Send Free Children’s Day SMS Greetings to any mobile in India.

On 11.13.09, In Mobile, By Editor
India’s top Free SMS site, YouMint.com has announced that Indians all over the globe can now send Free Children’s Day SMS Greetings to their loved ones through YouMint.com.
Children’s day is celebrated in India on the 14th of November, the birthday of independent India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, as a tribute to his love of children.
A poll was conducted to determine the most popular Childrens Day SMS and the winner is:
Do u know why 14 Nov is Children’s Day. It’s because it comes exactly after 9 months from Valentine’s day (14 Feb).
TO SEND FREE DIWALI SMS : CLICK HERE (Registration Required)

India’s top Free SMS site, YouMint.com has announced that Indians all over the globe can now send Free Children’s Day SMS Greetings to their loved ones through YouMint.com.

Children’s day is celebrated in India on the 14th of November, the birthday of independent India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, as a tribute to his love of children.

A poll was conducted to determine the most popular Childrens Day SMS and the winner is:

Do u know why 14 Nov is Children’s Day? It’s because it comes exactly after 9 months from Valentine’s day (14 Feb) !

TO SEND FREE CHILDREN’S DAY SMS : CLICK HERE (Registration Required)

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Send Free Diwali SMS Greetings to any mobile in India.

On 10.10.09, In Mobile, By Editor

India’s top Free SMS site, YouMint.com has announced that Indians all over the globe can now send Free Diwali SMS Greetings to their loved ones through YouMint.com on 16th and 17th of October. Millions of Indians in India and abroad will be celebrating the festival of light, Diwali or Deepavali, this Saturday (October 17).

A poll was conducted to determine the most popular Deepavali SMS Greetings and the winners are:

  1. May the festival of lights be the harbinger of joy and prosperity. Best wishes for a Happy Diwali.
  2. The holy occasion of Diwali is here and the atmosphere is filled with the spirit of love. Hope your life sparkles like the million stars in the sky. Happy Diwali.
  3. Here’s hoping this festival of lights brings your way, bright sparkles of contentment, that stay with you through the days ahead. Best wishes on Diwali.

On this day Indians exchange Deewali greetings, and sending messages via SMS appears to be the medium of choice. All Indian Mobile operators have forewarned their customers that the traffic on Diwali day is likely to set a record this year on Diwali 2009.

TO SEND FREE DIWALI SMS : CLICK HERE (Registration Required)

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Nokia India Announces Nokia Nseries Mobile Film Awards

On 02.08.07, In Mobile, By Editor

ItnewsOnline writes…Nokia India has announced the Nokia Nseries Mobile Film Awards in association with Subhash Ghai’s Whistling Woods International, the renowned film training institute, and Mediamatics Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. Aimed at unleashing the ‘movie maker in everyone’, the initiative is targeted at young, up-and-coming filmmakers in the country.

Nokia Nseries Mobile Film Awards invites aspiring participants above 18 years of age to shoot a mobile film using their mobile phones in categories of fiction and non-fiction. The contest starts on 18th February, 2007 and ends on 12th March, 2007.

The films will be judged by a jury assembled by Whistling Woods International and Mediamatics and the best film maker will get an opportunity for a 6-month ‘foundation course in film-making’ with Bollywood showman and ace film-maker Subhash Ghai at Whistling Woods International and produce his own film with the new Nokia N93i device. Two runners up in the fiction and non-fiction categories will win a sponsored trip to Universal Studios – Hollywood and a Nokia N93i device each.

Vineet Taneja, Director, Multimedia, Nokia India, said, “We are glad to partner with Subhash Ghai and Whistling Woods for the Nokia Nseries Mobile Film Awards. ‘Movie making on-the-go’ presents a huge opportunity for the mobile industry. Mobile filming has a unique advantage of having the device in your hand, anywhere, anytime. Through this initiative, we will provide Indian movie buffs a chance to bring out the filmmaker in themselves and an opportunity to become India’s next Subhash Ghai.”

“The Nokia N93i is touted to set new benchmarks in mobile film making. With advanced functionalities such as DVD-quality movie recording, Wi-Fi and TV-Out function, it will prove to be a serious alternate to handycams, traditional digital and movie cameras. It will be our constant endeavor to provide smart imaging devices that make filmmaking accessible and convenient to everyone,” added Vineet.

