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  • 72% satisfaction rate with Modi Government: CNN IBN, IBN7 poll

    72% satisfaction rate with Modi Government: CNN IBN, IBN7 poll

    MUMBAI: As Network18’s news channels CNN-IBN and IBN7’s special programming around Modi Government’s one year in power draws to a close, the channels presented a special poll for its viewers assessing the government’s performance from the citizen’s perspective.

     

    Marking a shift in leadership and style of governance, the Modi Government undertook a series of measures to achieve the vision of a better India. To evaluate the impact of these changes at the ground level, Axis MyIndia conducted a comprehensive survey across 23 states and more than 155 districts with a sample size of 20,000 across all age groups of society with a 70/30 urban-rural spread.

     

    The survey findings showed that over 72 per cent of the respondents said that they were satisfied with the performance of the Modi Government on account of development, skillful governance and lower prices in the previous year.  Close to 56 per cent of the sample, believed that Modi is an effective Prime Minister and has helped improve India’s image globally.

     

    Network18 news president Umesh Upadhyay said, “We have always ensured to follow the most robust and scientific research processes to truly capture the voice of the people. This survey is another initiative driven by this thought process and we believe that it reflects the sentiments of the common men and women of this country, most accurately, with regards to the performance of the Modi Government as it reaches the crucial milestone of an year in office.”

     

    On the issue of the relationship between the Government and RSS, 32 per cent of the respondents felt that there was no interference by RSS in the affairs of the government. On the impact of controversial statements such as those relating to Ghar Wapasi, approx 31 per cent of the respondent felt that such statement do not dent the image of the Government at all whereas approx 33 per cent felt that such statements do have an adverse impact; overall 43 per cent of the respondents felt that those making controversial statement should be controlled. 

  • Kisan TV set to launch on 26 May

    Kisan TV set to launch on 26 May

    NEW DELHI: After numerous delays, Doordarshan’s Kisan TV will finally see the light of day on 26 May, 2015.

     

    The channel, which was earlier slated for formal launch on Baisakhi Day last month as a 24-hour channel devoted to farmers and rural India, will be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the presence of the Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley at a formal function in Vigyan Bhavan.

     

    While trial runs have already been on for some time, a test run which will make it available to other platforms commenced today (25 May).

     

    Jaitley had said last month that the delay had been caused as the PM was traveling.

     

    The channel, to be run by Doordarshan, was initially slated for launch on Makar Sankarti Day on 14 January, 2015.

     

    A budget of Rs 100 crore had been set aside in July last year. However, this year’s budget had cut down Kisan TV’s corpus to Rs 90 crore for 2015-16.

     

    The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, which also examines issues linked to the I&B Ministry had said in a recent report that emphasis should be laid on local dialect on regional basis so that farmers all across the country are able to access the channel in their local language/dialect, thereby getting benefited by this laudable initiative of the Government.

     

    The Parliamentary Committee in a subsequent report also said that the Ministry should spend Rs 35 crore, earmarked in this year’s budget for content, judiciously.

     

    The FTA channel will be available on major direct to home (DTH) platforms including Tata Sky, Videocon d2h, Dish TV apart from pubcasters’ own DTH platform Freedish. 

  • Times Now takes on NaMo govt’s one-year anniversary with special shows

    Times Now takes on NaMo govt’s one-year anniversary with special shows

    MUMBAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has completed one year of governance after it swept to power with a thumping win of 282 seats in the Lok Sabha elections in 2014.

     

    Under the Modi wave, the country saw some key decision-making and initiatives. A year on, it is now time to review the BJP’s performance. So has the past one year seen the PM’s most promised reforms move the big way and speedily? Have the NaMo policies for the masses been effective and beneficial? From banking to labour to general schemes to social security, how good or bad has it been? Times Now will bring to its viewers an exhaustive and in depth overview with details on the minutest of moves from 22 – 16 May, 2015 with Modi 365.

