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  • Penal provision remains as TV channel renewal abolition comes into immediate effect

    Penal provision remains as TV channel renewal abolition comes into immediate effect

    NEW DELHI: Even as Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu announced doing away with the annual renewal permission for television channels provided annual payment was made 60 days before the due date, the Ministry in a note in the evening said non-payment in time will be considered violation of the guidelines.

    The note on the Ministry website which said the order was coming into immediate effect also warned that violators would attract penal provisions under the Uplinking and Downlinking Guidelines.

    Meanwhile, Naidu announced that the 28th State Information Ministers Meet (SIMCON) would be held in the capital on 9 and 10 December.

    Critical issues pertaining to the films sector, community radio and social media are on the agenda.

    Speaking at a Consultative Committee of members of Parliament attached to the Ministry, Naidu also said the focus of the Ministry is to make the processes online,thereby promoting transparency and accountability.

    In the meeting that concentrated on the Registrar of Newspapers in India, Naidu said there was a need to update contemporaries and revise the legal mechanism in the print sector and to give statutory backing to Print Media Policy and various guidelines. In this context, the Minister apprised the members about the salient features of the proposed Press and Registration of Books and Publication (PRBP) Bill.

    Also read

    http://www.indiantelevision.com/regulators/ib-ministry/tv-channels-annual-renewal-abolished-963-companies-to-benefit-161111

     

  • Penal provision remains as TV channel renewal abolition comes into immediate effect

    Penal provision remains as TV channel renewal abolition comes into immediate effect

    NEW DELHI: Even as Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu announced doing away with the annual renewal permission for television channels provided annual payment was made 60 days before the due date, the Ministry in a note in the evening said non-payment in time will be considered violation of the guidelines.

    The note on the Ministry website which said the order was coming into immediate effect also warned that violators would attract penal provisions under the Uplinking and Downlinking Guidelines.

    Meanwhile, Naidu announced that the 28th State Information Ministers Meet (SIMCON) would be held in the capital on 9 and 10 December.

    Critical issues pertaining to the films sector, community radio and social media are on the agenda.

    Speaking at a Consultative Committee of members of Parliament attached to the Ministry, Naidu also said the focus of the Ministry is to make the processes online,thereby promoting transparency and accountability.

    In the meeting that concentrated on the Registrar of Newspapers in India, Naidu said there was a need to update contemporaries and revise the legal mechanism in the print sector and to give statutory backing to Print Media Policy and various guidelines. In this context, the Minister apprised the members about the salient features of the proposed Press and Registration of Books and Publication (PRBP) Bill.

    Also read

    http://www.indiantelevision.com/regulators/ib-ministry/tv-channels-annual-renewal-abolished-963-companies-to-benefit-161111

     

  • TV channels’ annual renewal abolished; 963 companies to benefit

    TV channels’ annual renewal abolished; 963 companies to benefit

    MUMBAI: The Indian Government has decided to ease the annual renewal norms for TV channels, Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu has said. About 963 channels, including teleports, are going to be benefitted by this decision.

    The government is committed to the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to promote ease of doing business, PTI. reported. “As part of the government’s initiative of ease of doing business, the Ministry has completely done away with the process of obtaining an annual renewal for TV channels in the current form,” he said while addressing the Economic Editors’ Conference in New Delhi.

    The government has decided to ease the “annual renewal” norms for TV channels and existing broadcasters can continue operations by simply paying annual permission fee 60 days before the due date, Naidu said on Friday.

    Naidu said that “broadcasters who have been given the permission for uplinking or downlinking can continue their operations by simply paying the annual permission fee which by itself will be treated as permission for continuation of a channel for a further period of one year.”

    Naidu hailed Modi’s move to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes saying that it was being appreciated by all excepted a few with “vested” interests. Terming the move as an “historic” step, Naidu said that it was fine for TV channels to show the inconvenience caused to the people after the announcement was made but was not fair to “dwell” on it.

  • TV channels’ annual renewal abolished; 963 companies to benefit

    TV channels’ annual renewal abolished; 963 companies to benefit

    MUMBAI: The Indian Government has decided to ease the annual renewal norms for TV channels, Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu has said. About 963 channels, including teleports, are going to be benefitted by this decision.

