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  • Cricbuzz touches 1.5 billion visits during IPL 2016; users consumed 30 billion pageviews

    Cricbuzz touches 1.5 billion visits during IPL 2016; users consumed 30 billion pageviews

    MUMBAI:  The 9th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) witnessed a 40 per cent higher viewership than the 2015 edition on Cricbuzz.

    According to Comscore, over 3.7 million users accessed the Cricbuzz desktop site in India in April . In the WT20, 6.63 million users accessed Cricbuzz.

    Cricbuzz received 30 billion page views across its properties during IPL 2016, with users together spending over 24 billion minutes (equivalent to over 45667 years). Across platforms, Cricbuzz averaged 14 million Daily Active Users, and on the final on May 29th, Cricbuzz saw 18.9 million users.

    This online engagement threw some stimulating insights on fan-preferences in polls conducted by Cricbuzz, where over 2.5 million users participated.

    Most Exciting Player

    Virat Kohli

    Best Captain

    Virat Kohli

    Best Emerging Player

    Mustafizur Rahman

    Best Overseas Player

    AB de Villiers

    The 5 most followed league matches as per Cricbuzz data were:

    1.      RCB v RPS (May 7)

    2.      RPS v GL (Apr 29)

    3.      KKR v RCB (May 16)

    4.      KXIP v RCB (May 9)

    5.      RCB v MI (May 11)

    These trends and data reveal that Virat Kohli and the Royal Challengers Bangalore were the toast of this year’s IPL and Dhoni continued to be a crowd puller.

     Commenting on the development, Cricbuzz CEO Pankaj Chhaparwal said, “Cricbuzz is quickly becoming the default platform for every cricket fan, and we’re humbled by the response. We consider this traction as a feedback from our users in terms of our services and we look forward to keeping our users entertained in times to come.”

  • Cricbuzz touches 1.5 billion visits during IPL 2016; users consumed 30 billion pageviews

    Cricbuzz touches 1.5 billion visits during IPL 2016; users consumed 30 billion pageviews

    MUMBAI:  The 9th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) witnessed a 40 per cent higher viewership than the 2015 edition on Cricbuzz.

    According to Comscore, over 3.7 million users accessed the Cricbuzz desktop site in India in April . In the WT20, 6.63 million users accessed Cricbuzz.

    Cricbuzz received 30 billion page views across its properties during IPL 2016, with users together spending over 24 billion minutes (equivalent to over 45667 years). Across platforms, Cricbuzz averaged 14 million Daily Active Users, and on the final on May 29th, Cricbuzz saw 18.9 million users.

    This online engagement threw some stimulating insights on fan-preferences in polls conducted by Cricbuzz, where over 2.5 million users participated.

    Most Exciting Player

    Virat Kohli

    Best Captain

    Virat Kohli

    Best Emerging Player

    Mustafizur Rahman

    Best Overseas Player

    AB de Villiers

    The 5 most followed league matches as per Cricbuzz data were:

    1.      RCB v RPS (May 7)

    2.      RPS v GL (Apr 29)

    3.      KKR v RCB (May 16)

    4.      KXIP v RCB (May 9)

    5.      RCB v MI (May 11)

    These trends and data reveal that Virat Kohli and the Royal Challengers Bangalore were the toast of this year’s IPL and Dhoni continued to be a crowd puller.

     Commenting on the development, Cricbuzz CEO Pankaj Chhaparwal said, “Cricbuzz is quickly becoming the default platform for every cricket fan, and we’re humbled by the response. We consider this traction as a feedback from our users in terms of our services and we look forward to keeping our users entertained in times to come.”

  • Celebrities leverage their online brand value with Twitter’s BlueRoom

    Celebrities leverage their online brand value with Twitter’s BlueRoom

    Mumbai: Twitter taught us how to spill our hearts online in just 140 characters and now it is teaching celebrities to do the same through one on one interactions with their fans, The social media giant has finally gone public with its much awaited feature, #BlueRoom. Continuing its service of bringing fans and celebrities together, the platform has introduced Blue Room in India that allows fans to interact with their favourite celebs not only through tweets but in real life as well.

    “The #BlueRoom is a special spot to host interviews, Q&As, performances and more, so you can expect to see a even more of your favourite sports stars, film and TV talent, and music artists direct from the #BlueRoom,” read twitter India’s official blog announcing the launch.

