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  • DAVP selects Prime Focus, Usoft & others for govt ad spots

    DAVP selects Prime Focus, Usoft & others for govt ad spots

    NEW DELHI: Prime Focus Techologies and Usoft Technologies are among the four audio visual agencies contracted by the Government for creating commercials to publicise its policies through digital spots to private television cable and satellite television channels and digital cinema agencies.

     

    The other two agencies are eBUS (Aidem Ventures), and Adstream Advertising Services Pvt Ltd. The agencies were given the contract for one year from September, after completion of a tender process.

     

    The agencies will be paid by the Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry at rates specified by it. These are per spot basis per delivery (exclusive of taxes): Rs 760 for spots up to thirty seconds; Rs 846 for spots between 31 seconds and 60 seconds; and Rs 940 for spots between 61 and 90 seconds.

     

    The spots above 80 seconds will be paid at the pro-rata of the approved rates from 61 to 90 seconds.  

     

    These rates are inclusive of 15 per cent agency commission, which will be deducted from approved rates at the time of payment.

  • MIB issues 27 new provisional and 3 permanent MSO licenses post August

    MIB issues 27 new provisional and 3 permanent MSO licenses post August

    NEW DELHI: With the deadline of the third phase of digital addressable system (DAS) less than three months away, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has issued 27 new provisional licenses and three permanent licenses for multi system operators (MSOs) across India to operate in the DAS areas.

     

    The new entrants are: (1) Manthan Broadband Services Pvt Ltd, which got the permanent licence for Kolkata Metropolitan under Phase I, for Howrah under Phase II and for Ranchi and all cities/towns in India under Phase III, (2) Saptak Digital, which received permanent licence for the entire West Bengal region, and (3) Shirdi Sai Digital Network for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana under Phase III & IV.

     

    With this, the total number of MSOs that have obtained licences for DAS as on 30 September has gone up to 399.

     

    According to the last list issued on 14 August, the Ministry had registered a total of 349 MSOs, of which 126 were provisional.

     

    Of these 399 MSOs that have received licences for DAS, 226 have 10-year licences, while 173 are provisional since the MIB has still not received any formal communication of the Home Ministry’s decision to do away with security clearances for MSOs.

     

    As of now, four MSOs – Kal Cables of Chennai, Digi Cable Network Pvt Ltd, Scod 18 Networking Pvt Ltd and SR Cable TV Pvt. Ltd. remain on the cancellation list.

     

    Additionally, 11 MSOs, which had earlier been granted permanent licences were permitted to change their areas of operation

  • MIB cancels tripartite agreements in DTH sector for loan assistance

    MIB cancels tripartite agreements in DTH sector for loan assistance

    NEW DELHI: The Government today cancelled the provision for tripartite agreements to provide loans to Indian direct-to-home (DTH) operators.

     

    According to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB), the provision had been made for financial loan and assistance in the DTH sector by assigning licence agreement as security to banks as well as financial institutions.

     

    This was to be done in the form of a tripartite agreement with the bank or financial institution, the operator and the government.

     

    An order to this effect had been issued by the Ministry on 3 December, 2009.

     

    The order has now come into immediate effect. 

  • AIR to broadcast special to mark one year of ‘Mann Ki Baat’

    AIR to broadcast special to mark one year of ‘Mann Ki Baat’

    NEW DELHI: All India Radio (AIR) will broadcast Mann Ki Baat: Ek Saal Jan Judao Ka to mark the completion of one year of the monthly radio broadcasts by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

     

    The hour-long programme will be aired at 9.30 pm on 5 October by all capital AIR stations, all multi-channel stations, all FM Gold & FM Rainbow channels and Local Stations.

     

    The show will be also available via live streaming on allindiaradio.gov.in and it can be also heard by downloading AIR’s mobile app available for Windows, Android or iOS platform.

     

    The first broadcast of Mann Ki Baat was on 3 October last year.

     

    The programme has been conceptualised by AIR Delhi as a platform for myriad voices, ranging from the remotest outpost of the country to the heart of its capital to a diaspora viewpoint.

     

    It is scheduled under the National Programme of Talks (Hindi), a weekly programme of talks and discussions on the National Channel.