    The government is committed to the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to promote ease of doing business, PTI. reported. “As part of the government’s initiative of ease of doing business, the Ministry has completely done away with the process of obtaining an annual renewal for TV channels in the current form,” he said while addressing the Economic Editors’ Conference in New Delhi.

    The government has decided to ease the “annual renewal” norms for TV channels and existing broadcasters can continue operations by simply paying annual permission fee 60 days before the due date, Naidu said on Friday.

    Naidu said that “broadcasters who have been given the permission for uplinking or downlinking can continue their operations by simply paying the annual permission fee which by itself will be treated as permission for continuation of a channel for a further period of one year.”

    Naidu hailed Modi’s move to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes saying that it was being appreciated by all excepted a few with “vested” interests. Terming the move as an “historic” step, Naidu said that it was fine for TV channels to show the inconvenience caused to the people after the announcement was made but was not fair to “dwell” on it.

  • Q2-17: Radio Mirchi revenue up 11.5 per cent

    Q2-17: Radio Mirchi revenue up 11.5 per cent

    BENGALURU: Indian private FM player Entertainment Network (India) Limited (ENIL), which runs the Mirchi brand radio network in India,  reported 11.5 per cent increase in total Income from operations (TIO) for the quarter ended 30 September 2016 (Q2-17, current quarter). The company reported consolidated revenue of Rs 129.65 crore for the current quarter as compared to Rs 116.27 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal. Quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q), revenue in Q2-17 also increased 17.1 per cent from Rs 110.76 crore in Q1-17.

    The company’s consolidated profit after tax (PAT) in Q2-17 declined by 70.3 per cent year-over-year (y-o-y) to Rs 8.05 crore (16.2 per cent margin) as compared to Rs 27.14 crore (23.3 per cent margin) and declined 51.7 per cent q-o-q from Rs 16.66 crore (15 per cent margin).

    Company Speak

    Commenting on the results, ENIL managing director and chief executive officer, Prashant Panday said, “It’s been a busy quarter for us! We are in the midst of many exciting launches; of core brand Mirchi in cities like Chandigarh, Guwahati and Kochi and our second brand, Mirchi Love in Ahmedabad, Surat, Jaipur and Lucknow. We are offering new innovative content and recruiting existing and new listeners. We have stepped up marketing spends and early research indicates that we have made a strong start and in fact have become leaders in key markets. I am confident this will translate into a stronger business in the years ahead!”

    A look at the other numbers reported by Radio Mirchi

    ENIL’s consolidated Earnings before Interest, Depreciation, Taxes and Amortisation (EBIDTA, operating profit) for Q2-17 declined 39 per cent y-o-y to Rs 23.13 crore (17.8 per cent margin)  from Rs 37.94 crore (32.6 per cent margin) and declined 21.4 per cent q-o-q from Q1-17 at Rs 29.44 crore (26.6 per cent margin).

    ENIL total expense (TE) in Q2-17 increased 36.1 per cent y-o-y to Rs 120.50 crore (92.9 per cent of TIO) from Rs 88.57 crore (76.2 per cent of TIO), and increased 34.2 per cent q-o-q from Rs 89.79 crore (81.1 per cent of TIO).

    Programming and royalty expenses in the current quarter increased 42.9 per cent y-o-y to Rs 6.03 crore (4.6 per cent of TIO) from Rs 34.22 crore (3.6 per cent of TIO and increased 14.6 perc ent q-o-q from Rs 5.26 crore (4.7 per cent of TIO).

    License fee in Q2-17 increased 6.1 per cent y-o-y to Rs 8.31 crore (6.4 per cent of TIO) from Rs 7.83 crore (6.7 per cent of TIO) and increased 20.9 per cent q-o-q from Rs 6.87 crore (6.2 per cent of TIO).

    Employee Benefit Expense (EBE) in Q2-17 at Rs 26.86 crore (20.7 per cent of TIO) increased 21.7 per cent y-o-y from Rs 22.08 crore (19.0 per cent of TIO) and increased 6.6 per cent q-o-q from Rs 25.20 crore (22.8 per cent of TIO).

    Marketing expense in Q2-17 at Rs 32.58 crore (25.1 per cent of TIO) more than doubled (2.1 times) y-o-y and q-o-q from Rs 15.47 crore (13.3 per cent of TIO) and from Rs 11.29 crore (11.1  per cent of TIO) respectively.

