The prestigious event will be graced by policymakers like Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs & Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas, GoI; Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister, Govt. of Maharashtra; Amitabh Kant, G20 Sherpa, GoI; and business leaders such as Azim Premji, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Uday Kotak, Zarin Daruwala, Dinesh Kumar Khara, and many more

10th May 2023: India’s most distinguished business awards, CNBC-TV18’s India Business Leader Awards (IBLA) returns to celebrate its 18th year of recognizing and honouring exceptional industrialists, business leaders, and luminaries who have made a significant impact on the global stage. IBLA continues to honour the excellence in leadership which has contributed significantly to India's growth story while creating profitable, sustainable, and socially responsible brands and businesses.

Scheduled to take place on May 11th, the ceremony will be hosted by Shereen Bhan, Managing Editor of CNBC-TV18. The marquee event will bring together some of the most influential leaders in business, education, and government to recognize excellence and success in their respective fields. The list of esteemed guests includes senior government dignitaries such as Hardeep Singh Puri (Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, and the Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas, GoI); Devendra Fadnavis (Deputy Chief Minister, Govt. of Maharashtra); and Amitabh Kant (G20 Sherpa, GoI).

Eminent business leaders and luminaries that will grace the event include Azim Premji, Chairman - Azim Premi Foundation, Founder Chairman - Wipro Limited, Chairman - Wipro Enterprises; Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, Aditya Birla Group; Uday Kotak, MD, Kotak Mahindra Bank; Zarin Daruwala, Cluster CEO, Chairman, Standard Chartered Bank, India & South Asia Markets; Salil Parekh, CEO, Infosys; T Narendran, CEO & MD, Tata Steel; Venu Srinivasan, Chairman Emeritus, TVS Motor; Prabha Narasimhan, MD & CEO, Colgate Palmolive; Adar Poonawalla, CEO, Serum Institute of India Pvt Ltd.; Rajiv Memani, Chairman & Regional MD, EY India; V Vaidyanathan, MD & CEO, IDFC First Bank; Jay Shah, Secretary, BCCI; Dilip Asbe, MD & CEO, NPCI; Raamdeo Agarwal, Chairman, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.; Ramesh Damani, Veteran Investor & Member, BSE; Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt; and Indian Boxer Nikhat Zarin among others.

Commenting on the occasion, Avinash Kaul, CEO, Network18 said, "IBLA’s legacy of celebrating inspiring excellence in business for 18 years has been a remarkable journey. Over the years, it has become an essential date in the economic calendar of the Indian subcontinent as we honor the good work done by businessmen, policymakers, entrepreneurs, corporates, and other key influencers - who have demonstrated unwavering determination, bold vision, and courage to make a substantial impact on their industries and the economy. We are delighted to recognise and applaud their outstanding accomplishments on this prestigious occasion."

The 18th Indian Business Leader Awards is set to make a statement as it takes the stage, with Standard Chartered Bank as the presenting partner.

AME Taps 12 World-Class Strategy Leaders to Judge on AME's Inaugural Executive Jury; AME's Grand Jury Includes 33 Top-tier Strategists from Agencies Around the Globe

New York Festivals® Advertising Awards announced the 2023 AME Executive Jury and Grand Jury of world-class strategists recruited to judge entries submitted into the New York Festivals AME Awards.

AME's Executive Jury members are innovative strategic leaders who embrace the partnership between creativity and effectiveness. They bring a world of experience to the jury panel and are known within the industry for delivering creative and effective work. As award-winners themselves, their ability to recognize distinctive creative work that solves a problem, inspires action, and delivers results truly sets the bar for the competition.

This strategically selected panel of creative strategists will judge this year's AME Entries. The esteemed Grand Jury recruited from 5 regions around the globe will judge all entries across all categories online and determine the 2023 AME Shortlist.

AME's inaugural Executive Jury of globally recognized leaders will judge all shortlisted entries selected by the online Grand Jury, followed by a second live video panel where together through thoughtful and deliberate discussion they will determine the 2023 AME trophy-winning campaigns.

"I'm thrilled that these respected world-class leaders will share their industry expertise on the AME Jury panels. They represent some of the most awarded strategists within the industry and their commitment to awarding cutting-edge results-driven work ensures that creative and effective campaigns are recognized and awarded," said Gayle Seminara Mandel, Executive Director, New York Festivals AME Awards.