     

    An AIR spokesman told Indiantelevision.com, “We are hopeful of presenting a bouquet of authentic voices from the rustic farmer in this attempt to reflect with authenticity what the public really expects from its Prime Minister. The aim is to cull out the areas that people want the Prime Minister to focus on. This programme will have elements of various radio formats such as Phone-in, Radio-Bridge, Vox populi etc. to showcase a participatory audio asset.”

     

    The broadcast of the programme will be followed by a survey to be carried out by 46 units of Audience Research Units of AIR located at different places to cover varied linguistic and geographical zones of India. This, AIR hopes, will accurately gauge the impact of one year of continuous personal contact of the Prime Minister with his people through various modes of dissemination.

     

    Mann Ki Baat has once again connected people with the radio and made them realise its importance for such a vast country that resides not only in metros and cities but in remote corners of the villages and tribal areas, where satellite television channels are yet to reach. 

     

    In its endeavour to maximise the reach of the programme, AIR relays it in all regional languages apart from Hindi, Urdu and also in large number of dialects spoken in remote parts of India.

     

    Mann Ki Baat thus has the vastest disseminated broadcast and reaches over 99 per cent of India’s population through multifarious avenues as DTH, live streaming, mobile applications, terrestrial as well as satellite channels.

     

    In addition to the programme slated for tonight, AIR broadcast Mann Ki Baat: Aatmiya Samvaad Ka Ek Varsh, which was a special edition of its much acclaimed programme Post Box 111, which is based on the unprecedented inflow of letters/mails from listeners to AIR as part of the first anniversary. The special programme was a recap of all episodes of both Mann Ki Baat and Post Box 111.

     

    Post Box 111 is broadcast every Sunday at 11 am on FM Rainbow Network and the medium wave national hook-up.

  • Election Commission bans exit polls by print & TV media for Bihar elections

    Election Commission bans exit polls by print & TV media for Bihar elections

    NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India has banned all electronic and print media including television channels from carrying out any exit polls between 7 am on 12 October and 5.30 pm on 7 November in view of the Assembly elections inBihar.

     

    The directive was issued by the Election Commission through a notification issued under Section 126A of the Representation of the People Act 1951.

     

    This includes a ban on publicising or publishing through any media the results of any exit poll in connection with the Assembly Elections.

     

    The notification further prohibited under Section 126(1)(b) any opinion poll in any electronic media during the period of 48 hours ending with the hours fixed for conclusion of the polls.

  • FM migration fee submission date extended, Phase I kept out of migration

    FM migration fee submission date extended, Phase I kept out of migration

    NEW DELHI: Existing operators of Phase II FM Radio wanting to migrate to Phase III have been asked to deposit 25 per cent of the non-refundable one-time entry fee (NOTMF) by 5 October.

     

     

    Accepting a demand by Phase II FM operators for extension of time, the Government said that the balance will have to be paid by 15 October instead of the previous deadline of 1 October. 

     

    However, the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry made it clear that the option of migration only applied to Phase II operators and not Phase I operators.

     

    It also said that the migration fee had been fixed according to the recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India of 20 February this year.

     

    As was reported earlier by Indiantelevision.com, each channel in Mumbai, which falls under the ‘A’ plus category will have to pay Rs 36.69 crore to the Ministry, while each channel from category ‘D’ city – Aizawl will have to shell out Rs 0.12 crore.

     

    This means that from Mumbai, the Ministry will receive a total of approximately Rs 256.83 crore, considering there are seven stations- Radio City, Red FM, Fever FM, Big FM, Radio One, Radio Mirchi and Oye FM.

     

    The second highest pay-out will come from New Delhi, which will pay Rs 33.33 crore per channel, which means that all the stations together will contribute about Rs 266.64 crore.

  • Mumbai to pay highest fees of Rs 36.7 crore for migration to FM Phase III

    Mumbai to pay highest fees of Rs 36.7 crore for migration to FM Phase III

    MUMBAI: FM operators in Mumbai will have to shell out the highest migration fees of Rs 36.69 crore, payable to the Information & Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry for migration from FM Phase II to Phase III.

     

    The I&B Ministry has released the city wise non-refundable one time migration fee (NOTMF) for migration from FM Phase II to Phase III for existing private FM broadcasters.

