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  • ‘Astra Force’ screening held; to premiere on Disney today

    ‘Astra Force’ screening held; to premiere on Disney today

    MUMBAI: A special screening of the much-awaited superhero animated series – “Astra Force” with legendary icon, Amitabh Bachchan was hosted at Sunny Super Studio, Juhu, which was attended by celebrity artistes such as Faisal Khan, Sadhil Kapoor, Arush Rana & Ashnoor Kaur.

    The kids were thrilled to watch Bachchan’s new avatar and expressed their immense excitement at the premier. A shout out to all superhero lovers as a must watch series. ‘Astra Force’ will premiere on Disney Channel on 28 November (Monday) at 3.30pm.

    A funny and fast-paced, action-adventure series, filled with laughs and thrills, “Astra Force” tells the story of a mythical hero from a distant world, who was stranded on Earth millions of years ago, after an epic space battle. When 8-year old brother and sister twins accidentally awaken the mythical superhero from his long hibernation, they must teach him about the modern world and join Astra to save the universe from a new wave of giant monsters and intergalactic threats. Together they will fight for Truth, for Justice and for Ice cream!

    Astra Force features the voice of Bachchan as the powerful new superhero, “Astra” in his first animated kids television series. The 52 part, series will be aired every week from Monday to Thursday at 3:30 p.m.

    The new Indian superhero was created by Bachchan and Graphic India co-founder and CEO Sharad Devarajan, who are producing the series in partnership with Disney Channel.

    Graphic India is a character entertainment company focused on creating leading characters, comics and stories through mobile and digital platforms. Led by Devarajan, Graphic India is owned by the U.S. comic book Company, Liquid Comics, Start Media LLC and CA Media LP, the Asian investment arm of The Chernin Group, LLC (TCG). Disney Channel is a 24-hour children’s television network that taps into the entertainment needs of 4-14 year olds with storytelling.

  • ‘Astra Force’ screening held; to premiere on Disney today

    ‘Astra Force’ screening held; to premiere on Disney today

    MUMBAI: A special screening of the much-awaited superhero animated series – “Astra Force” with legendary icon, Amitabh Bachchan was hosted at Sunny Super Studio, Juhu, which was attended by celebrity artistes such as Faisal Khan, Sadhil Kapoor, Arush Rana & Ashnoor Kaur.

    The kids were thrilled to watch Bachchan’s new avatar and expressed their immense excitement at the premier. A shout out to all superhero lovers as a must watch series. ‘Astra Force’ will premiere on Disney Channel on 28 November (Monday) at 3.30pm.

    A funny and fast-paced, action-adventure series, filled with laughs and thrills, “Astra Force” tells the story of a mythical hero from a distant world, who was stranded on Earth millions of years ago, after an epic space battle. When 8-year old brother and sister twins accidentally awaken the mythical superhero from his long hibernation, they must teach him about the modern world and join Astra to save the universe from a new wave of giant monsters and intergalactic threats. Together they will fight for Truth, for Justice and for Ice cream!

    Astra Force features the voice of Bachchan as the powerful new superhero, “Astra” in his first animated kids television series. The 52 part, series will be aired every week from Monday to Thursday at 3:30 p.m.

    The new Indian superhero was created by Bachchan and Graphic India co-founder and CEO Sharad Devarajan, who are producing the series in partnership with Disney Channel.

    Graphic India is a character entertainment company focused on creating leading characters, comics and stories through mobile and digital platforms. Led by Devarajan, Graphic India is owned by the U.S. comic book Company, Liquid Comics, Start Media LLC and CA Media LP, the Asian investment arm of The Chernin Group, LLC (TCG). Disney Channel is a 24-hour children’s television network that taps into the entertainment needs of 4-14 year olds with storytelling.

  • What do TV channels have in store this Children’s Day?

    What do TV channels have in store this Children’s Day?

    MUMBAI: Television channels and kids brands have a treat for the little one this Children’s Day. It’s that time of the year when the channels will thrive on their kids viewers. Marking the occasion of Children’s Day on 14 November, Toonz Retail has launched its campaign Spread Smiles through which Toonz is requesting all its loyal customers across 100+ stores to come and donate their old clothes, toys and books which are in good condition and get discounts on their new purchase.

    It is no exception that channels heavily invest to promote their existing shows and also grab eye balls with new exciting content. Nickelodeon will air its routine shows starting with Power Rangers Dino Supercharge at 9:30 am followed by Ninja Hattori at 10 am. Apart from this, its other famous shows like Oggy and the cockroaches, SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, etc will broadcast the entire day. Turner’s two kids channels, Cartoon Network and Pogo, will also air their routine shows throughout the day. While CN has popular shows like My Favourite Teacher, Roll No 21 and the quest for Swarnamani, Kris in Scooba Dooba Ajooba, Bemn 10, Dragon Ball Z, etc, Pogo has a rich library of shows like Tom and Jerry kids show, Chotta Bheem, Wabbit, MAD, etc.

