Press release from Business Wire India
Source: WIPRO
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 06:32 PM IST (01:02 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology; Technology
Release no: 18545
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Wipro and Oracle Launch First Joint Innovative Solutions Lab
Oracle Application Integration Architecture (AIA) for Communications Solutions among the First co-developed at OZONE (Oracle solutions lab)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Tuesday, November 18, 2008 -- (Business Wire India) -- Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) and Oracle today announced the launch of the innovative solutions lab (OZONE) at Wipro's Electronic City Facility in Bangalore.
Services provided at OZONE will help joint Wipro and Oracle customers to define their IT roadmaps. The new lab will provide customers with the opportunity to test the adoption of Oracle® Application Integration Architecture (AIA), Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle's industry applications. The lab can demonstrate end-to-end industry specific processes and solutions, which leverage the strength of Oracle's diverse portfolio of existing as well as newer Oracle software, and showcase innovative joint solutions developed by Wipro. This facility will also be used to co-develop solutions across specific industry processes in human capital management, customer relationship management and supply chain management.
The solutions being currently developed in the lab include process integration packs (PIPs) built on the Oracle Application Integration Architecture for the Communications Industry which are being co-developed and jointly marketed by Oracle and Wipro.
"The Oracle solution lab underscores our joint commitment to delivering competitive business value to service providers worldwide, by helping them transform their businesses, launch next-generation services and offer superior customer experience" said Judson Althoff, GVP Worldwide Alliances and Channels, Oracle.
Speaking on the occasion, Sangita Singh, senior vice president, Wipro Technologies said, "Wipro sees its investment in the Solutions Lab and efforts in building Industry solutions as an effort towards infusing co-innovation in the Oracle ecosystem. We are sure that such collaboration with Oracle will go a long way in helping our customers derive maximum potential from their current and planned IT investments."
About Wipro
Wipro Technologies, a division of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) is the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5 certified global IT services organization. Wipro Technologies was recently assessed at Level 5 for CMMI V 1.2 across offshore and onsite development centers. Wipro is one of the largest product engineering and support service providers worldwide. Wipro provides comprehensive research and development services, IT solutions and services, including systems integration, information systems outsourcing, package implementation, software application development, and maintenance services to corporations globally.
In the Indian market, Wipro is a leader in providing IT solutions and services for the corporate segment in India, offering system integration, network integration, software solutions and IT services.
Wipro also has a profitable presence in niche market segments of consumer products and lighting. In the Asia-Pacific and Middle East markets, Wipro provides IT solutions and services for global corporations. Wipro's ADS' are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and its equity shares are listed in India on the Stock Exchange - Mumbai, and the National Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit our websites at www.wipro.com and www.wiprocorporate.com.
About Oracle
Oracle (Nasdaq:ORCL) is the world's largest enterprise software company. For more information about Oracle, please visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com.
Trademarks
Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. All other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Forward-looking and cautionary statements
Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects and our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions are forward looking statements, which involve a number of risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding our ability to integrate and manage acquired IT professionals, our ability to integrate acquired assets in a cost effective and timely manner, fluctuations in earnings, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, , liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which Wipro has made strategic investments, withdrawal of fiscal governmental incentives, political instability, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our industry. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. Wipro may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward looking statements, including statements contained in the companyÂ's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. Wipro does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the company. For further information, please visit our websites at www.wipro.com, www.wiprocorporate.com and www.wipro.co.in.
Media Contacts:
Wipro Technologies
India:
Radhika Mahadevan
Wipro Technologies
+91- 9945042603
radhika.mahadevan@wipro.com
Purvika Anand
Gutenberg Communications
+91-9901134441
purvika.anand@gutenbergpr.com
UK:
Rahul Kadavakolu
Wipro Technologies
+44 792 020 5496
rahul.kadavakolu@wipro.com
Shalini Siromani
Gutenberg Communications
+44.79.6066.3200
shalini@gutenbergpr.com
US:
Eric Belove
Wipro Technologies
+ 1 (732).216.6242
eric.belove@wipro.com
Lavanya DJ
Gutenberg Communications
+ 212).239.8740
lavanya@gutenbergpr.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, TECHNOLOGY, 507685.BO
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
BWI: JWT India Partners with Youth Dynamix
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: J Walter Thompson
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 04:15 PM IST (10:45 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Lifestyle; Business: Accounting & management consultancy services, Advertising, PR & marketing, Media & entertainment, Telecommunications; Technology
Release no: 18543
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JWT India Partners with Youth Dynamix
Launches a Focused Trax® Study on Indian Youth for Effective Branding Strategies
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Tuesday, November 18, 2008 -- (Business Wire India) -- JWT India and Youth Dynamix (Pvt) Ltd, a specialist WPP youth agency have joined forces to offer clients a specialist youth consultancy offering. It aims to launch an in-depth Trax® study focused on the youth in India via a joint venture with Youth Dynamix. The study is the first step in assisting brands in developing strong youth strategies that dove tail their mainline strategy and allow youthful consumers an opportunity to build bridges to the adult brand.