    It’s here! A sneak peek of Twitter India’s #BlueRoom — stay tuned this week as we bring you @video & more…pic.twitter.com/2VrUJpEaQH

    In a world which is ruled by likes, favorites and shares, it is essential for celebrities to keep their online popularity up. Blue Room also gives an opportunity to celebrities to increase their online presence and interact with their fans in a more connected way.

    “Any kind of initiative is good news for celebrities as it puts them directly in accessible range of audiences, which is extremely important in this digital age. Whether it is music album launches or any kind of announcements, we see more and more celebrities choosing social media and other digital platform to relay such informations to their fans. If you are not interacting with your fans through facebook or Twitter you are losing out on a lot of fanbase,” shared popular celebrity management agency CAA Kwan founding partner Indranil Das Blah.

    In terms of brand value as well, it is important for celebrities to maintain their online presence and leverage it with fan engagements. “More and more brands are looking at the digital space for marketing themselves. And therefore naturally looking out for a digital footprint to grow. It helps to have a brand ambassador who has a digital footprint in place already,” pointed out Blah.

    Blue Room may have gone public only now but several actors, musicians, chefs, CEOs and sports stars have already tried out the Blue Room at twitter’s office in India. Actors Kalki Koechlin (@kalkikanmani) and Karan Tacker (@karantacker) kicked off some of the first @video Q&As in the #BlueRoom using #AskKalki and #AskKaran.

    Several excited fans sent out questions to the actress, some even asking her to carry out funny challenges as well:

    Look who’s joining us in the #BlueRoom very shortly! Tweet your questions to #AskKalki & @kalkikanmani will reply https://twitter.com/kalkikanmani/status/735353594875105280 …

  • Celebrities leverage their online brand value with Twitter’s BlueRoom

    Celebrities leverage their online brand value with Twitter’s BlueRoom

    Mumbai: Twitter taught us how to spill our hearts online in just 140 characters and now it is teaching celebrities to do the same through one on one interactions with their fans, The social media giant has finally gone public with its much awaited feature, #BlueRoom. Continuing its service of bringing fans and celebrities together, the platform has introduced Blue Room in India that allows fans to interact with their favourite celebs not only through tweets but in real life as well.

    “The #BlueRoom is a special spot to host interviews, Q&As, performances and more, so you can expect to see a even more of your favourite sports stars, film and TV talent, and music artists direct from the #BlueRoom,” read twitter India’s official blog announcing the launch.

    It’s here! A sneak peek of Twitter India’s #BlueRoom — stay tuned this week as we bring you @video & more…pic.twitter.com/2VrUJpEaQH

    In a world which is ruled by likes, favorites and shares, it is essential for celebrities to keep their online popularity up. Blue Room also gives an opportunity to celebrities to increase their online presence and interact with their fans in a more connected way.

    “Any kind of initiative is good news for celebrities as it puts them directly in accessible range of audiences, which is extremely important in this digital age. Whether it is music album launches or any kind of announcements, we see more and more celebrities choosing social media and other digital platform to relay such informations to their fans. If you are not interacting with your fans through facebook or Twitter you are losing out on a lot of fanbase,” shared popular celebrity management agency CAA Kwan founding partner Indranil Das Blah.

    In terms of brand value as well, it is important for celebrities to maintain their online presence and leverage it with fan engagements. “More and more brands are looking at the digital space for marketing themselves. And therefore naturally looking out for a digital footprint to grow. It helps to have a brand ambassador who has a digital footprint in place already,” pointed out Blah.

    Blue Room may have gone public only now but several actors, musicians, chefs, CEOs and sports stars have already tried out the Blue Room at twitter’s office in India. Actors Kalki Koechlin (@kalkikanmani) and Karan Tacker (@karantacker) kicked off some of the first @video Q&As in the #BlueRoom using #AskKalki and #AskKaran.