    Disney channel will start its treat with Chimpui from 8:30 am followed by Disney Mickey Mouse at 12:30 pm. Other shows like Ultra B, Hum Chik Bum, Chorr Police, Ultimate Spiderman, Avengers Assemble, etc continue to have similar slots on the channel.

    In the English entertainment genre, Comedy Central is all set to celebrate the day by bringing out your inner child with Betty White’s Off Their Rockers. In the show, the winter of their lives is the least of their worries, when the cast of the show only wants to play pranks on people, possibly younger to them by two generations. Betty White and the gang know how to trick minds with their childish pranks. The channel is going to show back-to-back episodes of the show 14 November 3 pm.

    Tata Sky, one of India’s leading DTH service provider will air a fun and exciting line-up of programmes for kids. Subscribers of the interactive services, Actve Fitness, Actve Cooking and Actve Fun Learn can watch the programmes on 13 and 14 November at no additional cost.

    The programmes have been designed specially to ensure complete enjoyment for kids, this Children’s Day weekend. There are specially designed activity classes by Mickey Mehta, focused on getting taller and healthier in their fitness property. In their Actve Cooking feature, the kids can learn fun, easy and delicious recipes which they can cook themselves. Recipes for fun food dishes such as donuts and pizza will be on display.

    To carry on the merriment, Actve Fun Learn will have a Children’s Day special programme with videos on animated rhymes, stories, how to draw videos, classroom jokes, nail art videos learning videos, cartoons and craft videos.

  • What do TV channels have in store this Children’s Day?

    What do TV channels have in store this Children’s Day?

    MUMBAI: Television channels and kids brands have a treat for the little one this Children’s Day. It’s that time of the year when the channels will thrive on their kids viewers. Marking the occasion of Children’s Day on 14 November, Toonz Retail has launched its campaign Spread Smiles through which Toonz is requesting all its loyal customers across 100+ stores to come and donate their old clothes, toys and books which are in good condition and get discounts on their new purchase.

    It is no exception that channels heavily invest to promote their existing shows and also grab eye balls with new exciting content. Nickelodeon will air its routine shows starting with Power Rangers Dino Supercharge at 9:30 am followed by Ninja Hattori at 10 am. Apart from this, its other famous shows like Oggy and the cockroaches, SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, etc will broadcast the entire day. Turner’s two kids channels, Cartoon Network and Pogo, will also air their routine shows throughout the day. While CN has popular shows like My Favourite Teacher, Roll No 21 and the quest for Swarnamani, Kris in Scooba Dooba Ajooba, Bemn 10, Dragon Ball Z, etc, Pogo has a rich library of shows like Tom and Jerry kids show, Chotta Bheem, Wabbit, MAD, etc.

    Disney channel will start its treat with Chimpui from 8:30 am followed by Disney Mickey Mouse at 12:30 pm. Other shows like Ultra B, Hum Chik Bum, Chorr Police, Ultimate Spiderman, Avengers Assemble, etc continue to have similar slots on the channel.

    In the English entertainment genre, Comedy Central is all set to celebrate the day by bringing out your inner child with Betty White’s Off Their Rockers. In the show, the winter of their lives is the least of their worries, when the cast of the show only wants to play pranks on people, possibly younger to them by two generations. Betty White and the gang know how to trick minds with their childish pranks. The channel is going to show back-to-back episodes of the show 14 November 3 pm.

    Tata Sky, one of India’s leading DTH service provider will air a fun and exciting line-up of programmes for kids. Subscribers of the interactive services, Actve Fitness, Actve Cooking and Actve Fun Learn can watch the programmes on 13 and 14 November at no additional cost.

    The programmes have been designed specially to ensure complete enjoyment for kids, this Children’s Day weekend. There are specially designed activity classes by Mickey Mehta, focused on getting taller and healthier in their fitness property. In their Actve Cooking feature, the kids can learn fun, easy and delicious recipes which they can cook themselves. Recipes for fun food dishes such as donuts and pizza will be on display.

    To carry on the merriment, Actve Fun Learn will have a Children’s Day special programme with videos on animated rhymes, stories, how to draw videos, classroom jokes, nail art videos learning videos, cartoons and craft videos.

