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  • Maharashtra Deaf Cricket Team wins IDCA 3rd Test National Cricket Championship for Deaf 2024

    Maharashtra Deaf Cricket Team wins IDCA 3rd Test National Cricket Championship for Deaf 2024

    Mumbai: Maharashtra Deaf Cricket Team defeated Madhya Pradesh Deaf Cricket Team, with a lead of 45 runs to win the IDCA 3rd Test National Cricket Championship trophy for Deaf 2024, organised in association with Serum Institute of India (a part of Cyrus Poonawalla Group). The winning team was felicitated by the chief guest in the closing ceremony held at Essex Farms Cricket Club, Chhawla, Delhi on February 17, 2024.

    In the final match played between Maharashtra Deaf Cricket Team and Madhya Pradesh Deaf Cricket team, the former won the toss and decided to bowl.

    IDCA support partners and dignitaries from cricket and the corporate world also graced the event to motivate the players. Their presence reflected the collaborative spirit and commitment to celebrate inclusivity in sports.

    Guest of Honour:

    1.    Dr Manish Sharma, principal – Venkateshwar International School

    2.    B.P. Sharma, Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), New Delhi

    3.    Yogesh Pal Singh, Deputy Director of Education (Sports & PE) Govt. of NCT of Delhi

    4.    Dr Nagendra Solanki, chairman – Venkateshwar World School, Pune

    5.    ACP Rajesh Dogra, ACP, South-East District, Delhi

    6.    Mukesh Shukla, Sr anchor, DD News

    7.    Bhupendra, chairman, Essex Farms Cricket Club, Chhawla, New Delhi

    8.    Dev Dutt, Qualified BCCI coach

    9.    Sonika Takkar Vachcher, TGT-English, Venkateshwar International School

    Dedicated to nurturing upcoming sports talent among specially-abled youth, Serum Institute of India (a part of Cyrus Poonawalla Group) collaborated with IDCA as the Principal Partner. The group extended full support to IDCA for the hearing-impaired men’s tournament as they competed to win the coveted cup.

    Addressing the gathering, the chief guest, Dr. Sushi Singh, president, Centre for CSR | BRICS chamber of Commerce & industry; and Vice President, Police Families Welfare Society, Delhi Police, said, “I am honoured to be a part of the tournament and present the team with the championship trophy. These players are exceptionally talented and IDCA is playing a crucial role in nurturing their talent by providing them with the platform to showcase their skills.”

    IDCA president Sumit Jain said, “All four teams performed exceptionally well at the tournament. Their zeal and prowess are commendable. For us, all of them are winners. We are also thankful to our partners for supporting us to give a platform to these talented players and join the ‘DaretoDream’ movement to mainstream them. IDCA is committed to nurturing the young talents of the country and strives to give them the opportunity to shine on the national and international level.”

    The winning team was presented with the trophy and the winning amount of Rs. 1,00,000, while the runner-up was awarded with a consolation prize of Rs. 50,000. The best individual sportsmen in various categories including, batting, bowling, fielding, and super sixes were also felicitated for their commendable performance.

    IDCA CEO Roma Balwani said, “We would like to extend our gratitude to all our support partners for believing in these young players and helping us to make their dream of playing at the national level come true. Sports is a powerful medium that connects people and we are certain that it would help us break barriers and promote inclusivity in the field. These specially-abled individuals are an essential part of our society and we must provide them with equal opportunity to grow and fulfil their dream.”

    IDCA patron Reena Jain Malhotra commented, “It was an enthralling tournament and all the players performed exceptionally well. We thank our support partners for joining us today to cheer for the specially-abled players. We are hopeful that this initiative will motivate more players to take up sports.”

    The six-day championship kicked off on 12 February 2024, at Essex Farms Cricket Club & Haryana Cricket Academy, Chhawla, New Delhi with a face-off between Jammu & Kashmir and Madhya Pradesh. The event was inaugurated in a glittering ceremony by the chief guest Santosh Kumar Rai, district magistrate South-East, Delhi. Four teams from Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir participated in this tournament.

    In support are IDCA’s long-term partners, KFC India, Hero Moto Corp, Nykaa, Impact Research, Cognito & Kaizzen.

