Shemaroo releases Dhamaal DVD

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Shemaroo Entertainment released the comedy hit Dhamaal in DVD format for Rs 199 and the VCD for Rs 49. This comedy has brought the hit 'jodi' of 'Munnabhai' fame - Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi - together once again.

The DVD has bonus features which includes - making of the film and cast and crew interviews. The story revolves around four friends who live and work together, where their idea of work is doing small time con jobs.

Considering that the film has mass appeal, the affordable pricing may be an attractive bargain for home viewers.

Nielsen to measure online TV viewing for Google

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Google and Nielsen have entered into a multi-year strategic relationship wherein Nielsen will measure online television viewing behaviour and bring demographic data to the Google TV Ads advertising platform.


The Nielsen data is intended to provide advertisers with better demographic data on viewer audiences. It will record the data Google collects through the set-top boxes from its cable and satellite partners.

Google TV Ads, which was launched on trial basis in April, offers a way to better target television commercials. The system offers an auction system to determine prices at certain time slots.

However, TV Ads may not be the only platform on which Google and Nielsen partner up. The two companies said that they would "explore a number of other opportunities " on which to collaborate.


Google has already been expanding its AdWords program, launching programs for radio and print media, along with the TV service.

Google TV Ads is similar to its AdSense program for online advertisements, which charges only for clickable ads.

Advertisers purchase time by bidding on specific time slots within programs. The charges are then determined by the number of television sets that actually display the advertisement.

Xbox Live, Percept tie up for 'Hanuman Returns'

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Call it sheer coincidence or the lure of Bollywood. Both gaming majors Microsoft Xbox Live and Sony Playstation are dangling the Bollywood carrot for their product launches in the competitive festive season ahead.

While Sony launched its game 'Singstar Bollywood' recently, now Microsoft Xbox Live has tied up with Percept Picture Company (PPC) for its upcoming animation film Hanuman Returns. The film is a sequel to the successful Hanuman which released in 2005.



Microsoft India chairman Ravi Venkatesan (left) and Percept Holdings joint MD Shailendra Singh.
Through this initiative, Percept will bring a whole new world of gaming and entertainment from Hanuman Returns content on the Xbox 360 Live. Moving forward Percept Picture Company will extend Hanuman through a series of animation films.

"We are excited to showcase the hugely anticipated Hanuman Returns on the Xbox Live service - a next generation platform for complete connected entertainment with an existing community of millions of users worldwide," said Percept Holdings Joint MD Percept Holdings Shailendra Singh.


Microsoft Entertainment and Devices Division global president Robbie Bach said, "We have just celebrated the first anniversary of Xbox 360 in the country this year and it is with a celebratory spirit that we offer our Indian consumers even more entertainment options on Xbox 360. This is not only a firm reiteration of our commitment to the Indian market but also an exciting foray into connecting our Indian consumers to a world of 7 million Xbox Live members around the world."

Xbox Live is currently available in 25 countries across the globe. India will be the 26th market to launch Xbox Live.

India to have one million IPTV subscribers by 2011

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India will have one million IPTV subscribers by 2011 but for it to succeed companies need to get their act together in the areas of access, content and technology.


This was a point made at the IBE 2007 Conference in a session that examined IPTV's growth prospects in India. The speakers were IOL wholetime director AS Oberoi, Seachange India MD Vishwajeet Deshmukh and MTNL's Vandana Sethi.

Oberoi notes that IOL offers a content delivery network to MTNL and BSNL. IOL launched commercial operations in August in Mumbai, Kolkata and Bangalore. It has also launched trial operations in other cities like Chennai.

In terms of access, companies need to have fibre optic infrastructure. A strong DRM system is also needed; otherwise, content owners will be wary pf parting with their offerings.

Oberoi says that IPTV offers the most robust DRM system which has made it easier for the company to deal with the Hollywood studios. Its VoD service offers thousands of English and Hindi movies. It has also tied up with companies like Satyam for e-learning. As time goes by, the company will also offer games on demand and music on demand.


