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  • Prasar Bharati concludes 54th e-auction; adds five new MPEG-2 slots

    Prasar Bharati concludes 54th e-auction; adds five new MPEG-2 slots

    Mumbai: Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has added five new MPEG-2 slots for its DD Free Dish DTH platform at the end of the 54th e-auction.

    Hindi general entertainment channel (GEC) Ishara TV, teleshopping channel Naaptol, music channel Showbox, Marathi channel Sun Marathi, and Bengali channel Enterr10 Bangla have been successful in acquiring slots. The new channels will be on DD Free Dish platform from 16 August onwards.

    The allotment period for the channels is from 16 August, 2021 to 31 March, 2022 and successful bidders will have to make payment in six monthly instalments, said Prasar Bharti.

    The public service broadcaster had invited applications for the vacant slots on 31 July, which were only open to the satellite channels licensed by the ministry of information and broadcasting for downlinking in India. Only license holder companies or their authorised distributor partners could apply for allocation of DD Free Dish slots.

    Applications for the e-auction were received under five different buckets in accordance with genres/language of channel and their starting reserve price for the allotment period.

    The five buckets C, A+, A, B and D are classified as follows.

    Bucket C – news and current affairs (Hindi), news and current affairs (English) and news and current affairs (Punjabi) channels.

    Bucket A+ – All general entertainment (Hindi) channels.

    Bucket A – All movie (Hindi) channels.

    Bucket B – All music (Hindi), sports (Hindi), GEC (Bhojpuri), movies (Bhojpuri) and teleshopping (Hindi) channels.

    Bucket D – All other remaining genres (language) and teleshopping (regional) channels.

  • Teleshopping market sees growth ahead

    Teleshopping market sees growth ahead

    MUMBAI: Since the inception of television home shopping industry in India in the 90s, it has come a long way as compared to the time when the segment was associated with ‘magical’ products, impractical promises or dubbed English slots.

    Players have modified content t better engage channels and introduce products at rates lower than market prices. HomeShop18, Shop CJ, Naaptol and TVC Skyshop account for almost 80 per cent of the market.

    In 2015, actor Akshay Kumar and entrepreneur Raj Kundra also launched a home shopping channel, Best Deal TV, but in 2016 the company had temporarily suspended operations after seeing a drastic drop in the business after demonetisation. The cash-on-delivery business was negligible because of which the company was finding it difficult to meet internal expenses. Two big players merged this year – HomeShop18 and Shop CJ – showing how competitive the environment is getting.

    While one may think the end of TV home shopping in India is certain, there is Prathem Bazar a TV shopping channel which also has a digital presence. Being bullish about the growth of the segment Prathem Bazar MD Ashutosh Bajpai feels that the market is growing and is expecting to break even within one or two years. An international launch is also on the cards.

    Reports predict that teleshopping market is forecast to grow at a CAGR of around 13 per cent by 2023 in India, on account of increasing disposable income along with better discounts and offers in comparison to e-commerce websites. Moreover, expanding television penetration in rural areas and rising number of dedicated channels for teleshopping are further expected to aid the growth.

    Besides selling on TV and home websites, some channels are already thinking m-commerce. The new entrant Prathem Bazar also plans to foray into Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam space.

    A media professional said in a report that teleshopping has potential to grow even when e-commerce in the country is expanding by leaps and bounds. “Theoretically, one can argue that the rise in broadband penetration will challenge television commerce. But we have observed in mature markets like the US that both home-shopping and e-commerce have found their own space, complementing each other,” he said. 

    Zee Group was the first to have launched a home shopping TV channel in India in April 2004. Called Asian Sky Shop, the channel folded up a few years ago after the business ran into losses. According to reports in 2016, the company had announced the acquisition of two companies owned by Living Media India Ltd (also known as India Today Group) — Today Merchandise Pvt Ltd (TMPL) and Today Retail Network Pvt Ltd (TRNL) and with the acquisition, Zee was to relaunch Asian Sky Shop. The reason why Zee has the advantage over standalone home shopping broadcasters is that it doesn’t have to contend with high carriage fee.

    According to industry estimates, the size of the home-shopping industry in India is around Rs 5,000-6,000 crore. Prathem Bazar has invested Rs 25-30 crore in building up his own TV channel and online segment. The channel has a tough space to break into with existing players having solidified their bases.  

  • Indian teleshopping to show robust growth through to 2021: TechSci Research

    Indian teleshopping to show robust growth through to 2021: TechSci Research

    MUMBAI: It’s spending time on the home shopping TV genre in India. Global research firm TechSci Reaearch has predicted that expanding television viewers base, increasing penetration, coupled with growing inclination of the people towards more convenient ways of shopping and rising purchasing power are trends that are going to give a leg-up to the teleshopping segment in India from now, and going up to 2021.

    The firm has published a report titled “India Teleshopping Market,” in which it has forecast that the segment will have a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.20 per cent during 2016-2021 in India, owing to wide reach of television broadcasting in India, increasing number of people viewing television, coupled with changing lifestyle and growing preference of the people towards more convenient ways of shopping.