  • Prasar Bharati’s DD Network sees a decline in its gross unique viewership

    Prasar Bharati’s DD Network sees a decline in its gross unique viewership

    Mumbai: Prasar Bharati has overall maintained the same position in their genres vis-a-vis private channels in the last three years, as per Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) ratings. As per BARC data for the subscribed DD channel, the gross unique viewership across the network for the past three years has declined and for the current year (till the second week of July i.e. upto week 28) has reached 633 million. The I&B minister Anurag Thakur informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

    Public sector broadcaster Prasar Bharati’s Doordarshan (DD) Network’s gross unique viewership in 2021 was at 684 million as compared to 2020, which was at 747 million views. A total of 760 million views were registered in 2019, as per the BARC’s TV viewership data. This viewership data is also for DD News and DD India till 2 October 2020 and between December 2021 & March 2022.

    Currently, the government is taking corrective measures to increase the viewership of DD channels. It is focusing on improving the quality of programmes and providing relevant content to the viewers.

    In response to a question on whether the government is improving the quality of programmes telecast on the Doordarshan and facing competition from the private TV channels, the minister said, “Prasar Bharati is the public broadcaster and its primary duty is to carry out public broadcasting services to inform, educate and entertain the public and to ensure a balanced development of broadcasting on radio and television. Its purpose is not solely commercial but to reach those areas where no private broadcaster would venture.”

    The minister added, “Doordarshan is committed to quality content and has accordingly taken several steps to produce and acquire high-quality programmes for its network.”

    He mentioned that Doordarshan has also launched the ‘Content Sourcing Portal’ for submission of suo-moto proposals under the Direct Assignment Process (DAP) by production houses. Doordarshan Kendras across the country are upgraded with the introduction of the latest equipment video walls for quality production. The quality of program production, post-production and broadcast has improved with modernization and upgradation.

    Mentioning the Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development (BIND) scheme, Thakur said that the public broadcaster was allocated a total of Rs 593 crore under the scheme out of which the total expenditure was Rs 653 crore. The fund was used for the modernisation and augmentation of the capital infrastructure of Doordarshan and for improving the quality of transmission & programmes.

    In the financial year 2021-22, Prasar Bharati was allocated a fund of Rs 175 crore out of which the expenditure was Rs 162 crore. A total of Rs 183 crore was allocated in the financial year 2020-21 and the expenditure was Rs 202 crore. However, the allocated fund was Rs 234 crore in the financial year 2019-20 with an expenditure of Rs 289 crore.

  • DD’s news content to be available in Australia under MoU with SBS

    DD’s news content to be available in Australia under MoU with SBS

    Mumbai: In a significant move, Indian pubcaster Prasar Bharati on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Australia’s public service broadcaster Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) to boost co-operation in the field of broadcasting. This alliance will expand the reach of DD News, DD India, and multiple language services of DD News amongst the Indian diaspora in Australia. 

    “Through this MoU, the two broadcasters will explore opportunities in co-production and joint broadcasting of programmes spanning across multiple genres. They will also exchange programmes (radio and television content) in the fields of culture, education, science, entertainment, sports, news, travel, music and arts,” said the media statement issued by the ministry.

    “It would allow for the exchange of programmes, expertise in this sector and would facilitate daily slots on TV channels in Australia for DD India, DD News and DD Sahyadri,” commented India’s foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla.

    Both public broadcasters will also exchange professionals and organise their training to share knowledge on technical know-how and programme production, etc. They will provide facilities and general assistance, including supply of information and other organisational and technical assistance, to each other, said the statement.

  • Prasar Bharati gains over 15 Mn digital subs since 2017

    Prasar Bharati gains over 15 Mn digital subs since 2017

    New Delhi: Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has added more than 15 million digital subscribers on YouTube between 2017 and 2021. The total digital subs for both its services – Doordarshan and All India Radio (AIR) across News and general infotainment has now reached a current digital subscriber base of 17.3 million (1.73 cr), according to the latest data.

    In keeping with the changing broadcasting landscape, technology and viewers’ demand, Prasar Bharati’s digital platforms across Doordarshan and AIR have evolved over the past few years. DD News too, has crossed four million subscribers on its YouTube channel, a month after DD National achieved the same feat.

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    While the YouTube channels of DD News and DD National are leading the pack with multi-million subscribers, Prasar Bharati Sports, and DD Kisan YouTube channels will soon join the million+ Subscribers league, said the public broadcaster in a media statement.

    All India Radio’s National News YouTube channel, News On Air Official, is at the top among the YouTube channels of the AIR Network.

    Among the regional channels, DD Chandana (Kannada), DD Sahyadri (Marathi), DD Saptagiri (Telugu), DD Bangla, DD Girnar (Gujarati), AIR Imphal and North East service of All India Radio has registered a significant presence on YouTube with subscribers in lakhs.   

