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  • Coca Cola and NDTV’s ‘Support My School’ campaign raises Rs 20 crore

    Coca Cola and NDTV’s ‘Support My School’ campaign raises Rs 20 crore

    MUMBAI: NDTV, Coca-Cola and UN-Habitat once again came together with campaign ambassador Sourav Ganguly to support the 6 hour telethon that went live across all channels on the NDTV network on 29 November.

     

    The campaign, which was started in 2011 once again received an overwhelming response from people across different walks of life and generated over 20 Crores to support 400 schools. The target of revitalizing 1000 schools which the campaign set for 2017 was achieved in 1 day itself. The telethon saw the foundation being laid for the first school under the Support My School Campaign in Shillong. School dedications & celebrity visits were organized in other cities like Gwalior, Jaipur, and Pondicherry amongst others.

     

    Hosts NDTV,  Group CEO Vikram Chnadra, Coca Cola India, SW Asia, president,  Venkatesh Kini and campaign ambassador Sourav Ganguly took centre-stage to reach out to millions of viewers to generate maximum funds for the cause. Ranveer Singh extended his support to the campaign.

     

    Delighted with the tremendous response received for the initiative NDTV Group CEO  Vikram Chandra said, “This multi partner campaign has seen tremendous response from across the country and is growing at a rate which will soon help us reach our next goal. We would like to thank our viewers for the amazing support they have been extending and urge everyone to keep coming forward and help Sourav and NDTV Support My School.”

     

    Speaking about the campaign Coca-Cola India and Southwest Asia president Venkatesh Kini said, “Support My School has grown from being an initiative to a campaign that has more than 50 partners in 23 states across India impacting nearly 200,000 children in 600 schools. All of this has been possible with the support of our strategic partners and NGOs, who implemented it at the grass-root level and made the dream come true for many children.”

    Campaign ambassador, Sourav Ganguly said, “It gives me immense pleasure to be associated with such a cause that not only impacts several lives but has a vision of building India’s future. We need more initiatives like Support My School, which has helped in holistic growth of children in many schools across the nation”

     

    The day saw participation from policy makers like Gujarat CM, Anandiben Patel Uttarakhand CM, Harish Rawat  and Bollywood personalities like Raju Hirani, Sonali Bendre, Sports personalities like Sunil Gavaskar, Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi along with renowned industrialists such as Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy HSBC chairperson Naina Lal Kidwai, JPMorgan Kalpana Morparia and more.

     

    During the event Sourav Ganguly engaged with students and viewers during ‘Sourav ki Pathshala’, where he gave some valuable tips and demonstrated a few strokes. Budding cricketers from the Sehwag Sports Academy got tips from Dada himself. During the 6 hours event he repeatedly appealed for donations.

  • NDTV and Coca-Cola to host a 6 hour live telethon for support my school campaign

    NDTV and Coca-Cola to host a 6 hour live telethon for support my school campaign

    MUMBAI:  NDTV, Coca-Cola and UN-Habitat will once again come together with campaign ambassador Sourav Ganguly to support the 6 hour telethon co-hosted by bollywood celebrity Ranveer Singh. It will be aired live across all channels on the NDTV Network on 29 November 2015. 

     

    A number of prominent personalities including chief ministers Anandiben Patel (Gujarat) and Harish Rawat, (Uttarakhand), bollywood actors Varun Dhawan, Parineeti Chopra, sports personalities Sunil Gavaskar, Sunil Chettri along with renowned industrialists Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy, HSBC chairperson Naina Lal Kidwai, JPMorgan Chairperson Kalpana Morparia  along with host NDTV’s Group CEO  Vikram Chandra, will take centre-stage to reach out to millions of viewers to generate maximum funds for the cause.

     

    Delighted with the tremendous response received for the initiative previously, Coca-Cola India and Southwest Asia President Venkatesh Kini said,  “Support My School has grown from being an initiative to a campaign that has more than 100 partners in 23 states across India impacting nearly 200,000 children in 600 schools. By 2017 we wish to take this initiative to another level.”

