MUMBAI: It's time for celebrations at Star India. The Star network has walked away with nine awards at the Promax & BDA (Broadcast Designers' Association) Asia 2003 in Singapore, including the coveted 2003 Rocket Award, three Golds and five Silvers for outstanding creative work across a range of Star channels: Star Movies, Star World, Star Gold, Channel [V], National Geographic Channel and Adventure One.
The prestigious 2003 Rocket Award, which is a special award in recognition of outstanding new creative talent in the industry was bagged by Venkatesh Gaikwad of Channel [V] India.
Star also walked away with a Gold each for Best Movie Promo, Best Interactive Promo and Best Documentary Promo and picked up five Silvers for Best Print Ad, Best Drama Promo, Best Sales and Marketing Presentation, Best Interactive Promo and Best Sound Design.
The Asia awards come close on the heels of the Promax & BDA International 2003 in Los Angeles where Star picked up a total of 15 awards, including six Platinum Awards and nine Honourable Mention awards. The Platinum Award introduced this year represented the "absolute best in the world" in promotion, marketing and broadcast design.
Promax & BDA is a global, non-profit association dedicated to advancing the role and effectiveness of promotion, marketing and broadcast design professionals in the electronic media. It offers the world's premier educational conferences for promotions, marketing and design executives in electronic media.
Following is a category-wise and entry-wise list of awards won by Star India at the Promax & BDA Asia 2003 Awards:
Best Movie Promo
Dinomania - Star Movies 
Gold 
Best Interactive Promo
Rai University - Channel [V] 
Gold 
Best Documentary Promo
$100 Taxi Ride S2 - National Geographic Channel 
Gold
Best Drama Promo
Buffy The Musical - Star World 
Silver
Best Sales & Marketing Presentation
Come Home to the Oscars sales tape - Star Movies 
Silver
Best Interactive Promo
Popstars Contest - Channel [V] 
Silver
Best Sound Design
Project A - Star Gold 
Silver
Best Print Ad
A1 Rebrand Campaign - A1 
Silver 
2003 Rocket Award
Venkatesh Gaikwad, Senior Producer, On-Air Promos, Channel [V] India
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