He adds that IOL has deals with several firms. They include Seachange which offers servers, Amino for set top boxes and Cisco for routers. HP will help with IOL's Internet data Centre.

Sethi notes that IPTV allows for time shift viewing of television. HDTV can also be transmitted on the same network, provided it is modified accordingly. She notes that newer compression standards are available for more effective video delivery. The challenge is that customers are demanding and will not compromise on the quality of service.

Vh1 Digital announces 3 senior promotions

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Vh1 announced the promotion of Tina Imm as SVP and GM of the Vh1 digital division. The announcement was made by Vh1 GM and EVP Tom Calderone.

In her new role Imm will be responsible for overall strategy, creative direction, content development, and production for Vh1 Digital's platforms including: Vh1.com, Vh1Classic.com, Vh1 Mobile, Vh1 Games, and several of Vh1's existing and planned vertical sites.

In this position, she will also lead the content, promotional, and branding convergence between Vh1 and its digital properties.







Imm will also work under the oversight of Courtney William Holt, EVP of digital music and media for MTV Networks' Music Group, on digital strategy and initiatives, stated an official statement.

"Under Tina's leadership, Vh1 Digital has grown immensely. In addition to video streams on Vh1.com achieving triple-digital growth over the last two years, the last three months were our most streamed quarter ever," said Calderone.

"Tina's team has successfully grown our digital business by developing and launching made-for-mobile and broadband series, new sites like Vh1Classic.com and products like our Vh1.com syndicated video player."

Most recently, Imm was VP, Vh1 Digital a position she held since joining Vh1 in July 2004. Previously, Imm served as COO for Complex Media LLC, a media company that develops creative for youth culture through various media outlets.




Calderone also announced that Tony Carbone and Deb Kadetsky have been elevated to VP digital production and programming, and VP digital marketing respectively.

In his new role Carbone will manage and supervise all production and programming for Vh1 Digital. He will continue to oversee the digital and broadband production and programming departments.

Kadetsky will continue to lead the company's efforts to develop and implement strategic programming and promotional plans to support Vh1's digital initiatives across platforms - online, digital music, mobile and games.

Big FM hits air waves of Ranchi & Vizag

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Big FM has added two more stations to its kitty with the launch in Ranchi and Vizag. This takes its total number of stations across the country to 35.


Big 92.7 FM Ranchi has various programmes like Vandana followed by breakfast show Big Chai, Episode 927, Ye Meri Life Hai, Pyar Pange etc, Big Googly and Raater Chandni Main Aur Kaun.

In Vizag listeners will be exposed to a mixed content of Big Luck, Voice of Vizag, Andhra Soda buddi, Tollywood Tamasha, Style, Serial Killer, Lunchkosthava, Sye ante Sye and Sagar Kinare.

Commenting on its launches in Ranchi and Vizag, Big FM regional head east and south Soumen Ghosh Choudhury said, "We are completely geared and are eagerly looking forward to entertaining the cities of Ranchi and Vizag. It is our aim to create content that is relevant, credible and has an aspirational value for the listeners. We are sure the cities will welcome us with open arms and will enjoy the programmes on our station."

Raj TV plans to launch Tamil news channel on 14 November

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Chennai-based Raj Television Network (RTN) has said that it plans to launch a Tamil news channel on 14 November.
The company has received approval from the information and broadcasting ministry for the news channel.

The proposed channel will have a mix of general and business news, the company said.
Raj Television is expanding its bouquet of channels as it strives to increase audience share in a Tamil market which is dominated by Sun TV Ltd.
Raj TV shares dropped 4.82 per cent on Monday to close at Rs 218.25 at the BSE.

