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  • All India Digital Cable Federation condemns ET hike in Delhi

    All India Digital Cable Federation condemns ET hike in Delhi

    MUMBAI: The Arvind Kejriwal led Aam Aadmi Party is currently dealing with a lot of criticism, especially from the cable and direct to home (DTH) sector. This, after it presented its budget for the national capital on 25 June. Of the many decisions, the government has decided to increase the entertainment tax on cable and DTH services from the current Rs 20 to Rs 40. While it is the consumers who have to bear the burden of the increased taxes, both the cable operators and DTH players have come out heavily on this decision.

     

    The newly formed All India Digital Cable Federation (AIDCF) through a statement said, “The Delhi government’s recent announcement proposing to double the entertainment tax on the cable TV and DTH services in the budget is an added burden on the common man whose main source of entertainment is television. Aam Aadmi Party, which had promised to control the prices by reducing electricity and water charges is negating by the proposed hike. Due to this, the common man will have to bear the brunt of yet again, an additional tax, as cable TV operators will have no choice but to pass on this hike to the common man.”

     

    The statement further said, “It should be noted that cable TV is the biggest medium for news, entertainment and education. It should also be noted that the common man is already burdened by an increase in service tax from June 2015. The said proposal of Delhi government is like giving a piece of bread with right hand and snatching back the same from left hand. All India Digital Cable Federation strictly condemns the proposed hike.”

     

    In an earlier statement, even the DTH Operators Association of India, a body consisting of all private DTH players had condemned the hike. Association president and Videocon d2h CEO Anil Khera had then said, “The recent announcement of doubling of entertainment tax on cable TV and DTH services made by the Aam Admi Party government seems unfair and illogical. DTH as a platform is considered as critical to citizen’s right to information, news, education and entertainment. The sector is already saddled with high tax, where 33 per cent of revenues are taxed between the Centre and State. DTH operators that comprises Tata Sky, Dish TV, Airtel Digital TV, Videocon d2h, Sun Direct and Reliance Big TV, will have no choice but to hike their tariffs in Delhi to accommodate this hike in entertainment tax and the load will finally fall on the customer. By dropping electricity prices on the one hand and increasing entertainment tax on DTH on the other, does not seem like a move in favour of the aam aadmi! Is this how we plan to achieve a balance budget and reduce fiscal deficit?”

  • BBC to cover Barack Obama’s India visit live

    BBC to cover Barack Obama’s India visit live

    MUMBAI: BBC World News’ ‘Global with Matthew Amroliwala’ and BBC World Service’s international debate and discussion show ‘World Have Your Say’ will broadcast live from Delhi marking India’s Republic Day and US President Barack Obama’s visit.

    Global’s three days of live broadcasts, from 26 to 28 January, come as BBC’s international services launch a three month season of new content across TV, radio and online, which includes a raft of India focused programming.

    BBC World Service’s international debate and discussion show ‘World Have Your Say’ will be broadcast from Delhi on 30 January.

    The season opens with a live TV debate from the Davos World Economic Forum in Switzerland on 23 January, 2015 on BBC World News TV and then will move around the world offering a huge variety of programmes, online reports, news features, graphics, short films, social media call-outs and debates across January, February and March.

    Life in emerging markets such as China, India and countries across Africa will be put in the spotlight together with more established economic powers such as the USA.

    With a dedicated website at bbc.com/richerworld, a hashtag #bbcricherworld and features on the Facebook pages, the services’ global audience will be encouraged to participate.

    Whether it’s sharing the contents of their fridges to discuss consumption patterns, suggesting the best night clubs in East Africa or taking part in radio or TV debates their experiences and thoughts will be represented.

    World Service Group director Fran Unsworth said, “The Richer World Season brings together the best of our international services to provide dynamic, engaging content for our 265 million viewers and listeners around the world. With projects such as Soup and Fridgeonomics the teams bring creative new angles to hard and soft news stories that affect people around the world. The BBC occupies a unique position – only we have the worldwide expertise, from our World Service journalists to our global news gathering teams, to deliver seasons like this.”

    Highlighting the BBC’s Indian content, BBC Global News COO Naveen Jhunjhunwala said, “The BBC has been broadcasting to and from India since the 1930s – people started relating to BBC via the World Service Radio, and we were one of the first to broadcast news. We are very proud of our channel’s heritage here and our continuing relationship with Indian viewers. This season of dynamic, engaging content delivered across all platforms reaffirms our editorial and business commitment to this important market, as we work to tell the Indian story around the world.”

    The highlighting points for India are:.