    Several excited fans sent out questions to the actress, some even asking her to carry out funny challenges as well:

    Look who’s joining us in the #BlueRoom very shortly! Tweet your questions to #AskKalki & @kalkikanmani will reply https://twitter.com/kalkikanmani/status/735353594875105280 …

  • Radio City revenue up 12.9 percent, adjusted profit up 19.2 percent in FY-16

    Radio City revenue up 12.9 percent, adjusted profit up 19.2 percent in FY-16

    BENGALURU: Music Broadcast Limited (MBL, Radio City) which runs Radio City reported 12.9 percent growth and 19.2 percent growth in revenue and adjusted profit after tax (PAT) respectively for the fiscal ended 31 March 2016 (FY-16, current year). Radio City reported revenue of Rs 226.76 crore for FY-16 as compared to revenue of Rs 200.84 crore in the previous fiscal. 

    Adjusted PAT in the current year was Rs 55.94 crore (24.7 percent PAT margin of revenue) as compared to Rs 46.92 crore (23.4 percent PAT marginof revenue ) in the previous year. After accounting for exceptional items that represent incentives to management team in respect of their past services in terms of agreement with erstwhile promotes, reported PAT for FY-16 works out to Rs 42.37 crore (18.7 percent PAT marginof revenue ), which means that final PAT in the current year has declined 9.7 percent as compared to FY-15.

    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.

    Radio City’s operating profit (EBIDTA) in FY-16 increased 24.7 percent to Rs 77.27 crore (34.1 percent EBIDTA margin) as compared to Rs 62.16 crore (31 percent EBIDTA margin) in FY-15.

    Expenses in FY-16 were 7.8 per cent higher at Rs 149.49 crore (65.9 percent of revenue) as compared to Rs 138.67 (69 percent of revenue).

    The company paid almost three times (2.95 times) the Interest in FY-16 at Rs 18.30 crore (8.1 percent of revenue) as compared to Rs 6.21 crore (3.1 percent of revenue) for FY-15.

    Jagran Prakashan numbers in brief

    MBL’s parent company, Indian publishing company Jagran Prakashan Limited (JPL) reported 19 per cent increase consolidated operating revenue in FY-16 to Rs 2,106.5 crore as compared to Rs 1,769.8 crore in FY-15.

    JPL’s advertising revenue increased 25.2 per cent to Rs 1,560.9 crore from Rs 1,247.1 crore. Circulation revenues in the current year increased 4.7 per cent to Rs 408.5 crore from Rs 390.1 crore s compared to the previous year. JPL’s PAT in FY-16 increased 44.3 per cent to Rs 444.7 crore from Rs 308.1 crore in FY-15. JPL’s PAT in FY-16 after adjusting extraordinary item of Rs 101.8 crore on account of profit on sale of treasury share in Q1-16 and Rs 14.5 crore in Q2-16 and gain arising out of sale of treasury shares in Q4-16 is Rs 328.4 crore in FY16 and Rs 227.8 crore in FY-15.

     

  • Radio City revenue up 12.9 percent, adjusted profit up 19.2 percent in FY-16

    Radio City revenue up 12.9 percent, adjusted profit up 19.2 percent in FY-16

    BENGALURU: Music Broadcast Limited (MBL, Radio City) which runs Radio City reported 12.9 percent growth and 19.2 percent growth in revenue and adjusted profit after tax (PAT) respectively for the fiscal ended 31 March 2016 (FY-16, current year). Radio City reported revenue of Rs 226.76 crore for FY-16 as compared to revenue of Rs 200.84 crore in the previous fiscal. 

    Adjusted PAT in the current year was Rs 55.94 crore (24.7 percent PAT margin of revenue) as compared to Rs 46.92 crore (23.4 percent PAT marginof revenue ) in the previous year. After accounting for exceptional items that represent incentives to management team in respect of their past services in terms of agreement with erstwhile promotes, reported PAT for FY-16 works out to Rs 42.37 crore (18.7 percent PAT marginof revenue ), which means that final PAT in the current year has declined 9.7 percent as compared to FY-15.

    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.

    Radio City’s operating profit (EBIDTA) in FY-16 increased 24.7 percent to Rs 77.27 crore (34.1 percent EBIDTA margin) as compared to Rs 62.16 crore (31 percent EBIDTA margin) in FY-15.

    Expenses in FY-16 were 7.8 per cent higher at Rs 149.49 crore (65.9 percent of revenue) as compared to Rs 138.67 (69 percent of revenue).