Enjoy first day, first show of latest movies at home

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Indian movie buffs may soon be able to watch the latest movie first day, first show in the comfort of their homes. US-based media solutions company, DG2L Technologies, plans to launch one of the first HD (hi-definition) interactive media services through an advanced set top box (STB). The company would launch its services under BOX Networks in the first quarter of 2008. The company would invest about Rs 300 crore to launch its hi-definition services in India.

DG2L Technologies chief executive officer Ankur Sheth said, “ In the first phase, our MPEG4 set top boxes would offer Bollywood content on demand. In the second phase, we would source live cricket content on hi-definition.” The company is initially looking at tapping about 1.8 million subscribers in metros.

“We are in talks with several top Bollywood content makers to be able to release their movies on our interactive hi-definition services. We are also looking at getting a strategic investor which would be a content maker in our company,” he said.

Besides launching its own hi-definition media services, DG2L Technologies is also looking at tying up with operators for live hi-definition content.” We are already providing our set-top boxes to WWIL and are in talks with several DTH operators,” he added.

The company is working on a subscription model. Besides selling individual STBs , the company has also tied up with Panasonic Plasma TV and will bundle its STBs. Currently, DTH and MSO operators offer pay per view services on digital cable.

Under this model, a consumer can watch a movie at a particular time and pay for the number of times he/she watches it. In video-on-demand , the consumer can pay for a movie and own that content for 24 hours and pause, forward and rewind the movie.

Last year, the digital media solution company had entered into a joint venture with UFO Moviez for end-to-end digital solution. The company has already digitised about 1,000 screens pan-India.

Tata Teleservices launches Hindi infotainment zone on Indicom phones

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Tata Teleservices has unveiled 'Tata Zone' an infotainment space on Tata Indicom BREW-enabled mobile phones, in Hindi.


The company states that the rationale behind launching this is that about 66 per cent of all Indians speak Hindi, while less than 5 per cent understands English. Hence it is trying to increasingly embrace Hindi to drive adoption of data services among the non-English speaking population.


The Tata Zone - Hindi facility hosts a variety of applications like cricket, faith and prayers, Bollywood and Hollywood movies, news, astrology, funzone and games. The entertainment-packed zone also features an impressive and latest collection of ringtones and wallpapers.


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Zee TV launching weekend prime time show 'Naaginn…'

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Zee TV will be launching a new weekend show Naaginn…waadon ki agniparikshaa on 5 October in the 8:30 pm slot.

The show, airing Friday to Sunday, is produced by AK Films.


Naaginn is a tale of an Ichadhari Naaginn who transforms herself to take revenge from the Rathod family that had killed her parents for attaining the invaluable Naagmani. She gets married in the same family but her duty as a wife and her love towards her husband comes in between her desire for revenge.


Zee TV business head Punit Goenka said, "The past one and a half years has seen Zee TV recover its sheen and glory through an excellent mix of programming and marketing. We have always believed in creating subjects in viewers' interest. The concept of Naaginn and it's unfamiliarity with the masses has always been of intrigue with the Indian audiences and I am confident that this show would largely appeal to them."

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'Boogie Woogie' goes international, to hold auditions in Dubai

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Sony Entertainment's long running dance show Boogie Woogie has gone International.

Auditions have now been extended outside India with participation invited from across the globe with the first destination being Dubai.

This first ever international audition for the show will be held in Dubai from 18 October to 20 October. Naved Jaffrey and Ravi Behl will be present on the grounds to hand pick contestants who they think can be the part of Boogie Woogie.


Speaking about the reasons for conducting auditions in Dubai, Sony Entertainment Television president Rohit Gupta says, "Dubai is a key market for Sony Entertainment Television and we always attempt to bring big entertainment opportunities for our viewers and advertisers here. After the huge success of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa event last year during Dubai Shopping Festival, followed by our first ever International auditions for Indian Idol 3 in Dubai, we now bring Sansui Boogie Woogie for the first time to Dubai."

For 11 years, Boogie Woogie has been running innumerable themes, special shows, championships that have given a platform to a cross-section of people from all ages, and cities to showcase their talent on the small screen.