  • Despite a poor fourth quarter, Disney FY-16 numbers up

    Despite a poor fourth quarter, Disney FY-16 numbers up

    BENGALURU: The Walt Disney Company Inc (Disney) reported 6 percent higher revenue for the year ended October 1, 2016 (FY-16, current year) as compared to the previous year ended October 3, 2015 (FY-15). Operating income in the current year increased 7.1 percent as compared to the previous year. Revenue for FY-16 and FY-15 were $55,632 million and $52,465 million respectively, while operating incomes were $15,721 million and $14,681 million respectively.

    However, for the quarter ended October 1, 2016 (Q4-16, current quarter) Disney’s revenue declined 2.7 percent in Q4-16 to $13,142 million vis-à-vis $13,512 reported for Q4-15. Operating income declined 10.1 percent year-over-year (y-o-y) in the current quarter to $3,176 million from $3,534 million in the previous year. The fall in revenues was noticeable across three of four of Disney’s divisions, viz., Media Networks, Parks and Resorts, and, Consumer Products &Interactive Media (Consumer Products). Only the Studio Entertainment Division reported a slight increase in revenue, while operating income declined across all the four in Q4-16 versus Q4-15.

    “We’re very pleased with our performance for the year, delivering the highest revenue, net incomeand earnings per share in Disney’s history,” said Disney chairman and chief executive officer Robert A. Iger. “Fiscal 2016 was our sixth consecutive year of record results, highlighted bythe opening of Shanghai Disney Resort, the phenomenally successful return of Star Wars, and our Studio’srecord-breaking $7.5 billion in total box office. We remain confident that Disney will continue to deliverstrong growth over the long-term as we further strengthen our brands and franchises, our technologicalcapabilities, and our international presence.”

    Please refer to Fig A below for Disney’s performance for the current quarter and the year

    Please refer to Fig B below for segment numbers.

  • Despite a poor fourth quarter, Disney FY-16 numbers up

    Despite a poor fourth quarter, Disney FY-16 numbers up

    BENGALURU: The Walt Disney Company Inc (Disney) reported 6 percent higher revenue for the year ended October 1, 2016 (FY-16, current year) as compared to the previous year ended October 3, 2015 (FY-15). Operating income in the current year increased 7.1 percent as compared to the previous year. Revenue for FY-16 and FY-15 were $55,632 million and $52,465 million respectively, while operating incomes were $15,721 million and $14,681 million respectively.

    However, for the quarter ended October 1, 2016 (Q4-16, current quarter) Disney’s revenue declined 2.7 percent in Q4-16 to $13,142 million vis-à-vis $13,512 reported for Q4-15. Operating income declined 10.1 percent year-over-year (y-o-y) in the current quarter to $3,176 million from $3,534 million in the previous year. The fall in revenues was noticeable across three of four of Disney’s divisions, viz., Media Networks, Parks and Resorts, and, Consumer Products &Interactive Media (Consumer Products). Only the Studio Entertainment Division reported a slight increase in revenue, while operating income declined across all the four in Q4-16 versus Q4-15.

    “We’re very pleased with our performance for the year, delivering the highest revenue, net incomeand earnings per share in Disney’s history,” said Disney chairman and chief executive officer Robert A. Iger. “Fiscal 2016 was our sixth consecutive year of record results, highlighted bythe opening of Shanghai Disney Resort, the phenomenally successful return of Star Wars, and our Studio’srecord-breaking $7.5 billion in total box office. We remain confident that Disney will continue to deliverstrong growth over the long-term as we further strengthen our brands and franchises, our technologicalcapabilities, and our international presence.”

    Please refer to Fig A below for Disney’s performance for the current quarter and the year

    Please refer to Fig B below for segment numbers.

  • PEMRA suspends ARY’s Nickelodeon licence for airing Indian content

    PEMRA suspends ARY’s Nickelodeon licence for airing Indian content

    MUMBAI: It wants to signal it means business. And, that it is not going to tolerate any laxity on its diktat to totally ban Indian content on television, radio and cinema in Pakistan. The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) yesterday suspended the landing licence of Viacom TV channel Nickelodeon for airing animation shows dubbed in Hindi.

    PEMRA made the announcement via a tweet from its twitter handle late last evening.

    The channel is distributed in Pakistan via the Ary Digital Network which has its headquarters in Dubai. ARY runs a clutch of channels including ARY News, Zindagi, QTV, Muzik, Digital etc.

    ARY is broadcast in several Asian countries through the services of Samacom’s uplinking earth station based in the UAE. The network has Mohammed Iqbal as its chairperson; Salman Iqbal being its president & CEO.

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    The authority had issued an order last month directing Pakistani channels to reduce Indian content to six per cent, and followed it up with another notice forcing them to reduce it to zero by 21 October. It has stated that those violating its order would face dire consequences, among which could include cancellation or suspension of downlinking (read: landing) and uplinking permissions that it grants.

