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Reliance Big Broadcasting (RBB), the television arm of the Reliance ADA Group, is on its way to becoming the country’s single largest owner of television channels, under the brand name ‘Big’. It already operates 46 FM radio stations, the highest by a single radio operator and a Direct-to-Home platform, all under the ‘Big’ name.
The company has applied to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) for a licence to operate 33 news channels, the highest for any single broadcaster so far. It has already got the downlink licence for 18 non-news channels under the brand name ‘Big’.
Once it gets all the approvals, RBB would own over 50 television channels, the highest among all the existing broadcasters. The Zee, STAR and Eenadu groups own less than half this number.
Sadanand Menon: Cinema in the Age of Hypervisuality
The TV grab of filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma trudging through the debris at Taj Hotel will remain one of the more grotesque images of the aftermath of the sixty hours of mayhem in Mumbai, last fortnight. I have been trying to figure out what was so disturbing about it and why so many people felt offended by it. It was promptly dubbed ‘terror tourism’ and soundly berated.
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In fact, it is interesting how so few of the Bollywood fraternity, who walk in and out of these 7-star hotels everyday, actually came there physically during or after the shootout. Even later, when an assorted bunch from Simi Garewal, Dia Mirza and Jaaved Jaffrey to Preity Zinta, Raveena Tandon and Sharmila Tagore did come on to the TV discussion panels, they sounded out of sync and had only banal or hawkish ideas to peddle. Despite the major glam star-cast, these TV shows were flops. Agents of the cinema seemed like sly interlopers here.
DD allowed to book ads for India-Sri Lanka ODIs
State-owned broadcaster Doordarshan has been allowed by the Delhi High Court to book advertisements for the two one-day international (ODI) cricket matches between India and Sri Lanka.
DD will share the revenue generated from these advertisements in the ratio of 25:75 with Ten Sports, the official broadcaster of the series.
This arrangement was approved by the Court as Ten Sports agreed to share the live feed of the remaining two ODI India-Sri Lanka matches with the public broadcaster. The private channel gave this undertaking to the bench of Justice Manmohan Sarin and Justice Veena Birbal.
ESPN, Ten Sports ‘violating pricing guidelines’
ESPN Star Sports (ESS) and Ten Sports have been hauled up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for not following guidelines. Show cause notices have been sent to the two sports companies, which could be off air for a month if found guilty of “non-compliance”.
The Ministry’s notice to ESS for violating pricing guidelines, and not offering its channels to Direct-to-Home Service providers according to TDSAT prescribed 50 per cent of cable rates, was sent on Friday. It comes after ESPN failed to “reply in compliance” to the Telecom Regulatory Authority’s show cause notice against it.
The regulator had also dragged the broadcaster to court. However, the Metropolitan Magistrate’s court at Tees Hazari, New Delhi has not issued any summons yet. There has been no stay order either; the Ministry has thus decided to give the broadcaster 15 days’ time to reply.
Policy guidelines for IPTV services cleared
The Union Cabinet on Thursday cleared the policy guidelines for the commercial rollout of Internet Protocol TV services, a new cable TV delivery system that would benefit both telecom players and consumers.
“Issuance of the guidelines will bring clarity on defining the parameters within which the service providers will work and clarify how these services will be regulated,” Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi said.
The Cabinet also gave its approval to amend the policy guidelines for downlinking of TV channels to allow broadcasters to provide content to IPTV service providers. Currently, downlinking norms allow broadcasters only to share their channels with cable and direct-to-home platforms.
IPTV involves delivery of television and video signals over a broadband network. It uses the Internet to deliver not only television channels but also other value-added services such as time-shift TV, interactive advertising, film shows without advertisements and games.
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The Union Cabinet on Thursday cleared the policy guidelines for the commercial rollout of Internet Protocol TV services, a new cable TV delivery system that would benefit both telecom players and consumers.
“Issuance of the guidelines will bring clarity on defining the parameters within which the service providers will work and clarify how these services will be regulated,” Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi said.
Financial Express : Trai needs accurate TRP numbers, ropes in stat bodies for evaluation
In order to determine the appropriate sample size that can reflect the TV viewership data with an adequate accuracy, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is evaluating the option of roping in the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) or Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), both of which fall under the ambit of ministry of statistics and programme implementation.