"Opening the platform for participation to talented and aspiring dancers of all age-groups, we are sure that our Dubai viewers will welcome the show with a huge response as always. I would like to thank all our associates and partners in Dubai for their consistent support and commitment in making our every effort in Dubai a huge success and look forward to coming back with more such surprises to Dubai," Gupta added further.

To make participation and registration easy, Sony Entertainment Television has set up an exclusive SMS gateway. Aspirants of all age-groups can participate by sending and SMS DANCE to 3536.


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Nickelodeon is No 3 among children’s channels

Television channel Nickelodeon reached the number three position amongst children’s channels last week with its television rating point (TRP) growing at 104 per cent during the year.

The channel, also known as Nick, is now planning to increase its reach through 360 degree marketing before the coming holiday season, said Ms Nina Elavia Jaipuria, Vice-President and General Manager Nickelodeon.

“We are also considering expanding our merchandise categories to include toys, activity books and stationary,” she added.

The channel share, according to Ms Jaipuria, has grown from 9 per cent of the segment in January to 18 per cent in August. Nick’s distribution reach has also gone up to 20 per cent. “Our loyal audience base was very small. The challenge was to get children to staple our channel,” said Ms Jaipuria.

Reaching out


The channel launched a 360 degree marketing strategy reaching out to children wherever they were—through school contact programmes, at cinema halls during launches of blockbusters such as Spiderman, at malls, in Diamond comics, radio and even on general entertainment channels.

It also advertises during popular shows such as Saregamapa on Zee, Boogie Woogie on Sony and during the television premier of the movie Krish.

Direct contact


It plans to keep its direct contact with viewers active through contests and other ground events.

“We have also recently introduced Nick Home Cinemas, with movies both from our library and acquired titles from Sony and Ultra,” said Ms Jaipuria.

Distinguishing itself from other channels by keeping humour at the heart of things, Nick has also added on advertisers during the year, taking the number from 17 at the beginning of the year to 50 at present.

The channel is also targeting smaller towns.

In spite of its ‘dubbed’ content, Nick enjoys the highest (34 per cent) audience share in the children’s entertainment category in Uttar Pradesh.

“For kids content has universal appeal. Take our driver shows, SpongeBob is American, Ninja is Japanese,” said Ms Jaipuria.


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Sony Pictures to distribute Fifa supported 'More Than Just A Game'

Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has acquired the international distribution rights to the feature length FIFA-supported docu-drama More Than Just A Game, from Distant Horizon.

The docu-drama stars Presley Chweneyagae (Tsotsi) and tells the dramatic and little-known story of organized football played among prisoners on Robben Island in South Africa where Nobel Peace Prize Winner Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison. The announcement was made today by SPTI president Michael Grindon, and Distant Horizon CEO Anant Singh.

Told through the stories of five former prisoners, More Than Just A Game follows the story of how political activists who were unjustly imprisoned on Robben Island in the 1960s rise above their incarceration by creating a football league, the Makana Football Association (Makana FA), and find an outlet for their passion and commitment to discipline through football.






This deal comes on the heels of Sony Corporation's global partnership deal with FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) that went into effect in January of this year.

As a FIFA Partner, the highest level of sponsorship status which is accorded to only six companies, Sony will be the official Digital Life sponsor of over 40 FIFA events, including the FIFA World Cup in South Africa in 2010 and the FIFA World Cup in 2014 due to be held in South America.

Grindon stated, "This is truly an inspirational story and we are pleased to be working with Distant Horizon to bring this amazing tale of hope to audiences around the world. We are also pleased to continue our association with FIFA, as they recently announced their support for the film and it is a timely acquisition for SPTI in light of the fact that the next FIFA World Cup is being held in South Africa."