    Other expenses in Q2-17 at Rs 32.73 crore (25.3 per cent of TIO) increased 13.9 per cent y-o-y from Rs 28.73 crore (24.7 per cent of TIO), and increased 14 per cent q-o-q from Rs 28.71 crore (25.9 per cent of TIO).

    ENIL won 17 stations in Phase 3 auctions and has launched four new stations in the current quarter – at Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Surat and Jaipur. Earlier the company had launched Bengaluru, Guwahati, Hyderabad and Kochi stations. Bengaluru was Radio Mirchi’s first launch in the second frequencies network.

    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.

  • Q2-17: Radio Mirchi revenue up 11.5 per cent

    Q2-17: Radio Mirchi revenue up 11.5 per cent

    BENGALURU: Indian private FM player Entertainment Network (India) Limited (ENIL), which runs the Mirchi brand radio network in India,  reported 11.5 per cent increase in total Income from operations (TIO) for the quarter ended 30 September 2016 (Q2-17, current quarter). The company reported consolidated revenue of Rs 129.65 crore for the current quarter as compared to Rs 116.27 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal. Quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q), revenue in Q2-17 also increased 17.1 per cent from Rs 110.76 crore in Q1-17.

    The company’s consolidated profit after tax (PAT) in Q2-17 declined by 70.3 per cent year-over-year (y-o-y) to Rs 8.05 crore (16.2 per cent margin) as compared to Rs 27.14 crore (23.3 per cent margin) and declined 51.7 per cent q-o-q from Rs 16.66 crore (15 per cent margin).

    Company Speak

    Commenting on the results, ENIL managing director and chief executive officer, Prashant Panday said, “It’s been a busy quarter for us! We are in the midst of many exciting launches; of core brand Mirchi in cities like Chandigarh, Guwahati and Kochi and our second brand, Mirchi Love in Ahmedabad, Surat, Jaipur and Lucknow. We are offering new innovative content and recruiting existing and new listeners. We have stepped up marketing spends and early research indicates that we have made a strong start and in fact have become leaders in key markets. I am confident this will translate into a stronger business in the years ahead!”

    A look at the other numbers reported by Radio Mirchi

    ENIL’s consolidated Earnings before Interest, Depreciation, Taxes and Amortisation (EBIDTA, operating profit) for Q2-17 declined 39 per cent y-o-y to Rs 23.13 crore (17.8 per cent margin)  from Rs 37.94 crore (32.6 per cent margin) and declined 21.4 per cent q-o-q from Q1-17 at Rs 29.44 crore (26.6 per cent margin).

    ENIL total expense (TE) in Q2-17 increased 36.1 per cent y-o-y to Rs 120.50 crore (92.9 per cent of TIO) from Rs 88.57 crore (76.2 per cent of TIO), and increased 34.2 per cent q-o-q from Rs 89.79 crore (81.1 per cent of TIO).

    Programming and royalty expenses in the current quarter increased 42.9 per cent y-o-y to Rs 6.03 crore (4.6 per cent of TIO) from Rs 34.22 crore (3.6 per cent of TIO and increased 14.6 perc ent q-o-q from Rs 5.26 crore (4.7 per cent of TIO).

    License fee in Q2-17 increased 6.1 per cent y-o-y to Rs 8.31 crore (6.4 per cent of TIO) from Rs 7.83 crore (6.7 per cent of TIO) and increased 20.9 per cent q-o-q from Rs 6.87 crore (6.2 per cent of TIO).

    Employee Benefit Expense (EBE) in Q2-17 at Rs 26.86 crore (20.7 per cent of TIO) increased 21.7 per cent y-o-y from Rs 22.08 crore (19.0 per cent of TIO) and increased 6.6 per cent q-o-q from Rs 25.20 crore (22.8 per cent of TIO).

    Marketing expense in Q2-17 at Rs 32.58 crore (25.1 per cent of TIO) more than doubled (2.1 times) y-o-y and q-o-q from Rs 15.47 crore (13.3 per cent of TIO) and from Rs 11.29 crore (11.1  per cent of TIO) respectively.

    Other expenses in Q2-17 at Rs 32.73 crore (25.3 per cent of TIO) increased 13.9 per cent y-o-y from Rs 28.73 crore (24.7 per cent of TIO), and increased 14 per cent q-o-q from Rs 28.71 crore (25.9 per cent of TIO).

