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  • Voot Select to stream original series ‘Halo’ from 24 March

    Voot Select to stream original series ‘Halo’ from 24 March

    Mumbai: OTT service platform Voot Select will be exclusively streaming Paramount+ original series “Halo” from 24 March.

    Based on the popular sci-fi video game series, “Halo” is set in a 26th-century universe dramatising a conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as ‘the covenant.’

    The upcoming nine episodic series features Pablo Schreiber of “Orange is the New Black” fame as the ‘Master Chief,’ alongside Natashca McElhone, Olive Gray, Yerin Ha, Bentley Kalu, Kate Kenndey, Charlie Murphy and Danny Sapani. Also joining the cast as original characters are Ryan McParland, Burn Gorman, and Fiona O’Shaughnessy. Veteran Bollywood actor Shabana Azmi will also appear in a crucial supporting role in the series.

    “Halo defined the beginning of gaming culture in India and has a cult following across the world,” said Viacom18 head – SVOD and international business Ferzad Palia. “With Shabana Azmi helming a key role in the series, the show is even more special for Indian audiences. Having a series based around this legendary title will be looked upon eagerly by not only gamers but also sci-fi fanatics as well. We are delighted to be streaming this series and am certain that the outstanding production scale and enthralling storyline will surpass expectations establishing Halo amongst the best series of 2022.”

    “Working on this project has been a dream come true,” said Shabana Azmi. “The show deals in artificial intelligence, which is a completely new genre for me, hence it gave me the opportunity to learn and evolve. I thoroughly enjoyed working on set with stellar actors such as Natascha McElhone, Pablo Schreiber and Jen Taylor. The visuals in the series are stunning and I cannot wait for the release to see how it will be received by audiences across the globe.”

    “Halo” is produced by Showtime in association with 343 Industries, along with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television. The series is executive produced by Steven Kane, alongside Steven Spielberg, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey for Amblin Television in association with 343 Industries, director Otto Bathurst and Toby Leslie for One Big Picture, and Kyle Killen and Scott Pennington for Chapter Eleven. Kiki Wolfkill, Frank O’Connor and Bonnie Ross serve as executive producers for 343 Industries. 

    The series is distributed internationally by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

  • Sony Interactive Entertainment acquires video game developer Bungie

    Sony Interactive Entertainment acquires video game developer Bungie

    Mumbai: Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced that it will acquire video game developer Bungie in a deal that is estimated to be worth $3.6 billion.

    “Bungie’s world-class expertise in multi-platform development and live game services will help us deliver on our vision of expanding PlayStation to hundreds of millions of gamers,” said Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO Jim Ryan. “Bungie is a great innovator and has developed incredible proprietary tools that will help PlayStation Studios achieve new heights under Hermen Hulst’s leadership.”

    Bungie is the developer behind the popular gaming franchise “Halo” and massively multiplayer online game “Destiny.” Post the acquisition, Bungie will continue to independently develop and publish games and will continue to be present on all platforms and not just Playstation.

    “In SIE, we have found a partner who unconditionally supports us in all we are and who wants to accelerate our vision to create generation-spanning entertainment, all while preserving the creative independence that beats in Bungie’s heart,” said Bungie CEO Pete Parsons. “We will continue to independently publish and creatively develop our games. We will continue to drive one, unified Bungie community. Our games will continue to be where our community is, wherever they choose to play.”

    “I have spent a great deal of time with the senior team at Bungie and it is clear their experience and skills are highly complementary to our own,” said Playstation Studios head Hermen Hulst. “We will be ready to welcome and support Bungie as they continue to grow, and I cannot wait to see what the future holds for this incredible team.”

  • Q1-2016: Colgate-Palmolive marketing spends up 11%

    Q1-2016: Colgate-Palmolive marketing spends up 11%

    BENGALURU: Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited (Colgate-Palmolive) spent 11 per cent more towards advertisement and sales promotion (ASP) in Q1-2016 (quarter ended 30 June, 2015) at Rs 200.50 crore (19.8 per cent of Total Income or TI) as compared to the Rs 180.55 (18.7 per cent of TI) in Q1-2016 and 29.8 per cent more than the Rs 154.49 crore (15 per cent of TI) in the immediate trailing quarter. 

