MAM
Dentsu Aegis Network wins big at 2015 DMA Asia Echo Awards
MUMBAI: WATConsult, the digital and social media agency from the Dentsu Aegis Network, bagged eight metals at the 2015 DMA Asia Echo Awards. The event was held at The Leela, Sahar in Mumbai on 6 August.
The agency won a bronze for Kokuyo India’s Harinacs Stop Motion Animation Video campaign in the Animation category, a silver for its Nikon Cheatsheets campaign in the Illustration category, along with a silver and a gold for Sony Six’s Active Mornings On Six and NBA Mornings On Six campaigns respectively in the Publishing/Entertainment category.
Further on, it bagged a silver for Bestseller Group’s Veromoda Marquee – Retail campaign in the Retail and Direct Sales category, a bronze for SAP India’s SAP ACE USie campaign in the Apps & New Development category and a bronze each for Peter England’s #ColourMorons by Peter England campaign and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance’s Can You Drive Like Your Dad campaign in the Branded Video category.
The agency also earned special mentions by the Jury in the following categories:
WATConsult founder and CEO Rajiv Dingra said, “Eight metals across seven distinct clients stand as a great testimony to the work that WATConsult is churning out across its clientele. We got 24 nominations and that surely showcases the level of our work across our portfolio. This shows that we are not a one-hit wonder agency but an agency with consistent and credible work across clients.”
Additionally, iProspect, the global digital performance agency from Dentsu Aegis Network, bagged three awards at the DMA Asia Echo Awards. The agency won a silver for HDFC Life’s GDN Micro-Targeting campaign in the ‘Creativity-Interactive Search’ category and the Leader award for successfully working out the iLive Inventory Checker campaign for Koovs. The agency also bagged a bronze in the ‘Creativity, Interactive – Remarketing & Retargeting’ category for the iTarget campaign rendered for ShopClues.
Under the effectiveness category, Dentsu Aegis Network’s Isobar bagged a bronze each for Reebok India’s ‘Reeboot100’ campaign and Phillips’ ‘India’s First Multi-Device Conversations’ campaign.
Dentsu Webchutney won a bronze for Bacardi India’s ‘Bacardi Triangle’ campaign in the ‘Effectiveness’ category.
MAM
Dish TV shareholders approve three independent directors
99.49 per cent vote of confidence strengthens board as company expands into connected TV, e-commerce and OTT.
MUMBAI: Dish TV has just been served a near-perfect vote of confidence and the shareholders have dished it out in style. Shareholders of the DTH operator have approved the appointment of three new Independent Directors with an overwhelming 99.49 per cent approval. The three appointees are Mr Arun Kumar Kapoor, Ms Heena Naishadh Bhatt and Mr Ashok Anant Paranjpe.
The strong mandate reflects continued investor faith in the company’s strategy, disciplined execution and long-term value creation. It comes as Dish TV focuses on stabilising its core DTH business while actively scaling new verticals connected TV platform VZY, B2B e-commerce ShopZop, and OTT service Watcho to build a more diversified and resilient growth trajectory.
Dish TV India Limited, CEO & executive director Manoj Dhobhal said, “We are encouraged by the shareholders’ approval of the appointment of the Independent Directors and sincerely thank them for their continued trust and confidence. The Board is already benefiting from the Directors’ collective experience, which will further sharpen strategic focus and support disciplined execution.”
With a fresh, strengthened board in place, Dish TV is well positioned to navigate the evolving media landscape. In a sector where every percentage point matters, a 99.49 per cent thumbs-up is the kind of ringing endorsement that suggests the company’s recipe for the future is already tasting right.
