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  • Neo Sports soon available on Tata Sky

    Neo Sports soon available on Tata Sky

    MUMBAI: Neo Sports inked a deal with Tata Sky, the channel will now be available on Tata Sky.

    This mutual and resurgent association will see a major value addition to the sports viewers in India.

    Neo Sports distribution platforms EVP Dilip Sharan said, “Having had a great working relationship with Tata Sky in the past, we are extremely delighted to have Tata Sky as our strong business partner! We look forward to engaging with them in creating much greater value for the industry as a whole. We now propose to flash fabulous sports content that shall be covered by Tata Sky. This will indeed mean tremendous value addition to the viewer”

    Neo Sports with its extensive coverage of both popular as well as premium sports offerings and Tata Sky with its deep penetrative reach in every part of the country shall fulfill the appetite of the avid sports enthusiast.

    With this formidable combination of Neo Sports and Tata Sky, there should be exciting times in the sports broadcast arena. It is a win-win for Tata Sky subscribers & avid fans following their sport on Neo Sports network to watch some fantastic events like the evergreen grand slam tennis tournament – French Open; top notch football championships like Copa Italia, French Cup and the biggest of all FIFA Club World Cup along with the weekends Dutch league Eredivisie would now have a wider reach.

    Cricket’s new excitement BPL (Bangladesh Premier League), the Afghanistan & Zimbabwe cricket series and premium Gold PGA tours add to the world class tourneys.

    This entire development will add another dimension to Neo Sports & Tata Sky which will be whole heartedly welcomed by the viewers.

     

  • FY-2016: Airtel DTH revenue up 18 percent; adds 16.5 lakh subscribers

    FY-2016: Airtel DTH revenue up 18 percent; adds 16.5 lakh subscribers

    BENGALURU: DAS phase III has been a boost for the carriage industry in subscriber additions, revenues, and operating profits, more so during the last two quarters of FY-2016. Buoyed by the government’s decision to stick to deadlines for digitisation, the DTH industry in India is continuing its bloom run, if one were to go by the results reported by Bharti Airtel Limited about its Digital TV services (Airtel DTH) for the quarter  and year ended 31 March 2016 (Q4-2016, current quarter, FY-2016, current year).

    Revenue in FY-2016 increased 17.8 per cent to Rs 2,917.8 crore as compared to Rs 2,475.9 crore in the previous year.

    Note: The unit of currency in this report is the Indian rupee – Rs (also conventionally represented by INR). The Indian numbering system or the Vedic numbering system has been used to denote money values. The basic conversion to the international norm would be:

    (a) 100,00,000 = 100 lakh = 10,000,000 = 10 million = 1 crore.

    (b) 10,000 lakh = 100 crore = 1 arab = 1 billion.

    Revenue in Q4-2016 increased 23.6 percent year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 784 crore as compared to Rs 634.2 crore and increased 5.6 per cent quarter-on quarter (QoQ) from Rs 742.2 crore.

    Airtel’s DTH segment reported EBIT (Earnings before interest and tax) of Rs 184.3 crore (6.3 per cent operating margin) as compared to a negative EBIT of Rs 158.1 crore in FY-2015.

    The segment’s EBIT for Q4-2016 grew almost 9 fold (8.9 times) YoY to Rs 72 crore (9.2 per cent EBIT or operating margin) from Rs 8.1 crore (1.3 per cent operating margin) and increased 33.8 per cent QoQ from Rs 53.8 crore (7.2 per cent operating margin).

    Subscription numbers

    Airtel DTH added 16.52 lakh (16.4 per cent YoY growth) net subscribers in FY-2016 to bring its subscriber base to 117.25 lakh from 100.73 lakh in the previous year. Average revenue per user (ARPU) increased to Rs 229 as compared to Rs 214 in the corresponding quarter last year. Airtel DTH reported a monthly subscriber churn of 0.8 per cent in Q4-2016 as compared to a churn of 1 per cent for the corresponding quarter of last year and a slightly lower 0.7 per cent for the immediate trailing quarter.