    The company paid almost three times (2.95 times) the Interest in FY-16 at Rs 18.30 crore (8.1 percent of revenue) as compared to Rs 6.21 crore (3.1 percent of revenue) for FY-15.

    Jagran Prakashan numbers in brief

    MBL’s parent company, Indian publishing company Jagran Prakashan Limited (JPL) reported 19 per cent increase consolidated operating revenue in FY-16 to Rs 2,106.5 crore as compared to Rs 1,769.8 crore in FY-15.

    JPL’s advertising revenue increased 25.2 per cent to Rs 1,560.9 crore from Rs 1,247.1 crore. Circulation revenues in the current year increased 4.7 per cent to Rs 408.5 crore from Rs 390.1 crore s compared to the previous year. JPL’s PAT in FY-16 increased 44.3 per cent to Rs 444.7 crore from Rs 308.1 crore in FY-15. JPL’s PAT in FY-16 after adjusting extraordinary item of Rs 101.8 crore on account of profit on sale of treasury share in Q1-16 and Rs 14.5 crore in Q2-16 and gain arising out of sale of treasury shares in Q4-16 is Rs 328.4 crore in FY16 and Rs 227.8 crore in FY-15.

     

  • TV5MONDE selects Brightcove Video Cloud to Power OTT Video Service in Asia Pacific

    TV5MONDE selects Brightcove Video Cloud to Power OTT Video Service in Asia Pacific

    MUMBAI: Brightcove Inc. (NASDAQ: BCOV) announced today that TV5MONDE, a global television network and leading broadcaster of French language programming, has selected Brightcove Video Cloud to power its regional OTT video service, TV5MONDE+ Asie and TV5MONDE+ Pacifique. With Brightcove Video Cloud, TV5MONDE will leverage an industry-leading, online video platform to manage and scale its premium OTT service delivering live and on-demand content across 42 countries with over 75 million subscribers in Asia-Pacific.

    As a global French television network, TV5MONDE’s mission is to bring audiences closer to vibrant French arts and culture through its diverse selection of subtitled French-language programs that include movies, news, sports, documentaries, cartoons and entertainment. The service will provide audiences with live linear channels and premium content with an all-you-can-eat package for a flat fee.

    TV5MONDE will stream up to four live channels using Brightcove’s Video Cloud across desktop, iOS, and Android devices. In addition, OTT subscribers can transform their mobile devices into television remote controls whenever they wish to launch TV5MONDE+ Asie or TV5MONDE+ Pacifique on their connected televisions, bringing about greater convenience, ease of use and a more powerful viewing experience.

    TV5MONDE Asia Pacific managing director Alexandre Muller said, “Television as we know it today is about delivering content beyond the linear experience. With Brightcove, we are able to take our service further across the region, supported by a robust and scalable video platform. We are also able to cater to audiences who want to pay a premium for original French content and explore a new revenue stream for TV5MONDE. We selected Brightcove based on its leadership and experience in helping media companies launch successful OTT services globally, and we are excited to continue to work with Brightcove as we expand our service with video-on-demand and catch-up television services for subscribers.”

    Brightcove Asia vice president Tomer Azenkot said, “In the last year or so, the OTT landscape has seen established television networks taking an international approach and offering programming over-the-top and across borders. Content is fast becoming a key differentiator for every broadcasters’ OTT strategy. Brightcove’s technology leadership in bringing OTT solutions to market for media companies like TV5MONDE, assures peace of mind as customers focus on content strategy, whilst leaving the scope of the technology to Brightcove.”

  • TV5MONDE selects Brightcove Video Cloud to Power OTT Video Service in Asia Pacific

    TV5MONDE selects Brightcove Video Cloud to Power OTT Video Service in Asia Pacific

    MUMBAI: Brightcove Inc. (NASDAQ: BCOV) announced today that TV5MONDE, a global television network and leading broadcaster of French language programming, has selected Brightcove Video Cloud to power its regional OTT video service, TV5MONDE+ Asie and TV5MONDE+ Pacifique. With Brightcove Video Cloud, TV5MONDE will leverage an industry-leading, online video platform to manage and scale its premium OTT service delivering live and on-demand content across 42 countries with over 75 million subscribers in Asia-Pacific.

