Over the years many things changed. There are however three things that haven't changed -- the filmi influence on the event, its tepid content and its time management. If Frames has to move on to the next level then Ficci needs to work hard on these.
The event has seen participation of 111 business delegations from Italy, which is one of the biggest delegations so far.
The stage is set for Hollywood Hugh Jackman to make his appearance at the three-day convention on Friday.
'We have just scratched the surface because cricket has been around for the longest time.'
The Hollywood star took dancing lessons from Shah Rukh Khan, chatted with Karan Johar and made Aishwarya Rai blush at FICCI Frames on Friday.
With India increasingly attracting global artistes, the ministry of information and broadcasting is working to simplify the process of setting up concerts in the country.
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'Pakistan is uncomfortable with the Indian presence in Afghanistan. They want the Taliban to ensure that there is no Indian presence in Afghanistan.'
It has been a slow year for the Indian media and entertainment (M&E) business. After two years of double-digit growth, it grew at just about 8 per cent in 2023 over 2022. It now stands at Rs 2.33 trillion in advertising and pay revenues.
In what would be a significant boost to the domestic entertainment industry, the United States has been roped in as the partner country for the 2009 Ficci Frames - the annual global convention on the entertainment and media industry that is partly sponsored by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. It will be the tenth year of Ficci Frames next year.
Over 2,500 delegates from India and 20 other countries, will attend the three-day event in Mumbai, at which they will discuss the changing face of television news, the resurgence of the language media, the new arena of mobile entertainment, and how to cope with the talent crunch. According to a Ficci-PricewaterhouseCoopers report, the industry registered a cummulative growth of 19 per cent between 2004 and 2007.
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The Indian entertainment and media industry is expected to outgrow the country's economy every year between 2007 and 2011.
Riding high on growing income levels, comsumerism, technological improvements and greater investments, the media and entertainment sector is expected to cross a turnover of Rs 100,000 crore (Rs 1,000 billion) by 2011.
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The Indian film industry joined hands with Hollywood on Wednesday to counter piracy.
Global computer hardware major Intel has announced the deployment of Intel Insider, a new hardware feature of the 2nd Generational Intel Core processors that will allow Indian consumers to purchase and rent the latest high definition (HD) movies on their personal computers.
The fledgling online advertising industry is expected to grow four-fold by 2014.
Marigold has been in the making for a long time.
Currently, we are planning to construct one animation centre in Pune. We have asked PwC to prepare a detailed report for the same; it should be ready in the next four months.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday favoured a memorandum of understanding between the entertainment industries of Pakistan and India.
While FICCI officials said that parting of ways with Price Waterhouse was not related to the Satyam episode, sources said all business chambers have become wary of associating with those getting infamy from the country's largest corporate fraud.
A majority of the respondents said that demonetisation is a positive step towards curbing black money and corruption from the economy, the move did have an impact on their sales.
'As the world goes digital, we cannot afford to be left behind.'
Legendary Indian skipper Mithali Raj feels the COVID-19 forced break may have pushed back the growth of women's cricket by at least two years. Mithali, Indian women's ODI captain and the world's highest run-getter in 50-over cricket, also said that a full-fledged women's Indian Premier League is still at least three years away although a fourth team can be added for the Challenger series.
Indian start-ups are disrupting the world and women-based entrepreneurship is one of the vehicles for realising a more equal society, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Monday. Addressing an event organised by FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO), Kant further said India at present has more than 61,000 start-ups and 81 unicorns. "Indian start-ups are disrupting the world especially in new emerging areas of health, nutrition and agriculture," he said.
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