kool 104, Hyderabad’s first international radio station, announced its launch in the city at an event that was attended by film director and actor Farhan Akhtar. The launch event saw Farhan take to the stage to unveil the logo of Kool 104 in front of the audience.

     

    Said Tapas Sen, Chief Programming Officer, ENIL: “We are very happy to be launching an international radio station in Hyderabad. With this new station, we now cover all three languages in the city, Telugu with Mirchi 98.3, Hindi with Mirchi 95 and English with Kool 104. As with all our stations, the product was devised after a lot of research and we hope that people love the content on Kool as much as we loved coming up with it!”

     

     

  • The juries for Titanium and Integrated, Press, Outdoor, Radio and Film Craft categories are announced

    Tista Sen, Malvika Mehra, Tapas Sen & Abhijit Chaudhuri join Prasoon Joshi in first list of Cannes Lions jury

    By A Correspondent

     

    Tista Sen, Malvika Mehra, Tapas Sen and Abhijit Chaudhuri join Prasoon Joshi in the first list of Cannes Lions jury announced yesterday. While Mr Joshi is Jury President of the coveted Titanium and Integrated category (as announced earlier), Ms Mehra will be adjudicate in the Press category, Ms Sen in Outdoor, Mr (Tapas) Sen in Radio and Mr Chaudhuri in Film Craft.

     

    Commenting on this year’s jury line-up, Philip Thomas, CEO of Lions Festivals says, “We are delighted to welcome this group of high calibre professionals to judge entries and award creative excellence in their respective categories. Every year the outcome of the judging process at Cannes Lions sets new benchmarks in creative communications for the global industry. By pulling together this collection of leading names we can expect the outcome of the jury’s deliberations to continue to achieve this.”

     

    The entire list of the juries for the five categories is as follows:

     

    Titanium & Integrated

     

    Prasoon Joshi, Chairman, CEO and Chief Creative Officer, India & South Asia, McCann Worldgroup – Jury President

    Alexandre Herv̩, Vice President РExecutive Creative Director, DDB Paris, France
    Anselmo Ramos, Founder, David, Brazil
    Gaston Legorburu, Worldwide Chief Creative Officer, SapientNitro, Global
    Jacki Kelley, CEO North America & President, Global Clients, IPG Mediabrands, Global
    Katrien Bottez, Executive Creative Director, Duval Guillaume, Belgium
    Kentaro Kimura, Co-CEO, Executive Creative Director, Hakuhodo Kettle, Japan
    Kevin Brady, Executive Creative Director, Droga5, USA
    Steve Vranakis, Executive Creative Director, Google Creative Lab, UK
    Tor Mhyren, President/Worldwide Chief Creative Officer, Grey, Global

     

    Press

     

    R̩mi Babinet, Founder and Creative Director, BETC, France РJury President

    Alvin Lim, Group Creative Director, Draftfcb, China
    Damisa Ongsiriwattana, Creative Director, JWT Bangkok, Thailand
    Damon Stapleton, Executive Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi, Australia
    Danilo Boer, VP Senior Creative Director, BBDO New York, USA
    Darren Bailes, Executive Creative Director, VCCP, UK
    Fernando Tchechenistky, Executive Creative Director, DDB, Argentina
    Gabriel Roman, President/General Creative Director, Lowe Ginkgo, Uruguay
    Götz Ulmer, Executive Creative Officer, Jung von Matt/Alster, Germany
    Juan Silva, Executive Creative Director, Shackleton, Spain
    Kalpesh Patankar, Creative Director, Y&R Dubai, UAE
    Leslie Sims, Executive Creative Director, McCann NY, USA
    Malvika Mehra, National Creative Director & Executive Vice President, Grey Worldwide, India
    Marcelo Reis, Creative VP and Partner, Leo Burnett Tailor Made, Brazil
    Mariana O’Kelly, Joint Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather, South Africa
    Maurice Wee, Creative Director, Bartle Bogle Hegarty, Singapore
    Nuno Jerónimo, Partner & Creative Director, O Escritório, Portugal
    Volkan Karakasoglu, Creative Director, TBWA\Istanbul, Turkey

