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Cinevistaas acquires studio floors in Mumbai suburb
MUMBAI: Cinevista Productions, now christened Cinevistaas Ltd is on an expansion drive to make available technical and creative services under one roof. It has vertically integrated itself into domains such as studio-floors, sets, equipment hire and post- production facilities.
The idea is to cover the broad spectrum of filmmaking, transforming Cinevistaas Ltd. into a one stop shop for the requirement of producers and directors. Cinevistaas studio floors at KanjurMarg have a range of facilities available including production offices, dressing rooms and catering. The production house, that claims to be the largest in the country, also has ready-made sets, which can be used directly for shoots.
The indoor studio spread over an area of more than 25,000 square feet, includes office and living rooms, hospital layouts, cafeteria and canteen. The outdoor studio is spread over three acres of land, ideal for the shooting of ad Films, serials and feature films, claims the production house. On the equipment hire front, Cinevistaas currently boasts film format as well as video format Cameras, Steady Cam, DV Cam (PD 150), Cranes, Panther Evolution Dolly, Lights (All range from 6KV HMI to Babies to Keno’s).
The company’s post production unit includes top of the line computer graphics division along with a professional editing set-up with non-linear (Offline and Online) services so as to enable quality entertainment production.
Postproduction facility includes 2-Edit-5, 3- Media 100, A/B Roll. The Audio facility boasts of “Protools” with Sound Craft 24 track mixing console.
Among the films and serials shot at the Kanjur Marg property are Cinevistaas’ own Sanjivani for Star Plus, NDTV’s Kapil Dil Se for Set Max and Kalpeshwar Pictures Kaise Kahoon Ke Pyaar Hai. .
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Times Network to air JVC Exit Poll across 5 regions on April 29
Four-hour broadcast spans states and Puducherry with data-led analysis
MUMBAI: Times Network is set to roll out what it calls one of its most expansive election programming efforts yet, culminating in the JVC Exit Poll on 29 April, with a multi-hour broadcast spanning key poll-bound regions.
The exit poll will air across Times Now and Times Now Navbharat, beginning at 5pm and 4pm respectively. Co-powered by Vedanta and Jindal Stainless, the programming aims to combine on-ground reportage with data-driven projections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry.
The network has deployed over 50 journalists across these regions, gathering voter sentiment and local insights in the run-up to polling. The effort builds on its ongoing election formats such as Election Yatra and Election Premier League, which have tracked campaign narratives and community-level issues.
In parallel, Times Now Navbharat has focused on constituency-level reporting in West Bengal through its Jan Gan ka Mann series, capturing voter opinions across diverse segments.
The coverage has also featured interviews with prominent political leaders. Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Congress leaders Ramesh Chennithala and V D Satheesan have appeared on the network’s election specials. From Tamil Nadu, voices including deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran, BJP leader K Annamalai and NTK’s Seeman have also featured in discussions.
On the day of the exit poll, the network’s primetime anchors, including Navika Kumar, Zakka Jacob and Sumit Awasthi, will lead the coverage. They will be joined by a panel of political analysts, psephologists and senior journalists offering real-time insights and interpretation of trends.
The programming will integrate grassroots reportage with analytics from the JVC Exit Poll, aiming to give viewers an early sense of electoral outcomes ahead of the official results on 4 May.
With its combined English and Hindi broadcast reach, Times Network is positioning this effort as a comprehensive look at voter sentiment, blending field reporting, data and debate to decode what could lie ahead when the final mandate is revealed.