Producer Singh added, "We at Distant Horizon are thrilled to be working with Sony Pictures Television International on the international distribution of More Than Just A Game. The film has relevance not only to people in South Africa, but to people around the world. When considering this project, I felt that there was potential for this film because it is a story about human beings trying to succeed against all odds and to survive using football as their inspiration, which in everybody else's terms, was very simple. More Than Just A Game is a tribute to the people on Robben Island who fought for the privilege to play football."








"The Makana FA and Robben Island have great symbolic significance in FIFA's fight to eradicate racism and all forms of discrimination from football and society as a whole. We are very proud that, thanks to our Partner Sony, its subsidiary Sony Pictures Television International and producer Anant Singh have teamed up to distribute this unique docu-drama More than Just a Game around the world. The film shows just how football can help to build a better future," commented FIFA president Joseph S. Blatter.

The movie's worldwide premiere is scheduled around the Preliminary Draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup taking place in Durban, South Africa on 24 November 2007. The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be held in South Africa from 10 June through 11 July.

More Than Just A Game is a Distant Horizon production in association with Telkom Media and Distant Horizon, with script development supported by the National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa (NFVF). It is executive produced by Sudhir Pragjee and Sanjeev Singh and produced by Anant Singh and Helena Spring with Chuck Korr, Lord Ted Rowlands, Dave Crowe and Hannelie Bekker co-producing. The screenplay is by Tom Eaton and it is directed by Junaid Ahmed.
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Zee Cafe launches 11 fresh shows currently on air in US

The Zee Group's English general entertainment channel Zee Cafe today claimed to have become the first channel in the country to run popular sitcoms simultaneously with their launch in the US.


The channel today announced the launch of 11 new programmes in different genres commencing between today and early next year, which are being launched around the same time as their showing in the US, where they have been or are being produced.

Zee Cafe business head Neil Chakravarti said that the new programmes had been decided after six months of intensive research among Indian viewers who said they learnt a lot about new shows from the internet or sites like YouTube, and could not wait to see them several months or years later.

Chakravarti told a press meet here that Zee had therefore worked out deals with its studio partners in the US to get these programmes for showing within days or hours of their first showing. He admitted that this meant paying 75 to 200 per cent more than the normal payment, but said it was worth the effort.

He said there were only two general entertainment English language channels in the country, the other being Star World, and claimed that Zee Cafe was different in that it only picked programmes that would appeal to Indians.

At least four of the shows on the channel - Aliens in America, The Big Bang Theory, Unhitched, and the on-going Notes from the Underbelly - star south Asians, Neil revealed.

He said the Survivor series was probably the world's first reality show on television when it first commenced in the last decade. The 15th season Survivor: China begins in Shanghai and is the story of castaways attending a Buddhist ceremony. Having commenced in the US on 20 September, it will come on Zee Cafe early next month.



The Big Bang Theory and Unhitched are comedies, Aliens in America is a drama-based sitcom, The Sarah Connor Chronicles beginning early next year is a re-invention of the Terminator series, while Pushing Daisies, Back to You and Journeyman are romantic dramas. The others are Gossip Girl, Army Wives and Travel Girls.

Chakravarti later told Indiantelevision.com that the channel had experimented with some English shows made in India, but felt that Indian audiences were not yet ready for English fiction.

Denying that the channel showed content meant only for adult audiences, he claimed that 60 per cent of the cable and satellite homes in the country were seeing Zee Cafe, and said there were attempts to give greater publicity to these progrrammes on all the 27 Zee channels. He said that the channel was interactive in that viewers could write back on the zeecafe.tv website.

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Star One to launch musical quiz show 'Bol Baby Bol'

It's the season of music based format shows on Hindi entertainment channels. Star One is set to launch a musical reality show titled Bol Baby Bol.

"Star One is launching a nonfiction musical quiz show Bol Baby Bol soon. The time slot is yet to be fixed. The auditions are starting from tomorrow in Mumbai," an industry source reveals.


