A 53-year-old man driving a Ford Falcorn crashed his car on the Hume Highway on Saturday at 9am. The man was travelling north, two kilometres south of the Barton Highway when he lost control and collided with the guard rail on the left hand side of the road. The man was taken to hospital with serious injuries. Investigations are continuing.
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), India’s apex association of commerce and industry, has been supporting the cause of the Indian Entertainment Industry for over a decade and a half. With Bollywood having one of the largest film producers and directors in India and taking up one of the largest centres of film production in the world, We organize FICCI FRAMES, Asia’s largest and most definitive annual global convention on the business of Entertainment (www.ficci-frames.com). The 16th edition of FRAMES will be held from March 25-27, 2015 in Mumbai, India.
With the new government making Media and Entertainment a priority sector with his new initiative – “MAKE IN INDIA”, the media & entertainment industry is set to grow many folds in all sub-sectors including Television, Films, Radio, New Media, Gaming, Animation & VFX. The third phase of digitization has begun in India. There is a growing need for investment in set top boxes for Television to help digitalize the entire Nation. The partial e-auction for Radio is stated to take place in the coming months, opening up doors to foreign players for investment. Apart from Digitalization, there are also co-production treaties that are being signed for the betterment of this Industry. We have recently signed co-production treaties with Canada and China and are in talks with many countries for the same. FRAMES 2015 will have plenary and parallel sessions along with workshops and master-classes on a broad spectrum of issues/topics covering the entire gamut of media & entertainment like Films, Broadcast (TV & Radio), Digital Entertainment, Animation, Gaming, Visual Effects, etc. as well as major happenings like digitization & co-production over a period of three days that will help you understand the market sentiment and the untapped potential in the Indian M&E Industry.
The world’s media & entertainment industry will be in full attendance at FRAMES 2015, with nearly 2000 Indian and 600 foreign delegates encompassing the entire sector. We invite major CEO’s of the media and entertainment industry of the world along with officials from the ministry of information and broadcasting from India as well as international ministers. Over the years at FRAMES, we have had the honour of being addressed by Senator Chris Dodd, Chairman MPAA; Mr Mark Hollinger, President & CEO, Discovery Networks International; Mr Hernan Lopez, President & CEO, Fox International Channels;; Mr. Hugh Jackman, Acclaimed Hollywood Actor; Mr. Mitch Singer, CTO, Sony Pictures Entertainment; Mr. James Nicholas Gianopulos, Chairman & CEO, Fox Filmed Entertainment; Sir Martin Sorrell, Chairman WPP; Mr Paolo Gentiloni Silveri, Hon’ble Minister of Communications, Government of Italy; Mr Phillip Graf, CBE, Deputy Chairman – OFCOM; Rt Hon’ble Tessa Jowell, former Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport; Government of UK; Mr Barrie Osborne, Renowned Producer-Director at the FRAMES platform; Andy Bird, Chairman, Walt Disney International; Anne Sweeney, Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks, and President, Disney-ABC Television Group; Robert M. Bakish, President & CEO, Viacom International Media; Teri Schwartz, Dean, UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television; Andy Kaplan, President, International Networks, Sony Pictures Television; Mira Nair, renowned film-maker; Dominic Proctor, President, Group M Worldwide; Roger Fisk, PR Expert, President Obama’s Campaign; Jim Egan, CEO, BBC Global News; and other thought leaders.
2015 marks the 100th Anniversary of the ANZAC’s landing at Gallipoli. In honour of this landmark occasion, music icon and former Australian of the Year, Lee Kernaghan, teams up with a host of local artists and musicians to bring you ‘SPIRIT OF THE ANZACS’; released 27 February 2015.
Recorded at Rancom Street Studio in Sydney with long-time producer and collaborator Garth Porter, ‘Spirit Of The Anzacs’ is a tribute to those that have given their lives, those who have served, and those that still today step bravely into the unknown to serve our country.
Lee and Garth were granted unique access to the Australian War Memorial archive, collecting letters penned by diggers to their loved ones at home and spanning World War I to the present day. Each song on the 16-track recording is inspired by one of these real letters.
“This is some of the most powerful material that I’ve ever had the privilege to record in my career”, said Lee. “The album takes you on a real journey, from the trenches of the Western Front to the bombing of Darwin, Kokoda, Long Tan, and the dust of Uruzgan Province in Afghanistan. It is a project that goes to the heart of who we are as a nation.”
“Every nation has its story. This is ours. From the bloody Gallipoli landing to the dusty deserts of Afghanistan, precious war letters held at the Australian War Memorial have inspired this moving tribute from one of Australia’s great story tellers, Lee Kernaghan. The spirit of the men and women who wrote them, their courage and sacrifice lives in these songs – and in us.” – Dr Brendan Nelson, Director, Australian War Memorial
“Throughout Lee Kernaghan’s career he has created albums that tell our Australian stories – from the struggles and hardship of life on the land, to the great and sometimes terrible beauty of our country, to the resilience, pride and good humour of our people. In this album he sets to music some of the most profound and moving stories, first-hand accounts of Australians touched by the horrors and tragedy of war. Lee Kernaghan is perhaps the only artist who can craft an album that will resonate equally with all Australians, from the cities to the bush, men and women, young and old. These are our stories and they continue to shape who we are.” – Robert Patterson, ABC Commercial
“I’m really looking forward to releasing ‘Spirit Of The Anzacs’ in February, in a special year when we commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli, and the birth of the ANZAC legend”, says Lee.