    Capex

    DAS III has resulted in Airtel’s increasing the capex for its DTH segment for FY-2016 by 40 per cent (Rs 313.8 crore) as compared to the previous year. The company’s capex spend in FY-2016 was Rs 1098 crore as compared to Rs 784.2 crore in FY-2015. The company’s cumulative investments into Airtel DTH increased 20 per cent to Rs 6,490.6 crore in the current year as compared to Rs 5,410.9 crore in the previous year.

    Bharti Airtel Limited numbers

    Airtel DTH contributes just about 4 per cent to Bharti Airtel’s Limited. Bharti Airtel reported total revenue of Rs 96,619.2 crore in FY-2016, 4.9 per cent more than the Rs 92,135 crore in FY-2015. Revenue in Q4-2016 grew 8.4 per cent YoY to Rs 24,983.1 crore as compared to Rs 24,013.4 crore  and grew 4 per cent QoQ as compared to Rs 23,039.8 in Q3-2016.

    The company reported a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 5,484.2 crore (5.7 per cent margin) in the current year as compared to Rs 5,183.5 crore (5.6 per cent margin) in the previous year. PAT in Q4-2016 2.8 per cent YoY to Rs 1,290.3 crore (5.2 per cent margin) as compared to Rs 1255.3 crore (5.4 per cent margin) and grew 15.5 per cent QoQ as compared to Rs 1,116.9 crore (4.7 per cent margin).

  • FY-2016: Airtel DTH revenue up 18 percent; adds 16.5 lakh subscribers

    FY-2016: Airtel DTH revenue up 18 percent; adds 16.5 lakh subscribers

    BENGALURU: DAS phase III has been a boost for the carriage industry in subscriber additions, revenues, and operating profits, more so during the last two quarters of FY-2016. Buoyed by the government’s decision to stick to deadlines for digitisation, the DTH industry in India is continuing its bloom run, if one were to go by the results reported by Bharti Airtel Limited about its Digital TV services (Airtel DTH) for the quarter  and year ended 31 March 2016 (Q4-2016, current quarter, FY-2016, current year).

    Revenue in FY-2016 increased 17.8 per cent to Rs 2,917.8 crore as compared to Rs 2,475.9 crore in the previous year.

    Note: The unit of currency in this report is the Indian rupee – Rs (also conventionally represented by INR). The Indian numbering system or the Vedic numbering system has been used to denote money values. The basic conversion to the international norm would be:

    (a) 100,00,000 = 100 lakh = 10,000,000 = 10 million = 1 crore.

    (b) 10,000 lakh = 100 crore = 1 arab = 1 billion.

    Revenue in Q4-2016 increased 23.6 percent year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 784 crore as compared to Rs 634.2 crore and increased 5.6 per cent quarter-on quarter (QoQ) from Rs 742.2 crore.

    Airtel’s DTH segment reported EBIT (Earnings before interest and tax) of Rs 184.3 crore (6.3 per cent operating margin) as compared to a negative EBIT of Rs 158.1 crore in FY-2015.

    The segment’s EBIT for Q4-2016 grew almost 9 fold (8.9 times) YoY to Rs 72 crore (9.2 per cent EBIT or operating margin) from Rs 8.1 crore (1.3 per cent operating margin) and increased 33.8 per cent QoQ from Rs 53.8 crore (7.2 per cent operating margin).

    Subscription numbers

    Airtel DTH added 16.52 lakh (16.4 per cent YoY growth) net subscribers in FY-2016 to bring its subscriber base to 117.25 lakh from 100.73 lakh in the previous year. Average revenue per user (ARPU) increased to Rs 229 as compared to Rs 214 in the corresponding quarter last year. Airtel DTH reported a monthly subscriber churn of 0.8 per cent in Q4-2016 as compared to a churn of 1 per cent for the corresponding quarter of last year and a slightly lower 0.7 per cent for the immediate trailing quarter.

