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Turner, Mobile2Win ink interactive wireless solutions deal
MUMBAI: Turner International India Pvt. Ltd. has entered into a strategic tie-up with Mobile2win India in order to capitalise on the expanding wireless and emerging technologies business in India.
The company announced that the new short code for Turner’s channels – CNN, Cartoon Network and Pogo – will be 8558.
Turner International India Pvt. Ltd managing director Anshuman Misra said, “Globally, wireless has become a huge industry and is a technology of the future, which can only grow. With the exponential growth of mobile users in India, wireless activity integrated with television is an exciting medium of increasing viewership, viewer interactivity and ensuring that our content is available anytime and anyplace, in an interactive and easy-to-use format, on as many platforms possible.”
“In order to maintain our leadership in this rapidly changing and dynamic industry, it is imperative that we move with the times. Keeping our past successes with this medium in mind, I am positive that our association with Mobile2win will prove fruitful while adding more value to our many loyal viewers across India,” he added.
Mobile2win India head – alliances Shefali Sardudkar added, “Mobile2win, with its expertise in creating effective interactive solutions and rich content will add value to Turner India by offering innovative wireless solutions to its viewers. The already popular shows and characters of Cartoon Network and Pogo will now be available on the small screen in a variety of genres, while CNN viewers can enter SMS contests as well.”
Mobile2win will create SMS and IVRS solutions and also, premium mobile content like ringtones, wallpapers, themes, MMS cards and games. Going forward, Mobile2win will also create a WAP site for the Turner group, to showcase the content of Cartoon Network, Pogo and CNN that will be available for download.
Kids can now participate in SMS contests developed for Pogo’s fourth original production Bam! Bam! Bam! Gir Pade Hum and Pogo Amazing Kids Awards 2005, via the new short code 8558.
As the year progresses, Cartoon Network’s Toon Cricket 2005 will also add mobile interactivity to their promotional plans. Further, CNN will also use the medium to offer SMS contests.
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IICT partners with Gativedhi to bring studio production tools to students
New MoU lets students explore AI-driven production pipelines for AVGC-XR
MUMBAI: The Indian Institute of Creative Technologies (IICT) has teamed up with Gativedhi Technologies to give students a front-row seat to modern studio production. The collaboration will integrate Gativedhi’s AI-powered production intelligence platform, Shotrack, into academic programmes, letting students experience the workflow systems used by animation, VFX and gaming studios.
Under the MoU, faculty, students and researchers will get hands-on access to Shotrack through beta programmes, pilot deployments and academic evaluations. This will allow them to explore simulated production pipelines, understand asset management, track tasks and monitor schedules, essentially seeing how complex projects come together behind the scenes.
Shotrack is designed to tackle a key industry challenge: when multiple studios work on the same project, differing internal systems often create bottlenecks, slow approvals and complicate version control. The platform provides a unified production environment, enabling smoother collaboration across distributed teams while generating operational insights and predictive analytics to optimise crew allocation, forecast schedule risks and manage costs.
The collaboration also opens doors to Gativedhi’s wider ecosystem. Upcoming tools include StudioTrack, for studio operations management covering budgeting, recruitment and IT infrastructure, and WorkTrack, which measures workflow efficiency and team productivity across industries.
IICT plans to embed these tools into programmes covering animation pipelines, VFX workflows, gaming production and media project management. Students will also benefit from guest lectures, masterclasses, workshops, internships and research projects that connect academic learning with real-world studio practices.
IICT CEO Vishwas Deoskar, said the partnership provides “An environment where production pipeline tools can be explored, tested and refined while students gain insight into how large-scale productions are organised.”
Gativedhi Technologies founder & CEO Senthil Kumar added, “This collaboration introduces students to real-world studio management tools and helps us improve our platform with academic feedback.”
With Shotrack in classrooms, India’s future animators, VFX artists and gaming producers will get a taste of studio life long before they step into one.
