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PIL filed on illegal news broadcast
A Dahod resident has said in his Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that many private cable operators in the state broadcast news without obtaining mandatory permission for the same. The petitioner has also demanded the state government to formulate guidelines to control the cable news operators in the state. Giving a specific case of a Dahod-based cable operator, the petitioner said that the operator is carrying out various illegal activities under the guise of the television network. The division bench of Chief Justice K S Radhakrishnan and Justice Akil Kureshi has asked the government pleader to take instructions from the government. The next hearing in the case has been kept after 10 days.
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.
Print media firms rationalise costs, job cuts afoot
Diligent Media that publishes the English daily DNA in Mumbai is launching its Bangalore edition tomorrow. The company’s CEO K U Rao says that the newspaper, priced at Rs 2.50, will enter a market with entrenched players like The Times of India and Deccan Herald. The move has surprised the print media industry which is reeling under recession with most newspaper publishers having put their expansion plans on hold.
Rao admits that “these are difficult times for the print media sector. But we decided to launch during recession so that when the good times are here, we would have established the paper.” But the fact that establishing the paper will be an uphill task isn’t lost on Rao. He knows that newsprint prices have shot up by at least 50 per cent in the last six months and are eating into the profits of newspaper companies. Besides, advertising for the category has tanked. Says Ravi Dhariwal, CEO (publishing) at Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd, India’s biggest and richest media company: “The print media industry is going through a rough patch.”
Community radio station approved
The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has given final clearance for an FM community radio station, “Antarwani” to be set up by the Sharanabasaveshwar Vidya Vardak Sangha, which runs a chain of educational institutions in the region. The station has been allotted the frequency of 90.8 MHz.
FM radio making rapid strides, revenue expected to touch Rs 800 cr this year
The entry of private players has boosted the fortunes of FM radio in a big way in the country. This has been consistently reflecting in the revenue earned by the industry, which grew to Rs 550 crore last year from Rs 350 crore a year ago. The industry is expected to close with over Rs 800 crore in revenue this year.
Apurva Purohit, president, Association of Radio Operators of India (AROI), and CEO of Radio City 91.1FM, said that FM radio channels are making rapid strides by having a presence in 91 cities as against 30 cities about two years ago. This has resulted in a growth in reach, which is faster than TV, reaching out to over 85 per cent of the Indian audience.
On cost, radio campaign turns out to be 65 per cent less expensive than TV while delivering 64 per cent larger reach. Speaking of print, the same investment on radio delivers 760 spots compared to a 3-print insertions at 11 per cent lower cost.
Financial Express : Movie rentals write new script for DVD makers
Far from the fears that the slashing of DVD and VCD rates will endanger the survival of the DVD rental business, the segment is experimenting with new concepts and is on an expansion spree with deep-pocketed business houses like Reliance ADAG group and Nimbus venturing into the space.
Most of the online DVD rental houses are entering into talks with DVD manufacturing companies to provide them with a window for the latest Bollywood flicks, before the DVDs hit the market through the retailers. Pilot projects to that effect have been already tested by seventymm, the largest online DVD rental company by customer-base, which struck a deal with the DVD company, Excel Home Video last year. “We tied up with Excel for three movies wherein they allowed us an exclusive time period of seven days for three movies, before they released the DVDs in the market. In return we promoted the movies and the DVD companies through our portal,” said Raghav Kher, CEO, seventymm.
The rental service is also in talks with other DVD companies to replicate the model. Kamal Gianchandani, COO, Bigflix.com, the rental service from ADAG group said, “We are working on a rental release window, to release titles on our rental service a minimum of 10 days prior to their official release on the sell through format”. However, he added that it is premature to comment on the films and supplier details. Bigflix has already experimented with the idea in its video on demand business segment. Bigflix may have an additional advantage for movies produced or co-produced by Big Motion Picture.
US to partner India's biggest media convention
In what would be a significant boost to the domestic entertainment industry, the United States has been roped in as the partner country for the 2009 Ficci Frames — the annual global convention on the entertainment and media industry that is partly sponsored by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B). It will be the tenth year of Ficci Frames next year.
A large contingent of executives from Hollywood-based film studios, animation companies, several film producers and US officials are expected to come to Mumbai in February next year leading to the possibility of a number of film and television deals being signed, sources said.
According to the recent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the overseas market of Indian films is estimated to grow at 19 per cent over the next five years to reach Rs 2,000 crore in 2012 from the size of Rs 850 crore last year. The major contributions of this pie will come from the US and UK, the report says.
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In what would be a significant boost to the domestic entertainment industry, the United States has been roped in as the partner country for the 2009 Ficci Frames — the annual global convention on the entertainment and media industry that is partly sponsored by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B). It will be the tenth year of Ficci Frames next year.
A large contingent of executives from Hollywood-based film studios, animation companies, several film producers and US officials are expected to come to Mumbai in February next year leading to the possibility of a number of film and television deals being signed, sources said.
According to the recent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the overseas market of Indian films is estimated to grow at 19 per cent over the next five years to reach Rs 2,000 crore in 2012 from the size of Rs 850 crore last year. The major contributions of this pie will come from the US and UK, the report says.
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We now have a film treaty agreements with the UK and Italy, both of which were once the partner country at Ficci Frames. With the US partnering Ficci Frames next year, we should hope for a similar treaty,” says an official in the I&B ministry.
The film treaty agreements between two countries normally help the producers with tax incentives, funding and other benefits related to shooting the film in locations in both the countries.
Vanita Kohli-Khandekar: Why all radio stations sound alike
About three-fourths of all music sold in India is from films, the most popular genre. As things stand, radio companies pay royalties to three organisations — PPL (Phonographic Performance Limited), the Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS) for Hindi film music and SIMCA (The South Indian Music Companies Association) for South Indian music. In addition to this, two companies are among the other main royalty beneficiaries — Super Cassette Industries (T-Series) and Yashraj Films. Both sell their music as individual right-holders, not through industry bodies.
In India, royalty is a flat rate charged per hour per station. So if Red FM plays a song in Mumbai, a large advertising market, or Big plays it in Dhule, a very small market, the absolute amount of royalty remains the same. As a percentage, this could range from 7 per cent of revenues for big city stations to 40 per cent for small-town ones. This puts cost pressure, especially on the smaller stations.
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So if Red FM plays a song in Mumbai, a large advertising market, or Big plays it in Dhule, a very small market, the absolute amount of royalty remains the same. As a percentage, this could range from 7 per cent of revenues for big city stations to 40 per cent for small-town ones. This puts cost pressure, especially on the smaller stations.
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T-Series and Yashraj Films bundle free playing time with the deal, leading to an effective discount of 40-50 per cent. This means stations ‘have to’ play the music bought from these companies, especially the latest films for a larger proportion of airtime. That means that even with bad music Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic, a Yashraj Film, would get more airtime. Such deals leave little scope for variety even within film music.
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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