    Capex

    DAS III has resulted in Airtel’s increasing the capex for its DTH segment for FY-2016 by 40 per cent (Rs 313.8 crore) as compared to the previous year. The company’s capex spend in FY-2016 was Rs 1098 crore as compared to Rs 784.2 crore in FY-2015. The company’s cumulative investments into Airtel DTH increased 20 per cent to Rs 6,490.6 crore in the current year as compared to Rs 5,410.9 crore in the previous year.

    Bharti Airtel Limited numbers

    Airtel DTH contributes just about 4 per cent to Bharti Airtel’s Limited. Bharti Airtel reported total revenue of Rs 96,619.2 crore in FY-2016, 4.9 per cent more than the Rs 92,135 crore in FY-2015. Revenue in Q4-2016 grew 8.4 per cent YoY to Rs 24,983.1 crore as compared to Rs 24,013.4 crore  and grew 4 per cent QoQ as compared to Rs 23,039.8 in Q3-2016.

    The company reported a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 5,484.2 crore (5.7 per cent margin) in the current year as compared to Rs 5,183.5 crore (5.6 per cent margin) in the previous year. PAT in Q4-2016 2.8 per cent YoY to Rs 1,290.3 crore (5.2 per cent margin) as compared to Rs 1255.3 crore (5.4 per cent margin) and grew 15.5 per cent QoQ as compared to Rs 1,116.9 crore (4.7 per cent margin).

  • DishTV ties up with Shemaroo; launches Miniplex

    DishTV ties up with Shemaroo; launches Miniplex

    MUMBAI:  DishTV has expanded its gradient of value added services by tying up with Shemaroo Entertainment, one of India’s leading entertainment content houses, to launch a new premium service called ‘Miniplex”.

    Miniplex is a cross platform subscription-based movie premiere service that provides the audiences a unique opportunity to view premiere and also premium movie content for a nominal monthly subscription fee. 

    Speaking to the tie-up,  DishTV CEO Arun Kumar Kapoor, “Being a pioneer and market leader DishTV has always stood up to its promise of providing maximum Width and depth of content. We have always taken the lead in enhancing the value proposition and believes in providing the maximum and the best in entertainment to its subscribers. We are glad to announce our partnership with Shemaroo to launch Miniplex on our platform. The experience of watching latest movies at a click of a button has redefined the way consumers watch movies today. With this latest addition to our value added service we take the entertainment quotient a notch higher and allow movie buffs to watch latest blockbusters in the comfort of their home at relatively much reasonable cost.”

    This premium movie service will premiere latest blockbuster movies every Friday. Additionally, it’s is an ad free subscription based service which will also showcase other recent movies.

     Shemaroo Entertainment Limited director Hiren Gada too  shared his thoughts on the occasion: “We are glad to now launch Miniplex on DishTV. This tie up will enhance our reach across the country. A number of movies get released in theatres but go missing on TV. Miniplex intends to bridge this gap through premium ad free viewing experience. The service is already doing well on other platforms and we are happy to offer it to DishTV audience now.”

    With Miniplex, customers can avail premium movie content for a subscription fee of Rs 60 per month. This premium movie service will be available on channel number 212 on DishTV & Zing. Customers can easily activate this service by giving a missed call on 18002741100 or through SMS

    The service offers an un-paralleled experience to the movie viewers with ease of consumption as movies are scheduled at fixed timings throughout the day. Hence the viewers have the option of watching the movie at their convenience and leisure. The service is designed such that it gives the audience theatre-like-feel at home.

  • DishTV ties up with Shemaroo; launches Miniplex

    DishTV ties up with Shemaroo; launches Miniplex

    MUMBAI:  DishTV has expanded its gradient of value added services by tying up with Shemaroo Entertainment, one of India’s leading entertainment content houses, to launch a new premium service called ‘Miniplex”.