Colvyn Harris, CEO of JWT India says, "India's youth represents the greatest potential to help India realize its economic goals and potential. Understanding their motivations and aspirations in greater depth will ensure we continue to put India on a global stage. For marketers this understanding represents huge business potential as they convert this segments' insight into business. We are delighted to partner Youth Dynamix for our clients benefit."
The study covers a host of categories, including Financial & Shopping Behavior, Technology & Telecommunications, Media & Advertising, Lifestyles, Attitudes & Family Dynamics.
Jane Lyne MD of Youth Dynamix says, "The time has come for all brands to have a comprehensive and ongoing youth strategy. Never before has a generation been so different and the future of one's brands and services will be determined by one's ability to connect to this fickle, fast paced and dynamic sector."
The Trax® study is large and statistically relevant, utilizes a number of different research methodologies and is focused on finding out what constitutes the real core of today's Indian youth. The study is across gender, covers many economic sub segments and understands the sensitive and fragmenting age segmentations. The study is unique in that it not only discovers the preferred choice of brands, but is focused on uncovering the core need states, attitudes and beliefs of India's large and vibrant youth sector.
About JWT India: JWT India is one of the leading integrated communications companies with interests in advertising, digital, activation, public relations, direct marketing, design, social and rural communications. It operates through offices in six cities and partners India's best and most admired blue chip clients including Airtel, Bharti Retail, Pepsico, FritoLay, ITC, Hindustan Lever, GSK Consumer Healthcare, Hero Honda, Sony Vaio, Sony Bravia, Nike, Nestle, Levi's, Pizza Hut, Diamond Trading Co, , Kellogg's, Tisco, Exide, Ford and GE, among others. JWT works with 26 of the top 100 super brands ranked by Superbrands India, and 9 of the top 25 Most Trusted Brands in India as per the Economic Times Brand Equity Survey. JWT is a WPP company.
Background information: Youth Dynamix is a leading youth consultancy in Johannesburg, South Africa with offices in South, West and East Africa, and we are in consultation with other territories, including India, Saudi Arabia, and Eastern Europe. Youth Dynamix is currently active in 11 countries across Africa. Youth Dynamix has 12 years developing market youth experience and has offices throughout Africa. The company is in consultation to grow into other developing markets that share a large and dramatically progressive youth segment such as Saudi Arabia, Russia and now India.
Youth Dynamix consists of three core divisions, namely Research, Strategy and Communications. The company has developed a multitude of proprietary tools, methodologies and techniques, which will be brought to the India market in conjunction with JWT India to assist brands in successfully connecting with the youth in a meaningful, consistent and long-term manner.
CONTACT DETAILS
Shreyosi Sen, IPAN, New Delhi, +91 9868620367, shreyosi.sen@iipan.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, LIFESTYLE, CONSULTANCY SERVICES, MARKETING, MEDIA, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TECHNOLOGY
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Source: J Walter Thompson
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 04:15 PM IST (10:45 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Lifestyle; Business: Accounting & management consultancy services, Advertising, PR & marketing, Media & entertainment, Telecommunications; Technology
Release no: 18543
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JWT India Partners with Youth Dynamix
Launches a Focused Trax® Study on Indian Youth for Effective Branding Strategies
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Tuesday, November 18, 2008 -- (Business Wire India) -- JWT India and Youth Dynamix (Pvt) Ltd, a specialist WPP youth agency have joined forces to offer clients a specialist youth consultancy offering. It aims to launch an in-depth Trax® study focused on the youth in India via a joint venture with Youth Dynamix. The study is the first step in assisting brands in developing strong youth strategies that dove tail their mainline strategy and allow youthful consumers an opportunity to build bridges to the adult brand.
Colvyn Harris, CEO of JWT India says, "India's youth represents the greatest potential to help India realize its economic goals and potential. Understanding their motivations and aspirations in greater depth will ensure we continue to put India on a global stage. For marketers this understanding represents huge business potential as they convert this segments' insight into business. We are delighted to partner Youth Dynamix for our clients benefit."
