MUMBAI: Disney XD, the multi-platform entertainment offering from the Disney network of Television Channels, is all set to bring fun and excitement to you with new episodes of Kid vs Kat and an all-new hero, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command as a part of our Super Solid Summer!

To kick off the summer fun, Buzz Lightyear will fly to your television screen all the way from outer space on 4th April 2011 at 4.30pm [Monday to Friday]. The show takes you inside the great big beautiful world of tomorrow where members of the elite Universe Protection Unit patrol the vastness of space in their cool retro rocket ships, keeping the peace among a fantastic array of alien cultures. United under the benevolent Galactic Alliance, this is a place where Buzz Lightyear really can fly. But alas, there is a dark shadow looming over this happy future - the Evil Emperor Zurg, enemy of honesty and justice who is bent on overthrowing the Alliance. Yet time and again, in one action-packed episode after another, Zurg is foiled by our heroes.

Keeping pace with the excitement, Coop and Dennis are back on 11th April 2011 from Monday to Friday at 6pm for another thrilling season of foiling Kat?s ingenious evil plans! Catch the all the fast paced action as Coop and his best friend Dennis continue to battle the evil space alien kat with a vengeance and try to expose his evil doings to the world. With felines like these, who needs enemies? Arnab Chaudhuri, director ? content and creative, Walt Disney Television International India, says, ?We are delighted to bring our awesome space hero, Buzz Lightyear to our viewers. Also, following this new feat will be the new season of the popular show Kid vs Kat.?

Buzz Lightyear, named after the second man to land on the moon, Edwin ?Buzz? Aldrin made his debut in the first Toy Story movie where he saves cowboy Woody from peril several times and escapes a mean, toy destroying boy. Buzz is known for his bravery and courage to travel ?To infinity and beyond?! Just like Buzz, Coop and Dennis are also chock-full of courage. Our young heroes are always ready to face danger, whether it?s fighting space aliens or escaping Old Lady Munson.
Tune in to catch the exciting adventures of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command and the new episodes of Kid vs Kat only on Disney XD?s Super Solid Summer
 

MUMBAI: Kid?s favorite channel for all things fun and humorous Hungama TV is all set to serve the perfect recipe to get you thunda this summer! The channel will bring the coolest ?Thundamental? summer in line with its spirit of unbridled fun characteristic of childhood. Apart from new episodes of all time favorites shows ? Doraemon and Shinchan, two new shows ?Osomatsukun? and ?Chor Police? will help viewers cool off in the summer heat.

This summer Hungama TV?s Shinchan will also be seen making his theatrical debut this summer with his big screen movie ?Bungle in Jungle? set to hit theatres across India on April 1st, 2011. In addition, Hungama TV will also premiere the movie on 15th of May.

Kids will also get to witness the comical misadventures of ?Osomatsukun? every weekend at 6 pm (Monday to Friday) all through summer. Osomatsukun is the oldest of a bunch of incredibly mischievous siblings. All six of them have exactly the same face, the same hairstyle and the same outfits! To add to the fun, they even talk alike!

Based on the popular kids? game of the same name, Chor Police, to premiere on 10th April, 9.30 am (Every Sunday) is bound to be a favorite with the kids given the resonance of this concept with every Indian kid. Devika Prabhu, Associate Director, Programming for Walt Disney Television International India, says, ?We are delighted to bring our viewers an amazing line-up of programmes this summer. Shinchan will be back with brand new episodes, joining him will be ?Osomatsukun?, the hilarious adventures of the six children of the Matsuno family. In view of his popularity, we will also premiere three Shin chan movies this summer immediately after his theatrical movie debut?.

With Shinchan, Osomatsukun and Chor Police, the summer just got cooler and truly ?Thundamental? on Hungama TV.
 

