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Padmalaya-Zica launches first Apple training centre in Hyderabad
MUMBAI: Padmalaya – Zica, which is an established animation training division of Padmalaya Telefilms, has recently launched the Apple Training Center in Hyderabad which is the first ever authorised Apple set up in India.
Earlier this year, the company had successfully rehauled the Zica brand as the most premium training institute in the field of animation film making, in the West, South and Kolkatta.
Coming to Mumbai next month and in Kolkatta by the start of 2005, these centers will cater to upcoming demand for professionals in high end software like Shake, Final Cut Pro (FCP), DVD Pro and Maya. Zica will also be launching various modules giving solutions to different needs of the industry.
Padmalaya – Zica director Rajiv Sangari said, “Padmalaya – Zica believes not only in giving training but our objective is to create careers for students. Our mission is to give more than value to our students, which can happen only by continued genuine hard work and effort.”
Talking to indiantelevision.com on how the Apple tie up came through, Sanghari says, “Zica had been contemplating to start special effects and editing training, and the best partner that came to our mind was Apple. We’ve also has invested in all Apple G-5 machines, which are one of the best machines in the world today, and Zica can claim that our students get to learn on the best machines possible today.”
Apple will provide the complete training material and prerequisite for the know-how on how to be training students. That apart, students will receive an Apple certification in association with Padmalaya – Zica.
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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.
