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India will turn Asia’s film-trading hub soon: Bobby Bedi

India will turn Asia's film-trading hub soon: Bobby Bedi Panaji, Nov. 24 (UNI): India is poised to become the potential film trading hub for Asia within three years even as its earning through film marketing continues to rise, netting substantial foreign exchange. Disclosing this to UNI on the eve of the 36th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), on the sidelines of a conference on 'India-The Big Pictuire' under the aegis of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here on Wednesday, Confederation's National Entertainment Committee Chairman, Bobby Bedi, said the country's earnings had risen by 170 per cent over last year

LMEs extended trading hours may boost metal trade in Asia

LMEs extended trading hours may boost metal trade in Asia Metal trading in Asia will get a boost with London Metal Exchange extending the trading hours on its electronic trading platform, LME Select, by six hours from June 1. This will improve price transparency and increased arbitrage opportunities, industry officials said. LME Select now opens six hours early, from 0530 IST to 2330. This move, analysts said, will improve liquidity on Asian exchanges as traders will be able to trade simultaneously on LME, on real time basis. An official from Indias base metals conglomerate said, Asian traders can track LME

Indiantelevision.com’s Media, Advertising, Marketing Watch

Indiantelevision.com's Media, Advertising, Marketing Watch MUMBAI: The Promax&BDA 2005 Asia, which was held in Singapore on 28 and 29 November saw Channel [V] India and UAE based MBC Creative Services hogging the limelight with the maximum number of awards. Channel [V] bagged the gold and silver awards for the Best In House Station Image Promo for V Gyaan- Phart Silencer and V Gyaan- Seedha Sar respectively. It also bagged the gold for Best Comedy Promo for V Gyaan - Phart Silencer. The gold for the Best Interactive Promo went to Channel V's Scooty Get Colourful promo. On the other hand, the award for

Toyota to set up Thai unit to oversee Asia operations

Toyota to set up Thai unit to oversee Asia operations Toyota Motor Corp. (7203.TO) plans to set up a new unit in Thailand to oversee Asian production outside Japan in a move to integrate operations in the regions fast-growing market. We are integrating our marketing and manufacturing teams, Akira Okabe, Toyota Motors senior managing director, told a press briefing. The new unit, Toyota Motor Asia Pacific Co. Ltd. (Thailand), will advise nine plants in locations including Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia on matters related to production, purchasing and logistics. Japans biggest carmaker by value is also consolidating marketing decisions by appointing the

BMW Asia lends a hand to young Asian artists

BMW Asia lends a hand to young Asian artists Five up-and-coming young artists from the Asian region will get to spend a creative fortnight in Singapore thanks to BMW Asia and Singapore Tyler Print Institute. The inaugural BMW Young Asian Artists Series will see the five artists - selected by the STPI over the course of this and the next year - invited to visit Singapore for a two-week residency at the Institute. There, they will produce new works on paper with STPI's printmakers. These works will be editioned and exhibited, with brochures detailing each artist's work compiled into a catalogue