"Bol Baby Bol will be very much like Kaun Banega Crorepati but here the person who sits on the hot seat will have to complete the missing lyrics of the given song. The show will be anchored by singer Adnan Sami," adds the source.

When contacted however, Star India VP marketing and communication Prem Kamath declined to comment.


The source explains that after choosing from a variety of genres, period, singer and music director the contestant of the nonfiction show will be asked to complete the lyrics of the song which will be played. As in KBC, the level of difficulty of the questions will be raised with each correct answer. A contestant can win prize money of up to Rs 250,000 every week.

As reported earlier by Indiantelevision.com, Star One will soon unveil a host of new shows to its programming line up as part of a content refurbishing process. Star One will launch at least 12-14 new programmes within the next four months.

The bank of new properties will kickstart with a fiction programme that launches next week.




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Eros International to release 'No Smoking' globally

Eros International will release the film No Smoking in cinemas worldwide on 26 October 2007.


No Smoking is directed by Anurag Kashyap and is produced by Eros International with Kumar Mangat and Vishal Bharadwaj.

Starring John Abraham in lead role with Ayesha Takia and Paresh Rawal, 'No Smoking' is the story of K (John Abraham) who is addicted to smoking and refuses to do anything about it. But when K's wife, Anjali (Ayesha Takia), walks out on him, he decides to go meet Baba Bengali, Sealdahwaale (Paresh Rawal), who runs 'Prayogshala', a centre for rehabilitation from all sorts of addictions and afflictions. And when K goes to meet Baba Bengali, Sealdahwaale; he walks into an agreement he can't walk out of.



Proud and desperate, K pushes the buttons, throws caution to the wind and challenges Baba's diktats. What follows is a breathless, smoky game of one-upmanship between the self-assumed all-knowing gatekeeper of the netherworld and a frantic, unsuspecting man. Finally, K realises that he can't escape Baba no matter what he tries. Until of course the contract is complete.

Eros will be releasing the music of No Smoking on Eros cassettes and CDs on 26 September 2007.

Eros International, Sony Pictures plan to co-invest in Hindi films

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Eros International and Sony Pictures Entertainment on Wednesday entered into a non-exclusive agreement to co-invest in a slate of Hindi films to be released in India and around the world.
Under the terms of the non-exclusive agreement, jointly announced by Kishore Lulla, chairman and chief executive officer of Eros International, and Michael Lynton, chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Pictures, both companies will jointly develop, produce and acquire multiple films for the new Hindi film slate.
Sony Pictures is expected to distribute some of the titles in the US, and Eros will use its established infrastructure to distribute the films in other international territories. The two companies will work jointly in India.
“This deal continues Sony Pictures’ dedication to the region as we embrace and support local talent and invest in films made specifically for audiences in India and the Indian diaspora,” said Lynton.
“As a global company, we are committed to international cinema in India and around the world. We want to satisfy the demand in local markets for high quality original stories told in their languages.”
The deal marks the latest step in Sony Pictures’ interests in local language film production around the world.
In April, Sony Pictures had launched its International Motion Picture Production group, under the direction of Gareth Wigan and Deborah Schindler, in recognition of the evolution and significance of the world market for motion pictures.

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Home video rental major Shemaroo Entertainment is converting full-length films into 15-minute movies that one can see with ease and without fatigue on one’s mobile.


Shemaroo Entertainment VP Hiren Gada said the project was still on an experimental stage, and had been launched on BPL Mobile's Mobile TV Service. Shemaroo is also in talks with other operators in India and Overseas to launch these movies on their networks.

He clarified that these 15-minute movies on mobile phones are not teasers or highlights — they are short version of the entire film - entertainment that can be enjoyed when one is stuck in bumper to bumper traffic or taking the train back home.

Gada said, 'We thought that it would be fun to have the essence of the story and movie re-edited into a linear format. The skill is in picking the right scenes'.


