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  • AajTak topples Times of India as the top news video page on Facebook

    New Delhi, 13th July 2017: AajTak-India’s No.1 News channel- has also topped the rankings on the digital space  by  becoming the most popular on social network for continuous 3 months with over 29.7 million video viewership on Facebook in May, 2017. By crossing this monthly viewership mark, AajTak has stormed the digital platform with its exclusive content.

    Vidooly, the leading video intelligence software product suite for content creators, media companies and brands, had come up with the report  for MOST POPULAR FACEBOOK VIDEO PUBLISHERS IN INDIA – May 2017  which is categorized into six major genres – Health & Lifestyle, New age Entertainment, Traditional Entertainment, New age – News, Traditional News and Independent creators. The report highlights that the top 100 pages collectively clocked more than 2.8 billion viewership in May 2017.

    AajTak has a video viewership of 297,645,571 on Facebook which is way ahead in comparison to the Facebook pages of ABP news and Times Of Indiawhich are ranked in second and third position with 184,526,769 and 114,406,951 viewership respectively.

    Commenting on the report, Ms. KalliPurie, Group Editorial Director (Broadcast & New Media), India Today Group said, “AajTak’s leadership on television and on the digital space can be attributed to the brand philosophy of staying true to the promise of being ‘SabseTez’. The consistent focus on speed, user experience and quality of content at Aajtak.in has made it the most preferred for news content”.   

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    AajTak has been instrumental in reaching out to its viewers on traditional media for many years now and this achievement shows the popularity of the channel in the digital world too. There is a constant engagement with the audience on AajTak Facebook page through Discussions, Satire, Backstage Conversations, News Capsules, Photo Blogs, Engagement Posts, TV Primetime Teasers, Primetime Promotions and a lot more.

    SubratKar, Co-Founder & CEO, Vidooly commented on the developments saying, ”Over the last 6 months, we have been closely tracking the tremendous growth in viewership of videos on Facebook in India. As expected, News related content dominates all the other genres since Facebook has been playing a pivotal role in shaping up the socio political opinions in the country. We are also seeing a steady increase in independent video creators utilizing the platform, catering to both the urban and rural population. It is a very interesting time in the online video business in India as both YouTube and Facebook are attracting content creators. However; given the fact that Facebook is yet to launch monetization for creators, YouTube still is the place to be if you’re looking to make a business out of it.”

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  • TiVo renews IP licence with Foxtel, deliver ultimate experience in Australia

    MUMBAI: TiVo Corporation, a leader in entertainment technology and audience insights, has announced that Foxtel, Australia’s leading pay-TV platform, has signed a multi-year intellectual property (IP) licence renewal. This agreement offers Foxtel ongoing access to TiVo’s industry-leading entertainment discovery patent portfolios.

    “Our relationship with Foxtel demonstrates how pay-TV providers around the world use TiVo’s intellectual property to reach consumers in more innovative ways,” said Samir Armaly, executive vice president, Intellectual Property and Licensing, Rovi Corporation, a TiVo company. “We are proud to continue working with Foxtel, one of Australia’s most innovative media companies, to enable the next-generation of entertainment discovery.”

    The TiVo companies have spent decades investing in research and development to create market-leading technologies for the media and entertainment industry. TiVo’s innovative solutions touch practically every aspect of consumers’ day-to-day interaction with their entertainment, enabling customers to build customized, next-generation digital entertainment solutions for users around the globe.

  • India tops in avg app downloads per month

    NEW DELHI: A new study shows that Indians led in the number of apps downloaded per month in the first quarter of 201

    The survey that covered 10 countries showed that Indians downloaded an average of just over forty apps per month, even though the number of apps available on a smartphone was just under eighty as against over 100 apps available in smartphones in Japan.

    In South Korea, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, and India, the top 20% of smartphone users spent over four hours per day in apps.The emerging markets of Mexico, Brazil, and India had the highest time for users at the median and at the bottom 20%.

    The average user’s time spent varied widely between countries, from just over 1.5 hours per day in France to well over three hours in South Korea, where average Indian user’s time spend was 2.5 hours.

