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  • TED Talks to get Hindi version on Star with SRK as host

    MUMBAI: Ted is coming to your TV. We are talking about the thought-provoking TED Talks that most of us have got used to watching on YouTube as it features out of this world thinkers who deliver their ideas or thoughts in 18 minutes or less talks. And it’s coming to the small screen courtesy Star India which has greenlit “TED Talks India: Nayi Soch” – a talk show series that will be hosted by the evergreen glib host Shah Rukh Khan.

    The series will be telecast in Hindi and is being created in partnership with the TED organisation. The collaboration is a global first for the latter as it is the first time it is partnering with a network and a mega star for a TV show in a language other than English.

    TED Talks India: Nayi Soch which translates into new thinking will be devoted to ‘ideas worth spreading,’ just like its international parent.

    Star India chairman & CEO Uday Shankar said, “At Star, we have always believed in pushing the boundaries with new ideas, creativity and fresh thinking. Nobody reflects this belief more than TED and we are thrilled to collaborate with them in bringing the power of ideas to our audience with ‘TED Talks India Nayi Soch.’ In an age of high volatility the role of ideas to fuel positive change cannot be overstated. We are delighted to have Shah Rukh Khan share our vision and lend his charisma to this exciting endeavour.”

    Shah Rukh Khan added, “Star India’s legacy of using television as an instrument of social change, and TED’s unequivocal drive to showcase simple but unique ideas in an effort to spark debate and conversation are a very powerful combination. I believe ‘TED Talks India- Nayi Soch’ will inspire many minds across India. It is a concept I connected with instantly, as I believe that the media is perhaps the single most powerful vehicle to inspire change. I am looking forward to working with TED and Star India, and truly hope that together, we are able to inspire young minds across India and the world.”

    “It’s incredibly exciting to be bringing TED to India in this form,” said TED curator Chris Anderson. “The country is teeming with imagination and innovation, and we believe this series will tap into that spirit and bring insight and inspiration to many new minds. We’ve been so impressed by the passion of our partners at Star TV and our host Shah Rukh Khan. We cannot wait for the launch.”

    TED head of TV and series’ executive producer Juliet Blake added, “The sheer size of Star TV’s audience, with more than 650 million viewers, makes this a significant milestone in TED’s ongoing effort to bring big ideas to curious minds. Global television is opening up a new frontier for TED.”

    Star India said in a press release that it has always believed in disruptively powering social change through the power of its content to influence and impact people’s lives and thinking. Continuing with this journey ‘TED Talks India: Nayi Soch’ will take forward Star’s commitment of creating social impact with Nayi Soch in India. Inspiring a billion imaginations is much more than a tag line, it’s a promise Star India delivers every day in ways that break away from the conventional, spark national debate and help shape the new India.

  • CNN goes live for the first time with 3G

    CNN goes live for the first time with 3G

    MUMBAI: CNN International has made its first ever global television broadcast from a mobile phone, live from the 3GSM conference in Barcelona. As part of CNN’s coverage from the conference, CNN went live to millions worldwide via the 3G network shortly after 7pm Hong Kong time, Monday February 12.

    The ‘live via phone’ ninety second piece was broadcast by CNN International correspondent Jim Boulden for the daily news show, ‘Business International’ and opened CNN’s coverage from 3GSM trade show.

    Tony Maddox senior vice president of news operations for CNN International said: “This new development underlines CNN’s clear commitment to developing 3G technology in news gathering. By adopting emerging technologies, CNN continues to lead the way in reporting from the field. 3G technology is enabling our correspondents to deliver packages and live broadcasts both quickly and easily from wherever they are in the world. This is an important demonstration of how we are evolving our newsgathering abilities using the latest technologies.”

    Working with mobile technology partner Ericsson, CNN has invested in digital newsgathering which enables its global correspondents to add 3G phones to their reporting tools. The technology has already been tested through live reports on CNN’s broadband service, CNN Pipeline, but this is the first time the news network has used mobile devices for live television.

  • Global television revenues reached £164bn in 2005: Ofcom

    Global television revenues reached £164bn in 2005: Ofcom

    MUMBAI: UK media regulatory body Ofcom has published its International Communications Market Report.

    The report analyses trends in the global television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications industries. It also compares UK data, consumer attitudes and industry performance against that of China, France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the US

    Global television revenues reached £164 billion in 2005 (equating to £25 per person), having grown at 7.2 per cent per annum in nominal terms for four years, making it the fastest-growing sector within the communications industry.

    In 2005, the US had by far the largest television industry in revenue terms, attracting £75 billion. Japan, came second in the same year with £19.5 billion followed by the UK with £10 billion. However the UK is second to the US on a per capita basis, at £164 against £253 for the US.