     

    Fridgeonomics: As research suggests about two thirds of India’s population do not have a fridge, WS’s The Food Chain and World Have Your Say together with WN Talking Business examine what food and access to fridges say about changing wealth, consumption and lifestyles. “World Have Your Say” will host a radio debate in India presented by Anu Anand on 30 January, 2015 while former editor of Focus On Africa will be exploring how fridges are changing Africa in a special radio documentary.

     

    Tata: India’s Global Giant TV and radio documentary with accompanying online feature takes a look at an India’s largest and most global company with a reputation for ethical capitalism. As Tata funds a day of sport for British school children it’s an intriguing sign of our changing times. Tata has turned around Jaguar and is shoring up Europe’s steel-making industry with its purchase of the Anglo-Dutch Corus group in 2008. It now earns 70 per cent of its revenue overseas.

     

    Living India: A three part radio series by Rupa Jha explores the new India through the lives of ordinary people and asks why so many people are still living in poverty, without basic amenities and whether a change of government is offering any hope to the silent majority.

     

    Witness: In 1998, India’s first call centre business opened. It was the birth of a huge new industry for the country, which now employs hundreds of thousands of Indians. Pramod Bhasin was the businessman who opened the first call centre. He will be seen speaking to “Witness” it will be followed by another edition by Justin Rowlatt presenting five stories of “our times” told by the people who were there. This edition explores Goan Independence, the last days of the Raj, the Partition of India, the assassination of Indira Gandhi and the epic TV series Ramayan with those who witnessed events first hand.

     

    The Birth of Empire: The East India Company – Dan Snow will travel throughout India in the footsteps of the company that revolutionised the British lifestyle and laid the foundations of today’s global trading systems.

     

    Our World: Bringing “Back Business” – From Walmart to Apple, from Colorado to California, companies across the United States say they are bringing jobs back from overseas. As wages rise in countries such as China and India the show will debate, if the tide turning on one of the biggest trends in globalisation – the outsourcing of work from the rich to the developing world.

     

    Global with Matthew Amroliwala: The flagship daily TV show to be the home of the Richer World season on BBC World News, with guests and discussions around the key themes, including three days of live broadcasting from Delhi.

     

    Talking Business with Linda Yueh: Featuring reports and discussions including Fridgeonomics.

     

    Indian Business Report: Weekly look at all aspects of the country’s rapidly developing economy.

  • Siti Cable could go prepaid within three months

    Siti Cable could go prepaid within three months

    MUMBAI: National multi system operator (MSO) Siti Cable is looking at options of going prepaid.

    While the MSO will test the viability of the model in Delhi first, it will also replicate it in other states, at a later stage. “What we have seen is that whatever we do in the Delhi market, when replicated outside, works well,” says Siti Cable CEO VD Wadhwa.

    The prepaid model that Siti Cable is looking at will be based on the local cable operator (LCO) depositing an advance to the MSO and then collecting the same from the consumer.  “We have given the power of managing the subscriber management system (SMS) to the LCO, so they can change packages or switch on or switch off boxes of customers who do not pay them the cable TV bill,” informs Wadhwa.
    The LCO according to the prepaid model will get the signals from the MSO so long as his credit balance remains. “The LCO will have to keep renewing his credit balance to get uninterrupted services, the moment his balance becomes zero, we will disconnect the signal,” he says.

    The LCOs through this model will have to find the defaulters and take corrective action accordingly. The key to moving prepaid is to give access of SMS to the LCOs.

    Not only this, going forward the LCOs can also make the system prepaid at their end by billing the customers in advance. This will also help the LCOs find out defaulters.

    While Siti Cable also has the option of recharging through their website, they have realised it upsets the LCOs. “We have to build the trust between the LCOs and MSO and let the LCO handle the customers,” he opines.

    Wadhwa is hopeful that the system will be in place within three months.

     

  • Celebrating 60 Years of The Advertising Club

    Celebrating 60 Years of The Advertising Club

    MUMBAI: The Advertising Club is 60 years old this year.  To many it is the biggest and busiest club of its kind in the world.  Over the years the Advertising Club has build properties like ABBYs, Effies, EMVIEs, M.Ad Quiz, Young Achievers’ Award & Ad Review not to forget the Continuing Education Programme, Screening of Cannes and Clio Show reel and the pivotal role it plays in mobilizing a huge delegation to AdAsia.

    One immensely popular event amongst the bouquet of these events is the Media Review.  It started with a solo speaker presenting his perspective.  The luminaries who did the event as sole presenters were Sam Balsara, Samir Nair and Subhash Chandraji.