2023 NYF AME Executive Jury

· Khaled AlShehhi, Executive Director Marketing and Communications. UAE Government Media Office, UAE
· Anibal Casso, Chief Strategy Officer, North America Ogilvy USA
· Bediz Eker, Chief Strategy Officer, VMLY&R New York
· Rory Gallery, Chief Strategy Officer, Special New Zealand
· Bastian Goldschmidt, Managing Partner Strategy, Grabarz & Partner Germany
· Amanda "AJ" Jones, Chief Strategy Officer, McCann Canada
· Nadine Müller-Eckel, Head of Strategy, Anomaly Berlin Germany
· Simone Pratt, VP, Strategy Director, Saatchi & Saatchi USA
· Tahaab Rais, Chief Strategy Officer Middle East & Turkey, Publicis Groupe UAE
· Joe Smith, Strategy Partner, AMVBBDO United Kingdom
· Aki Spicer, Chief Strategy Officer, Cashmere USA
· Marialejandra Urbina, Chief Strategy Officer, Dieste USA

View the 2023 AME Executive Jury HERE

The AME Juries includes Founders, Chief Creative Officers, Chief Strategy Officers, CEO's, Heads of Planning, Managing Partners, and Executive Creative Directors all of whom are influential leaders at agencies and brands across all regions. Their stellar industry experience provides entrants with a jury panel that is well versed in creating ground-breaking results-driven regional and global campaigns.

2023 NYF AME Grand Jury

Asia Pacific

· Gino Borromeo, Chief Strategy Officer, BBDO Guerrero
· Mythili Chandrasekar, Consultant-Strategic Planning, Havas Worldwide India
· Jolene D'Souza, Group Strategy Director, Special New Zealand
· Dom Hickey, Chief Strategy Officer, Howatson+Company Australia
· Andreas Krasser, CEO, DDB Group Hong Kong China
· Ketan Rambhia, Sr. Strategy Director, DDB Mudra India
· Miriam Wells, Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy PR Australia
· Ekta Relan, Chief Strategy Officer, Lowe Lintas India
· Shingo Suzuki, Strategic Planning Director, McCann Worldgroup Japan
· Dissara Udomdej, Chief Creative Officer / Founder, Yell Advertising Thailand

Europe

· Emily Brydon, Strategy Director, AMVBBDO United Kingdom
· Daniel Koller, Director SevenOne AdFactory GmbH, Germany
· Filippo Mutani, Partner, Chief Strategy Officer, Leagas Delaney Italia
· Anneliese Rapp, Group Strategy Director, Anomaly Germany
· Roberta Remigi, Strategy Director, Publicis Italy | LePub Italy
· Beata Stumpf, Strategic Director, White Rabbit Budapest

Latin America

· Daniela González De La Vega, SVP, Social Strategy, Media.Monks Mexico
· Giacomo Groff, VP, Executive Strategy Director, R/GA Brazil

Middle East & Africa

· Tobi Beckley Williams, Creative Director, Insel Communications Ghana
· Lina Fateen, Managing Director, Momentum MENA Egypt
· Mona Hassanie, Strategy Director, Wunderman Thompson UAE
· Fabio Medeiros, Head of Strategy, VMLY&R UAE

· Estelle Khayat, MANAGER - STRATEGY & INSIGHTS, Saatchi & Saatchi UAE
· Siddarth Prakash, Head of Marketing & Brand at Home Centre, Landmark Group UAE

North America

· Nina Bailey, VP, Strategy, Biolumina (Omnicom Health Group) USA
· Venkata Bhonagiri, Sr. Partner, Group Director, Strategy & Analytics, Mindshare, North America USA
· Liam Brown, Strategy Director, McCann Worldgroup Canada
· Emily Canan, Strategy Director, Publicis North America USA
· Federico Chiesa, Chief Strategy Officer, Havas Village X New York
· Grant Flannery, Vice President, Brand Planning, Huge USA
· Maggie Gross, Principal and Head of Strategy, Deloitte USA
· Ole Pedersen, Director of Strategy, McKinney USA
· Juie Shah, Strategy Director, DDB USA

View the 2023 AME Grand Jury.

The results of the 2023 AME Jury sessions will be included in the annual AME Report, an industry report that honors and provides rankings for agencies and brands.

The deadline to enter is May 26, 2023. For information about the 2023 New York Festivals Advertising Awards categories, rules and regulations or to enter AME, visit HERE.

The Congress will emerge as the single largest party in the Karnataka assembly elections by winning 110 to 120 seats, says the India TV-CNX exit poll which was telecast on the news channel today.

The party may either get a clear majority, or its tally could be a few seats short of the magic number.

The exit poll seat projections show, Congress may win 110-120 seats in the 224-seat assembly, the ruling BJP may come second with 80-90 seats, Janata Dal(S) may win 20-24 seats, while 'Others' including independents may win 1-3 seats.

In the 2018 elections, BJP had won 104, Congress had won 80, JD(S) had won 37, and 'Others' had won three seats.