Recently, the existing market benchmarks of sample size (6,000 to 8,000) came under the scanner of information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry. The ministry held the view that a total of 6,000 to 7,000 peoplemetre installed only in urban locations is inadequate to represent 122 million TV households in the country and only reflects skewed TV viewership reality. Subsequently, the Centre referred the matter to the regulatory body. Trai’s recommendation on the issue is awaited.
According to a Trai official, “Arriving at a standard sample size is not an easy exercise. What is clear is that the current sample size is inadequate. But one cannot simply inflate the current figure, 6,000 to 60,000 or 6 lakh to zero on an accurate sample size. There are serious cost implications (cost involved in the data-collection) feasibility factors and profitability of the business of TRP involved. Therefore we are contemplating whether an expert body like NSSO or ministry of statistics can be engaged in the task.”
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In order to determine the appropriate sample size that can reflect the TV viewership data with an adequate accuracy, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is evaluating the option of roping in the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) or Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), both of which fall under the ambit of ministry of statistics and programme implementation.
Recently, the existing market benchmarks of sample size (6,000 to 8,000) came under the scanner of information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry. The ministry held the view that a total of 6,000 to 7,000 peoplemetre installed only in urban locations is inadequate to represent 122 million TV households in the country and only reflects skewed TV viewership reality. Subsequently, the Centre referred the matter to the regulatory body. Trai’s recommendation on the issue is awaited.
According to a Trai official, “Arriving at a standard sample size is not an easy exercise. What is clear is that the current sample size is inadequate. But one cannot simply inflate the current figure, 6,000 to 60,000 or 6 lakh to zero on an accurate sample size. There are serious cost implications (cost involved in the data-collection) feasibility factors and profitability of the business of TRP involved. Therefore we are contemplating whether an expert body like NSSO or ministry of statistics can be engaged in the task.”
Arasu Cable calls for EoI to distribute signals
Arasu Cable TV Corporation Ltd, a Government of Tamil Nadu undertaking, has set the ball rolling for the distribution of cable TV signals in the State by calling for expression of interest (EoI) from those in the TV signals distribution business.
The corporation has sought EoI from cable operators/link operators/MSOs in Tamil Nadu for taking TV signals from the Digital Head Ends (DHE) being established in different cities in the State by it.
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Arasu Cable TV Corporation Ltd, a Government of Tamil Nadu undertaking, has set the ball rolling for the distribution of cable TV signals in the State by calling for expression of interest (EoI) from those in the TV signals distribution business.
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It has prescribed certain eligibility conditions for the applicants — they should have registered with post office, the MSOs should have at least a few pay channels in their existing cable TV service and the MSOs/link/cable operators should have their own HFC cable distribution network / link. Independent / small existing cable operators could also apply.
In the application format, applicants are also required to furnish details such as pay channels and free-to-air (FTA) channels being distributed, number of connected consumers taking FTA and pay channels, details of the areas covered and equipment details of the control room and cable system.
Vanita Kohli-Khandekar: The Bhojpuri plug - Cinema in small towns in India
At some point the men and women running creative businesses start believing that their target audience is ‘people like us.'
This is happening to Hindi cinema. It seems to to be blinded by the Rs 150 an Indian multiplex viewer pays and $7-12 the overseas one does for a ticket. As a result, it is losing out on swathes of the domestic market for films in B- & C-class towns. Not too many of the big hits in 2007, except perhaps for Chak De India! have worked across Hindi-speaking markets. Bheja Fry or Partner, some of the other big Hindi hits, just don't register with small town audiences. Sreedhar Pillai, an expert on the south Indian film business, confirms that this is true for Tamil films as well. If a film works in Chennai, Malaysia, Singapore and (these days) Japan, production companies are not interested in the rest of the state.
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Vanita Kohli-Khandekar: The Bhojpuri plug MEDIA SCOPE Vanita Kohli-Khandekar / New Delhi May 20, 2008, 3:44 IST It is called the ‘people like us' trap. At some point the men and women running creative businesses start believing that their target audience is ‘people like us.'
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</script>This is happening to Hindi cinema. It seems to to be blinded by the Rs 150 an Indian multiplex viewer pays and $7-12 the overseas one does for a ticket. As a result, it is losing out on swathes of the domestic market for films in B- & C-class towns. Not too many of the big hits in 2007, except perhaps for Chak De India! have worked across Hindi-speaking markets. Bheja Fry or Partner, some of the other big Hindi hits, just don't register with small town audiences. Sreedhar Pillai, an expert on the south Indian film business, confirms that this is true for Tamil films as well. If a film works in Chennai, Malaysia, Singapore and (these days) Japan, production companies are not interested in the rest of the state.
