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Mumbai, June 28, 2006… Channel [v], India's No 1 music channel reaffirmed
its leadership position with an awards haul at the prestigious PROMAX & BDA
World Gold Awards in NewYork. Channel [v] was awarded the illustrious '2006 Rocket
Award' for the second time in a row. The Rocket Award recognises a producer, marketer
or designer with four or less years of experience in promotion, marketing or design
who is already creating outstanding work. The recipient of this year's award is
the pioneering Channel [v] producer, Siddharth Sikand. Speaking on the occasion,
Amar K Deb, Head Honcho Channel [v], said, "It's a fabulously mind-blowing
experience to be recognised by our peers internationally. All of us at Channel
[v] are ecstatic and overjoyed to have won in the face of stiff international
competition. These awards are sure to power the team to continue to 're-design'
Indian television." PROMAX & BDA Awards 2006 - Gold Awards for
Channel [v]:-
Art Direction & Design- Contest Bumper Wazzat Noise
PSA (Public Service Announcement) - Wear a Helmet
Best Direction- Ringtone
TV promo PROMAX & BDA Awards 2006 - Silver Awards for Channel [v]:-
Art Direction & Design- Interstitial Campaign V Gyaans
Best Copywriting-
Everyuth Skintillating Contest
Bumper - Fathers Day Bumper
PSA (Public
Service Announcement) Stop Letching- Mona Lisa
Consumer production- Happydent
Smile for [v] Contest
Best Editing- Hang 5
Non-Promotional Animation Campaign-
Sunday's Open
Promotional Item- Recycle bag PROMAX & BDA Awards
2006 - Bronze Awards for Channel [v]:-
Art Direction & Design: Special
Events Promo Happydent Smile for [v] Contest PROMAX & BDA are the world's
foremost organisations working on behalf of those involved in the promotion, marketing
and design of electronic media. They represent more than 4,200 member companies
and individuals in over 60 countries who work in television, radio and digital
media. They include senior executives, producers, and designers involved in the
creation of advertising, graphics, and marketing materials for their companies. STAR,
a wholly-owned subsidiary of News Corporation, is Asia's leading multi-platform
content and service provider. STAR's 40 distributed services in eight languages
reach more than 300 million viewers across 53 Asian countries. STAR television
channels include STAR Chinese Channel, Xing Kong Wei Shi, Phoenix Chinese Channel,
STAR Plus, STAR World, Channel [V], ESPN, STAR Sports, STAR Movies, STAR Gold,
Phoenix Movies Channel, VIVA Cinema, STAR News, Phoenix InfoNews Channel, in addition
to distributed channels National Geographic Channel, Adventure One, Vijay, Fox
News and Sky News. STAR has interests in cable systems in India and Taiwan. It
also powers the launch of Total TV in Taiwan, Asia's first interactive digital
cable TV services, and Radio City, India's leading commercial FM radio network.
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