     

    Commenting on the campaign NDTV’s Group CEO Vikram Chandra added, “This multi partner campaign has seen tremendous response from across the country and is growing at a rate which will soon help us reach our next goal. We are hoping to see a bigger and better participation this year, which will result in reaching our goal faster.”

  • Pranab lauds Indian press for upholding high standards and free speech

    Pranab lauds Indian press for upholding high standards and free speech

    New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee said today that the media in India has always supported the freedom of individuals to speak out as per his or her conviction and saluted the media for not compromising on freedom of speech and expression.

     

    He was speaking after receiving the first copy of the English version of the book The Eighth Ring, the autobiography of late K M Mathew, former editor and publisher of Malayala Manorama. The book was released by Mammen Mathew, Chief Editor, Malayala Manorama. Eminent Jurist & former member of Parliament  Fali S Nariman and Dr. Prannoy Roy, Chairman NDTV spoke on the occasion. 

    The President said the history of Indian journalism is intertwined with that of the freedom movement. From the time of Hickey’s Gazette which came out during the days of the East India Company, the media has highlighted problems faced by the common people. Many national leaders founded newspapers or were closely associated with it during the freedom struggle.

     

    Relatng an interesting story from history, he said Jawaharlal Nehru wrote in October 1937 in The Modern Review of Calcutta under a pseudonym and criticised himself for having dictatorial tendencies. People wondered who had dared criticize Nehru but it was only much later that people realised Nehru himself had written the article in order to encourage criticism. 

    The President expressed confidence that the media in India has always fought authoritarian tendencies. He was confident they would be able to succeed in meeting all modern day challenges, including those posed by techonolgy. He complimented the Manorama Group for treating journalism as a mission and commitment to society.

    The President said he knew Mathew personally from the early days of his public life. He has been familiar with the Malayala Manorama Group for long and attended the 125th year celebrations in Kottayam in 2013. The Malayala Manorama group has established a significant presence in the media world with numerous publications, TV and Radio channels. He was particularly fond of the Manorama Year Book and used to eagerly await the arrival of the Bengali edition every year. 

  • Bihar Elections: NDTV’s Prannoy Roy apologises for misguiding viewers

    Bihar Elections: NDTV’s Prannoy Roy apologises for misguiding viewers

    MUMBAI: With something as big as the Bihar elections taking place in the Indian political scenario, the masses are glued to their television screens on counting day.

     

    From being a reliable source of news to predicting trends, designing the cabinet to declaring a mandate before it actually happens, is what orchestrates the programming on news channels on the big day. It was the usual work flow, which followed in the newsroom this time too on 8 November.

     
    But minutes into the coverage, every dynamic was shattered as most news channels committed journalistic harakiri and had to reverse what they had been hurrahing about  merely half an hour into their coverage.
     
    In the initial stages psephologists’ announced that trends were pointing to a saffron wave and to a washout of the Grand Alliance led by Nitish Kumar, which led to ecstatic celebration at Amit Shah’s residence and BJP party headquarters.
     
    However, the celebrations did not last long and turned into agony when the actual results were announced.   The Grand Alliance emerged triumphant with the larger vote share of nearly 46 per cent compared to NDA’s 34 per cent.
     
    On a mission to provide exclusive and quick information to grab a pie of the massive viewership on counting day, news channels seemed highly confused half way through the day. The media went on to declare BJP and its allies as sweeping the election battle in Bihar… but alas… the counting sang a totally different tune. With confusion in the press rooms across the board, viewers were none the wiser.
     
    The father figure of Indian  television news broadcasting – NDTV chairman Dr Prannoy Roy felt that the Indian audiences and the diaspora that remained loyal to the news fraternity deserved an apology and explanation about the mayhem that took place.
     
    “Let me start with an explanation and an apology. Now, for over more than 30 years, NDTV has tried to be the hallmark of election news and analysis. With exit polls and opinion polls, we always made the point – even when we get it spot on – that there are statistical errors that shouldn’t make them be taken too seriously. You get it right, you get it wrong sometimes – that’s the life of a pollster,” explained Roy.
     
    The last time an error as big as this was made was about 32 years ago when NT Rama Rao won with a landslide. “Since then we’ve never made such a big error- we’ve made errors – but not as big as this one,” asserted Roy.
     