     

    According to the ministry, after Mumbai, Delhi FM operators follow with the second highest migration fee of Rs 33.33 crore, whereas Bengaluru is third in line with migration fee of Rs 21.60 crore.

     

    Apart from the top three, existing FM operators in 13 cities will have to pay migration fees of above Rs 10 crore. They are: Chandigarh (Rs 19.04 crore), Hyderabad (Rs 18 crore), Patna (Rs 17.89 crore), Coimbatore (Rs 16.87 crore), Cochin (Rs 15.04 crore), Nasik (Rs 14.66 crore), Lucknow (Rs 14 crore), Pune (Rs 14 crore), Ahmedabad (Rs 13.17 crore), Indore (Rs 13.06 crore), Chennai (Rs 12.27 crore), Visakhapatanam (Rs 11.68 crore) and Vadodara (Rs 11.30 crore).

     

    Additionally, FM operators in 47 cities will have to pay migration fees between Rs 10 – Rs 1 crore. They are as follows: Vijayawada (Rs 9.97 crore), Kolhapur (Rs 9.44 crore), Trivandrum (Rs 8.09 crore), Kanpur (Rs 8 crore), Jaipur (Rs 7.74 crore), Bhopal (Rs 7.49 crore), Kolkata (Rs 7.06 crore), Kozhikode (Rs 7.02 crore), Madurai (Rs 6.49 crore), Puducherry (Rs 6.49 crore), Aurangabad (Rs 6.23 crore), Tiruchi (Rs 6.11 crore), Rajkot (Rs 6.08 crore), Amritsar (Rs 6.03 crore), Trichur (Rs 5.65 crore), Varanasi (Rs 5.26 crore), Nagpur (Rs 5.10 crore), Mysore (Rs 4.66 crore), Tirupathi (Rs 4.50 crore), Mangalore (Rs 4.45 crore), Jalandhar (Rs 4.22 crore), Allahabad (Rs 4.08 crore), Kannur (Rs 4.05 crore), Jabalpur (Rs 3.80 crore), Surat (Rs 3.60 crore), Raipur (Rs 3.43 crore), Panaji (Rs 3.18 crore), Agra (Rs 2.56 crore), Shimla (Rs 2.34 crore), Jodhpur (Rs 2.05 crore), Asansol (Rs 2.02 crore), Patiala (Rs 1.64 crore), Rajahmundry (Rs 1.58 crore), Tirunelveli (Rs 1.57 crore), Gulbarga (Rs 1.50 crore), Tuticorin (Rs 1.50 crore), Gwalior (Rs 1.40 crore), Bhubaneshwar (Rs 1.27 crore), Jamshedpur (Rs 1.26 crore), Warangal (Rs 1.25 crore), Siliguri (Rs 1.05 crore), Udaipur (Rs 1.05 crore), Karnal (Rs 1.04 crore), Ranchi (Rs 1.03 crore), Rourkela (Rs 1.02 crore), Jammu (Rs 1.01 crore) and Kota (Rs 1 crore).

     

    The operators who exercised the option to migrate to FM radio Phase III will have an option to withdraw to migrate within five calendar days of intimation of the NOTMF. The option exercised by the operator who do not wish to migrate to FM radio Phase III shall be final and binding on the operators.

  • Adcap case to be heard on 27 November, Court informed matter under discussion with MIB

    Adcap case to be heard on 27 November, Court informed matter under discussion with MIB

    NEW DELHI: The challenge to the advertising cap of 12 minutes per hour by the News Broadcasters Association (NBA) and others in the Delhi High Court will be heard on 27 November.
     

    The NBA sought the adjournment on the ground that the matter was under discussion with the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry to seek certain clarifications. On 8 September,  the matter was adjourned on the same plea.
     

    According to information available with Indiantelevision.com, this comes in the wake of a statement made by I&B Minister Arun Jaitley in January this year that there should be no ad cap in the print or electronic media. However, it is also learnt that Jaitley has given no such instructions in any order in the Ministry.
      

    The order that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will not take any action against any channel pending the petition will continue. In an earlier hearing, the Court had, at the regulator’s instance, directed that all channels keep a record of the advertisements run by them.