While the 15-minute mobile movie is for people on the move, the effort is to connect today's generation to these classics through a medium and format that they use everyday. However, Shemaroo now plans to go by audience reactions and feedback on various aspects. Shemaroo flirted with this thought of presenting linear content like themes, songs or 'the best of' scenes on mobiles as a first step to stepping onto the mobile platform with its huge video content library.

Gada said “These movies are like 'snacking-in-between' meals, where one can take a break and catch glimpses of movies”.

Zee's DMCL launches 'Page 3' website; expands web presence

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Zee network's Digital Media Convergence Limited (DMCL) is expanding its presence on the web through a slate of portals exploring genres like social networking, entertainment, sports, parties and service outsourcing.

It created the Essel Group's Indian Cricket League (ICL) website, which is functioning as DMCL's sports portal and now it has officially launched a page 3 format website titled Page3flicks.com.


Targeted at an elite audience (SEC A+, male and female) in the age group of 15-30+ years, Page3flicks.com will run on an advertiser-driven model. It has already roped in lifestyle brands like Bacardi, Sangini, Golds' Gym to advertise on the site.

"Currently we are testing the waters for a niche offering like this. Depending on the response received, we plan to upload premium content for subscribers, which will then provide an alternate revenue stream," says Satyabrata Das who heads the Isee project. Isee is DMCL's flagship platform to take the Zee library's content on mobile and the web.

"The site has been in the beta phase for over four months. Our in-house team is promoting the site through viral marketing. From internal reports, we have observed that users are spending an average of 12-15 minutes on the site, browsing through various sections," he said.

Apart from outdoor promotions, Page3flicks.com is currently being promoted on Zee Cafe, Zee Studio and Zee Music through endorsements by anchors on these channels, says DAs

DMCL has put in place a team of freelance photographers who will supply content for the site. Rajeev Walia is the design head, while Neville Darukhanawala is responsible for the overall content for the site. Former NDTV entertainment correspondent S Ramachandran has been roped in to play a role at an advisory level.


Das said that new elements and contests like 'Celebrity of the Month', 'Best party of the month' would be introduced in the coming months. "These contests will culminate with the 'Page3 Awards', which we are planning to host in December. We are currently putting in place a jury and categories for the same," he said.

Speaking about the content on the site, DAs said, "Page3flicks will have photographs from the most happening parties in town. Our focus will be on uploading pictures from parties as early as 20 minutes from the time that they get over."


Elaborating further, he said, "In the last few years, there has been a rapid growth in the number of lounge bars, discotheques and party culture in metros. It is turning out to be huge industry and Page3flicks.com will bank on images from the resulting party circuit."

Boogie Woogie’ to go international

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The show ‘Boggie Woogie’ (Sony) was one of the first dance shows to hit the television screens. The presence of judge and host Javed Jaffrey and the sweet and sour interaction between hosts and producers Naved Jaffrey and Ravi Behl have only added to the entertainment value of the talent show.
Now, there are plans to launch the show internationally as well. “Yes, there are plans to take ‘Boogie Woogie’ abroad. By God’s grace, the show is doing very well here,” says Javed.
Javed further reasons, “If we can ape other shows or even start Indian versions of international series by taking their franchise, why can’t we take our shows to an international level?”

Apart from the show, Javed is busy with his movies, the latest one being ‘Dhamaal’ where he shares screen space with Sanjay Dutt.

“It’s sheer modesty on Sanju’s part to share equal screen space with other actors. He has no complexes. Not all actors are open to this,” says Javed who feels his dancing skills and comic flair are God’s gifts.

“I had it in my genes as well, though I had to work a lot on my comic timing. Watching my dad (veteran comedian Jagdeep) in his movies was another learning influence,” says Javed.

Speaking on his brother, Javed says, “Naved is totally involved with ‘Boogie Woogie’. He is more of a party person. I spend my free time at home with my kids. But Naved is young, single and ready to mingle,” laughs Javed.

Incidentally, ‘Boogie Woogie’ has been on air for almost 10 years.

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