    So what was different this time? Why was there so much chaos? “This time, like before, we tried our best with a large sample size and we went to every single constituency – which meant we didn’t have to convert votes into seats. The sample, the poll was just taken directly. But the data from the fieldwork agency, normally a very reliable agency, was incorrect and this happens. And we are looking into why this went wrong. In any case, we take responsibility and we sincerely apologise,” is the answer that Roy gave to his viewers during his bulletin.
     
    Further explaining he asserted, “Secondly, on every Counting Day, all news channels get data from one agency. Again, a very globally respected agency. This morning, the first data that came in to all news channels was completely wrong. Our trend analysis was based on this data like it has been for 35 years – it’s never been wrong so far.”
     
    The data showed BJP ahead and that’s what the channel mirrored, confessed Roy. “The data, unfortunately, turned out to be incorrect. All news channels had to change their data half-way. Now, this has never happened before. And we’ve asked the agency for an explanation and we’ve heard from them that they are going to write and explain what went wrong once they look into the errors,” he said.
     
    Not just NDTV, almost every English national news channel got it wrong early on… from Times Now to even India Today. However, the Network18 group’s ETV and CNN-IBN clearly stated that the Grand Alliance was going to romp home.
     
    Will this abysmal show wake up the television news boys? Though there are many high decibel debates that have successfully managed to grab viewers’ and hence advertisers’ attention, election coverage still remains the largest source of revenue generation for news channels. So will this performance change those dynamics too? Questions are aplenty and only time will tell if new highs or lows are in the offing.
  • Q2-2016: NDTV YoY Television revenue up 15%

    Q2-2016: NDTV YoY Television revenue up 15%

    BENGALURU: New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) reported 15.1 per cent YoY revenue growth for its Television Media and related operations segment at Rs 125.25 crore in the quarter ended 30 September, 2015 (Q2-2016, current quarter) as compared to Rs 108.83 crore. The segment’s revenue for the current quarter was up 7.3 per cent QoQ from Rs 116.76 crore.

     

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

    All numbers In this report are consolidated unless stated otherwise

     

    To leverage the NDTV brand, NDTV had started two additional businesses – Digital business (NDTV Convergence) about 10 years ago and E-commerce business about two years ago. But these businesses also reported growth in YoY revenue. NDTV’s Retail/E-commerce business reported 73.3 per cent YoY revenue growth in the current quarter at Rs 3.95 crore as compared to the Rs 2.28 crore in Q2-2015, but a QoQ decline of 31.5 per cent from Rs 5.77 crore.

     

    The company says that its digital business reported 30 per cent YoY growth with revenue of Rs 26 crore in the current quarter as compared to Rs 20 crore in Q2-2015.

     

    NDTV’s consolidated Total Income from Operations (TIO) in Q2-2016 increased 15.6 per cent YoY to Rs 127.60 crore from Rs 110.38 crore and increased 6.3 per cent QoQ from Rs 120.01 crore.

     

    NDTV reported lower loss at Rs 7.11 crore in the current quarter as compared to the loss of Rs 20.18 crore in Q2-2015 and a loss of Rs 14.60 crore in the immediate trailing quarter.

     

    The company’s EBIDTA numbers including ‘Other Income’ in the current quarter improved YoY and QoQ. For Q2-2016, NDTV reported lower operating loss of Rs 10.92 crore as compared to the operating loss Rs 12 crore in Q2-2015 and the operating loss of Rs 15.33 crore in the immediate trailing quarter.

     

    Television Media and related operations segment

     

    Television Media and related operations numbers include numbers from the company’s Digital Business. NDTV’s Television and allied operations reported Operating Profit of Rs 1 crore in Q2-2016 as compared to an operating loss of Rs 11 crore in Q2-2015. Digital Business EBIDTA declined from Rs 3 crore in the corresponding year ago quarter to Rs 1 crore in the current quarter.

     

    Overall, the segment reported lower operating loss of Rs 8.41 crore in Q2-2016 as compared to operating loss of Rs 15.22 crore in Q2-2015 and operating loss of Rs 12.55 crore in the immediate trailing quarter.