    As a global French television network, TV5MONDE’s mission is to bring audiences closer to vibrant French arts and culture through its diverse selection of subtitled French-language programs that include movies, news, sports, documentaries, cartoons and entertainment. The service will provide audiences with live linear channels and premium content with an all-you-can-eat package for a flat fee.

    TV5MONDE will stream up to four live channels using Brightcove’s Video Cloud across desktop, iOS, and Android devices. In addition, OTT subscribers can transform their mobile devices into television remote controls whenever they wish to launch TV5MONDE+ Asie or TV5MONDE+ Pacifique on their connected televisions, bringing about greater convenience, ease of use and a more powerful viewing experience.

    TV5MONDE Asia Pacific managing director Alexandre Muller said, “Television as we know it today is about delivering content beyond the linear experience. With Brightcove, we are able to take our service further across the region, supported by a robust and scalable video platform. We are also able to cater to audiences who want to pay a premium for original French content and explore a new revenue stream for TV5MONDE. We selected Brightcove based on its leadership and experience in helping media companies launch successful OTT services globally, and we are excited to continue to work with Brightcove as we expand our service with video-on-demand and catch-up television services for subscribers.”

    Brightcove Asia vice president Tomer Azenkot said, “In the last year or so, the OTT landscape has seen established television networks taking an international approach and offering programming over-the-top and across borders. Content is fast becoming a key differentiator for every broadcasters’ OTT strategy. Brightcove’s technology leadership in bringing OTT solutions to market for media companies like TV5MONDE, assures peace of mind as customers focus on content strategy, whilst leaving the scope of the technology to Brightcove.”

  • India’s IT enabled services footprint in 80 countries, 56% of global IT outsourcing: Prasad

    India’s IT enabled services footprint in 80 countries, 56% of global IT outsourcing: Prasad

    NEW DELHI: Asserting the government’s ambitious Digital India programme is empowering people, Communication & Information Technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said JAM () today reaches 310 million (31 crore) beneficiaries with 59 schemes involving Rs 61,822 crores.

    Addressing a Vikas Parv event organized by his ministry in Mumbai, he said India’s IT and IT enabled services has footprint in 80 countries covering 200 cities. He said India accounted for 56 percent of global IT outsourcing.

    The Minister said the Direct Benefit Transfer has helped save Rs 36,500 crores. Prasad said all the schemes are being implemented on digital technology platforms.

    The Minister said digital technology had also promoted ‘jan bhaagidari’ (people’s participation), where two million people interact with the government on the MyGov platform giving suggestions and sharing their thoughts.

    He said the government was able to auction spectrum worth Rs 1,09,000 crores without fingers being pointed at it. Jan Dhan – Adhaar – Mobile

    Prasad said the Public Sector Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited which had posted a loss of Rs 8,000 crore in 2014 had managed to post an operating profit of Rs 672 crores and its mobile phone subscription has shot up from 800,000 to 2.3 million (23 lakh)

  • India’s IT enabled services footprint in 80 countries, 56% of global IT outsourcing: Prasad

    India’s IT enabled services footprint in 80 countries, 56% of global IT outsourcing: Prasad

    NEW DELHI: Asserting the government’s ambitious Digital India programme is empowering people, Communication & Information Technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said JAM () today reaches 310 million (31 crore) beneficiaries with 59 schemes involving Rs 61,822 crores.

    Addressing a Vikas Parv event organized by his ministry in Mumbai, he said India’s IT and IT enabled services has footprint in 80 countries covering 200 cities. He said India accounted for 56 percent of global IT outsourcing.

    The Minister said the Direct Benefit Transfer has helped save Rs 36,500 crores. Prasad said all the schemes are being implemented on digital technology platforms.

    The Minister said digital technology had also promoted ‘jan bhaagidari’ (people’s participation), where two million people interact with the government on the MyGov platform giving suggestions and sharing their thoughts.

    He said the government was able to auction spectrum worth Rs 1,09,000 crores without fingers being pointed at it. Jan Dhan – Adhaar – Mobile

    Prasad said the Public Sector Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited which had posted a loss of Rs 8,000 crore in 2014 had managed to post an operating profit of Rs 672 crores and its mobile phone subscription has shot up from 800,000 to 2.3 million (23 lakh)