Neeraj Roy participates as Chairperson in jury for MIPCOM

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Mr. Neeraj Roy, MD & CEO of Hungama Mobile , voted one of the "50 Most influential people in Mobile Entertainment, globally" and a pioneer in the Mobile Entertainment and content business takes part in the grand jury for MIPCOM 2007 Mobile and Internet TV Awards as a CHAIRPERSON. MIPCOM 2007, the world's audiovisual and digital content market will showcase the awards at its 24th edition at Palais des Festivals, Cannes from October 8 - 12, 2007.  

 

The Preselection Jury of MIPCOM 2007 Mobile and Internet TV Awards have shortlisted 32 successful projects across 9 categories namely Best Short Form Audiovisual Entertainment made for Moblie and/or internet: Drama/Comedy Lifestyle & Music/ Factual; Best Cross Platform & Interactive Moblie TV format; Best Mobile service for social community & user-generated content; Best made for Mobile TV or film channel; Best Film shot on a mobile device; Best Short Film originally created or repurposed for mobile.

 

The nominees list includes high profile players as Miles Beckett- Co-founder & CEO, LGI5 Studios; Judy Gladstone- Executive Director, Bravo! Fact Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent; Laurence Herszberg- General manager, Forum des Images & Founder Pocket Films festival; Mark Selby- Senior VP, Nokia; Juha Tiihonen- CEO & Co-founder, Starcut Oy; Karin Timpone- Head of Consumer/ Customer Innovation, Yahoo Inc.   

 

Mr. Roy will be speaking on 'Indian Content on the Move' on October 8, 2007 and will discuss this years Mobile & Internet TV Judging and the findings of the Grand Jury with the host. He will reveal some important facts about the mobile market, the nominated projects, internet video etc.

 

This year's Mobile and Internet TV Awards proves the power of content once again. The new format genres and terms being invented, such as "vodcasts", "graphic-novels", or "interactive games based on factual TV programmes". This year, they had a RECORD number of entries from 38 countries, making the MIPCOM Mobile and Internet TV Awards, the most international content award in the world.   

 

Mr. Neeraj Roy, MD & CEO, Hungama Mobile says," I am very happy to partner with MIPCOM to give an international exposure to the Indian entertainment industry which has matured enough to compete globally. Quality content will continue to be a crucial driver for the development of media in India and indeed everywhere, and we look forward to delivering the very best of India at MIPCOM in October."

 

"We see Mobile medium has the potential to create a level-playing-field for film makers and other content creators, where a new visual language was in the process of being born, as demonstrated by the entries in the   "Best short film shot on Mobile" category.   Especially in countries where internet is not as dominant, Mobile is the first Screen of importance." he added

 

The Indian Entertainment and Media Industry stands at 12 billion USD and is expected to grow in high double digit figures of 18% per annum CAGR. With the economy doing well and poised for a leap, the industry is expected to out-perform the growth of the economy by a significant margin in the coming year due to a large consumer base, rising income, escalating demand for content and a variety of new technology platforms.

 

Mr. Neeraj Roy and his company Hungama Mobile have undertaken over the past 18 months in taking Bollywood onto the mobile screen around the world. Hungama Mobile is the only company in the world to put together a global mobile distribution network for Bollywood. Hungama Mobile is connected across 30+ countries with over 70 mobile operators and partners such as SingTel, Maxis, O2, MTN, Rogers, Telis, Vodafone, T-Mobile, Nokia, Apple iTunes, MSN Music etc. Hungama Mobile are also the owners of IndiaFM.com. the world's # 1 Bollywood and India's first multi-player gaming portal GamingHungama.com. Launched in 1999, Hungama today operates in the media business and promotional marketing spaces which include Hungama.com , IndiaFM.com, and digital content for internet, gaming and mobile. Hungama has a joint venture in North America with 212 Media in the form of SAAVN.com which targets the South Asian community in the market.  

 

Mr. Neeraj Roy was awarded the Sun Microsystems-Economic Times Young Leader award in 2001 and voted as one of the 25 young leaders in the new millennium by Business India. Neeraj is associated with bodies such as CII, FICCI-FRAMES, TiE etc. He is a regular speaker at both international and domestic conventions on subjects like Digital Marketing, Mobile Entertainment and Entertainment Marketing. He is also Director of Mobile Entertainment Forum - Asia Chapter. Mr. Roy was last year voted amongst the "Top 50 Most Influential People in Mobile Content" by UK based Mobile Entertainment publication. 

 

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