    Nearly 75% of users install at least one app per month, according to app data and insights provider App Annie. App Annie delivers the most trusted for your business to succeed in the global app economy. Over 800,000 registered members rely on App Annie to better understand the app market, their businesses and the opportunities around them. The company is headquartered in San Francisco with 450 employees across 15 global offices.

    In the ten countries analyzed, the users on average used over thirty apps per month and over nine apps per day. The other countries covered were Germany, China, France, United Kingdom and United States.

    In terms of time spent per user, mobile gamers in Japan and South Korea far exceeded those in the other countries.

    Users continue to download apps at a high rate. In all countries analyzed, over 65% of users installed at least one app in May 2017. In half of the countries analyzed, over half of all users installed two or more apps.

    On the whole, people are still looking for new apps to add to their arsenal. As mobile becomes more central to more industries, users will continue to be open to integrating new apps into their lives.

    This indicates strong adoption of apps even for the least-avid users in these countries, thanks to widespread adoption of apps such as WhatsApp and an emerging mobile-first lifestyle

    In terms of time per user, Travel & Local is an increasingly important category. In the United States, users now spend over two hours per month on average in these apps, and time per user in these apps is strongly growing across the board.

    The per cent of users who use these apps is already over 75% and increasing in most countries analyzed.

    The top 10% of mobile gamers are spending more time playing games. With these gains outstripping the increases at the median, the industry may be moving in a more core-centric direction.

    Even in Japan and South Korea, where time spent towers over the other countries, the top 10% increased its time spent in these countries. These gamers are spending roughly 3 hours per day in games.

    Especially in these countries, hardcore mobile games continue to be massively popular. In South Korea, Lineage II: Revolution exemplifies this. In Q1 2017, the online role-playing game had both the most total time spent and the highest time per user as any game in South Korea

    The total time spent in mobile apps will exceed 3.5 trillion hours in 2021.

    Exploding install bases in emerging markets will play a major part in this trend, and in APAC’s expanding lead

    Notably, Germany over performs in Shopping where it ranks as the number four country by average time spent, in contrast to its number seven position by average spent time spent overall. A significant portion of German mobile shoppers’ time comes from both eBay and eBay Kleinanzeigen, eBay’s local classifieds app in Germany.

    Brazil was the only country in the set whose users spent more time on average in Finance apps than Shopping.

    A large amount of this time was spent in banking apps. Six banking apps in Brazil, led by Banco de Brasil, exceeded 10% usage penetration. For comparison, no banking app in the United States achieved this.

  • VoD software market may expand to $ 7.5 bn by ’22, A-Pac leads

    MUMBAI: The global video streaming (VoD) software market size is expected to grow from USD 3.25 billion in 2017 to USD 7.50 billion by 2022, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 18.2%. The major factors driving the video streaming software market are increasing traction of VaaS in enterprises due to lower cost of ownership, extensive growth of online videos, and growing needs for on-demand streaming. However, network connectivity issues and the technical difficulties involved in video streaming are some of the major factors hindering the growth of the video streaming software market, according to ReportLinker study.

    Increasing traction of Video-as-a-Service (VaaS) in enterprises due to lower cost of ownership, the extensive growth of online videos, and growing needs for on-demand streaming are driving the video streaming software market.

    Video Analytics is expected to witness the highest growth rate during the forecast period: The video analytics solutions segment is expected to have the highest growth rate during the forecast period, as video analytics solutions offer a 360-degree view of enterprise viewer habits and behaviors, producing critical intelligence to support enterprise strategic goals. Through video analytics, enterprises can club Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, and cognitive technologies to extract actionable insights from the video files.

    Broadcasters, operators, and media vertical is expected to have the largest market share in 2017: The broadcasters, operators, and media vertical is expected to witness the highest adoption of video streaming software, as the video streaming software helps broadcasters, operators, and media companies to maximize monetisation, minimize operational overheads, offer better services, and enhance viewing experiences.

    Asia Pacific (APAC) is expected to grow at the highest CAGR: The APAC region includes emerging economies such as China, Australia, Singapore, and India. In these countries, enterprises are rapidly deploying video streaming software solutions. APAC is expected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period. This is mainly due to the increasing adoption of advanced technologies, growing usage of digital media among organizations and individuals, and the rising awareness about business productivity. In terms of market size, North America is expected to lead the video streaming software market in 2017.

