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Entertainment News, Entertainment industry in India

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It was a breathtaking sight as over 12,000 fans packed the cartoon Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore to cheer for their favorite toon stars at Cartoon Network’s Toon Cricket-The Ultimate Showdown. “The Ultimate Hero-Ben 10, captain of the Benultimates Team led his team to a resounding victory over the aggressors Aggregor when he scored the victory by beating over four runs in the Super.

In its seventh successful run Cartoon Network’s most celebrated event fulfilled one of his promise maximum fun and excitement, as our world famous Toons of the youngest superhero Ben Tennyson from Ben 10 and the evil Mojo Jojo, fought from The Powerpuff Girls captain on the pitch. cheered present Ecstatic children on the packed stadium to their favorite toons end to nail biting.

Adding to the excitement and experience of the evening was the digital augmented reality applications in which children live in Toon Cricket competition involved and enjoy games, videos and wallpapers to their mobile phones while their favorite toons sweat on the field had

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International Fashion Industry

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One of the cities which have remained untapped by the fashion industry is Chennai. Come December, the city is going to witness the largest fashion week of the country, or so they claim! Chennai International Fashion Week (CIFW) will see the participation of more than 10 international designers from 12 countries across the globe along with a hoard of our talented Indian designers. With the vision of providing an international platform to the Indian designers to showcase and market their collections to the global fashion world, the gala event is scheduled for December 14-20, 2009 at the luxurious Le Royal Meridian in Chennai. It is also aimed at showcasing India as an important fashion destination for foreign buyers and designers’ who want to make it big in the South-east Asian markets.

So why Chennai as the venue? Gaurav Sharma, the head of Storm Fashion Company, the organizers and the producers of the event said on a lighter note, “The city has been always known for its hot weather so we thought of making it haute! The first edition has been strategically placed in Chennai for its proximity to Tirupur; one of the largest garment export hubs in India. 30 Indian fashion designers, 10 international guest designers, 35 fashion shows, 60 models from India and abroad ? all will be clubbed together in this event. The designers will present the latest fashion trends that will dominate the Spring/Summer 2010-11. The show will also have 10 international beauty Pageant Winners from various countries walking the runway! The event is being backed by a very strong and accomplished board of professionals. Headed by marketing and services professional Gaurav Sharma, the team’s advisors include Chennai’s very own Shakthi Girsh, Pratap Pothen , Arun Mammen, Girish Ramdass and Meera Chopra. Some of the Indian designers who will be participating include Pria Kataaria Puri, Shane & Falguni Peacock, Vikram Phadnis, Sanchita Ajjampur, Aslam Khan, Satya Paul, Jason & Anshu, Nishka Lulla and Neeta Lulla.

Designer Anshu of the label Small Shop shared, Since we are based in Chennai and already have stores, we thought it would be good to be a part of such a huge event. We will be showcasing our Spring-Summer collection called- Na Ati. Pria Kataaria Puri is scheduled to open the show with Bollywood actress Neetu Chandra as her show stopper. The grand finale will be by designer Neeta Lulla and this event will also offer a platform for 10 new designers to present their talent.

Talking about the sponsors of the event, Gaurav revealed, Kingfisher is the main partner. In addition to it, Arvind Mills is one of the associates and we are looking for more associations. Steadily moving towards the main event, the organizers have planned out an All India Model Auditions in Bangalore on November 8, 2009 and the models will be critically valued by a panel of judges comprising of Anupama Verma (Super Model, Actress & Fashion Producer), Mehar Bhasin (Fashion Choreographer/Grooming Expert), Pravin Talan (Celebrated International Photographer) Atul Kelkar (Consultant), Rahul Dev Shetty (Fashion Model/Choreographer). Says Mehar Bhasin, show director CIFW ? It’s been my dream to perform at Chennai and CIFW has come as a unique platform with the concept of global fashion. Out of the 35 shows, I’ll be choreographing ten main shows. We are looking to have fresh faces with good catwalk styles. Plus it is an opportunity to present modelling world with debut faces. One of the jury members, Rahul Dev Shetty added, During model auditions, I am looking for someone who is, fresh, vibrant, young and confident. The model need not be pretty but must have attitude, good height and proportionate attractive body, he signs off.

Fast Growing Event Management Industry

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The term Event Management refers to the application of the management science for the development of festivals and events. At this particular point of time Event management industry is one of the fastest growing industries in all over the world. Planning and executing an event can be a very difficult.

Event Management is a million-crore industry that includes hosting of events of various stature and semantics. Personal functions or parties like marriages and birthday parties have become important social matters, which need to be professionally managed. These days all kind of events like meetings, seminars, exhibitions, conferences, product launches everything is organized in a well mannered plan which is recognized as an event. Event management is comprised with different event like personal events, leisure events, cultural events, religious events, corporate events etc.

Then comes the number of celebrity shows, international artists shows, shows for a cause, road shows, competitions, ramp shows, fashion shows, wedding arrangements, personal or corporate parties, magical shows, birthday parties, anniversary party, kitty party, new year party, Christmas party, annual day functions, school or college events and many more. Every industry, charity, society and group will hold events of some type or size in order to market themselves, raise money or celebrate.