    Miniplex is a cross platform subscription-based movie premiere service that provides the audiences a unique opportunity to view premiere and also premium movie content for a nominal monthly subscription fee. 

    Speaking to the tie-up,  DishTV CEO Arun Kumar Kapoor, “Being a pioneer and market leader DishTV has always stood up to its promise of providing maximum Width and depth of content. We have always taken the lead in enhancing the value proposition and believes in providing the maximum and the best in entertainment to its subscribers. We are glad to announce our partnership with Shemaroo to launch Miniplex on our platform. The experience of watching latest movies at a click of a button has redefined the way consumers watch movies today. With this latest addition to our value added service we take the entertainment quotient a notch higher and allow movie buffs to watch latest blockbusters in the comfort of their home at relatively much reasonable cost.”

    This premium movie service will premiere latest blockbuster movies every Friday. Additionally, it’s is an ad free subscription based service which will also showcase other recent movies.

     Shemaroo Entertainment Limited director Hiren Gada too  shared his thoughts on the occasion: “We are glad to now launch Miniplex on DishTV. This tie up will enhance our reach across the country. A number of movies get released in theatres but go missing on TV. Miniplex intends to bridge this gap through premium ad free viewing experience. The service is already doing well on other platforms and we are happy to offer it to DishTV audience now.”

    With Miniplex, customers can avail premium movie content for a subscription fee of Rs 60 per month. This premium movie service will be available on channel number 212 on DishTV & Zing. Customers can easily activate this service by giving a missed call on 18002741100 or through SMS

    The service offers an un-paralleled experience to the movie viewers with ease of consumption as movies are scheduled at fixed timings throughout the day. Hence the viewers have the option of watching the movie at their convenience and leisure. The service is designed such that it gives the audience theatre-like-feel at home.

  • Q1-2016: Dish Network reports higher revenue despite subscriber decline on higher ARPU

    Q1-2016: Dish Network reports higher revenue despite subscriber decline on higher ARPU

    BENGALURU:  US Pay-TV player Dish Network Corporation (DNC) reported 1.7 percent higher  year-on-year (YoY) total revenue for the quarter ended 31 March, 2016 (Q1-2016, current) at $3,787.24 million as compared to $3,724.23 million in the year ago quarter. Subscriber related revenue increased 2.2 per cent YoY to $3,775.48 million in the current quarter as compared to $3,693.53 million in Q1-2015. The company lost 139,000 Pay-TV subscribers. Its subscriber base in the current year declined 1 per cent to 13.874 million in the current year as compared to 14.013 million in Q1-2015.

    The company reported 2.6 per cent growth in average revenue per user (ARPU) in Q1-2016 to $87.94 from $85.73 in the corresponding year ago quarter. DNC says that increase in Pay-TV ARPU was primarily attributable to the DISH branded Pay-TV programming package price increases in February 2016 and 2015. These increases were partially offset by a shift in DISH branded Pay-TV programming package mix, an increase in Sling TV subscribers and a decrease in premium and pay-per-view revenue.  The company says that Sling TV subscribers generally have lower priced programming packages than DISH branded Pay-TV subscribers, and therefore, to the extent  that Sling TV subscribers increase, it has a negative impact on Pay-TV ARPU.

    DNC’s subscriber churn declined by a single basis point to 1.63 per cent in the current quarter as compared to 1.64 per cent in Q1-2015. DNC added 657,000 gross subscribers in Q1-2016 as compared to 723,000 subscribers in Q1-2015. The company says that its Pay-TV churn rate continued to be adversely affected by   increased competitive pressures, including aggressive marketing, bundled discount offers combining broadband, video and/or wireless services and other discounted promotional offers, as well as cord cutting.