    Later we have tweaked the format and presented the Media Review as a panel discussion.  Some of the luminaries who were panelist are Nandini Dias, Pratap Bose, Punitha Arumugam, R. Gowthaman, Farokh Balsara.

    This year we will have three experts presenting for 30 minutes each followed by a Q/A session with the audience.

    Discovery Communications India have come on board as Presenting Sponsor where as PepsiCo India Holdings Private Limited will be the Associate Sponsor.

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  • BBC’S World debate to tackle Prime Minister Modi’s first 100 days in power

    BBC’S World debate to tackle Prime Minister Modi’s first 100 days in power

    MUMBAI: BBC World News will be turning the spotlight on India’s new government as the channel presents its World Debate programme from the World Economic Forum in Delhi.

    With the title ‘Modi’s India: Free, Fair and Prosperous?’ a panel representing the Indian government, the business community and Indian civil society will be discussing Narendra Modi’s economic policy, his government’s performance after more than 100 days in power and the challenges ahead.

    Presenter NikGowing will be moderating the Debate in front of a live audience, as guests including Sunil Bharti Mittal, CEO of Bharti Enterprises and political and social activist Aruna Roy consider whether India can secure long-term economic growth whilst reducing inequality and poverty and upholding political and individual freedoms.

    The debate will be recorded at WEF on Thursday, 6th November.  NikGowing will take questions from the floor in Delhi and from the BBC World News audience around the world via the channel’s Facebook page and on Twitter – #bbcworlddebate.

    Viewers can then catch ‘The World Debate – Modi’s India: Free, Fair and Prosperous?’ on BBC World News on Saturday 8th November at 2.40 pm IST and on Sunday 9th November at 7.40 am and 8.40 pm IST.

     

  • TRAI to hold seminar on OTT with stakeholders in the capital

    TRAI to hold seminar on OTT with stakeholders in the capital

    NEW DELHI: A seminar is being organised by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in the capital to exchange views on key issues related to over the top (OTT) service.

     

    The seminar titled ‘Regulatory Framework for OTT Services’ will provide a platform for discussing key issues relating to OTT such as new developments in OTT, impact of OTT on telecom service providers (TSPs) and their counter measures, legal and regulatory framework for OTT.

     

    The meet will be held on 5 August at the PHD Chamber of Commerce in south Delhi. Eminent experts in this field and representative from the industry will take part in the seminar.

  • Zee Business Unveils The most promising Budget Survey

    Zee Business Unveils The most promising Budget Survey

    NEW DELHI: Zee Business (part of India’s largest News Network, Zee Media Corporation Limited) India’s No. 1 Hindi business news channel has taken a lead further by digging deeper relating to news for its viewers spread in India as well as abroad. The business news channel has conducted a nation wide survey in nine cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Patna, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Indore and Lucknow) comprising of industry experts as well as common man to capture mood of masses relating to the forthcoming Union Budget.

     

    A quantitative survey, using a structured questionnaire was administered to CXOs from top 500 companies and SMEs to sense and understand the kind of Budget do industry captains and top honchos expect.

     

    The telephonic survey was conducted with the best minds from India Inc., Indian and global markets, industry experts, economists, intelligentsia as well as chief wage earners (CWEs), housewives/ working women and students. Zee Business unravels the initial expectations of India’s economic future and its subsequent impact based on industry reactions, citizen demands, market implications and expert opinions.

     

    As the world is watching, expectations are running high for Prime Minister Narendra Modi for bringing the Indian economy back on track. It will be a litmus test for the new dispensation as they had promised to millions of Indians before getting the mandate of serving the largest democratic country of the world. Will Narendra Modi and Arun Jaitley stand tall with these expectations revealed? The world is watching!

     

    To know more, watch the ‘Big Story’ on 4th July, Friday where nation’s budget expectations will be unearthed by the Nation’s No.1 Hindi Business News Channel Zee Business.

  • Halonix makes the streets of India safer through its outdoor campaign

    Halonix makes the streets of India safer through its outdoor campaign

    MUMBAI: It is a well documented fact that there is a strong correlation between crime and darkness. The incidences of crimes like rape, muggings, carjackings etc are higher post sunset. Given this, Halonix – a leading lighting brand – hit upon an ingenious idea of converting advertising billboards (Hoardings) and bus shelters into street lights post sunset. The hoarding would carry an advertising message by day. By night, the lights of the hoarding would be turned outwards, pointed towards the street rather than just on the advertising message. So a dark, potentially dangerous street could be turned into a bright, well-lit one.