    In-depth interviews were conducted with Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), marketing directors, innovation and technology directors, and executives from various key organizations operating in the video streaming software market.

    The breakup of the profiles of the primary participants is given below:

    • By Company: Tier 1 – 24%, Tier 2 – 41%, and Tier 3 – 35%
    • By Designation: C-Level – 57%, Director Level – 36%, Others – 7%
    • By Region: North America – 49%, Europe – 28%, APAC – 16%, RoW – 7%

    The key video streaming software providers profiled in the report are as follows:
    Anvato, Inc. (Mountain View, US), BoxCast (Cleveland, US), Brightcove, Inc. (Boston, US), Contus (Chennai, India), DaCast (San Francisco, US), Haivision, Inc. (Montreal, Canada), IBM Corporation (New York, US), Kaltura, Inc. (New York, US), Kollective Technology, Inc. (Bend, US), KZO Innovations (Reston, US), MediaPlatform (Beverly Hills, US), Ooyala, Inc. (Santa Clara, US), Nuvola Media PTE Ltd. (Singapore), Panopto (Pittsburgh, US), Polycom, Inc. (San Jose, US), Qumu Corporation (Minneapolis, US), Ramp (Boston, US), Sonic Foundry, Inc. (Madison, US), StreamShark (Victoria, Australia), uStudio, Inc. (Austin, US), VBrick (Herndon, US), VIDIZMO, LLC. (Sterling, US), Vzaar (London, UK), Wowza Media Systems LLC. (Colorado, US) and YuJa (San Jose, US).

  • Senet-SenRa tieup to help CSPs & MSOs for India IoT opportunities

    MUMBAI: Senet, the first and fastest growing provider of secure, public, low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs) and Managed Network Services for Internet of Things (IoT) applications supporting the LoRaWAN™ protocol, has announced that it has partnered with SenRa Tech Pvt. Ltd., a Low-Power Wide-Area Network provider deploying LoRaWAN connectivity throughout India.

    SenRa is utilizing Senet’s cloud-based Managed Network Services for IoT (MNSI). Senet’s MNSI solution allows SenRa to flexibly deploy LoRaWAN services on its local physical assets, supervise the network infrastructure, manage connectivity and control roles and access rights within a reliable and scalable solution. This in turn allows SenRa to accelerate the delivery of its IoT and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) network services for customers providing solutions in industries such as water metering and management, agriculture, building infrastructure and smart cities. Analysts project the IoT market in India to grow at almost 30 percent per year and reach a forecasted value of $15 Billion by 2020.

    Senet announced its Managed Network Services for IoT last week as part of its strategy to leverage a combination of its knowledge and experience gained running the largest LoRa IoT network in North America and its world class OSS and BSS software to partner with global Communication Service Providers (CSP), cable multiple-system operators (MSO) and application providers to rapidly take advantage of IoT opportunities. Senet’s MNSI solution also can be used to partner with application providers who have built public or private LoRa-based networks, who would rather focus on their core application business instead of managing a network. Senet’s Managed Network Services allows communication firms and application providers anywhere in the world to easily and completely deploy LoRaWAN IoT services on their existing infrastructure or Senet’s public network. MNS will rapidly accelerate time-to-revenue and securely activate, monitor and provide scale to support thousands, and ultimately millions of devices across a broad range of business models.

    “Senet is excited to be working with SenRa to meet the exploding demand for IoT solutions in India,” said Bruce Chatterley, CEO & President at Senet. “Senet’s Managed Network Services for IoT enables forward thinking companies like SenRa to deploy highly-secure and scalable LoRaWANs under their own brand with minimum time-to-market and the lowest possible capital expenditure and cost of ownership structure.”

    SenRa’s LoRaWAN roll out is currently underway and the company is committed to contributing to the evolution of the LoRaWAN ecosystem, including recently joining LoRa Alliance™, one of the fastest growing IoT alliances with more than 500 members.

    “Senet’s unparalleled experience in scaling and managing LPWANs made selecting their Managed Network Services an easy choice,” said Ali Hosseini, Chief Executive Officer of SenRa. “India aims to capture a 20 percent share of a global 300 billion dollar IoT market opportunity in another five years. The best way for us to support this growth is by partnering with market leaders and technology innovators like Senet who are proven capable of meeting the diverse challenges emerging in the M2M and IoT space.”