The study covers a host of categories, including Financial & Shopping Behavior, Technology & Telecommunications, Media & Advertising, Lifestyles, Attitudes & Family Dynamics.
Jane Lyne MD of Youth Dynamix says, "The time has come for all brands to have a comprehensive and ongoing youth strategy. Never before has a generation been so different and the future of one's brands and services will be determined by one's ability to connect to this fickle, fast paced and dynamic sector."
The Trax® study is large and statistically relevant, utilizes a number of different research methodologies and is focused on finding out what constitutes the real core of today's Indian youth. The study is across gender, covers many economic sub segments and understands the sensitive and fragmenting age segmentations. The study is unique in that it not only discovers the preferred choice of brands, but is focused on uncovering the core need states, attitudes and beliefs of India's large and vibrant youth sector.
About JWT India: JWT India is one of the leading integrated communications companies with interests in advertising, digital, activation, public relations, direct marketing, design, social and rural communications. It operates through offices in six cities and partners India's best and most admired blue chip clients including Airtel, Bharti Retail, Pepsico, FritoLay, ITC, Hindustan Lever, GSK Consumer Healthcare, Hero Honda, Sony Vaio, Sony Bravia, Nike, Nestle, Levi's, Pizza Hut, Diamond Trading Co, , Kellogg's, Tisco, Exide, Ford and GE, among others. JWT works with 26 of the top 100 super brands ranked by Superbrands India, and 9 of the top 25 Most Trusted Brands in India as per the Economic Times Brand Equity Survey. JWT is a WPP company.
Background information: Youth Dynamix is a leading youth consultancy in Johannesburg, South Africa with offices in South, West and East Africa, and we are in consultation with other territories, including India, Saudi Arabia, and Eastern Europe. Youth Dynamix is currently active in 11 countries across Africa. Youth Dynamix has 12 years developing market youth experience and has offices throughout Africa. The company is in consultation to grow into other developing markets that share a large and dramatically progressive youth segment such as Saudi Arabia, Russia and now India.
Youth Dynamix consists of three core divisions, namely Research, Strategy and Communications. The company has developed a multitude of proprietary tools, methodologies and techniques, which will be brought to the India market in conjunction with JWT India to assist brands in successfully connecting with the youth in a meaningful, consistent and long-term manner.
CONTACT DETAILS
Shreyosi Sen, IPAN, New Delhi, +91 9868620367, shreyosi.sen@iipan.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, LIFESTYLE, CONSULTANCY SERVICES, MARKETING, MEDIA, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TECHNOLOGY
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BWI: ESPN STAR Sports Awarded Global Television Production Rights for Champions League 2020
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: ESPN STAR Sports
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 03:28 PM IST (09:58 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Entertainment, Sports; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Media & entertainment, Sports
Release no: 18542
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ESPN STAR Sports Awarded Global Television Production Rights for Champions League 2020
Asia's No.1 Sports Broadcaster Lines up Most Technologically Advanced Production Set-up Ever
New Delhi, Delhi and Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Tuesday, November 18, 2008 -- (Business Wire India) -- ESPN STAR Sports (ESS), Asia's leading Sports Broadcaster, has been appointed the preferred bidder as the long-term global television production partner for the Champions League 2020 tournament by Champions League 2020. ESPN STAR Sports recently acquired exclusive global commercial rights of the league for a period of 10 years after a successful bid. ESS and Champions League 2020 are currently finalising the necessary long form agreement.
ESS has lined up a series of innovative and new features to create the most compelling presentation of the tournament that begins December 3rd, 2008 in India. One of the firsts includes a High Definition (HD) telecast of the championship, making it the first HD telecast for any sporting event in the Indian subcontinent. Another first will be the use of as many as 34 cameras at each venue to cover all the matches - the highest number of cameras used to cover any multi venue cricket tournament to date. It will include many interesting angles like aerial views with Fly cameras, a boundary side field camera to showcase fielding and a new mid-wicket camera position to highlight running between the wickets that will deliver another new viewing dimension to viewers.
To capture every moment of the fast paced action both on and off the field, ESS will use Super Slo Motion cameras at each match, player and umpire microphones as well as new dugout and crowd cameras to capture the reactions and emotions off the field, bringing fans closer to the action like never before. In addition, ESS will be using a new suite of graphics for the broadcast, specially developed for the Champions League 2020 by a Hollywood based production house, and utilizing a range of new statistics specifically tailored for the Twenty20 format to further enhance the viewing experience of audience. In addition, a special anthem for the tournament has been composed by the renowned music maestro A R Rahman who is known for his stellar work that transcends boundaries and has various hits under his belt including the popular international musical 'Bombay Dreams'. Different versions of the anthem will feature in the presentation including title sequence, music video and other on-air elements.