     

    To kickstart the effort, Halonix invited the citizens of Delhi to name streets or area in their neighbourhood that needed better lighting. The facebook page of Halonix registered many such suggestions. The top suggestion was identified by a poll. As a test run, a Halonix hoarding was put up in VasantKunj. Encouraged by the response, the company installed hoardings at more locations in Delhi.

     

    Given the encouraging feedback from Delhi, Halonix has co-opted outdoor companies to take this idea across cities. Currently Halonix has made some streets in Delhi, Mohali, Jalandhar, Kanpur, Mathura, Allahbad, Lucknow, Trivandrum and Chennai feel safer through this initiative. More cities are in the offing.

     

    Speaking about the initiative, Mr Rakesh Zutshi – Managing Director, Halonix Technologies Ltd said “We at Halonix believe that brands need to have a conscience and should continuously attempt to make the world a better place. Our brand idea – The Right Light – is not limited to the fact that we pursue excellence in our products and their quality. It represents a broader view of impacting life and society positively through the use of light.”

     

    Nima Namchu – Chief Creative Officer of Cheil, Halonix’s advertising agency, who came up with the idea added “This is a great example of the medium becoming the message. The power of the idea lies in the fact that, without spending a penny extra, every brand that takes a front lit or back lit hoarding, can implement this idea and make our cities feel safer. We hope more brands and outdoor agencies take this idea forward.”

     

    To know more about the safer city project visit:  www.facebook.com/halonixsafercity

  • Cisco’s technology in six million digital homes of Den Networks

    Cisco’s technology in six million digital homes of Den Networks

    MUMBAI: As India slowly inches towards 100 per cent digitisation, it is the various cable and multi system operators who are to be applauded for the increase of digitisation in the country. One of the well known technology companies, Cisco has announced that its services have reached to six million pay-TV homes on Den Networks.

     

    Cisco’s conditional access and middleware has been used by Den Networks since 2008 in its set top boxes. A range of Videoscape technologies from Cisco are used to cater to its subscribers. Den’s digital head-ends, networking routers, switches and set top boxes have been procured from Cisco.

     

    Earlier this year, Cisco expanded its Videoscape TV services delivery platform to include new cloud video capabilities. This would help media companies increase revenue, reduce operating expenses and enhance agility.

     

    Den currently has about 30 million viewers across the country and is looking at increasing that number through phase III and IV of digitisation. Commenting on the partnership Den Networks CEO SN Sharma said, “It gives me immense pleasure, in this highly competitive market, to reach out to more than 30 million viewers through our digital cable TV services. We expect this number to increase significantly with the completion of the remaining phases of digitisation. Cisco’s global expertise in managing the end-to-end delivery of digital pay-TV solutions gives us a strong competitive edge and empowers us to enable new services and advanced features, resulting in satisfied subscribers and encouraging growth.”

     

    Cisco Service Provider Video Software Solutions Vice President Sales Asia Pacific Sue Taylor said, “Cisco is excited by the success of its customers and would like to congratulate Den for reaching such a major milestone. We anticipate that the current digitisation drive will spur us on to achieve many greater milestones, both in roll-out volume and technology deployment, with the introduction of many new features using the latest designs and technologies. This will lead to overall customer enjoyment in terms of the TV viewing experience.”

     

    Den’s footprint now stretches over 200 cities in India covering markets such as Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Kerala, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar.

  • CNN-IBN & IBN7 set off on Election Yatra

    CNN-IBN & IBN7 set off on Election Yatra

    MUMBAI: As we draw closer to the 16th General Elections, CNN-IBN & IBN7 bring to their viewers a special election based show called ‘Election Yatra’, a unique programme that brings forth the true flavour of elections from Ground Zero.

     

    Fronted by IBN Network’s expert team of anchors and journalists, the show will be a combination of vox pops, walk throughs, chaupals and campaign trails. Throughout the next month and a half, ‘Election Yatra’ will examine the mood of the nation by covering key constituencies in 15 states that will play a major role in government formation. The states to be covered in this unique initiative include Andhra Pradesh,  Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, West Bengal, Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Assam, Odisha, Punjab, Uttarakhand, West Bengal & Karnataka.

     

    Speaking about this new show, Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief, CNN-IBN, IBN7 & IBN-Lokmat, said, “With the World’s biggest democratic exercise around the corner, we as the leading news network of the country believe in delivering viewer centric content and Election Yatra is a leap in that direction. The show will capture the real picture of all key constituencies across the country and present it to our viewers to help them make the right choices.”

     

    Don’t miss the special show from Monday to Friday @ 8.30 PM on CNN-IBN & 7.30 PM on IBN7.