     

    Retail/E-Commerce segment

     

    Retail/E-commerce segment revenue numbers have been mentioned above. The segment reported operating loss of Rs 10.89 crore in the current quarter as compared to the operating loss of Rs 3.16 crore in Q2-2015 and the operating loss of Rs 8.39 crore in Q1-2016.

     

    Let us look at the other numbers reported by NDTV

     

    Total Expenditure (TE) in the current quarter increased 7.1 per cent YoY to Rs 148.77 crore as compared to Rs 132.43 crore, and was two per cent higher QoQ as compared to Rs 145.92 crore.

     

    NDTV’s consolidated Production Expense increased 26.7 per cent YoY to Rs 27.41 crore in Q2-2016 as compared to the Rs 21.64 crore and increased 20.2 per cent QoQ from Rs 22.79 crore.

     

    The company’s marketing, distribution and promotional expense (marketing expense) in the current quarter increased 21.3 per cent YoY to Rs 30.28 crore from Rs 24.96 crore and increased 3.2 per cent QoQ from Rs 29.33 crore.

     

    NDTV’s Employee Benefit Expense increased 4.3 per cent YoY in the current quarter to Rs 47.63 crore from Rs 45.65 crore and declined 6.2 per cent QoQ from Rs 50.77 crore.

     

    Operating and administration expenses in Q2-2016 declined 3 per cent YoY to Rs 31.42 crore from Rs 32.41 crore, but increased 4.7 per cent QoQ from Rs 30.01 crore.

     

    Finance Costs in the current quarter declined 8.2 per cent YoY to Rs 5.23 crore from Rs 5.70 crore and declined 6.1 per cent QoQ from Rs 5.57 crore.

  • BARC week 42: India TV is No. 1; Times Now, ET Now, CNBC Awaaz retain top slot

    BARC week 42: India TV is No. 1; Times Now, ET Now, CNBC Awaaz retain top slot

    MUMBAI: In the Hindi news channels segment, India TV climbed up one step ahead and stood at the number one position. On the other hand, Times Now continued to rule the English news channels genre in the All India (U+R) market according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India data for week 42.

     

    In the English business news genre, ET Now maintained its position as the leader in the genre, whereas CNBC Awaaz retained its number one position in Hindi business news genre.  

      

    HINDI NEWS

     

    India TV secured the first place in Hindi news genre with 60875 (000Sums) followed by Aaj Tak in the second spot with 58968 (000Sums). ABP News secured the third berth with 52565 (000Sums), whereas News Nation with 51785 (000Sums) and Zee News with 41783 (000Sums) bagged the fourth and fifth place respectively. 

     

    ENGLISH NEWS

     

    Though Times Now witnessed a fall in ratings compared to last week, it managed to garner pole position with 400 (000Sums) followed by CNN IBN at 250 (000Sums). NDTV 24×7 garnered third position with 223 (000Sums) and India Today Television held the fourth place with 194 (000Sums). Like last week, News 9 maintained its fifth slot and scored 156 (000Sums) in week 42. 

     

    HINDI BUSINESS NEWS

     

    In the Hindi business news genre, CNBC Awaaz bagged the first spot with 968 (000Sums) followed by Zee Business in second slot with 854(000Sums). 

     

    ENGLISH BUSINESS NEWS

     

    The top four English business news channels maintained status quo in week 42. ET Now continued to dominate the genre with 472 (000Sums) followed by CNBC TV18 with 278 (000Sums) in the second spot. NDTV Profit & NDTV Prime in the third slot scored 112 (000Sums), whereas Bloomberg TV secured fourth place with 17 (000Sums) in week 42. 

  • NDTV’s K Yegneshwara Iyer joins Times Network as VP & head technology

    NDTV’s K Yegneshwara Iyer joins Times Network as VP & head technology

    MUMBAI: NDTV chief information officer K Yegneshwara Iyer has joined Times Network as vice president & head of technology. 

     

    A source close to the development informs Indiantelevision.com, “He will work closely with the business and leadership teams to ensure that the Network is at the cutting edge of technology.”