     

    Modi 365 on Times Now, shall look at the hits and misses, the politics behind the big moves, the real issues that have been looked at, India’s foreign policies and how or if it has worked. The channel aims at giving the nation a voice to raise important issues, ask the right questions and take action that brings about a positive change in the society. The special programming and broadcast will have a wide participation from those who matter and have been in the know of things – from ministers and politicians to bureaucrats besides the master observers.

     

    Starting with a special Super Prime Time debate on 22 May, the series shall cover The Home Stretch (Politics First) on 23 May at 6.30 pm, followed by Real Politik Special at 7.30 pm, debates with expert on 23 and 24 May at 9 pm. Modi 365 will also have the C Voter Opinion Poll on the Modi government’s first year in power on 25 May at 7 pm.

  • Discovery Kids joins Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat campaign

    Discovery Kids joins Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat campaign

    MUMBAI: Kids channel Discovery Kids has received praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for its support to the Swachh Bharat campaign. In his tweet, Modi praised Discovery Kids’ initiative and expressed confidence that it will inspire many others to join in making India clean.

    Discovery Networks Asia Pacific executive vice president and general manager, South Asia & Southeast Asia Rahul Johri said, “It is a great honour to be appreciated by Respected Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Discovery Kids believes in entertaining and enriching the lives of children through its programmes and viewer initiatives. Discovery will spread the message of ‘Swachh Bharat’ through its portfolio of channels reaching over 270 million cumulative households across the length and breadth of India.”

    He further added, “Kisna is one of the favourite characters in Indian homes and I am confident he will attract young and old Indians in equal measure to further strengthen this movement.”

    Discovery Kids joined Prime Minister’s Swachh Bharat campaign by launching an on-air Public Service Announcement (PSA) for its young viewers to make India clean and beautiful.  Kisna, kids’ favourite character on television, encourages viewers to change their habits and keep their city clean. Kisna is seen calling upon the young children to inculcate good habits by not littering on the streets and using garbage bins to make India clean. Discovery Kids is reaching out to kids during the summer holidays to spread the message of Swachh Bharat with the loveable Kisna in malls and entertainment parks across the country.

  • India – S. Korea join hands for co-productions in broadcasting, animation

    India – S. Korea join hands for co-productions in broadcasting, animation

    NEW DELHI: After inking film co-production deals with China, India has now signed an agreement with South Korea to increase audio-visual exchange between the two countries. The deal was signed today during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to South Korea.

     

    The co-production agreement includes cooperation between the film industries of the two countries to promote export of Indian films and will act as a catalyst towards creating awareness about India and its culture.

     

    This will also help in increasing bilateral trade between both countries. The agreement was signed under the provisions of India-South Korea Exchange Programme.

     

    The agreement also covers animation and broadcasting programmes and would enable opportunities for collaboration between Indian and Korean film industries, and facilitate collaboration and exchange.

     

    Producers from both countries will get an opportunity to pool their creative, artistic, technical, financial and marketing resources to co-produce films. 

     

    This will lead to exchange of art and culture among the two countries, and co-productions would provide an opportunity to create and showcase the ‘soft power’ of India. 

     

    Additionally, it would lead to generation of employment among artistic, technical as well as non-technical personnel engaged in the arena of film production including post-production and its marketing, thus adding to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). 

     

    The utilization of Indian locales for shooting raises the visibility and prospects of India as a preferred film shooting destination across the globe would be promoted. This in turn will lead to the inflow of foreign exchange into the country. It will also lead to transparent funding of film production. 

     

    The audio-visual co-production agreement would open up new frontiers for the film industries of both countries and is expected to open doors for wide ranging collaboration and lead to strengthening of India’s cultural presence in an important part of the world.

  • Eros International inks multiple film deals in China

    Eros International inks multiple film deals in China

    MUMBAI: Eros International has inked as many as three deals with China’s state owned film and entertainment companies to promote, co-produce, distribute and unlock value in respective intellectual properties for Sino-Indian films across all platforms in both the countries.