  • DD India now available in HD

    DD India now available in HD

    MUMBAI: Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekar Vempati announced today that DD India is going high definition. From October 3, the channel will be available in HD. The broadcaster had ventured into the HD arena with DD National and DD News back in 2017.

     

    Link to tweet: https://twitter.com/shashidigital/status/1312224516748140545

     

    Minister of information & broadcasting Prakash Javadekar congratulated both Prasar Bharti and Doordarshan officials on the launch.

     

    DD India is available in 146 countries all over the globe. It is an English news channel service which also airs programmes for the Indian diaspora and those interested in all things desi.

     

    Prasar Bharti’s decision to push aggressively into the HD playing field is a welcome, if belated, move. Most private broadcasters in India had spun off HD cousins of their standard definition channels more than a decade ago. And internationally, most pubcasters have started experimenting with the 4K format. One Indian broadcaster, TravelXP, has in fact already launched a 4K channel internationally. Whereas in Japan and parts of Europe, TV shows are being test–transmitted in 8K by public broadcasters.

     

     

  • Prasar Bharati on a Covid-19 awareness drive

    Prasar Bharati on a Covid-19 awareness drive

    MUMBAI: Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati is making all efforts to educate and inform its viewers regarding the Covid-19 pandemic by leveraging its vast network of broadcast, radio and digital services. The pubcaster operates the largest network of TV and radio with thousands of transmitters and hundreds of stations/channels/services spread across the country.

    DD News and DD India on TV, AIR on radio and Prasar Bharati News Service (PBNS) and NewsOnAir app on digital are playing lead roles in keeping the people informed.

    “Our first priority has been to ensure that authentic news and information is made available to the citizens. The pubcaster has put in tremendous energy and effort towards informing and educating the citizens regarding COVID-19,” says Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati.

    Both DD news and AIR news have created a special COVID-19 bulletin twice a day in English and Hindi with designated slots. These bulletins have been made available digitally through a dedicated YouTube playlist for the benefit of private media. A dedicated channel has also been designated on DD FreeDish to continuously stream COVID-19 informational videos and news. The same is also available digitally via YouTube, informs Vempati.

    He says: “As a contingency plan, the national news streams on both TV and Radio have been made accessible to all the regional services as a fall-back mechanism so that no channel or station goes blank during the lockdown. Even vacant slots on DD Free Dish are continuously streaming COVID-19 information during this period.”

    The pubcaster is airing informational videos at high frequency on all TV channels and equivalent jingles on all radio services. A dedicated bi-lingual national news service has also been started by AIR News which is available on all FM, MW, DTH and web.

    Vempati says, “The greatest impact of the pubcaster is in regional services and local languages. Both TV and radio are innovating and using digital tools to keep the news and information going despite lockdown. Several of these regional efforts have been reported upon by media across the country. All of this is being curated and shared on social media from our main twitter handles apart from being aggregated in the NewsOnAir App.”

    The pubcaster’s global digital platform, NewsOnAir App, aggregates all of TV and radio content digitally. It is available on both Android and iOS. The app has more than 200 radio streams from across India. It has several audio-on-demand content; this includes hourly news bulletins in all Indian and several foreign languages to entertainment content, including historic shows of Vividh Bharati. NewsOnAir is a one-stop App for experiencing all of public broadcasting content.

    Vempati believes that the suspension in the production of original content is the time for innovation. “The entire industry has been impacted with the production coming to a halt. But we see this as a period for content innovation for new and unique formats and genres of content to emerge. Our radio teams are working on the same, leveraging remote communication tools to generate new content; as an example we had an early morning show of bird songs crowdsourced from across India. Also, in the pipeline are radio plays and book reading.”

  • India TV appoints Jayanta Ghoshal as political editor

    India TV appoints Jayanta Ghoshal as political editor

    MUMBAI: India TV has appointed political journalist Jayanta Ghoshal as its political editor, while Prafulla Kumar Mishra has joined as editor, guest relations and coordination.

    Jayanta Ghoshal has over 35 years experience in political reporting. He started his career as a staff reporter in the Bengali daily Bartaman in 1984 and rose up to the position of National Political Bureau Chief.  He joined Ananda Bazar Patrika group as editor, Delhi in 2002 and worked there till last month.

    India TV chairman and editor-in-chief Rajat Sharma said, "We are proud to have an experienced political journalist like Jayanta Ghoshal in our news channel. I know Jayanta personally since the last several decades and I respect his acumen. I look forward to working with him, particularly since the Lok Sabha elections are on the horizon."