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ndia sells a world-beating 3.3 billion tickets a year according to PricewaterhouseCooper's Global Media & Entertainment Outlook. However, since our ticket prices are amongst the lowest in the world, the market remains small and unprofitable. Multiplexes take the average ticket price up from Rs 20 to Rs 150 or $3.5, as film companies like to tell investors. This has prompted production companies to focus only on the Rs 150 audience. So, an entire generation of scriptwriters is churning out, some very good films, albeit for ‘people like us.'
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World cinema comes to India
But what's interesting is the manner in which Shaw and her team acquire titles for their library. Shaw, for instance, must be either packing her bags or would've already reached Cannes. Ideally, she would reach at least a week in advance before the festival was scheduled to start and visit stalls set up by various international distribution houses and watch rushes and trailers of films.
"It's usually on first come first serve basis and though it isn't quite an auction, the rates, depending on what sort of rights one acquires (DVDs, home video, theatrical prints, satellite television or all of them) can be pushed up considerably," she says. The cost? Companies like UTV are willing to pay $2,000-5,000 for each title, adding anywhere between 25-30 titles every month.
If UTV World Movies already has a total of 550 titles, NDTV is getting set to experiment in this space. The channel's firmed up with 300 titles already; a tie-up with exhibitor PVR Cinemas to showcase some titles theatrically (they'll get anywhere between 3-10 prints) is in place and some more spends (Rs 25-60 lakh to acquire each new title) planned as well.
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Until some time ago, world cinema was an alien term for me. It was a shame not being exposed to some of the rich cinema emerging from countries like Iran, Japan, Argentina, Korea, or France for that matter.
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</script>But there weren't too many avenues either, were there? Sure, one could borrow world cinema titles from the likes of the British Council, American Center library, Max Muller Bhawan, Alliance Francaise and other embassies.
There was also the grey market (Palika Bazaar in New Delhi, for instance) where world cinema titles appeared alongside porn films. And yes, there were film festivals which brought interesting contemporary work from world cinema but it would be a matter of luck; you could watch five films in a day for over eight hours and, on a lucky day, finally cast your vote on two.
Television audience metering needs no Govt intervention, says industry
New Delhi, May 7 The Industry has informed the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, that imperfect as it may be today, television audience metering needs no Government intervention.
TRAI on request from the Information and Broadcasting Ministry is looking into the need for the government to step in or supervise audience metering exercises in the view of the explosion in the number TV channels, changing cable environment from analogue to cable as well as in DD’s interest amongst other issues.
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Television audience metering needs no Govt intervention, says industry
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TRAI on request from the Information and Broadcasting Ministry is looking into the need for the government to step in or supervise audience metering exercises in the view of the explosion in the number TV channels, changing cable environment from analogue to cable as well as in DD’s interest amongst other issues.
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Financial Express : Ad avoidance on TV fails to dampen spend
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Ad avoidance on TV fails to dampen spend
Pritha Mitra Dasgupta
Posted online: Thursday , May 15, 2008 at 2325 hrs
Mumbai, May 14The Indian television industry is becoming a bit like the 'K-serials' - a web of complications. While media planners are worried about the growing ad avoidance on television, advertising spend on television is also on the rise and it is the primary revenue for each and every broadcaster. A research done by Lintas Media Group titled 'Engross', reveals that in 2006, ad avoidance on television was as high as 78%.
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Ramayan went on air on January 21, and now everyone has jumped on to the mythology bandwagon. Vaishno Devi went on air on April 28. Then there are two new Mahabharatas coming up around August. There is another one to be aired on Viacom around that time.
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We brought back the one-hour weekly format instead of the half-hour weekly shows. We put Ramayan into prime time to create a little bit of disruption into the viewing schedule. Change is bound to happen. In the next two-three years, it will change.
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Congress leader K.N. Chakrapani who has been accused of hoarding a large number of television sets on his premises by the Janata Dal (Secular) on Tuesday clarified that the television sets belonged to Department of Space, Satellite Communications and Programmes.
Addressing presspersons,. Mr. Chakrapani said the seven trucks carrying television sets had been parked near his house on Monday were waiting to unload the television sets into a warehouse situated near his house.
The warehouse was rented by Bharat Electronics Limited to store the televisions and it did not belong to him.
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