Film-maker and Bollywood showman, Subhash Ghai, said, “A mobile device is like a companion that accompanies you wherever you go. They trigger spontaneity and are a powerful medium of capturing and portraying human expressions. I want to congratulate Nokia Nseries for joining Whistling Woods International in creating an excellent platform that encourages and promotes up-coming talent in India.”
The Rewards for the Best Film Maker:

 - The Best Mobile Film Maker wins a 6-month foundation course in filmmaking course at Whistling Woods International. The winner will get a chance to work with every department and get a solid footing in the aesthetic, commercial and technical facets of the complete filmmaking process. He/she will get a chance to produce his first film using the Nokia N93i.

- The Best mobile film maker category-wise (1st runner-up from fiction category and 1st runner-up from non-fiction category) wins a trip for one to Universal Studios, Hollywood! Both the winners will win the Nokia N93i and goodie bags from Whistling Woods International.

Participation steps for Nokia Nseries Mobile Film Awards:
- Entry forms can be downloaded from www.nokia.co.in/nseries or www.whistlingwoods.net. The forms are also available at Nokia Nseries Mobile Film Awards Roadshows and select retail outlets, details of which are available at above URLs.
- Participants can shoot a video of up to 3 minutes duration using their mobile phone
- Films can be made in 2 categories: Fiction and Non-fiction (the same has to be indicated while submission of the film).
- Participants can either edit the film on their phone or after downloading into a computer.
- The final film and the original footage have to be burnt on a VCD/DVD and mailed to Nokia N-Series Mobile Film Awards 2007, 1005, Edenwood Tower, Shastri Nagar, Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri (W), Mumbai 400 053.
- Contest starts on 18th February, 2007 and ends on 12th March, 2007.
- For more details SMS “Nseries SG? to 5555.

 

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Mobile Bollywood film initiative unveiled

On 01.16.07, In Mobile, By Editor

BusinessofCinema writes…While the world is talking about the impending marriage of two Bollywood style icons – Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, another ‘marriage of sorts’ was announced today in Mumbai.

Globally, the Indian film industry is the biggest in the world and India has the fourth largest base of mobile subscribers in the world (poised to be number two in the coming years, second only to China). Bollywood and the mobile industry have now come together in a unique ‘Mobile Bollywood Film Initiative’ that was unveiled by Roamware and Hungama Mobile.

The two companies along with GSM Association (GSMA) have launched this initiative to create short movies tailored for mobile devices. Global roaming solutions provider Roamware will make available the content onto mobile devices across the world.

At present, the global mobile entertainment revenue market is pegged at $21 billion and by 2010 Bollywood is expected to contribute $42 billion to the same. Bollywood today commands close to 1.5 million downloads a day. What’s more, currently there are 105.4 million subscribers of the GSM services in India.

Roamware, Hungama Mobile and GSMA have also teamed up with Bollywood film maker, Sanjay Gupta (of White Feather Films), to premiere three Bollywood short movies for the mobile medium.

These films will be premiered at the GSMA’s 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, which will be held from 12 – 15 February, 2007. The Congress, the largest annual mobile event, is expected to attract over 60,000 attendees from across the global mobile value chain.

As has already been reported by Businessofcinema.com last week, Roamware is also the exclusive sponsor of the Sundance Film Festival: Global Short Film Project, a joint initiative of the GSM Association and the Sundance Institute. The Mobile Bollywood Initiative is another step by Roamware to facilitate short films for the mobile medium.

“We are very excited by Roamware and Hungama Mobiles’ commitment to bring the spectacle of Bollywood to mobile phones – the fourth screen – at the world’s most important mobile industry gathering. The Sundance and Bollywood communities represent some of the most creative, vibrant and diverse talent in the movie world, and we are delighted to be able to showcase these extraordinary films in Barcelona. In doing so, we hope to catalyse a truly compelling mobile entertainment experience for mobile users globally,? said GSM Association chairman Craig Ehrlich.

“Hungama Mobile has pioneered the delivery of Bollywood entertainment content to the world and has been instrumental in promoting Bollywood in the wireless world. From providing music, imagery, video and games we are now preparing to introduce full features and this project with Sanjay Gupta is a step in the same direction. Hungama Mobile has worldwide exclusive rights to over 70 per cent of Bollywood content on the mobile and digital platforms and this content comes from the world’s fastest growing mobile market – India and the most vibrant film industry. We believe it offers tremendous promise as a content category for carriers in over 125 countries,? added Hungama Mobile managing director and CEO Neeraj Roy.

“We are honoured to be part of the Sundance Institute and the GSMA’s pioneering vision of the distribution of movies via the mobile phone. Bollywood is a huge force in the global film market, and we look forward to helping the mobile industry realise the potential of this partnership,? said Roamware CEO Bobby Srinivasan.

Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta added, “Bollywood is a massive presence in the world movie industry, and South Asia represents the fastest growing mobile market in the world. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to be involved in a project that has a promise and the potential to create a whole new distribution model for Bollywood cinematic entertainment. Our project Dus Kahaniyah has been made keeping the mobile and digital medium in mind and the fact that today the market for short films has been given a huge impetus as the quality of video experience on mobile has improved significantly.?

The cost of downloading the short films has not yet ascertained. The revenue sharing ratio between the content provider (producer/director) and the mobile service provider (Hungama) will be 50:50.

While at present, this initiative has been rolled out with known filmmakers, plans are also to open this medium to aspiring directors in the future. Srinivasan informs, “We will be having a phase wise rollout of the initiative. Once the model is successful, we will also open up the floodgates to budding filmmakers.”

 

 

 

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Bollywood Movies Go Mobile With GSM Association, Roamware & Hungama

On 01.16.07, In Mobile, By Editor

NewsBlaze writes…It’s official – Bollywood is going mobile in a big way. Roamware and Hungama Mobile have joined forces with the GSM Association (GSMA) to announce the launch of a ‘Mobile Bollywood Initiative’ to create short movies tailored for mobile devices, taking the world’s largest film industry onto mobile devices all over the globe.

In conjunction with the GSMA, Hungama Mobile and Roamware have teamed up with leading Bollywood filmmaker, Sanjay Gupta, to premiere three Bollywood short movies for the mobile medium. These films will be premiered at the GSMA’s 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, which runs from the 12th to 15th of February 2007. The Congress, the largest annual mobile event, is expected to attract over 60,000 attendees from across the global mobile value chain. Bollywood today is the world’s largest movie industry, producing more than 1,000 movies a year with an audience of more than 2 billion viewers across 127 countries.

The Mobile Bollywood Initiative builds on the announcement earlier this month that Roamware has become an exclusive sponsor of the Sundance Film Festival: Global Short Film Project, a joint initiative of the GSM Association and the Sundance Institute.

“We are very excited by Roamware and Hungama Mobiles’ commitment to bring the spectacle of Bollywood to mobile phones – the fourth screen – at the world’s most important mobile industry gathering,” said Craig Ehrlich, Chairman of the GSM Association. “The Sundance and Bollywood communities represent some of the most creative, vibrant and diverse talent in the movie world, and we are delighted to be able to showcase these extraordinary films in Barcelona. In doing so, we hope to catalyse a truly compelling mobile entertainment experience for mobile users globally.”

“Hungama Mobile has pioneered the delivery of Bollywood entertainment content to the world and has been instrumental in promoting Bollywood in the wireless world. From providing music, imagery, video and games we are now preparing to introduce full features and this project with Sanjay Gupta is a step in the same direction. Hungama Mobile has worldwide exclusive rights to over 70% of Bollywood content on the mobile and digital platforms and this content comes from the world’s fastest growing mobile market – India and the most vibrant film industry. We believe it offers tremendous promise as a content category for carriers in over 125 countries.” said Neeraj Roy, Managing Director & CEO of Hungama Mobile.

“We are honoured to be part of the Sundance Institute and the GSMA’s pioneering vision of the distribution of movies via the mobile phone. Bollywood is a huge force in the global film market, and we look forward to helping the mobile industry realise the potential of this partnership,” said Bobby Srinivasan, CEO of Roamware.

“Bollywood is a massive presence in the world movie industry, and South Asia represents the fastest growing mobile market in the world. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to be involved in a project that has a promise and the potential to create a whole new distribution model for Bollywood cinematic entertainment,” said Sanjay Gupta, who is well known for directing several super-hit movies including Kaante and Musafir. “Our project ‘Dus Kahaniyah’ has been made keeping the mobile and digital medium in mind and the fact that today the market for short films has been given a huge impetus as the quality of video experience on mobile has improved significantly.”

Bollywood is one of the fastest growing entertainment industry segments and has an appeal not only for the 140 million mobile phone users in India but for markets across all continents. Indian cinema is now dubbed in over 35 languages and accounts for as much as 18% of theatrical business in markets such as UK. Indian films have made it into the top 10 charts in markets such as USA, UK, Germany, Australia, Singapore and South Africa.

 

 

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Mobile Bollywood initiative unveiled

On 01.16.07, In Mobile, By Editor

Mobile-Ent writes…Roamware and Hungama Mobile have teamed with the GSM Association to launch the ‘Mobile Bollywood Film Initiative’.
The three partners have joined with filmmaker Sanjay Gupta to premiere three Bollywood short ‘mobile’ movies at the GSMA’s 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona next month.