     

    Outdoor

     

    Jose Miguel Sokoloff, President, Lowe Global Creative Council & Co Chairman and CCO Lowe SSP3 Colombia – Jury President

    Alemsah Ozturk, Chief Happiness Officer, 41? 29!, Turkey
    Brett Morris, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Creative Officer, Draftfcb, South Africa
    Cristina Tin Sanchez, Executive Creative Director, BBDO Guerrero, The Philippines
    Darren Spiller, Executive Creative Director, DDB Group Melbourne, Australia
    Eugene Cheong, Chief Creative Officer, Asia Pacific, Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific, Singapore
    Gigi Lee, Executive Creative Director, Y&R Malaysia, Malaysia
    Gonzalo Ricca, Executive Creative Director, DON, Argentina
    Jeff Kling, Chief Creative Officer, Fallon Worldwide, USA
    José Valdir Bianchi, Art Director, Agência Mood, Brazil
    Juan Sanchez, Chief Creative Officer, TBWA\España, Spain
    Keiichi Higuchi, Creative Director, Dentsu, Japan
    Kevin Lee, Executive Creative Director/Partner, Leagas Delaney, China
    Luis Elizalde, Executive VP Chief Creative Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi, Mexico
    Matthieu Elkaim, Executive Creative Director, CLM BBDO, France
    Stefan Kolle, Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Kolle Rebbe, Germany
    Tista Sen, National Creative Director & Senior Vice President, JWT India, India
    Vicki Maguire, Deputy Executive Creative Director, Grey London, UK

     

    Radio

     

    Tony Hertz, Owner & Creative Director, Tony Hertz: Radio & Brand Sound, The Philippines – Jury President

    Danny Searle, Chief Creative Office/Vice Chairman BBDO Asia, BBDO, Singapore
    Emma Eriksson, Creative/Partner, Le Bureau, Sweden
    Felipe Luchi, Creative Vice-President, Lew’Lara\TBWA, Brazil
    Jan Leube, Chief Creative Officer, Y&R, Germany
    Josh Rabinowitz, EVP/Director of Music, Grey Group, USA
    Max König, Creative Director, Simple, Chile
    Raf Debraekeleer, Producer – Director, Cobra Radio Brewery, Belgium
    Rafael Arnau, Producer, Composer, Sound designer, Rafael Arnau Freelance, Spain
    Shane Bradnick, Executive Creative Director, DDB, New Zealand
    Simon Blaxland, Owner, Blazland Productions, UK
    Tapas Sen, Chief Programming CrOfficer, Radio Mirchi, Entertainment Network, India
    Tom Eymundson, Partner, Director, Pirate Group, Canada
    Vanessa Pearson, Executive Creative Director, House of Brave, South Africa
    Victoria Marie Evensen, Copywriter, Dinamo, Norway
    Vince Lagana, Creative Director, Leo Burnett Sydney, Australia

     

    Film Craft

     

    Brian Carmody, Co-Founder, Smuggler, USA – Jury President

    Abhijit Chaudhuri, Director, Q.E.D. Films, India
    Augusto Gimenez Zapiola, Director, Argentinacine, Argentina
    Corey Esse, Managing Director/Executive Producer, Exit Films, Australia
    Felipe Vellasco, Director, Sentimental Filme, Brazil
    Jenny Gadd, Head of Integrated Production, Johannes Leonardo, USA
    Kerstin Heffels, Producer, Heimat, Germany
    Martin Loraine, Deputy ECD, AMV BBDO, UK
    Pia Dueholm, Executive Agency Producer, INGO Stockholm, Sweden
    Roel Welling, Director, Wefilm, The Netherlands
    Thierry Buriez, Creative Director, Being, France

     

    With the introduction of the new Product Design category, a total of 17 juries will be judging in Cannes this year. Members of the remaining 12 juries will be announced shortly. Cannes Lions, the world’s leading celebration of creativity in brand communications, will take place 15-21 June at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France. For information on how to enter work, or register to attend, please visit www.canneslions.com.