    After signing a co-production deal with China Film Group Corporation (CFGC), Eros has now signed Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with Shanghai Film Group Corporation (SFG) and Fudan University.

    The collaboration with the Shanghai Film Group Corporation incorporates exploitation of intellectual property rights owned by each party in their respective markets, development, co-production and distribution of film projects for both India and China. The treaty paves the way for Eros to become the preferred Indian film partner in China.

    Eros has also entered into an association with Fudan University, which includes the ability for Eros to license Fudan’s IP for remakes or co-productions in India. Fudan will also assist Eros in obtaining publishing licenses for the promotion and distribution of the films from the Eros library in China across various platforms including dubbing them or remaking them to suit local audience tastes.

    The MoUs were signed by Eros International managing director Sunil Lulla at the recently concluded India-China Business Forum in Shanghai, attended by Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi.

     
    Lulla said, “This is a very proud moment for us at Eros to be associated with the biggest and most-respected Chinese media companies. We are humbled by the gestures that make us the most preferred partner in the field of media and entertainment and we are committed to helping both countries expand their market and audience instantly to over 2.5 billion people. We are really excited about the possibilities and the potential and making films together is just the tip of the ice-berg as we hope to extend these partnerships across all platforms including online.”

    China Film Group Corporation chairman La Peking said, “Wish India and China collaboration will be more and more fruitful.”

    Shanghai Film Group Corporation president Ren Zhonglun added, “Eros is a very respectable company, which we always looked forward to working with. This strategic partnership MoU between Eros and SFG fits into the general background of the collaboration between two countries – India and China. It is also the fruit of collaborative effort on resource sharing by filmmakers from two countries. China and India together have 2.5 billion population with great market potential. As Asian countries, we share a lot of similarities in terms of culture, religion and art. There is big space in movie co-operation. We expect to visit back to India and Eros in the near future to further our collaboration.”

    As was reported earlier by Indiantelevision.com, Eros International signed its first ever Sino-Indian co-production deal with Chinese state owned production company CFGC to co-produce the movie Da Tang Xuan Zang (Monk Xuan Zang) based on the life of a Chinese monk.

     

    The Chinese movie market is sized at $4.8 billion, second only to the US, and grew 34 per cent in 2014. China produced over 600 films in 2014. The number of theatre screens in China has also quadrupled since 2010 with 5,397 screens added in 2014 alone, taking their screen count to 23,600. As per industry projections in the next five years, China is expected to surpass the US to be the world’s largest box office. In comparison, India’s widest release to date has been across just 5,000 screens.

     

  • CNN-IBN to air shows on Narendra Modi’s one year in office

    CNN-IBN to air shows on Narendra Modi’s one year in office

    MUMBAI: It has almost been a year since Narendra Modi – the longest serving BJP chief minister created history when he won by a landslide victory of 282 seats in the Indian General elections and formed the first single party majority Government in three decades.

     

    Taking charge, the Modi government undertook a series of administrative measures with a vision of better India, marking a shift in leadership and style of governance.

     

    CNN-IBN and IBN7 will introduce two new shows in order to  answer the curious minds on how the country has fared under Modi’s rule so far and assess the impact of the measures taken by his government.

     

    The two programs are an exclusive array of shows that focus on all the aspects of the key decisions and initiatives government has taken. CNN-IBN will air Modi @ 360 from 16 – 26 May, that will constitute a half-hour tete-a-tete with ministers and MPs from the ruling party along with interviews with senior opposition leaders. It also has a slot for feature stories like ‘five point something’ that showcase the top five highlights of PM Modi in various fields.

     

    While Modi@360 focuses on the political impact of Modi’s government and his leadership, Ek Saal Modi Sarkar on IBN7 that will run from 18 – 26 May will evaluate the work from a common man’s point of view. The extensive programming will be in the form of documentaries, surveys, discussions and interviews. It includes an eight episode long series of discussions discussion titled Modi Ke Mantri featuring key ministers of Modi government on the performance and the way forward for their respective ministries. This will be an eight episode series, which will be followed by 12 Mahine, 12 Faisle, a three hour long special that will bring the reasons, details and outcomes of 12 key decisions taken by the Modi government to the limelight.