The Mobile Bollywood Film Initiative builds on the announcement earlier this month of the Sundance Film Festival: Global Short Film Project, a joint initiative of the GSMA and the Sundance Institute. 

Sanjay Gupta’s initial three films will be joined by seven more from other directors in the coming months as part of a series on ten films known collectively as Dus Kahaniyah. As with the Sundance Short Film Project, operator distribution for the films will be announced in the coming weeks.

Craig Ehrlich, chairman of the GSMA, said: “The Sundance and Bollywood communities represent some of the most creative, vibrant and diverse talent in the movie world. We hope to catalyse a truly compelling mobile entertainment experience for mobile users globally.?

Bollywood is one of the fastest growing entertainment industry segments and has an appeal not only for the 140 million mobile phone users in India but for markets across all continents. Indian cinema is now dubbed in over 35 languages and accounts for as much as 18 per cent of theatrical business in markets such as UK.

 

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Bollywood Movies Go Mobile With GSM Association, Roamware & Hungama Mobile Initiative

On 01.16.07, In Mobile, By Editor

Webitpr writes…It’s official – Bollywood is going mobile in a big way. Roamware and Hungama Mobile have joined forces with the GSM Association (GSMA) to announce the launch of a ‘Mobile Bollywood Initiative’ to create short movies tailored for mobile devices, taking the world’s largest film industry onto mobile devices all over the globe.

In conjunction with the GSMA, Hungama Mobile and Roamware have teamed up with leading Bollywood film maker, Sanjay Gupta, to premiere three Bollywood short movies for the mobile medium. These films will be premiered at the GSMA’s 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, which runs from the 12th to 15th of February 2007. The Congress, the largest annual mobile event, is expected to attract over 60,000 attendees from across the global mobile value chain. Bollywood today is the world’s largest movie industry, producing more than 1,000 movies a year with an audience of more than 2 billion viewers across 127 countries.

The Mobile Bollywood Initiative builds on the announcement earlier this month that Roamware has become an exclusive sponsor of the Sundance Film Festival: Global Short Film Project, a joint initiative of the GSM Association and the Sundance Institute.

“We are very excited by Roamware and Hungama Mobiles’ commitment to bring the spectacle of Bollywood to mobile phones – the fourth screen – at the world’s most important mobile industry gathering,? said Craig Ehrlich, Chairman of the GSM Association. “The Sundance and Bollywood communities represent some of the most creative, vibrant and diverse talent in the movie world, and we are delighted to be able to showcase these extraordinary films in Barcelona. In doing so, we hope to catalyse a truly compelling mobile entertainment experience for mobile users globally.?

“Hungama Mobile has pioneered the delivery of Bollywood entertainment content to the world and has been instrumental in promoting Bollywood in the wireless world. From providing music, imagery, video and games we are now preparing to introduce full features and this project with Sanjay Gupta is a step in the same direction. Hungama Mobile has worldwide exclusive rights to over 70% of Bollywood content on the mobile and digital platforms and this content comes from the world’s fastest growing mobile market – India and the most vibrant film industry. We believe it offers tremendous promise as a content category for carriers in over 125 countries.? said Neeraj Roy, Managing Director & CEO of Hungama Mobile.

“We are honoured to be part of the Sundance Institute and the GSMA’s pioneering vision of the distribution of movies via the mobile phone. Bollywood is a huge force in the global film market, and we look forward to helping the mobile industry realise the potential of this partnership,? said Bobby Srinivasan, CEO of Roamware.

“Bollywood is a massive presence in the world movie industry, and South Asia represents the fastest growing mobile market in the world. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to be involved in a project that has a promise and the potential to create a whole new distribution model for Bollywood cinematic entertainment,? said Sanjay Gupta, who is well known for directing several super-hit movies including Kaante and Musafir. “Our project ‘Dus Kahaniyah’ has been made keeping the mobile and digital medium in mind and the fact that today the market for short films has been given a huge impetus as the quality of video experience on mobile has improved significantly.?

Bollywood is one of the fastest growing entertainment industry segments and has an appeal not only for the 140 million mobile phone users in India but for markets across all continents. Indian cinema is now dubbed in over 35 languages and accounts for as much as 18% of theatrical business in markets such as UK. Indian films have made it into the top 10 charts in markets such as USA, UK, Germany, Australia, Singapore and South Africa.

 

 

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