MUMBAI: This summer, Disney Channel is all about you! It?s about your family laughing together with Best of Luck Nikki, you and your family doing some cool tricks with Art Attack, your parents being quizzed about you with Mai Ka Laal and your talent showcased on Disney Channel Shooting Stars. Not only that, we are also bringing to you, your much loved inventor brothers - Phineas & Ferb, your heartthrob rock stars - the Jonas Brothers, your dazzling teen diva - Hannah Montana, a brand new Disney original animation show Fish Hooks and your all-time favourite Disney movies - The Lion King, The Jungle Book, Monsters Inc, Cars, Tinkerbell and more!

Arnab Chaudhuri, director ? creative and content, Walt Disney Television International India, says, ?Disney Channel?s summer is going to be very exciting. Right from talent hunts and game shows to new sit-coms and brand new seasons of Disney favorites, it will be an entertaining summer for kids and families.?

To start off all the summer fun, Disney Channel premiered its first ever Indian family comedy show, Best of Luck Nikki on April 3, 2011. The story follows the hilarious trials and tribulations of the Singh household as they deal with the newest entrant to their family, baby Nikki. The show is set to air every Sunday at 11am.

Also, this summer Disney Channel?s Art Attack host, Gaurav, is back on air with new episodes of your favorite on-air art and craft workshop to make your summer exciting, creative and super fun! Gaurav shows you how to make simple, beautiful and useful art to battle that demon of boredom looming around the corner! Gaurav believes that anyone can be an artist so, with a little help from him and a few knick knacks from around the house, get ready to discover the artist in you!

Wondering in what new inventive way Phineas and Ferb are set to entertain you this summer? It?s a surprise you?ll love! Combining a dash of fun, a dose of mystery and barrels of summer sun, Phineas and Ferb have invented an awesome contest to get you thrilled and keep you hooked on to Disney Channel. Lucky entrants stand to win an unbelievable trip to Orlando to meet Phineas and Ferb in person! Not only that, you could also win exclusive Phineas and Ferb merchandise! All you have to do is tune in to Disney Channel, look out for Phineas and Ferb and tell us what they?re doing when you see them. The contest will be running everyday during the ?Summer belongs to you!? campaign.

A brand new Disney original animation show ?Fish Hooks?, featuring the voice of Saloni, the incredibly talented young comic star, will also premier on April 23 at 11 am. (Saturday 11 am, Sunday 9.30 am). The story follows Milo, Oscar and Bea, three friends and neighbours who attend Freshwater High, a school submerged in a giant fish tank in the center of a local pet store. Together, they experience the typical challenges and triumphs of tween life ranging from friendship, dating and sports, along with more atypical teen issues like giant lobster attacks and school field trips to the hamster cages.

Disney Channel viewers will also get to witness a power-packed, entertaining new game show ? ?Mai Ka Laal?, Disney Channel?s original production. The show will be hosted by popular actor and comedian, Javed Jaffrey. There is loads of fun and amusement to look forward to as parents prove how well they know their kid to win an all expense paid trip for their family to Disneyland!

After receiving an overwhelming response from kids across India, lucky participants of Disney Channel?s nation-wide talent hunt Disney Channel Shooting Stars will be seen starring in the channel?s promo campaign showcasing the fun and entertainment all through summer.

There is lots more in store with all-new seasons of hit international Disney Channel shows such as ?Jonas?, ?Hannah Montana? and a brand new dance based show ?Shake It Up?. ?Shake It Up? introduces high spirited best friends CeCe Jones and Rocky Blue who land their dream job as background dancers on the popular teen dance show "Shake It Up, Chicago!" Between learning the latest dance styles, navigating the backstage antics of their "frenemies," balancing responsibilities at home and their newfound social status at school, the girls encounter plenty of comedic bumps in the road keeping everyone thoroughly entertained
 

MUMBAI: According to Ormax Media?s syndicated study on ICC World Cup Day After Cricket (DAC), the average number of brands recalled at an unaided level increased from 2.7 in Week 1 to 3.1 in the last week, peaking at 3.3 brands in the India-Pak semi-final.

The World Cup buzz increased as India performed well, especially in the latter half of the tournament.