    At present, there are over 60 infomercial channels and 10 dedicated channels operating in the television shopping market in India, which is further expected to increase in the coming years majorly, due to growing teleshopping market in India. Moreover, number of private satellite channels in India increased from 826 in 2014 to 847 in 2015, thereby widening scope for television shopping companies in India. In terms of active DTH subscribers in India, there has been a substantial increase in subscription from 40.54 million subscribers in 2014 to 55.98 million subscribers in 2015. Therefore, increasing subscription, rising television viewer base and growing internet penetration to drive India television market through 2021.

    The Indian teleshopping market has been segmented into two categories namely, infomercials and dedicated channels. Dedicated channels dominated India teleshopping market in 2015, and are anticipated to maintain their dominance in the coming years as well, owing to 24 hours telecast, continuous announcement of various cashbacks/ discounts offers and offering branded products.

    Moreover, Homeshop18, Naaptol, and Shop CJ were the leading players in India teleshopping market in 2015, and they are further anticipated to dominate the market through 2021, on account of their increasing penetration, as they have been for longer time in the market as compared to other players. Furthermore, these companies also offer quality products with attractive offers and discounts, which is further anticipated to fuel their dominance in the market during the forecast period,

    “Expanding television viewer base both in urban and rural area, is one of the major driver for India teleshopping market. Growing digitization in semi-urban and rural areas of the country has also propelled the market for teleshopping in the country. Moreover, companies operating in India teleshopping market are now focusing on launching branded products to attract more customers and increase their penetration in the teleshopping market in India. Furthermore, increasing number of discounts and convenience of shopping through television is further anticipate to drive India teleshopping market through 2021,” said TechSci Research director Karan Chechi.

    “India Teleshopping Market By Operation Type, By Region & By Company Forecast and Opportunities, 2011-2021” has evaluated future growth potential of the teleshopping market in India and provides statistics and information on market structure, size, share and future growth in India Teleshopping market. The report is intended to provide cutting-edge market intelligence and help decision makers take sound investment evaluation. Besides, the report also identifies and analyses emerging trends along with essential drivers, challenges and opportunities in the India Teleshopping market.

  • Indian teleshopping to show robust growth through to 2021: TechSci Research

    Indian teleshopping to show robust growth through to 2021: TechSci Research

    MUMBAI: It’s spending time on the home shopping TV genre in India. Global research firm TechSci Reaearch has predicted that expanding television viewers base, increasing penetration, coupled with growing inclination of the people towards more convenient ways of shopping and rising purchasing power are trends that are going to give a leg-up to the teleshopping segment in India from now, and going up to 2021.

    The firm has published a report titled “India Teleshopping Market,” in which it has forecast that the segment will have a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.20 per cent during 2016-2021 in India, owing to wide reach of television broadcasting in India, increasing number of people viewing television, coupled with changing lifestyle and growing preference of the people towards more convenient ways of shopping.

    At present, there are over 60 infomercial channels and 10 dedicated channels operating in the television shopping market in India, which is further expected to increase in the coming years majorly, due to growing teleshopping market in India. Moreover, number of private satellite channels in India increased from 826 in 2014 to 847 in 2015, thereby widening scope for television shopping companies in India. In terms of active DTH subscribers in India, there has been a substantial increase in subscription from 40.54 million subscribers in 2014 to 55.98 million subscribers in 2015. Therefore, increasing subscription, rising television viewer base and growing internet penetration to drive India television market through 2021.

    The Indian teleshopping market has been segmented into two categories namely, infomercials and dedicated channels. Dedicated channels dominated India teleshopping market in 2015, and are anticipated to maintain their dominance in the coming years as well, owing to 24 hours telecast, continuous announcement of various cashbacks/ discounts offers and offering branded products.

    Moreover, Homeshop18, Naaptol, and Shop CJ were the leading players in India teleshopping market in 2015, and they are further anticipated to dominate the market through 2021, on account of their increasing penetration, as they have been for longer time in the market as compared to other players. Furthermore, these companies also offer quality products with attractive offers and discounts, which is further anticipated to fuel their dominance in the market during the forecast period,

    “Expanding television viewer base both in urban and rural area, is one of the major driver for India teleshopping market. Growing digitization in semi-urban and rural areas of the country has also propelled the market for teleshopping in the country. Moreover, companies operating in India teleshopping market are now focusing on launching branded products to attract more customers and increase their penetration in the teleshopping market in India. Furthermore, increasing number of discounts and convenience of shopping through television is further anticipate to drive India teleshopping market through 2021,” said TechSci Research director Karan Chechi.

    “India Teleshopping Market By Operation Type, By Region & By Company Forecast and Opportunities, 2011-2021” has evaluated future growth potential of the teleshopping market in India and provides statistics and information on market structure, size, share and future growth in India Teleshopping market. The report is intended to provide cutting-edge market intelligence and help decision makers take sound investment evaluation. Besides, the report also identifies and analyses emerging trends along with essential drivers, challenges and opportunities in the India Teleshopping market.