    DNC reported lower subscriber acquisition costs in the current quarter at $648 per subscriber as compared to $667, or a drop of 2.9 per cent or $19 per subscriber. DNC says that this change was primarily attributable to a   decrease in hardware costs per activation. The decrease in hardware costs per activation was driven by a higher percentage of remanufactured receivers being activated on new DISH branded pay-TV subscriber accounts and by a reduction in manufacturing costs related to certain receiver systems

    DNC reported 628,000 broadband subscribers in Q1-2016 as compared to 591,000 subscribers in Q1-2015

    Net income attributable to DNC increased 10.8 per cent to $389.29 million in the current quarter as compared to $351.49 million in Q1-2015.

  • Q1-2016: Dish Network reports higher revenue despite subscriber decline on higher ARPU

    Q1-2016: Dish Network reports higher revenue despite subscriber decline on higher ARPU

    BENGALURU:  US Pay-TV player Dish Network Corporation (DNC) reported 1.7 percent higher  year-on-year (YoY) total revenue for the quarter ended 31 March, 2016 (Q1-2016, current) at $3,787.24 million as compared to $3,724.23 million in the year ago quarter. Subscriber related revenue increased 2.2 per cent YoY to $3,775.48 million in the current quarter as compared to $3,693.53 million in Q1-2015. The company lost 139,000 Pay-TV subscribers. Its subscriber base in the current year declined 1 per cent to 13.874 million in the current year as compared to 14.013 million in Q1-2015.

    The company reported 2.6 per cent growth in average revenue per user (ARPU) in Q1-2016 to $87.94 from $85.73 in the corresponding year ago quarter. DNC says that increase in Pay-TV ARPU was primarily attributable to the DISH branded Pay-TV programming package price increases in February 2016 and 2015. These increases were partially offset by a shift in DISH branded Pay-TV programming package mix, an increase in Sling TV subscribers and a decrease in premium and pay-per-view revenue.  The company says that Sling TV subscribers generally have lower priced programming packages than DISH branded Pay-TV subscribers, and therefore, to the extent  that Sling TV subscribers increase, it has a negative impact on Pay-TV ARPU.

    DNC’s subscriber churn declined by a single basis point to 1.63 per cent in the current quarter as compared to 1.64 per cent in Q1-2015. DNC added 657,000 gross subscribers in Q1-2016 as compared to 723,000 subscribers in Q1-2015. The company says that its Pay-TV churn rate continued to be adversely affected by   increased competitive pressures, including aggressive marketing, bundled discount offers combining broadband, video and/or wireless services and other discounted promotional offers, as well as cord cutting.

    DNC reported lower subscriber acquisition costs in the current quarter at $648 per subscriber as compared to $667, or a drop of 2.9 per cent or $19 per subscriber. DNC says that this change was primarily attributable to a   decrease in hardware costs per activation. The decrease in hardware costs per activation was driven by a higher percentage of remanufactured receivers being activated on new DISH branded pay-TV subscriber accounts and by a reduction in manufacturing costs related to certain receiver systems

    DNC reported 628,000 broadband subscribers in Q1-2016 as compared to 591,000 subscribers in Q1-2015

    Net income attributable to DNC increased 10.8 per cent to $389.29 million in the current quarter as compared to $351.49 million in Q1-2015.

  • Kids HD channel Da Vinci Learning now available on Tata Sky

    Kids HD channel Da Vinci Learning now available on Tata Sky

    MUMBAI: The kids HD channel TV channel, Da Vinci Learning  is now available on Tata Sky on channel no. 632 starting from 5 April, 2016. Da Vinci Learning is already available on Hathway since November 2015, post its launch.   

    This development will allow Da Vinci Learning to reach out to a larger audience and create a stronger foothold in the market. Da Vinci Learning is a product of a 50: 50 joint venture between Da Vinci Media GmbH and The Quint for a complete horizontal digital multimedia educational platform.