     

    Apart from these programs, the channels will also conduct an exclusive nationwide survey on the performance of PM Modi and his team. Sabse Bada Survey will gauge mood of the nation from a sample size of about 20000 respondents from across 20 states and more than 400 districts.

  • Doordarshan & China’s CCTV ink MoU for co-production

    Doordarshan & China’s CCTV ink MoU for co-production

    MUMBAI: Indian pubcaster Doordarshan has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China Central Television (CCTV). The agreement between the two is for exchange of television programmes, promotion of co-production on themes of mutual interest and training production and technical staff.

     

    The MoU aims to help develop greater understanding between the two broadcasters and strengthen cooperation in the field of television and broadcasting. 

     

    The agreement was signed by Prasar Bharati CEO Jawahar Sircar and CCTV president Nie Chen Xi. The move came after Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and Chinese premier Li Keqiang expanded the cooperation between the two countries from films to television co-productions. 

     

    Sircar said that the agreement between CCTV and Doordarshan will foster better people to people understanding between the two countries.

     

    According to Sircar, the agreement will enable Doordarshan and CCTV to share programmes free of cost. The two will share programmes relating to art, culture, education, science, agriculture, entertainment, tourism, sports, news and current affairs along with human interest, development and success stories.

     

    DD and CCTV will jointly produce TV programmes on areas of mutual interest, which include documentaries on the travels of Fa Xian and Hieun Tsang to India.

     

    The MoU also envisages mechanisms to promote training for programme and technical staff of the two broadcasters through exchange and bilateral visits of DD and CCTV personnels. 

     

    The programmes exchange between the two channels will begin by the end of this year.

  • Aamir Khan – Jackie Chan to star in ‘Kung Fu Yoga’

    Aamir Khan – Jackie Chan to star in ‘Kung Fu Yoga’

    MUMBAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to China has spelt good news for the Indian film industry.

     

    In a casting coup of sorts, Chinese film regulators have announced that Indian actor Aamir Khan and Jackie Chan will be starring together in a movie titled Kung Fu Yoga. The movie, which will be co-produced by India and China, is being touted as a perfect combination of Chinese martial arts and Indian culture.

     

    As was reported by Indiantelevision.com earlier, Khan was in China to attend the premier of his blockbuster movie PK. The dubbed Chinese version of the movie is slated to release across 3500+ screens in China on 22 May.

     

    China will also co-produce another movie with India titled Da Nao Tian Zhu (Causing Havoc in India). The movie will be the directorial debut of Chinese film star Wang Baoqiang.

     

    As was reported earlier, India’s Eros International and Chinese Film Corporation entered into a co-production deal for a film titled Da Tang XuanZang (Monk XuanZang). Wong Kar Wai will be the executive producer on the movie.

     

    The three film co-productions were jointly announced by China’s State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) and the Indian Embassy in China.

  • India-China ink maiden film co-production deal

    India-China ink maiden film co-production deal

    MUMBAI: Even as India Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his maiden visit to China to boost trade and relations between the two countries, Indian media and entertainment firm Eros International has signed its first ever Sino-Indian co-production deal with Chinese state owned production company Chinese Film Corporation (CFC).

     

    The two companies will co-produce the movie Da Tang XuanZang (Monk XuanZang), which is based on the life of a Chinese monk (Monk Xuanzang) and stars Chinese actor Huang Xiaoming, It will be directed by HuoJianq.

     

    With this, Eros International is the first Indian studio to associate with the Chinese government and co-produce an Indo-Sino film. The movie,

     

    The deal was announced in China in the presence of CFC head La Peikang, Eros International Media president – business development Kumar Ahuja and SAPPRFT (State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People’s Republic of China) vice minister Tong Gang along with Xiaoming and Jianq.