    As an experienced political journalist, Ghoshal has closely observed the working of successive governments at the Centre and in West Bengal. He was instrumental in guiding the fledgling Bengali daily newspaper Bartaman to Number 2 position, a spot it still holds.

    Prafulla Kumar Mishra has 18 years' experience in TV journalism. He started his career in Sahara Samay, and worked in Zee News, DD News and Times Now as Chief Programme Coordinator.

    Ghoshal broke several exclusive stories that included preparations for Pokharan-II nuclear tests in 1998, and Raghuram Rajan going to resign as RBI Governor in 2016. He interviewed both the prime ministerial candidates, Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad and Rahul Gandhi in Delhi during the 2014 general elections.

    India TV MD and CEO Ritu Dhawan said, "These new appointments indicate the fresh ground India TV is going to break in its endeavor to become the pioneer of top quality news content. I wish both Ghoshal and Mishra the best in their new roles."

  • Hindi News most benefited genre in Chrome DM week 47

    Hindi News most benefited genre in Chrome DM week 47

    MUMBAI: With a growth of 1.55 per cent, the Hindi News genre in HSM excluding less than 1L-market, marked the highest opportunity to see (OTS) among all categories in week 47 of Chrome Data Analytics and Media.

    DD News garnered the highest OTS in Hindi News genre with 99.8 per cent.

    The English Gec genre stands in second position in the gainers list of OTS with 1.05 per cent; Colors Infinity gained the highest OTS with 59.1 per cent growth in 6 metros market, followed by Kids genre coming in third in the gainers list of OTS with 0.27 per cent in All India 1 Lakh+ market. Nickelodeon gained the highest OTS in the Kids genre with 90.6 per cent.

    OTS is the actual census-based percentage connectivity of a channel spread across 81 million homes, as reported by Chrome DM, across analogue cable, digital cable and DTH.

    The fourth position in the gainer’s list of OTS was grabbed by Infotainment in All India 1 Lakh+ market with 0.07 per cent. History TV 18 raked in the highest OTS in the Infotainment genre with 90.7 per cent. Music genre stood at fifth position in HSM excluding less than 1L-market with 0.06 per cent by 9X Jalwa gaining the highest OTS with 94.3 per cent.

  • Kids most benefited genre in Chrome DM week 46

    Kids most benefited genre in Chrome DM week 46

    MUMBAI: With a growth of 1.07 per cent, the kids genre in all India 1 lakh+, marked the highest opportunity to see (OTS) among all categories in week 46 of Chrome Data Analytics and Media. Discovery garnered the highest OTS in kids’ genre with 90.5 per cent.

    The Hindi news genre came in second in the gainers list of OTS with 0.85 per cent; DD News gained the highest OTS with 99.4 per cent growth in HSM excluding the less than 1L-market, followed by English news genre coming in third in the gainers list of OTS with 0.62 per cent in 6 metros market. Loksabha TV garnered the highest OTS in the English news genre with 98.3 per cent.

    OTS is the actual census-based percentage connectivity of a channel spread across 81 million homes, as reported by Chrome DM, across analogue cable, digital cable and DTH.

    The fourth position in the gainer’s list of OTS was grabbed by music in HSM excluding the less than 1L-market with 0.22 per cent. 9X Jalwa raked in the highest OTS in the music genre with 94.3 per cent. Religious genre stood at fifth position in HSM excluding the less than 1L-market with 0.04 per cent by Aastha gaining the highest OTS with 98.2 per cent.

  • MIB mulls broadcast of DD News to 100 countries

    MIB mulls broadcast of DD News to 100 countries

    MUMBAI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is contemplating its expansion of Doordarshan’s 24-hour news broadcast to around 100 countries with a view to reaching out to the world and putting forth India’s viewpoint on domestic and international issues, according to an Economic Times report. 

    Primarily, DD India is into producing various cultural and general entertainment programmes for broadcast in overseas countries. 

    The channel also produces 24-hour news and current affairs programmes that are limited to Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the UAE and China. 

    The decision to start broadcast of news in a particular country will depend on financial implications such as cost of engaging a local cable for carrying the Indian channel as well as stationing correspondents in that particular country, according to a senior official. 

    The factors that would also be considered for starting a news broadcast in a country include the percentage of the Indian diaspora in the total population of that nation, foreign direct investment inflow and outflow, remittance and tourists arrival from that country, the official said.

    The ministry will also look at whether India has strategic partnership with that nation, number of visits of the prime minister to that country, whether the Ministry of External Affairs has a joint secretary level officer there and proximity of that nation to multilateral agencies. 

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