Vote share projections in the exit poll show: Congress may get 41.57 per cent, BJP may get 35.61 per cent, JD(S) 16.1 pc, and 'Others' may get 6.72 per cent. In the 2018 elections, Congress had got 38.04 pc, BJP had got 36.22 pc, JD(S) 18.36 pc and 'Others' had got 7.38 pc votes.

CASTE, COMMUNITY WISE VOTE SHARE

Caste and community wise exit poll projections show, Congress may get 72 pc of Kuruba votes, 19 per cent Lingayat votes, 22 pc Vokkaliga votes, 39 pc SC votes, 33 pc OBC votes, 43 pc ST votes, and a whopping 82 per cent Muslim votes. On the other hand, BJP may get 14 pc Kuruba votes, a whopping 70 pc Lingayat votes, 17 pc Vokkaliga votes, 41 pc SC votes, 52 pc OBC votes, 34 pc ST votes and only 2 per cent Muslim votes. The projection show JD(S) may get 53 per cent Vokkaliga votes.

REGION-WISE PROJECTIONS

The India TV-CNX poll projections region-wise show, Congress may get 17 seats, BJP may get 14 seats, and JD(S) may get one seat in Greater Bangalore (total 32 seats).

In Central Karnataka having a total of 21 seats, Congress may win 12, BJP may win 8 seats and Others one seat.

In Hyderabad Karnataka region, having a total of 40 seats, Congress may sweep by winning 29 seats, BJP may win nine, and JD(S) and Others may win one seat each.

In Old Mysuru having 62 seats, Congress may win 32 seats, JD(S) may win 20 seats, and BJP may win 10 seats.

In Coastal Karnataka having 19 seats, BJP may win 16 and the Congress may win only three seats.

In Bombay Karnataka region having 50 seats, BJP may win 28 seats and Congress may win 22 seats.

The exit poll survey was carried out by CNX among 15,620 respondents (7,890 males and 7,730 females) in 142 out of a total of 224 seats. Respondents were interviewed at 11 polling stations in every randomly selected assembly constituencies. Ten respondents were selected randomly from each four selected polling stations.

Cup wins a big thumbs up from Bundesliga leader Peter Lieble who declares he has never ever seen a comparable Corporate Cup worldwide.

A never before initiative by TV9 Network of enabling an altogether new and refreshing engagement with business leaders, News9 Plus Corporate Cup sets a new benchmark. HDFC, winner of the tournament, describes the Cup as the best managed event in 25 years. All participating corporations share the positive sentiment while football veterans hail the unique proposition.

You have not seen anything like this before! True to its leadership, News9 Plus promoted by TV9 Network, India’s largest television news network, successfully launched yet another first of its kind initiative on boarding business leaders for a never before excitement, courtesy, News9 Plus Corporate Cup.

The curtains have now closed on the highly anticipated corporate tournament of India Inc, leaving behind a trail of excitement and anticipation for what's to come. The three-day extravaganza culminated on Sunday to a rousing cheer from corporate leaders, partners, and organisers for unleashing a lifetime experience.

Sharing his experience being part of the News9 Plus Corporate Cup, a bullish Peter Leible, Senior Advisor, Bundesliga, said, “In all these years, I’ve never seen a Corporate Cup on such a level worldwide. The production, pitch, branding, efforts, dedication, and commitment from everybody was great.”

During his address at the presentation ceremony, Barun Das, MD and CEO, TV9 Network said, “I am happy that the News9 Plus Corporate Cup has delivered on its promise of enabling an unrivalled exciting engagement for corporate leaders. The success of the inaugural tournament has been mainly due to the stupendous support and participation of top corporates. Next year, the News9 Plus Corporate Cup will scale up the excitement quotient and come back even bigger."

“It would be a joy to see our women participate and win in the next News9 Plus Corporate Tournament. I strongly believe India can excel in global sports like the World Cup and Olympics. Football is not just a sport but a way of life for youth worldwide. To achieve our national aspirations, we must leverage our full potential, including the 50% strength of women. For example, the Indian Women’s football team, ranked 57th globally and 11th in Asia, has a good chance of qualifying for the World Cup before the men’s team,” added Barun Das, MD and CEO of TV9 Network, who himself is a passionate football enthusiast and was spotted dribbling and scoring goals in the lead-up to the grand finale of the championship.

Sukesh Shastri, Senior VP, HDFC, who also heads the company’s sports division, said, “I would like to thank the entire TV9 team for organising an event at this scale. It takes immense effort from all. The event was well-managed and even the minute details were taken care of efficiently, from stay and food to referees, jerseys, facilities on the ground, etc. This was the best-managed event we have played in the last 25 years. India needs it, and thanks to TV9 for taking this initiative. We will always support it.”