    ENIL won 17 stations in Phase 3 auctions and has launched four new stations in the current quarter – at Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Surat and Jaipur. Earlier the company had launched Bengaluru, Guwahati, Hyderabad and Kochi stations. Bengaluru was Radio Mirchi’s first launch in the second frequencies network.

    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.

  • South Asia FM allotted Surat, Amritsar, Patna, Chandigarh and Jammu FM channels

    South Asia FM allotted Surat, Amritsar, Patna, Chandigarh and Jammu FM channels

    NEW DELHI: M/s South Asia FM Ltd has been declared as the winning bidder for five Radio FM channels, just a day after the commencement of the auction for the second batch of Phase III.

    The company will be allotted FM Channels in Surat, Amritsar, Patna, Chandigarh and Jammu.

    The details of the details of the successful bids and number of winning channelss and associated Frequency spots along with successful bid amount – Non-refundable One Time Entry Fee (NOTEF) are:

    City Frequency Spot selected (MHz) Successful Bid amount (NOTEF)

    Surat           95                                         Rs 3,60,00,000
     Amritsar     93.5                                      Rs 6,03,97,038
    Patna          93.5                                      Rs 17,89,83,876
    Chandigarh 93.5                                      Rs 19,04,72,374
     Jammu        91.9                                     Rs 1,01,07,090

    This data has been compiled on the basis of system generated “Final Round Result Report” and “Frequency Identification Report” accessible through auction administrator
    role.

    South Asia FM Limited, one of the fourteen shortlisted bidders, is a Public incorporated on 09 November 2005. It is classified as Non-govt company and is registered at Registrar of Companies, Chennai. Its authorized share capital is Rs. 6,550,000,100 and its paid up capital is Rs. 6,153,605,100.It is inolved in Motion picture, radio, television and other entertainment activities

    South Asia Fm Limited’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) was last held on 24 September 2015 and as per records from Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), its balance sheet was last filed on 31 March 2015.

    Directors of South Asia FM Limited are Jagadeesan Ravindran, Kannappan Shanmugam, Arjun Rao Donakanti, .

  • South Asia FM allotted Surat, Amritsar, Patna, Chandigarh and Jammu FM channels

    South Asia FM allotted Surat, Amritsar, Patna, Chandigarh and Jammu FM channels

    NEW DELHI: M/s South Asia FM Ltd has been declared as the winning bidder for five Radio FM channels, just a day after the commencement of the auction for the second batch of Phase III.

    The company will be allotted FM Channels in Surat, Amritsar, Patna, Chandigarh and Jammu.

    The details of the details of the successful bids and number of winning channelss and associated Frequency spots along with successful bid amount – Non-refundable One Time Entry Fee (NOTEF) are:

    City Frequency Spot selected (MHz) Successful Bid amount (NOTEF)

    Surat           95                                         Rs 3,60,00,000
     Amritsar     93.5                                      Rs 6,03,97,038
    Patna          93.5                                      Rs 17,89,83,876
    Chandigarh 93.5                                      Rs 19,04,72,374
     Jammu        91.9                                     Rs 1,01,07,090

    This data has been compiled on the basis of system generated “Final Round Result Report” and “Frequency Identification Report” accessible through auction administrator
    role.

    South Asia FM Limited, one of the fourteen shortlisted bidders, is a Public incorporated on 09 November 2005. It is classified as Non-govt company and is registered at Registrar of Companies, Chennai. Its authorized share capital is Rs. 6,550,000,100 and its paid up capital is Rs. 6,153,605,100.It is inolved in Motion picture, radio, television and other entertainment activities

    South Asia Fm Limited’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) was last held on 24 September 2015 and as per records from Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), its balance sheet was last filed on 31 March 2015.

    Directors of South Asia FM Limited are Jagadeesan Ravindran, Kannappan Shanmugam, Arjun Rao Donakanti, .

  • Govt seeks professional help for DD revival

    Govt seeks professional help for DD revival

    NEW DELHI: Fazed by private sector television channels’ stridency in terms of revenues and viewership in an increasingly digital India, the government is seeking outside professional help in “transformation of Doordarshan.”