    The company’s marketing or ASP spends are made up of two components – Advertisement spends; and Sales Promotion spends. The company does not share the breakup of these two spends in its quarterly financials. The breakup is mentioned on an annual basis in the company’s annual report (Fig A1 below).

    Note: 100,00,000 = 100 Lakhs = 10 million = 1 crore

    Colgate-Palmolive’s major brands include Colgate for oral care, Palmolive, Charmis and Halo for personal care, and Axion for household care. Some of the other other brands/prodcuts are Active Salt Neem, Max Fresh, Total Charcoal, Sensitive Pro-Relief Enamel Repair, Zig Zag Black, Colgate Dental Cream.

    Please refer to Fig A below. Over a thirteen quarter period starting from Q1-2013 until the current quarter (Q1-2016), Colgate-Palmolive’s ASP shows a linear increasing trend both in terms of percentage of TI as well as in absolute rupees. 

    In Q2-2015, Colgate-Palmolive spent the highest amount towards ASP in terms of absolute rupees as well as percentage of TI in a quarter at Rs 201 crore and 20.1 per cent of TI during the period under consideration. The company’s ASP in the current quarter was just a little less than the ad spends in Q2-2015. The lowest ASP by the company during the thirteen quarters was in Q4-2013 at Rs 82.1 crore and 9.7 per cent of TI.

    Colgate-Palmolive’s TI in Q1-2016 at Rs 1010.15 crore was 4.8 per cent more than the Rs 963.35 crore in Q1-2015, but was 1.8 per cent lower than the Rs 1028.51 in Q4-2015. The company’s TI shows a linear increasing trend during the thirteen quarter period under consideration in this report.

    Further, across eight financial years starting FY-2008 until FY-2015, the company’s TI, ASP and ASP as percentage of TI show an upward linear trend, with the company’s marketing spends being the highest both in terms of absolute rupees and percentage of TI in FY-2015 at Rs 714.25 crore (17.9 per cent of TI). Fig A1 below indicates the breakup of Colgate-Palmolive’s advertising and sales promotion across three financial years for which data is available.

    Figure A1 below shows the split of ASP into advertising and sales promotion spends for four financial years starting FY-2012 until FY-2015.

    Please refer to Fig B below. PAT in Q4-2015 at Rs 114.28 crore (11.4 per cent of TI) declined 15.3 per cent as compared to the Rs 134.91 crore (14.1 per cent of TI) in Q1-2015 and declined 30.2 per cent as compared to the Rs 163.63 crore (16 per cent of TI) in Q4-2015. During the thirteen quarter period under consideration, PAT shows a linear increasing trend in absolute rupees.  

    The slope of the broken blue trend line indicates that the company’s PAT in terms of percentage of TI shows a decline. This is likely to change over the next few quarters, if the company’s PAT continues to buck the trend as it has in Q4-2015. 

    Colgate-Palmolive’s PAT has been the highest at Rs 185.22 crore (21.5 per cent of TI) in Q1-2014 during the twelve quarter period under consideration, while the lowest PAT in absolute rupees and in terms of percentage of TI was in Q2-2013 at Rs 109.52 crore and 12.2 per cent of TI.

    Colgate-Palmolive says that it has continued to enhance its leadership position in the Toothpaste category by registering a volume market share of 57.9 per cent during the January-June 2015 period, an increase of 90 basis points over the same period of the prior year. It says that its flagship brands Colgate Dental Cream, Active Salt and Max Fresh have majorly contributed to this growth. Further, the company says that it has maintained its leadership in the Toothbrush category by registering a volume market share of 42.7 per cent in the period January-June 2015.

    Colgate-Palmolive’s board of directors at its meeting held on 30 July, 2015 has considered and recommended a bonus issue of one equity share for every equity share held, as on the record date to be determined by the board.

