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‘Go Global’ with All Lights Film Services
MUMBAI: Oscar fever is gripping the entire world as the contention results are finally out and 289 feature films are now celebrating their entry into the first phase of Oscar selections. Following last years trend, with the support of All Lights Film Services, this year too three movies from Indian film industry has made it to the selection list of this years Academy race.
All Lights Film Services (ALFS), is a leading consultancy which helps Film Makers to ‘Go GLOBAL’. Since inception, All Lights has been striving hard to bring to light the dedicated efforts of Indian Film makers into the International Market. With DAM999, All Lights Film Services kept its best foot forward into the Oscar Race of 2011 and received 5 selections in 3 Categories. Their next projects which made fair entry to the Oscar race of 2012 included Color of Sky (Selection in Best Picture category), Hou De Jarasa Ushir (Selection in Best Picture category) and Saint Dracula 3D (4 selections on 3 Categories).
This year again, All Lights Film services have marked their entry in the Oscar Race of 2013 with 3 unique movies from India which includes Touring Talkies, Ballad of Rustom and Kamasutra 3D. All three of them have been selected in Best Picture Category of 86th Academy Awards. Besides, All Lights have more reasons for celebrations this year. Our project, Kamasutra 3D has also made into the selection list of Original Score and Original Song Category (5 songs). This is the only feature film from India whose all songs have been selected for contention to nomination this year.
The 86th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 A.M. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Oscars for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
Looking back at the time, All Lights Film Services has become a trusted guide for people who are talented and have flair in film making. All Lights provide you with deserved exposure and a promise that your movie would never go un-noticed.
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CNN-News18 to air live counting day coverage for five state election results on May 4
The channel is rolling out its biggest election coverage machinery yet for results day on 4th May
NOIDA: The votes have been cast. Now comes the reckoning. CNN-News18 is pulling out all the stops for results day on 4th May, when counting begins across five battleground states — West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry — in what promises to be one of the most closely watched electoral verdicts in recent memory.
The channel’s coverage, titled Battle for the States: The Verdict, kicks off at 7am and runs through the day across linear TV, connected television and YouTube. It is the culmination of CNN-News18’s multi-format editorial initiative, Battle for the States, which has tracked the polls from the beginning under the theme Road to Power.
At the operational heart of the coverage will be the Live Results Hub, the channel’s central command centre built to collate, verify and process real-time data flowing in from reporters stationed at counting centres across constituencies. The hub combines newsroom intelligence, analytics and on-the-ground reporting to deliver what the channel promises will be the fastest and most accurate results coverage in English news.
Leading the on-air charge will be primetime anchors Rahul Shivshankar, Anand Narasimhan, Aman Sharma, Nabila Jamal and Shivani Gupta. They will be joined by a wide panel of commentators including author Chetan Bhagat; GVL Narasimha Rao, senior leader of the BJP; Smita Prakash, editor of ANI; activist Saira Shah Halim; political analyst Sumanth C Raman; Abhijit Iyer Mitra, senior fellow at IPCS; Amitabh Tiwari, founder of VoteVibe; columnist Abhijit Majumdar; Nalin Mehta, managing editor of MoneyControl; political analyst Tehseen Poonawalla; senior journalist Subir Bhaumik; and political analyst Manojit Mandal.
Shivshankar, who serves as editorial affairs director at CNN-News18, set out the stakes plainly. “Counting day is one of the most watched events in the electoral cycle, where speed and credibility are tested in real time,” he said. “Battle for the States: The Verdict is built on that promise, combining ground reporting, sharp analysis and cutting-edge election technology to give viewers the clearest and fastest route to the verdict. On May 4, CNN-News18 will once again be the nation’s most trusted channel to witness democracy in action.”
Smriti Mehra, chief executive of English and Business News at Network18, framed the coverage in broader terms. “Elections are defining national events, and audiences turn to brands they trust in moments that matter,” she said. “CNN-News18 has consistently led from the front in every election coverage, and this special programming reflects the scale of our ambition and editorial strength.”
The channel has form here. It claims to have been India’s most preferred English news destination for election results for the past 20 years, covering everything from the 2024 general elections to the Delhi, Maharashtra, Bihar and BMC polls on the back of what it calls an “Always First, Always Right” record. Five states, one day, and a nation waiting for answers. The clock starts at 7am on 4th May.