Behind all the events there is the role of event mangers who usually plan and execute the event. Event planning is not an easy task even it is an art and an event planner that manage and organize it. Event planning includes number of activities like decision of proper venue which should be comfortable to all to find and enter in. Entrance should be wide and attracted. Decoration is also very important part while organizing an event. It should be as per the theme of event. Food arrangements and other preparations should also be kept in mind.

Video on Demand, Computerizing The Film Industry

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Video on Demand on VOD has been bandied around for years now and it wasn’t until the technology for it has matured recently that we are now seriously looking at it to revolutionize the way consumer enjoy their movies. The downside, it could cause your corner Blockbuster video rental store to close down. Computer companies stand to make a fortune on any project that will require a Hollywood film studio to computerize its film vaults. By digitizing their film libraries in the format that can be understood by consumer electronics over the internet or through private fiber optic cables and telephone lines, studios can commercialize its library and make a killing in the VOD markets consisting basically of TV cable and internet users. This is likely to eliminate the need for video rental shops as known today. Alternately, video shops can be the middle men managing the video on demand traffic between the film studios and the households. A New Business ModelFilm studios like Warner Bros, Universal Studios, Twentieth Century Fox, Walt Disney and Paramount Pictures stand to gain with huge profits from a wave of VOD. Officials from Sony are taking this seriously and just might surprise the market soon with products in this direction. Video rental of films from Hollywood is an $8 Billion business annually that is expected to get a makeover once VOD goes into full swing. The business model is simple. Households need not rent video anymore. With a satellite cable TV or broadband internet connection, they can just download copy-protected video in either streaming or file formats to watch at anytime they want for a fee that shouldn’t be more than what they pay for in video rental shops. Blockbuster can get into the business by acting as a central online distributor that puts the films available from the film studios and gets commission in the VOD charges made. This way, their rental businesses get into an evolutionary step by doing the rental of video streams in virtual cyberspace. Some Technical HurdlesApply the brakes for now, there are some technical issues to be overcome to make VOS commercially appealing to the homeowner now used to simply walking to a nearby video rental store to get all the video he wants, or online. A film of decent quality takes around 1GB to data. The home’s current cable network may not be able to accommodate this while watching other cable TV programs. It certainly can’t be streamed over regular phone lines. You need a broadband connection or fiber to the home to make downloading a file of this size acceptably fast. The immense data behind a 2-hour movie needs to be transmitted in less than 10 minutes over the standard home cables and then decoded by a computer or a TV set-top box. For now, those cable set top boxes are essentially computers that can decode digital signals into analog for the regular television sets. Digital TV Opens Up VODThe advent of digital television will facilitate this migration as television sets will soon be all digital to accept the digital signals form studios as mandated by law. The bandwidth for receiving VOD becomes a matter of course. Film studios or distribution companies can get into business partnership with cable operators and TV studios to get their digital films into the mainstream digital cables into the homes. GP

Overview of Animation Industry in India

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Animation is regarded as an essential part of the creative industry, as creative or artistic effort is extensively required in the development process of animation. The animation industry in India today has emerged as the fastest growing section of the entertainment and media industry. This section has tremendous potential in creating job through the exploitation of intellectual property. The industry is preferred as an outsourced destination for animation work and has gained significance due to cheaper cost, skilled labour and English speaking manpower, are few among its several advantages. The animation companies and animation studios in India are partnering with international studios to develop animated projects for the audience all across the globe. India, as Animation HubToday India’s being the biggest hub for outsourcing animation work, is expected to grow in domestic entertainment industry as well in coming days. The 2008 report on the entertainment and media industry by Ficci-PwC Entertainment and Media estimated the Indian animation industry at USD 0. 31 billion in 2007, which is forecast to grow at CAGR of 24 percent and reach USD 0. 94 billion by 2012. The potential platforms for animation include online education and industry specific applications like medical, legal, insurance, architecture, etc. As a matter of fact, Indian studios do not cater to the needs of these areas but are opened with the opportunities in segments like TV programs and feature films with skills in 2D and 3D animation. India is gradually transforming itself as a supreme provider of animation production services for following strengths and edge in the market:* Availibility of English speaking manpower. * Presence of several well equipped animation studios. * Low cost of animation services. * Heritage of traditional literature. * India’s vast entertainment sector. Indian Animation MarketUntil the animation studios made its appearance in India in the second half of the 90s, the Indian animation market was more or less static. The development of more serious activity of the industry began in earnest on this front after the export-oriented outlook came into existence. The multiple players present in the Indian animation market providing it an identity and diverse characteristic. Some of these big players include Films Division Maya Entertainment, Pentamedia Graphics, Acropetal, Silvertoon Studio, Zee Institute of Creative Arts (ZICA), Crest Communications, Moving Pictures, Toonz Animation India, etc. The companies are situated mainly across cities such as Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram and Bangalore. According to a recent NASSCOM study, the animation industry in India has begun taking shape where technical manpower, increasing demand from Indian television, establishment of more animation studios and training centres at domestic level and low cost animation production are included. The usage of animation has gradually increased in various end user segments such as advertisements/commercials, feature films, TV programs, and computer/omline games, where animation solutions have found a place in niches such as special effects, film titling, TV broadcast graphics, 3D modeling, Web entertainment programs and background development.