    A tender has been issued by an organisation under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) to look for a consultant to revamp Doordarshan into a leading public broadcaster that becomes a highly successful medium of mass communication.

    Amongst the objectives listed in the tender documents by the Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Ltd. (BECIL) a stated aim is to engage a consulting firm to support Doordarshan in achieving this “transformation goal by undertaking a comprehensive view on the projects and initiatives to be executed” by the Indian pubcaster.

    Pointing out that in the last couple of decades after introduction of cable television and technological changes in a country that’s now openly flirting with digital consumption of video and audio on multiple platforms, the government admitted DD’s monopoly days are over and it is not the target media for a large swathe of Indian population. “Given the potential television has, not just commercially but also as a means for socio-economic transformation, it’s critical to revitalize Doordarshan and develop it into a powerful and commercially successful organization of mass communication,” BECIL said in a note enumerating the objectives for the project.

    The consultant would have to undertake a comprehensive view on the projects and initiatives to be executed by Doordarshan, engage all stakeholders to arrive at trouble-spots and prepare a solution map for addressing those difficulties. The government is hoping that the consultant will identify in medium term goals for “quick wins” and further help Doordarshan develop a long-term strategic roadmap.

    The interested bidders are expected to send in their queries by 2 November 2016 and get responses in a pre-bid meeting on 4 November. The technical bids will be opened on 15 November at 1530 hours. Dates for presentations by bidders and opening of financial bids will be intimated later by BECIL.

    Interestingly, Minister of State for MIB Rajyavardhan Rathore few days back had admitted at a media conference that Prasar Bharati, DD’s parent, lacked adequate programming and marketing capabilities and was open to seeking help from private players.

    Doordarshan is one of the largest broadcasting organizations in the world in terms of studios and infrastructure and claims to cover 90 per cent of the total Indian population — a claim that, however, doesn’t aptly reflect in audience measurement data. DD, which offers 23 TV channels in various Indian languages, provides television, radio, online and app-based mobile services throughout India and overseas.

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  • Govt seeks professional help for DD revival

    Govt seeks professional help for DD revival

    NEW DELHI: Fazed by private sector television channels’ stridency in terms of revenues and viewership in an increasingly digital India, the government is seeking outside professional help in “transformation of Doordarshan.”

    A tender has been issued by an organisation under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) to look for a consultant to revamp Doordarshan into a leading public broadcaster that becomes a highly successful medium of mass communication.

    Amongst the objectives listed in the tender documents by the Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Ltd. (BECIL) a stated aim is to engage a consulting firm to support Doordarshan in achieving this “transformation goal by undertaking a comprehensive view on the projects and initiatives to be executed” by the Indian pubcaster.

    Pointing out that in the last couple of decades after introduction of cable television and technological changes in a country that’s now openly flirting with digital consumption of video and audio on multiple platforms, the government admitted DD’s monopoly days are over and it is not the target media for a large swathe of Indian population. “Given the potential television has, not just commercially but also as a means for socio-economic transformation, it’s critical to revitalize Doordarshan and develop it into a powerful and commercially successful organization of mass communication,” BECIL said in a note enumerating the objectives for the project.

    The consultant would have to undertake a comprehensive view on the projects and initiatives to be executed by Doordarshan, engage all stakeholders to arrive at trouble-spots and prepare a solution map for addressing those difficulties. The government is hoping that the consultant will identify in medium term goals for “quick wins” and further help Doordarshan develop a long-term strategic roadmap.

    The interested bidders are expected to send in their queries by 2 November 2016 and get responses in a pre-bid meeting on 4 November. The technical bids will be opened on 15 November at 1530 hours. Dates for presentations by bidders and opening of financial bids will be intimated later by BECIL.

    Interestingly, Minister of State for MIB Rajyavardhan Rathore few days back had admitted at a media conference that Prasar Bharati, DD’s parent, lacked adequate programming and marketing capabilities and was open to seeking help from private players.

    Doordarshan is one of the largest broadcasting organizations in the world in terms of studios and infrastructure and claims to cover 90 per cent of the total Indian population — a claim that, however, doesn’t aptly reflect in audience measurement data. DD, which offers 23 TV channels in various Indian languages, provides television, radio, online and app-based mobile services throughout India and overseas.

    ALSO READ:

    Prasar Bharati lacks content & marketing; open to tie-ups: MIB Minister