Manu Sawhney, Managing Director, ESPN STAR Sports, said, "Champions League 2020 is the marquee global tournament where only the top Twenty20 club teams from top cricketing nations qualify to compete for the greatest honour, to be adjudged as the Champion of Champions. This World Championship therefore positions itself as a one of its kind international tournament. We are committed to setting a new benchmark in the way cricket will be produced, presented and distributed across the globe."
"Therefore, our global production plan will create the most memorable, unique and engaging experience for audiences across the globe through a series of innovative production features and enhancements. With the phenomenal success that we have had with the inaugural ICC Twenty20 World Cup last year, we are confident that we will be able to take this exciting Champions League 2020 to new heights as well. This world-class event will further reinforce ESS' position as the number one choice for cricket fans for years to come."
Lalit Modi, Chairman, Champions League 2020, said, "We are very pleased to award the global production rights to ESS. Over the years, ESS has produced and presented the game of cricket in a manner that is truly Gold Standard. We are confident that with many new innovative and unique features that ESS had planned for the inaugural Champions League 2020, fans across the globe can look forward to the most compelling and riveting action on television."
James Sutherland, Chief Executive Officer, Cricket Australia, said, "With ESPN STAR Sports as our global production partner as well as the global commercial rights holder, we are confident that this fantastic new competition will be shown in a manner that will truly revolutionize the game of cricket.This will not only appeal to discerning cricket fans across the globe but will also captivate and bring in new audiences to the game of cricket thus further expanding the popularity of the game of cricket".
Gerald Majola, Chief Executive of Cricket South Africa, said, "Having ESPN STAR Sports as our Champions League global production partner will significantly enhance the international stature of the Champions League 2020 and am confident the high quality production and global broadcast of the Champions League 2020 will ignite the passion of cricket lovers the world over."
ESPN STAR Sports (ESS), Asia's No. 1 sports broadcaster, has been awarded the Global Commercial Rights to the new and exciting Champions League 2020 for the next ten years till 2017. The deal gives ESPN STAR Sports the exclusive Global Commercial Rights for all the matches in the inaugural Champions League 2020 season, due to be held from December 3 to 10, 2008, and for all upcoming seasons until 2017.
The Champions League 2020 acquisition further strengthens ESPN STAR Sports' position as the Number 1 broadcaster for cricket in Asia, with a comprehensive schedule of international cricket. ESS also holds the exclusive global telecast rights by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for all ICC events till 2015, and features international and domestic cricket from its exclusive broadcast deals with Cricket Australia and England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
About ESPN STAR Sports
ESPN STAR Sports is a 50:50 joint venture between two of the world's leading cable and satellite broadcasters. As Asia's definitive and complete sports broadcaster and content provider, ESPN STAR Sports combines the strengths and resources of its ultimate parent companies - Walt Disney (ESPN, Inc.) and News Corporation Limited (STAR) - to deliver a diverse array of international and regional sports to viewers via its encrypted pay and free-to-air services.
ESPN STAR Sports showcases an unparalleled variety of premier live sports from around the globe 24 hours a day to a cumulative reach of more than 310 million viewers in Asia. ESPN STAR Sports has 17 networks covering 24 countries, each localised to deliver differentiated world-class premier sports programming to Asian viewers. This includes ESPN SEA, ESPN China, ESPN Hong Kong, ESPN India, ESPN Malaysia, ESPN Philippines, ESPN SEA 2, ESPN Taiwan, MBC-ESPN (Korea), STAR Sports Asia, STAR Sports Hong Kong, STAR Sports India, STAR Sports gMalaysia, STAR Sports SEA 2, STAR Sports Southeast Asia, STAR Sports Taiwan, and STAR Cricket.
On the ground, the ESPN STAR Sports Event Management Group manages and promotes premier sporting events around Asia. ESPN STAR Sports aims to reach consumers at any time, any place and through all new media platforms, both internet and mobile. The multi-lingual, online platforms, espnstar.com, espnstar.com.cn and espnstar.com.tw and footballcrazy.tv interact with millions of users providing them with in-depth sports news, results and competitions. Developed for the sports fan that is constantly on the move, mobileESPN and STAR Sports Mobile delivers differentiated mobile content targeted at its various audiences. mobileESPN enables the serious sports fan to follow their favourite sports more closely than ever before with a combination of specially produced video news clips, in-depth news coverage and analysis. STAR Sports Mobile aims to provide interactive and entertaining opportunities to engage with sports, delivering exclusive video excerpts from leading football clubs Arsenal and Liverpool as well as highlights from STAR Sports original programmes covering opinions, instructional tips and the latest online game reviews.