    A clutch of broadcasters under the Pakistan Broadcasters Association has been contemplating taking PEMRA to  court for its hard stance on the Indian and foreign content issue.

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  • PEMRA suspends ARY’s Nickelodeon licence for airing Indian content

    PEMRA suspends ARY’s Nickelodeon licence for airing Indian content

    MUMBAI: It wants to signal it means business. And, that it is not going to tolerate any laxity on its diktat to totally ban Indian content on television, radio and cinema in Pakistan. The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) yesterday suspended the landing licence of Viacom TV channel Nickelodeon for airing animation shows dubbed in Hindi.

    PEMRA made the announcement via a tweet from its twitter handle late last evening.

    The channel is distributed in Pakistan via the Ary Digital Network which has its headquarters in Dubai. ARY runs a clutch of channels including ARY News, Zindagi, QTV, Muzik, Digital etc.

    ARY is broadcast in several Asian countries through the services of Samacom’s uplinking earth station based in the UAE. The network has Mohammed Iqbal as its chairperson; Salman Iqbal being its president & CEO.

    http://www.indiantelevision.com/sites/drupal7.indiantelevision.co.in/files/styles/large/public/PEMRA-800x800.jpg?itok=ODPsZJQu

    The authority had issued an order last month directing Pakistani channels to reduce Indian content to six per cent, and followed it up with another notice forcing them to reduce it to zero by 21 October. It has stated that those violating its order would face dire consequences, among which could include cancellation or suspension of downlinking (read: landing) and uplinking permissions that it grants.

    A clutch of broadcasters under the Pakistan Broadcasters Association has been contemplating taking PEMRA to  court for its hard stance on the Indian and foreign content issue.

    Related stories:

    Pakistan gets tough on Indian DTH & content

    Pak bans Indian TV content, films from being screened

    PEMRA Indian content ban to impact broadcasters

    “Let India open its market, we will open ours” – PEMRA chairman Absar Alam

    Pakistan Broadcasters Association to oppose PEMRA Indian content ban

  • Super Bheem’s ‘Aakhri Chunauti’ on 30 October

    Super Bheem’s ‘Aakhri Chunauti’ on 30 October

    As everyone gears up for the festive season,Pogo is all set to add some sparkle to the routine of its young fans. Keeping up with the festive cheer the channel has a mix bag of movie premieres, entertaining specials and exciting contests you would not want to miss! Every day will have something to look forward to giving its young fans all the reasons to smile.

    The series kicked off with fresh new 14 “Chhota Bheem” episodes with a new theme every day. These themes capture adventures of Chhota Bheem to tales of the strong bond friendship between the characters to Bollywood specials that will air all day long. Pogo fans stand an opportunity to win exciting prizes via on air contests that is under way till 4 November from 3 pm to 6 pm.

    These lucky winners will get to celebrate Diwali all year long as Pogo will give gifts till next Diwali! Excited much?

    Pogo has another premiere lined up in October. Watch the all new Super Bheem movie ‘Aakhri Chunauti’ on 30 October 2016,10:30am.The movie unfolds the story of how Super Bheem and his friends fight the evil and rescue the Gem of Creation from “Chhal Chhaya” which is then used to save the planets which are dying.

    And the excitement just doesn’t seem to end! You get to watch power packed brand new episodes of superhero Mighty Raju as he battles the evil and continues to shine Monday to Friday at 5 p.m.

  • Super Bheem’s ‘Aakhri Chunauti’ on 30 October

    Super Bheem’s ‘Aakhri Chunauti’ on 30 October

    As everyone gears up for the festive season,Pogo is all set to add some sparkle to the routine of its young fans. Keeping up with the festive cheer the channel has a mix bag of movie premieres, entertaining specials and exciting contests you would not want to miss! Every day will have something to look forward to giving its young fans all the reasons to smile.

    The series kicked off with fresh new 14 “Chhota Bheem” episodes with a new theme every day. These themes capture adventures of Chhota Bheem to tales of the strong bond friendship between the characters to Bollywood specials that will air all day long. Pogo fans stand an opportunity to win exciting prizes via on air contests that is under way till 4 November from 3 pm to 6 pm.

    These lucky winners will get to celebrate Diwali all year long as Pogo will give gifts till next Diwali! Excited much?

    Pogo has another premiere lined up in October. Watch the all new Super Bheem movie ‘Aakhri Chunauti’ on 30 October 2016,10:30am.The movie unfolds the story of how Super Bheem and his friends fight the evil and rescue the Gem of Creation from “Chhal Chhaya” which is then used to save the planets which are dying.

    And the excitement just doesn’t seem to end! You get to watch power packed brand new episodes of superhero Mighty Raju as he battles the evil and continues to shine Monday to Friday at 5 p.m.