      
    The NBA had challenged the ad cap rule, contending that TRAI does not have jurisdiction to regulate commercial airtime on television channels.
     

    Apart from the NBA, the petition has been filed by Sarthak Entertainment, Pioneer Channel Factory, E24 Glamoru, Sun TV Network, TV Vision, B4U Broadband, 9X Media, Kalaignar, Celebrities Management, Eanadu Television and Raj Television.
     

    The news and regional broadcasters fear that the capping of commercial airtime will curtail their ad revenues. They also argue that the ad cap must be brought only after the benefits of cable TV digitisation start showing. 

     
    Meanwhile, TRAI recently released results of their records, which show that around 36 news channels apart from 105 general entertainment channels (GECs) are violating the ad cap by telecasting ads for more than 12 minutes an hour.

  • FM Phase III: Govt gets Rs 263.97 crore as bid deposit post auction

    FM Phase III: Govt gets Rs 263.97 crore as bid deposit post auction

    NEW DELHI: A total amount of Rs 263.97 crore has been received by the Government as bid deposits from successful bidders of e-auction of the first batch of private FM radio Phase III channels.

     

    This is 25 per cent of the successful bid amount for a channel defined as bid deposit in the Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) of 2 March. 

     

    Under the stipulated payment methodology by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, successful bidders had to pay the bid deposits for winning channels within five calendar days of notification of auction results. 

     

    The Ministry had notified 14 successful bidders for 91 channels in 54 cities of the first batch on 16 September.

     

    Successful bidders will now have to pay the balance amount within 15 calendar days of the notification by 1 October. 

     

    On receipt of full successful bid amount – Non-refundable One Time Entry Fee (NOTEF) – within the prescribed time, the Ministry will issue Letter of Intent to the bidders to enable them to complete further formalities.

     

    The e-auction of the first batch of FM phase III comprising 135 channels in 69 cities had commenced on 27 July and concluded after 33 days of bidding on 9 September.

     

    The Ministry had said while announcing the results of 91 channels in 54 cities that they do not include the results of the bids by Sun TV, South Asia FM and Kal Radio in  compliance with the orders of the Madras High Court.

     

    It also said the Centre had decided to file a special leave to appeal in the Supreme Court against the order of 26 July of the Delhi High Court of Delhi in the petitions by Digital Radio (Mumbai) Broadcasting Ltd. & Digital Radio (Delhi) Broadcasting Ltd. respectively.

  • Red FM hikes ad rates by 35% buoyed by optimism post Phase III FM auctions

    Red FM hikes ad rates by 35% buoyed by optimism post Phase III FM auctions

    NEW DELHI: Even as the results of some of the Sun Group’s bids in the FM Phase III are being held back as the matter is pending in courts, 93.5 RED FM has implemented a 35 per cent hike in ad rates across all its stations. 

     

    The new rates became effective today (21 September).

    Red FM COO Nisha Narayanan said, “We have not had a rate hike for a while now. Today, radio as a medium is growing at a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 18 per cent and attracts a large number of advertisers as consumption of radio is on an overall high. The demand and supply scenario has a huge imbalance with demand way beyond the inventory that we can play on Red FM. Also the advertisers have shown faith in us to provide customised solutions for their brands and do not have an issue in paying premiums.” 

     

    “With Phase III and newer cities we plan to venture into, we have decided to go ahead with rates hike of 35 per cent across the network. With strong hold in metro cities as well as Tier II and III cities, we will continue to provide customised quality solutions for all our clients across the network and hope to receive their support for the desired increase.”

     

    Narayanan further said these were very interesting times for the FM radio space as the advertising community has been showing its faith in the medium continuously, which is evident fromthe overflowing radio inventories. 

     

    Demand across most of major metro’s and big cities has seen growth, which is equivalent to festive season rush and thus there is an eminent reason for the rate hike, which have been stagnant for almost two to three years now. 

     

    Narayanan added the Phase III auctions and an overall optimism within the industry isalso going to put pressure on the operational expenses. Thus the rate hike is one of the steps that have become a necessity to optimise the demand and supply and offer best of entertainment and mileage to advertisers and stakeholders. “More and more volume is also coming from lot of new categories and it’s good to see their trust in the medium by planning campaigns with FM stations,” she added.