  • Virtual screens to start replacing TVs & theaters in a year, consumers expect: Ericsson

    MUMBAI: Ericsson ConsumerLab has reported that seven out of 10 consumers believe that virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) will become mainstream in media, education, work, social interaction, tourism and retail. Consumers expect virtual screens to start replacing televisions and theaters in less than a year.

    For VR and AR to merge with physical reality and become mainstream, 5G is crucial to provide mobility, improve social experiences and address nausea concerns.

    Ericsson has published its latest ConsumerLab report – Merged Reality – revealing insights into how consumers expect virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) to merge with physical reality, and that 5G will be a key technology for such experiences to become mainstream. The report reveals that when boundaries between people’s perception of physical and virtual reality start to blur, this could result in a drastic impact on lives and society. The way we live, work, and consume information and media will fundamentally change.

    Realities will not merge if the user is tethered to a computer or cut off from physical reality. Early adopters of VR/AR expect next-generation networks like 5G to play a central role. Thirty-six per cent have expectations on 5G to provide VR/AR mobility through a stable, fast and high-bandwidth network. Thirty per cent of early adopters also expect 5G to enable tethered headsets to become wireless.

    Key findings of the latest report include that seven out of 10 early adopters expect VR/AR to change everyday life fundamentally in six domains: media, education, work, social interaction, travel and retail. Media is already being transformed and consumers expect virtual screens to start replacing televisions and theaters in less than a year.

    The qualitative research in the report included an innovative focus group discussion series completely in VR with participants from North America and Europe, as well as traditional focus groups with current users of VR from Japan and South Korea. A series of qualitative VR tests with 20 Ericsson employees were also done to understand how lag in VR can trigger nausea.

    In the quantitative part of the study, the report presents insights from a survey of 9,200 consumers in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain, the UK and the US, aged between 15-69 with awareness of the concept of VR.

  • TV & mobile electronics: Domestic prod leaves $ 300bn gap for import

    NEW DELHI: The demand of electronic products in India is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 41 per cent during 2017-2020 to reach $ 400 billion by 2020, but the government has to help domestic production.

    The local production of electronic products has to be increased significantly to meet the domestic demand. The industry suggest the government to focus on both infrastructural as well as at the policy level, increased emphasis has to be provided for increasing the percentage of local component manufacturing in India. This includes simplifying the complex regulatory structure for making compliance easier for new entrants and developing a participatory approach.

    A joint Study by ASSOCHAM and NEC (which provides product development, global product maintenance and global business enablement services) says India can become a manufacturing hub only with increased domestic production. Demand for electronic products in India is poised for significant growth in the next few years, driven by a strong economic outlook.

    The domestic production which is currently growing at a CAGR of 27 per cent may touch $ 104 billion leaving a huge gap for import to the extent of $ 300 billion. The study says the electronics industry valued at $ 1.75 trillion is the fastest growing industry globally.

    The Indian electronics and hardware market grew by 8.6 per cent Year on Year to reach $ 75 billion in 2015, driven by rising local demand. The worldwide electronics industry was valued at around $ 1.86 trillion in 2015.

    With a growing middle class population, disposable income has led to increased consumer demand for electronics products specially advanced TV’s, mobile phones and computers. This surge in demand is huge which shows a positive outlook for the industry.

    The Electronics industry valued at $ 1.75 trillion is the largest and fastest growing industry in the world, highlighted the study.

    India’s total electronics hardware production 2014-15 is estimated at $ 32.46 billion – representing a share of about 1.5 per cent in world electronic hardware production. The domestic consumption of electronic hardware in 2014-15 was $ 63.6 billion out of which 58 per cent was fulfilled with imports. With demonetisation adding to the demand for POS devices and mobile phones, this demand is going to increase manifolds.

    The investments in electronic manufacturing which was just Rs 110 billion in June 2014 has increased to Rs 1278.8 billion in 2016.

    Initiatives such as ‘Make in India’ and ‘Digital India’ and specially focusing on schemes such as the ‘Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme’ (M-SIPS) and ‘Electronic Development Fund’ (EDF) has helped this growth.