    The UK leads the world for penetration of digital television at over 70 per cent of households, against 54 per cent in the US. Chinese viewers benefit from the largest number of analogue terrestrial free-to-view channels (16), while the UK has the fewest with five.

    The UK is one of the most successful countries for exporting programmes and formats – in 2004 64 formats and nearly 3800 hours of programmes were sold internationally. Public service broadcasters are coming under increasing funding pressure around the world; however support for PSBs is still high, especially in the UK.

    Young people are having an increasingly disruptive effect on TV viewing across the globe. In the countries surveyed, around one third of those with broadband access claimed they were watching less TV. Declining TV reach among younger people is an international phenomenon.

    All countries in the survey have made commitments to digital switchover. Sweden and Germany have already begun a geographically phased process which they aim to complete by 2007 and 2009 respectively. The remaining countries have set completion dates between 2009 and 2012.

    Operators diversifying channel business models : Channels launched by channel operators have in some cases relied on a new business model – in other words, free-to-air operators have diversified into pay television and in some cases pay television channel operators have done the opposite (e.g. Discovery launching a FTA channel, DMax, in Germany).

    More channels relying on the same business model:Terrestrial broadcasters have also taken advantage of additional broadcasting capacity to launch channels that rely on their traditional source of revenue, such as free-to-air broadcasters expanding their advertiser-funded channel portfolios (e.g. France Télévision
    launching France 4 and Gulli on the French DTT platform).

    New revenue streams enabled by new technologies : There is a third category of response based around the development of new services enabled by technological innovation.Pay-per-view (PPV) was a widely-deployed service in the earlier days of digital television platforms, but more recently content on demand, delivered though broadband, offers channels and rights holders access to yet another new revenue stream.

    Discovery recently launched a broadband site in Germany that offers consumers subscription-based access to full-length programmes from its archive; and Channel 4 and Five in the UK both have broadband-based download services offering access to US and UK shows. DTT launched in many markets and well established in some

    Roll-outs were advanced worldwide – helped by supplier and consumer incentives. The timing and pace of DTT launches have varied by country – launches began in the late 1990s with Sweden and the UK, but some countries have only recently begun to roll out a DTT network (e.g. France).

    Global radio revenues (including public funding) totalled £25 billion in 2005 (or around £4 per person), of which £18 billion came from advertising. Growth has been generally lower than for telecoms or television – at around 3.8 per cen tper year in nominal terms since 2001.

    The US is by far the largest market for radio, with annual revenues of £11 billion in 2005; Japan is second with revenues of £1.9 million. Together the US and Japan account for over 50 per cent of the radio revenues of the twelve countries studied in this report. The UK is the fourth largest market with revenues of £1.2 billion in 2005.

    The proportion of total ad spent on radio varies substantially by country. In the US, 11.5 per cent of all display advertising expenditure goes on radio; in the UK it is less than four per cent. Radio listening is more popular in the UK than in any other country in this study – with weekly listening per capita averaging nearly 23 hours. The share of listening to PSB stations is also higher in the UK than anywhere else – at around 55% of total listening.

    Digital radio is increasing in popularity. The UK leads in the roll-out of DAB, with 85 per cent coverage and over 200 stations available. The internet Ofcom notes is having a positive impact on radio listening with around one third of adult broadband users among the countries we surveyed listening to online radio every week. Less than one in five adults claims to be listening to less radio offline as a result of being connected to broadband.

  • New York Times journo Carter to deliver closing address at Banff World Television Festival

    New York Times journo Carter to deliver closing address at Banff World Television Festival

    MUMBAI: The Banff World Television Festival has announced that bestselling author and New York Times journalist Bill Carter will provide the Global Television Closing Address at this year’s Festival.

    Carter, author of The Late Shift and Desperate Networks has reported on the television industry for more than 30 years and will share his industry insight with Banff delegates on 14 June, 2006 in Banff in Alberta, Canada. 

    The Festival’s director of content, Jennifer Harkness says, “With his rich background, Bill Carter has an insider’s knowledge of how the television industry works. We are excited and honoured at the opportunity to have him close out Banff 2006.”

    In Desperate Networks the author goes behind-the-scenes of the television industry to reveal the elaborate inner-workings, capturing portraits of larger-than-life moguls and stars who make it such a cut-throat business. His bestselling book, The Late Shift, provides an inside account of the power struggles for Johnny Carson’s seat on the Tonight Show.

    The Banff World Television Festival takes place from 11-14 June. It positions itself as being an event where great television is born.