    Commenting on the development, Da Vinci Learning, India managing director Mohit Anand said, “Our content is truly transformational as it fills an essential need gap in the children’s education and entertainment content space today.  We are extremely excited with our partnership with Tata Sky – India’s leading and premier DTH platform. This is a logical next step for Da Vinci Learning in order to strengthen our distribution and to reach to an even larger audience. We will continue strive to make our content available to a wide cross-section of Indian viewers to enable them to participate with us in the lifelong journey of learning.”

     

  • Kids HD channel Da Vinci Learning now available on Tata Sky

    Kids HD channel Da Vinci Learning now available on Tata Sky

    MUMBAI: The kids HD channel TV channel, Da Vinci Learning  is now available on Tata Sky on channel no. 632 starting from 5 April, 2016. Da Vinci Learning is already available on Hathway since November 2015, post its launch.   

    This development will allow Da Vinci Learning to reach out to a larger audience and create a stronger foothold in the market. Da Vinci Learning is a product of a 50: 50 joint venture between Da Vinci Media GmbH and The Quint for a complete horizontal digital multimedia educational platform.

    Commenting on the development, Da Vinci Learning, India managing director Mohit Anand said, “Our content is truly transformational as it fills an essential need gap in the children’s education and entertainment content space today.  We are extremely excited with our partnership with Tata Sky – India’s leading and premier DTH platform. This is a logical next step for Da Vinci Learning in order to strengthen our distribution and to reach to an even larger audience. We will continue strive to make our content available to a wide cross-section of Indian viewers to enable them to participate with us in the lifelong journey of learning.”

     

  • Dish TV designs campaign around the way Indians watch TV – “Life Masala Maar ke”

    Dish TV designs campaign around the way Indians watch TV – “Life Masala Maar ke”

    New Delhi: “Life Masala Maar ke” is the new theme of a campaign by Dish TV, the country’s oldest and arguably the largest direct-to-home player. With this campaign, the brand will be seen in a new avatar – as flag-bearers of entertainment.

    The campaign showcases varied people from across the country enjoying entertainment in their own unique way, which every Indian does – with a little masala, with a little extra emotion. It depicts how Indians love to consume entertainment and get fully immersed while watching TV. Be it a modern couple, a traditional household or jawaans at the border – everyone consumes entertainment with a twist and not in a mundane, sedate way.

    This campaign has been created by McCann Ericsson and has come on air across leading channels today. It is targeted at a wide base and is for both new and existing consumers.

    Through a 360° media approach, DishTV will be using multiple platforms such as television, out-of-home and digital media to bring the thought alive. This comes at a very opportune time in the brand’s lifecycle with the third phase of digitization coming to an end and at the onset of the fourth phase of digitization.

    Dish TV CEO Arun Kumar Kapoor said, “DishTV today touches the lives of over 100 million viewers across different age groups and geographies. We are an integral part of every Indian household, providing world class entertainment, each day. In India whatever we do is completely over the top and completely spicy, Indian lives are like Hindi movie, full of action, comedy, drama and emotion. This is what our new ad campaign is all about, it embodies fun loving, spicy entertaining and Masala Maar ke approach towards life with Shahrukh Khan being the sutradhar of the campaign. This is what keeps the brand alive and fresh in their minds as DishTV enhances the quality of life bringing fun, laughter and entertainment into the lives of people Masala Maar ke. “

    McCann World group executive vice president- planning Jitender Dabas said, “Apart from food and clothing, entertainment is something that are very characteristic of culture. Indian people prefer their entertainment the way they prefer their food- in a more spicy larger- than – life kind of a way. Daily dose of entertainment for them is like the spice of life. Hence the idea of- Life Masala Maar ke.”

    Agency credits:

    Campaign elements: TVC

    Agency: McCann Ericsson

     Production House: Little Lamb Films

     Director: Bouddhayan Mukherjee

     Creative Director: Ravinder Siwach

     

    TVC details

     Duration: 70 seconds

     Campaign breaks as of: 1st April’16

     Exposure(mediums used): Television