Speaking on the same, Ormax Media CEO & Co-founder Shailesh Kapoor says: "The peak brand recall in the World Cup was 3.3. However, the average recall during IPL3 was 4.4 brands, peaking at upto 7 brands on the weekend. The key difference between the two events is that IPL doesn‘t have any major ICC regulations, and hence, has a lot more in-match innovations, like Karbonn Kamaal Catches, Maxx Mobile Strategic Time Out, DLF Maximum etc. This creates higher recall and buzz for these brands. Hence, it can be argued that IPL has more to offer to the advertiser per rating point, than the World Cup."

Day After Cricket is an industry-wide syndicated study that measures the advertising effectiveness on cricket ? World Cup 2011 & IPL 4. The track for the study is being conducted daily during the event, among 7000 respondents across 6 cities - Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai. The TG for the study is 15-34 year olds, Males and Females, SEC AB.

The daily and weekly reports focus on TOM recall, Unaided Recall, Ad Likeability and Innovation Association Recall. The mid and end-tournament reports will focus on macro understanding and analysis of cricket advertising.
 

MUMBAI: GlobeCast is providing playout and media workflow services for four of BBC Worldwide?s Polish-language channels from GlobeCast?s London media management and delivery hub.

BBC Worldwide operates channels in many languages across the world and not only benefits from GlobeCast?s comprehensive fibre and satellite delivery networks but also from the ?digital ecosystem? GlobeCast has created for content preparation.

This digital ecosystem includes connectivity and integration with partners who perform services vital to BBC Worldwide. International re-versioning services provided by TVT form part of the ecosystem for BBC Worldwide, streamlining expansion into new regions by adding additional languages to the existing on-line content store at GlobeCast. This ability to use one pool of content across many regions, combined with the delivery connectivity GlobeCast can provide drives down costs and reduces the time-to-launch of new services.

GlobeCast?s solution for BBC Worldwide includes ingest and workflow set up, secure storage, subtitling, graphics, encoding, encryption and delivery of BBC Worldwide?s Polish language versions of BBC Knowledge in high definition, BBC Entertainment, BBC Lifestyle and CBeebies, via the Hot Bird satellite. This satellite allows BBC Worldwide to have access to several major television bouquets in Poland. GlobeCast has been providing satellite delivery of BBC Knowledge, BBC Entertainment, BBC Lifestyle and CBeebies to Eastern Europe and to Southeast Asia for the past three years.

BBC Worldwide is among the first customers to take advantage of GlobeCast?s next generation media management platform ? a fusion of GlobeCast media asset management (MAM) and workflow technologies including CMS from subsidiary Netia and IT based playout systems based on Miranda iTX. The technologies, integrated with other GlobeCast media management hubs in Miami and Singapore, allow GlobeCast to offer a highly available fully managed service.

MUMBAI: Reflective of years of dedication, creativity and high-quality work, Mr. Bunty Peerbhoy, Chairman of The MAA Group - one of the pioneers of integrated communications in the country - today was honoured with the PRCI Chanakya "K. R. Singh Memorial Award for life time achievement" in the field of Advertising and Public Relations.

Mr. Peerbhoy was bestowed with the Lifetime Achievement Award by Sri. Sewa Singh Sekhwan, Minister for Education Punjab Government. The Award was presented in the presence of Mr. M. B. Jayaram, Chairman Emeritus and Chief Mentor Public Relations Council of India (PRCI) and Mr. Mathew Hibberd of Sterling University of Scotland and other dignitaries at a function held in Chandigarh earlier this month.

"I am honoured to receive this award which is a tribute to all my employees as well. The MAA Group is where it is today not just because of the strengths of its services but also because of its adherence to a core set of values which transcends our employees across the country," said Mr. Bunty Peerbhoy, Chairman, The MAA Group. Mr. Peerbhoy has over 42 years of experience across the Indian market.

The PRCI Chanakya Awards is conferred by the Public Relations Council of India (PRCI) every year and past recipients include the stalwarts of the Indian communications industry.