  • Colgate-Palmolive Q-2015 marketing spends at Rs 201 crore

    Colgate-Palmolive Q-2015 marketing spends at Rs 201 crore

    BENGALURU: Q2-2015 has witnessed probably what has been Colgate-Palmolive (India) highest advertisement and sales promotion spend (marketing or ASP) in a quarter at Rs 201 crore (20.1 per cent of Total Income or TI) based on the data over the last 10 quarters starting Q1-2013 until Q2-2015. Q2-2015 ASP was 11.3 per cent more than the Rs 180.55 crore (18.7 per cent of TI) in the immediate trailing quarter (Q1-2015) and 68.2 percent more than the Rs 119.47 crore in the corresponding year ago quarter Q2-2014.

    Note: 100,00,000 = 100 Lakhs = 10 million = 1 crore

    Colgate-Palmolive’s brands include Colgate for oral care, Palmolive, Charmis and Halo for personal care, and Axion for household care.

    Please refer to figure A below. Over the 10 quarter period under consideration, Q2-2015 ASP is also the highest in terms of percentage of TIO, with the previous highest being 18.7 percent of TI in Q1-2015.

    Across seven financial years starting FY-2008 until FY-2014, the company’s TI, ASP  and ASP as percentage of TI show an upward linear trend, with the company’s marketing spends being the highest both in terms of absolute rupees and percentage of TI in FY-2014 at Rs 688.66 crore (19.2 per cent of TIO).

    In H1-2015 (six month period ended September 30, 2014), Colgate-Palmolive’s ASP at Rs 381.55 crore (19.5 percent of TI) was 72.8 percent more than the Rs 220.86 crore (12.3 percent of TI) in H1-2014 and was more than double (2.21 times) the ASP of Rs 172.64 crore (11 percent of TI) in H1-2013.

    Similarly, across the 10 quarters under consideration in this report, TI, ASP and ASP as percentage of TI show an upward linear trend. Colgate-Palmolive’s TI in Q2-2015 at Rs 1000.52 crore was 3.9 percent more than the Rs 956.90 crore in Q1-2015 and 9.5 percent higher y-o-y than the Rs 913.75 crore.

    Colgate-Palmolive’s TI in Q2-2015 at Rs 1000.52 was 3.9 percent more than the Rs 963.55 crore in Q1-2015 and 9.5 percent more than the Rs 913.75 crore in Q-2014. For H1-2015, Colgate-Palmolive’s TI improved 9.5 percent to Rs 1957.42 crore from Rs 1790.56 crore in H1-2014. The company had reported TI of Rs 3578.81 crore for FY-2014.

    Colgate-Palmolive’s Advertisement spends to increase in Q3-2015?

    Colgate-Palmolive’s ASP comprises of two components – (a) Advertising, and (b) Sales promotion. Data for 3 financial years – FY-2012, FY-2013 and FY-2014 show the breakup of ASP into these two components. Please refer to Fig A1 below. If one were to assume the lowest percentage in figure A1- 63.8 of ASP, as component of ad spend, the company’s advertisement spend in Q2-2015 works out to about Rs 128 crore. The simple average of the ad spends for the three years works out to 66.8 percent or about Rs 134 crore.

    Going by the company’s trends in FY-2013 and FY-2014, ASP has been higher in Q3 than in Q2, hence the chances of the company spending at least the same, if not higher amounts towards marketing in Q3-2015 are quite high.

    PAT

    Colgate-Palmolive’s PAT in Q2-2015 was 4 percent lower at Rs 129.58 crore (13 percent of TI) than Rs 134.91 crore (14.1 percent of TI) in Q1-2015, but was 18.3 percent more than the Rs 109.52 crore (12.2 percent of TI) in the corresponding quarter of last year. YTD, in fiscal 2015, Colgate-Palmolive’s PAT at Rs 264.49 crore (13.5 percent of TI) was 10.3 down as compared to the Rs 294.74 crore (16.5 percent of TI) in H1-2014.

    On an annual basis, the company’s PAT shows an upward linear trend in terms of absolute rupees, but a downward linear trend in terms of percentage of TI. During the 10 quarters under consideration, the company’s PAT shows almost flat to downward linear trend in terms of absolute rupees and a downward trend in terms of percentage of TI.