CONTACT DETAILS
Aparna Srivastava, IPAN, +91 9811234594, aparna.srivastava@ipan.com
Subhashish Bharuka, IPAN, +91 9810122833, subhashish.bharuka@ipan.com
Sameer Bajaj, ESPN Software India Private Limited, +91 9811222700, sameerb@espnstar.co.in
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS, MARKETING, MEDIA
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Source: ESPN STAR Sports
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 03:28 PM IST (09:58 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Entertainment, Sports; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Media & entertainment, Sports
Release no: 18542
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ESPN STAR Sports Awarded Global Television Production Rights for Champions League 2020
Asia's No.1 Sports Broadcaster Lines up Most Technologically Advanced Production Set-up Ever
New Delhi, Delhi and Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Tuesday, November 18, 2008 -- (Business Wire India) -- ESPN STAR Sports (ESS), Asia's leading Sports Broadcaster, has been appointed the preferred bidder as the long-term global television production partner for the Champions League 2020 tournament by Champions League 2020. ESPN STAR Sports recently acquired exclusive global commercial rights of the league for a period of 10 years after a successful bid. ESS and Champions League 2020 are currently finalising the necessary long form agreement.
ESS has lined up a series of innovative and new features to create the most compelling presentation of the tournament that begins December 3rd, 2008 in India. One of the firsts includes a High Definition (HD) telecast of the championship, making it the first HD telecast for any sporting event in the Indian subcontinent. Another first will be the use of as many as 34 cameras at each venue to cover all the matches - the highest number of cameras used to cover any multi venue cricket tournament to date. It will include many interesting angles like aerial views with Fly cameras, a boundary side field camera to showcase fielding and a new mid-wicket camera position to highlight running between the wickets that will deliver another new viewing dimension to viewers.
To capture every moment of the fast paced action both on and off the field, ESS will use Super Slo Motion cameras at each match, player and umpire microphones as well as new dugout and crowd cameras to capture the reactions and emotions off the field, bringing fans closer to the action like never before. In addition, ESS will be using a new suite of graphics for the broadcast, specially developed for the Champions League 2020 by a Hollywood based production house, and utilizing a range of new statistics specifically tailored for the Twenty20 format to further enhance the viewing experience of audience. In addition, a special anthem for the tournament has been composed by the renowned music maestro A R Rahman who is known for his stellar work that transcends boundaries and has various hits under his belt including the popular international musical 'Bombay Dreams'. Different versions of the anthem will feature in the presentation including title sequence, music video and other on-air elements.
Manu Sawhney, Managing Director, ESPN STAR Sports, said, "Champions League 2020 is the marquee global tournament where only the top Twenty20 club teams from top cricketing nations qualify to compete for the greatest honour, to be adjudged as the Champion of Champions. This World Championship therefore positions itself as a one of its kind international tournament. We are committed to setting a new benchmark in the way cricket will be produced, presented and distributed across the globe."
"Therefore, our global production plan will create the most memorable, unique and engaging experience for audiences across the globe through a series of innovative production features and enhancements. With the phenomenal success that we have had with the inaugural ICC Twenty20 World Cup last year, we are confident that we will be able to take this exciting Champions League 2020 to new heights as well. This world-class event will further reinforce ESS' position as the number one choice for cricket fans for years to come."
Lalit Modi, Chairman, Champions League 2020, said, "We are very pleased to award the global production rights to ESS. Over the years, ESS has produced and presented the game of cricket in a manner that is truly Gold Standard. We are confident that with many new innovative and unique features that ESS had planned for the inaugural Champions League 2020, fans across the globe can look forward to the most compelling and riveting action on television."
James Sutherland, Chief Executive Officer, Cricket Australia, said, "With ESPN STAR Sports as our global production partner as well as the global commercial rights holder, we are confident that this fantastic new competition will be shown in a manner that will truly revolutionize the game of cricket.This will not only appeal to discerning cricket fans across the globe but will also captivate and bring in new audiences to the game of cricket thus further expanding the popularity of the game of cricket".
Gerald Majola, Chief Executive of Cricket South Africa, said, "Having ESPN STAR Sports as our Champions League global production partner will significantly enhance the international stature of the Champions League 2020 and am confident the high quality production and global broadcast of the Champions League 2020 will ignite the passion of cricket lovers the world over."