  • Principals discuss ’emotional wellbeing’ through Teno App

    MUMBAI: Teno App, India’s leading free-to-use mobile app for schools, is organizing a panel discussion where reputed educationists will deliberate on the role of educators in promoting emotional wellbeing amongst school students. This panel discussion will also be the first initiative as part of their unique series, which will be an open forum for lead industry conversations on various issues that impact school children.

    The event will host over 150 school principals from across Mumbai, New Mumbai and Kalyan alongside well-known educationalists and child psychiatrists. There will be an elite panelist of veterans from the education sector who will deliberate on the theme for the discussion. The discussion will also dwell on how schools can adopt technology to identify and tackle this menace among the student community and create an amicable environment for emotional wellbeing and bridge the communication gap between the school and parents.

    Talking about this initiative, Teno App vice-president Anurag Dixit said, “A child spends most of the active time of the day in school and hence it is imperative that schools have the right environment and infrastructure to accentuate the overall growth and well being of the child. We often read about heart-wrenching incidents of self-harm among students due to depression and it is critical that we have a forum to discuss the ways to mitigate the perils of this illness. We work with schools across the country offering an easy and efficient mobile App to facilitate communication between parents and schools. This helps us leverage our connect to create a platform for like-minded educational experts to discuss pertinent issues among school children.”

    It is always better to pre-empt circumstances rather than waiting to take curative measures once an unfortunate incident occurs. Children nowadays are influenced, not only by peers but also face cyber pressure, which often misleads them to feel inferior. This is one of the key reasons that leads to emotional trauma and disrupts their mental wellbeing, causing them to resort to unhealthy measures. It is difficult to wean away a child from technology and modern day lifestyle habits but one can mitigate the risk of the child suffering mental stress, by ensuring timely intervention and conversations. It is important for schools and parents to shift conversations beyond functional PTA meetings or report days, and be more accessible to each other, despite the hectic urban lifestyle. Use of school apps like Teno App helps achieve this objective without any hassle

  • India uses low-cost Net-enabled devices, Datawind leads: CMR

    India uses low-cost Net-enabled devices, Datawind leads: CMR

    NEW DELHI: Low rate providers of Internet and tablets DataWind Inc. has claimed the top slot with 34.2 per cent market share in 1Q’ CY 2017, followed by IBall and Samsung at 16.3 per cent and 14.7 per cent, respectively.

    According to the latest CMR report, DataWind also holds a remarkable 70% market share in the sub-Rs 5,000 tablet segment (approximately $75), which is the largest and fastest is growing segment of the market constituting 50% of the overall market. The CMR study also shows that DataWind is the only company in the top three sellers which has increased its market share.

    Datawind president and CEO Suneet Singh Tuli said, “We continue to see tremendous demand for our low cost Internet-enabled tablets and smartphones from consumers in India. I am truly honoured and humbled with the overwhelming response from our customers. Devices bundled with free internet browsing; local manufacturing, patented technology and our strong & committed team were the key factors which worked for us.”

    Tuli added ‘DataWind firmly believes that digital and internet divide can be addressed through technology intervention, at an affordable price point. We are focused on driving the cost downward to a level where access to technology becomes ‘universally affordable’ and democratization of technology finds its true meaning.”

    DataWind’s products break the affordability barrier and deliver internet access across traditional mobile networks as DataWind executes a vision to empower the next three billion internet users. The results reinforce the fact that DataWind is the only tablet provider in India focused on providing affordable tablets and Internet access. All DataWind devices come bundled with one year of free unlimited Internet access, and feature the most affordable ongoing plans available on the market due to the company’s unique, patented technology that reduces up to 97% the amount of data needed for web browsing.

  • GST on set-top boxes & optic fibre down to 18%

    GST on set-top boxes & optic fibre down to 18%

    NEW DELHI: The Goods and Services Tax (GST) for set top boxes has been reduced to 18 per cent from the previously announced 28 per cent.

    Similarly, the GST Council also reduced the tax on coaxial cables and optical fibre to 18 per cent from the hitherto 28 per cent in both cases.

    Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said: “After considering recommendations of fitment committee, rates are being reduced in the case of 66 items.” 

    Jaitley is also the chairman of the GST Council. He said that there were 133 representations and these were considered.

    Other items relating to the electronics and the media and entertainment industry in which GST was reduced are: 

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