Commenting on the News9 Corporate Cup, Alvito D'Cunha, Captain, Indian Legends football team, said, “I would like to thank Barun and Peter for supporting this event. Though it was a hectic journey, the atmosphere was so good. We really enjoyed it, and we would definitely like to be a part of this event in the future.”

The spectators were on the edge of their seats during the 3-day tournament, with each team dribbling excellence, making brilliant moves, and creating goal scoring opportunities. There were some outstanding defence moves as well. The atmosphere was nothing short of electric, with the spectators roaring with every near-miss and goal.

A total of 26 top-tier teams from India's biggest corporate giants got head-to-head for the ultimate prize in the News9 Plus Corporate Cup, making it one of the most exciting and diverse corporate events in the country.

After three days of intense matches and nail-biting finishes, the top-tier football corporate tournament of India Inc. came to a crescendo with HDFC Team 1 clinching the title. The team is all set to witness FC München play at the iconic Allianz Arena in Munich. The three runner-up teams, Infosys, Teleperformance, and HDFC 2, also emerged as formidable squads.

An upbeat Kishore Nair (the winning team’s captain) said, “We are glad that we got an opportunity to play at this beautiful ground. We did what we had come for, all thanks to our mentor and idol Sukesh Shastri! He taught us how to fight as a team and be calm till the last moment. The team will hold celebrations in Pune and Mumbai.”

Anup Nair, Captain, Infosys football team (Cup Runner Up) said, “It was brilliant. When we actually got the poster of the tournament, we actually never imagined the scale at which it is going to be organised, as they were saying that they are going to send a team to Bayern, and they are going to watch a match there. To be honest we were not very sure, but we wanted to play, so anyway that trumps everything else so we ensured we got our team in.”

News9 Plus Corporate Cup was co-powered by U GRO Capital and supported by the Directorate of Sports & Youth Services, Government of Maharashtra. Special partners Varad Property Solutions, Rajyog Paints, and Vidya Aradhana Academy; Hospitality partner The Orchid Hotel, Pune; sports equipment partner NIVIA; beverage partner Limca Sportz; Radio partner Red FM 93.5; along with associate partners Parishrama Neet Academy, Bengaluru; Swargaseema Sandalwood Farms Pvt. Ltd.; Narayana Educational Institutions; and Lalitha Jewellery Mart Pvt. Ltd. contributed to making the inaugural tournament a resounding success.

The News9 Plus Corporate Cup kicked off with a bang, as the best of India Inc got together for a sporting extravaganza. And what better way to kickstart the tournament than an exhibition match between Maharashtra Sports Commissioner's team and the Indian Legends team, also known as the Pune Veterans!

The TV9 Network has been at the forefront of promoting corporate sporting excellence in India. With the overwhelming success of their News9 Corporate Cup, the Network has set new benchmarks for corporate engagement, and its commitment to this cause remains unwavering. As a testimony to their dedication, the Network has promised to be back with even more exciting sporting events in the forthcoming editions.

After Viacom18 won the digital streaming rights for the 2023-2027 cycle of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at a record-breaking value of INR237.73bn (~$3bn), it was understood that the games would be streamed on Voot Select, the premium tier of Voot, Viacom18’s direct-to-consumer service. However, IPL is instead being streamed on Jio Cinema, an ad-supported mobile streaming application owned by Reliance Jio.

As the major investor in Viacom18, Reliance Jio might reasonably seek to prioritise its own free streaming platform, but the shift has raised questions about the role of Voot. Indeed, the forecast take up of the premium service has now been revised down in response (see chart). The proposed merger of the two services has also been put on hold, with Voot now being earmarked as a backup should Jio Cinema find itself unable to meet the exponential increase in demand for IPL coverage. Cricket is by far the most popular sport in India, with the game on 12th April 2023, for example, two weeks after the season kicked off, attracting 22m concurrent views. Voot’s undecided future also brings into question the launch of Paramount+ in India which was expected as a premium content tier on Voot.

Besides taking over as the host platform, Jio Cinema is also streaming IPL at least for the 2023 season for free. This contrasts to the previous rights holder Disney+ Hotstar’s strategy of putting the IPL almost exclusively on its paid premium tier and has already had a significant impact on the wider Indian SVoD industry. Not only has Disney+ Hotstar experienced heavy customer churn in 2022 Q4, even before the IPL 2023 season started, but also India’s total SVoD market growth in 2023 is now expected to shrink from the original forecast as consumers turn to free ad-funded (AVoD) platforms for content.

Written by Orina Zhao at Ampere Analysis