ESPN STAR Sports (ESS), Asia's No. 1 sports broadcaster, has been awarded the Global Commercial Rights to the new and exciting Champions League 2020 for the next ten years till 2017. The deal gives ESPN STAR Sports the exclusive Global Commercial Rights for all the matches in the inaugural Champions League 2020 season, due to be held from December 3 to 10, 2008, and for all upcoming seasons until 2017.
The Champions League 2020 acquisition further strengthens ESPN STAR Sports' position as the Number 1 broadcaster for cricket in Asia, with a comprehensive schedule of international cricket. ESS also holds the exclusive global telecast rights by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for all ICC events till 2015, and features international and domestic cricket from its exclusive broadcast deals with Cricket Australia and England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
About ESPN STAR Sports
ESPN STAR Sports is a 50:50 joint venture between two of the world's leading cable and satellite broadcasters. As Asia's definitive and complete sports broadcaster and content provider, ESPN STAR Sports combines the strengths and resources of its ultimate parent companies - Walt Disney (ESPN, Inc.) and News Corporation Limited (STAR) - to deliver a diverse array of international and regional sports to viewers via its encrypted pay and free-to-air services.
ESPN STAR Sports showcases an unparalleled variety of premier live sports from around the globe 24 hours a day to a cumulative reach of more than 310 million viewers in Asia. ESPN STAR Sports has 17 networks covering 24 countries, each localised to deliver differentiated world-class premier sports programming to Asian viewers. This includes ESPN SEA, ESPN China, ESPN Hong Kong, ESPN India, ESPN Malaysia, ESPN Philippines, ESPN SEA 2, ESPN Taiwan, MBC-ESPN (Korea), STAR Sports Asia, STAR Sports Hong Kong, STAR Sports India, STAR Sports gMalaysia, STAR Sports SEA 2, STAR Sports Southeast Asia, STAR Sports Taiwan, and STAR Cricket.
On the ground, the ESPN STAR Sports Event Management Group manages and promotes premier sporting events around Asia. ESPN STAR Sports aims to reach consumers at any time, any place and through all new media platforms, both internet and mobile. The multi-lingual, online platforms, espnstar.com, espnstar.com.cn and espnstar.com.tw and footballcrazy.tv interact with millions of users providing them with in-depth sports news, results and competitions. Developed for the sports fan that is constantly on the move, mobileESPN and STAR Sports Mobile delivers differentiated mobile content targeted at its various audiences. mobileESPN enables the serious sports fan to follow their favourite sports more closely than ever before with a combination of specially produced video news clips, in-depth news coverage and analysis. STAR Sports Mobile aims to provide interactive and entertaining opportunities to engage with sports, delivering exclusive video excerpts from leading football clubs Arsenal and Liverpool as well as highlights from STAR Sports original programmes covering opinions, instructional tips and the latest online game reviews.
CONTACT DETAILS
Aparna Srivastava, IPAN, +91 9811234594, aparna.srivastava@ipan.com
Subhashish Bharuka, IPAN, +91 9810122833, subhashish.bharuka@ipan.com
Sameer Bajaj, ESPN Software India Private Limited, +91 9811222700, sameerb@espnstar.co.in
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS, MARKETING, MEDIA
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BWI: Michael B. McCook Joins Trikona Group as Senior Advisor
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Business Wire
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 02:10 PM IST (08:40 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Accounting & management consultancy services, Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Construction, Real estate; Technology
Release no: 18538
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(BW)(NY-TRIKONA-GROUP)(TRC)Michael B. McCook Joins Trikona Group as Senior Advisor
Former Senior Investment Officer of Real Estate of CalPERS added as Advisor to Leading Real Estate and Infrastructure Group
New York, United States, Tuesday, November 18, 2008 -- (Business Wire India) --
CONTACT DETAILS
Gutenberg CommunicationsU.S.:
Kerri Hazama,
+1-212-810-4168
kerri@gutenbergpr.com
orIndia:
Ameya Sirur
+91 9987588991
ameya@gutenbergpr.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, CONSULTANCY SERVICES, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, CONSTRUCTION, REAL ESTATE, TECHNOLOGY
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Source: Business Wire
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 02:10 PM IST (08:40 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Accounting & management consultancy services, Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Construction, Real estate; Technology
Release no: 18538
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(BW)(NY-TRIKONA-GROUP)(TRC)Michael B. McCook Joins Trikona Group as Senior Advisor
Former Senior Investment Officer of Real Estate of CalPERS added as Advisor to Leading Real Estate and Infrastructure Group
New York, United States, Tuesday, November 18, 2008 -- (Business Wire India) --
Trikona Group, which contributes to the growth of India by creating new asset classes around real estate and infrastructure, announced that Michael B. McCook, former senior investment officer of real estate for the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), has joined Trikona Group as one of three senior advisors.
Mr. McCook will advise the fund management division of the Trikona Group, having spent over 20 years in senior executive positions within the real estate industry. Most recently, he led the global real estate investments division at CalPERS, the largest U.S. pension fund with assets totaling nearly $190 billion and a real estate portfolio valued at more than $20 billion. Mr. McCook directed investment and management teams to oversee the fund's core and specialized equity real estate holdings.
With extensive expertise in fund management, Michael McCook will provide strategic guidance as Trikona invests 10 billion in India over the next decade through its institutional investment platform. Mr. McCook also serves on the board of other Trikona Group companies including Apodis Hospitality, one of the largest hospitality platforms in India.
Mr. McCook joins Arthur J. Mirante II and Vinode Ramgopal to create a seasoned team of Trikona advisors. Arthur Miranate is currently the head of global client development and former president and CEO at Cushman & Wakefield, the world's largest privately held commercial real estate services firm. Under his leadership, Cushman & Wakefield expanded from regional brokerage company to global real estate firm and saw a revenue increase of $100 million to $1 billion. Vinode Ramgopal is current chairman and CEO of the Marco Polo Group and brings significant experience in privatization, having been the former head of global privatization at Lehman Brothers International. His tenure included the successful $20 billion restructuring and sale of Telebras, the telecommunications company of Brazil.
"I am impressed with the Trikona Group's commitment to the development of India. In addition to strong leadership, Trikona has a corporate social responsibility model enabling it to create the partnerships necessary to invest, develop and operate successfully in India," said Michael McCook, Senior Advisor of Trikona Group. "As Trikona scales its fund management division, I look forward to reinforcing the institutional governance and best practices I cultivated at CalPERS and to further shaping Trikona's sustainable growth strategy."
"Having helped build one of the largest pension funds in the world, Michael McCook has long recognized the value of a partnership approach and a strong awareness of the political and social landscape critical to real estate development - the basis of the Trikona Group's model in India," said Aashish Kalra, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Trikona Capital. "Understanding this model and the related complexities, Mr. McCook successfully led efforts to expand the CalPERS real estate platform and shift from domestic-focused to international investments. We are delighted to have such a well-respected industry figure join our team."
Michael B. McCook is currently the president of Kenwood Investments, LLC, a California real estate development firm specializing in residential and mixed-use urban infill projects. He has also served as managing director of operations at Institutional Housing Partners (IHP); managing director and chief operating officer of Prudential Home Building Investors; and president and chief operating officer of a real estate equity fund for DevCap International.
About Trikona Group
The Trikona Group contributes to the growth of India by creating new asset classes around real estate and infrastructure through a strong emphasis on social responsibility. To successfully raise and deploy capital, Trikona operates through fund management, project development, operating businesses and asset management. An experienced team in India, strong U.S.-based governance and investor reporting standards, and strategic partnerships with leading companies are the foundation to Trikona's execution platform in India's high growth industry sectors. Together with its partners, Trikona has created a complete ecosystem of projects and companies across the residential, commercial, retail, infrastructure, industrial, hospitality, and urban rejuvenation sectors, forming an aggregate value of $7-10 billion. Trikona has offices in New York, London, Delhi and Mumbai. For more information, go to www.trikona.com.
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BWI: Hotelex India 2008 to Showcase the Latest Developments in the Hospitality Industry in India
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Hotelex India
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:19 PM IST (06:49 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Entertainment, People; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Hospitality, Media & entertainment
Release no: 18533
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Hotelex India 2008 to Showcase the Latest Developments in the Hospitality Industry in India
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Tuesday, November 18, 2008 -- (Business Wire India) -- CMP India, a subsidiary of United Business Media Ltd, a leading global business media company is hosting Hotelex India 2008, an international trade fair for the hospitality industry . The event will be held at the Bombay Exhibition Center In Mumbai from the 21stto the 23rd of November 2008.The event promises to be a one stop shop for hotel and resort developers, purchase and procurement managers, food and beverage managers as well as for interior designers, architects and specialist engineers.
The revenues for the Indian Hotel and Restaurant industry in the year 2006-07 exceeded 6 billion rupees, an increase of nearly 22% over the previous year. The industry is poised for rapid growth and is projected to be well worth over 8 billion rupees by the year 2010.To be in sync with this growth and development Hotelex 2008 has grown bigger and expanded its scope to showcase the complete panorama of the hospitality industry.
With a view to cover the complete spectrum of the professional Hospitality sector Hotelex will feature specialized events such as Hotelex Culinary Challenge, Hotelex Bar Challenge, CEO conclave, Procurement Mangers Meet and Green Housekeeping Seminar with it focus on Social and Economic relevance of adopting eco friendly initiatives in the hospitality sector. The Green Housekeeping seminar will see Distinguished Panelists like Margaret Zacharias, Executive Housekeeper, Orchid Hotel will put forth their views on challenges involved in adopting eco friendly housekeeping measures.
The Culinary challenge is being hosted with support and technical guidance of the Western Indian Culinary Association(WICA).The Bar Challenged will be conducted by famed mixologist Shatbi Basu .The CEO conclave will bring together industry leaders and pioneers on one platform for an interactive knowledge sharing session on 'Investment in the Indian Hospitality Sector -Branding and Franchising'. Eminent Industry captains like Mr. Jamshed Daboo, COO, Taj Premium Hotels; Mr. Rattan Keswani, President , Trident Hotels will be present to discuss issues and challenges pertinent to the hospitality industry in view of the present economic scenario.
Internationally, Hotelex has been staged successfully for the last 17 years in Shanghai and 7 years in Beijing. The brand represents a high value and business friendly approach through its styling and format.
About United Business Media Limited
United Business Media Limited is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print and with the information they need to do business successfully. We focus on serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewellery traders, from farmers to pharmacists around the world.
Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams that serve these communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.
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Source: Hotelex India
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:19 PM IST (06:49 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Entertainment, People; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Hospitality, Media & entertainment
Release no: 18533
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Hotelex India 2008 to Showcase the Latest Developments in the Hospitality Industry in India
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Tuesday, November 18, 2008 -- (Business Wire India) -- CMP India, a subsidiary of United Business Media Ltd, a leading global business media company is hosting Hotelex India 2008, an international trade fair for the hospitality industry . The event will be held at the Bombay Exhibition Center In Mumbai from the 21stto the 23rd of November 2008.The event promises to be a one stop shop for hotel and resort developers, purchase and procurement managers, food and beverage managers as well as for interior designers, architects and specialist engineers.
The revenues for the Indian Hotel and Restaurant industry in the year 2006-07 exceeded 6 billion rupees, an increase of nearly 22% over the previous year. The industry is poised for rapid growth and is projected to be well worth over 8 billion rupees by the year 2010.To be in sync with this growth and development Hotelex 2008 has grown bigger and expanded its scope to showcase the complete panorama of the hospitality industry.
With a view to cover the complete spectrum of the professional Hospitality sector Hotelex will feature specialized events such as Hotelex Culinary Challenge, Hotelex Bar Challenge, CEO conclave, Procurement Mangers Meet and Green Housekeeping Seminar with it focus on Social and Economic relevance of adopting eco friendly initiatives in the hospitality sector. The Green Housekeeping seminar will see Distinguished Panelists like Margaret Zacharias, Executive Housekeeper, Orchid Hotel will put forth their views on challenges involved in adopting eco friendly housekeeping measures.
The Culinary challenge is being hosted with support and technical guidance of the Western Indian Culinary Association(WICA).The Bar Challenged will be conducted by famed mixologist Shatbi Basu .The CEO conclave will bring together industry leaders and pioneers on one platform for an interactive knowledge sharing session on 'Investment in the Indian Hospitality Sector -Branding and Franchising'. Eminent Industry captains like Mr. Jamshed Daboo, COO, Taj Premium Hotels; Mr. Rattan Keswani, President , Trident Hotels will be present to discuss issues and challenges pertinent to the hospitality industry in view of the present economic scenario.
Internationally, Hotelex has been staged successfully for the last 17 years in Shanghai and 7 years in Beijing. The brand represents a high value and business friendly approach through its styling and format.
About United Business Media Limited
United Business Media Limited is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print and with the information they need to do business successfully. We focus on serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewellery traders, from farmers to pharmacists around the world.
Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams that serve these communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.
CONTACT DETAILS
Nikhil Udupa, Mutual PR, +91 9987720433, nikhil@mutualpr.com
Sunil Ramakrishnan, Mutual PR, +91 9870110525, suneel80@gmail.com
KEYWORDS
ENTERTAINMENT, PEOPLE, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, HOSPITALITY, MEDIA
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