     

    According to the source, while Iyer will report to Times Network MD and CEO M K Anand, the company’s Technical and Broadcasting teams will directly report in to Iyer.

     

    Iyer has 27 years of experience and spent the last 18 years at NDTV. Prior to that, he had over nine years of experience in setting up networks and developing business software.

     

    In his long stint at NDTV, he was the software architect as well as a part of the development team that developed arguably India’s fastest election results platform. He is a co-applicant in a patent application for real time graphics on television. He has launched greenfield projects co-ordinating with multiple internal and external teams and business verticals within NDTV, integrated traditional and digital processes between TV, Internet and mobiles, conceptualised and delivered innovative technical processes in news broadcast television, developed mobile apps and mobile app back-end architecture.

     

    Iyer has done his BA from Delhi University and has done CISA and CISM from ISACA. 

  • NDTV Convergence inks Rs 90 – 100 crore deal with Taboola

    NDTV Convergence inks Rs 90 – 100 crore deal with Taboola

    MUMBAI: NDTV’s digital arm NDTV Convergence has inked a partnership with content discovery platform Taboola. The companies have signed a three year deal, the worth of which is pegged in the range of Rs 90 – 100 crore ($13-15 million) based on traffic projections across web and mobile.

    NDTV Convergence’s partnership with Taboola will power content recommendations to its audience of over 60 million unique visitors. Taboola will serve as the exclusive, multi-platform content discovery partner across all its properties. In addition to providing advertisers with an option to now target the premium NDTV audience through native content marketing, Taboola will also work with NDTV to increase user engagement.

    NDTV group CEO and executive director Vikram Chandra said, “We are really happy to extend this partnership with Taboola who have been great partners over the last year. This truly is a landmark deal given its size and scale, making it the largest and one-of-its kinds in the Indian digital media eco-system.”

    NDTV Convergence CEO & managing editor Suparna Singh added, “We are always striving to provide our consumers with high-quality and the best possible content. When we started this journey, the web was a much simpler place. Today, as social media feeds continue to fragment the user base, we need to customise content based on user interest. As always, we aim to be on the cutting edge and this partnership also gives us a new and unique way to monetise our growing audience across platforms.”

    “It’s an incredible honour to work with such a highly respected global publisher as NDTV, and we look forward to working with Vikram, Suparna, and the entire NDTV editorial team in continuing to boost overall audience engagement and revenue. We see India as a massive opportunity for marketers to reach new audiences since so many citizens are accessing the Internet for the first time via mobile and this partnership is a testament to our commitment to providing Indians with high quality content they may like and never knew existed,” said Taboola CEO and founder Adam Singolda.

  • NBA apprises new I&B secretary Sunil Arora with revenue models of news b’casters

    NBA apprises new I&B secretary Sunil Arora with revenue models of news b’casters

    NEW DELHI: The newly appointed Information and Broadcasting Ministry secretary Sunil Arora was today apprised of various issues relating to news broadcasters in a wide-ranging discussion with the News Broadcasters Association (NBA). 

     

    NBA president Rajat Sharma told indiantelevision.com that all issues including the ad cap were discussed with Arora.

     

    The meeting comes soon after the adjournment of the ad cap case to 23 September by Delhi High Court.

     

    This is the first meeting of the new secretary who took over on 31 August, 2015.

     

    Issues relating to carriage with multi system operators (MSOs) and local cable operators (LCOs) and revenue models for growth of the industry were also discussed. 

     

    The delegation led by Sharma comprised NDTV’s Narayan Rao, Ashok Venkatramani of ABP News, Anuradha Prasad of News 24, Ashish Bagga of India Today, A P Parigi of Network 18 and NBA secretary general Annie Joseph.

     

    Special secretary J.S. Mathur was also present in the meeting. 

     

    The delegation also apprised the secretary about the initiatives taken by the broadcasting industry in the direction of self-regulation which includes working of News Broadcasters Standards Authority (NBSA), an independent authority set up by NBA and the two tier mechanism of complaints redressal relating to news channel followed by them. 

  • NDTV & Philips present ‘Breathe Clean Conclave’ 2015

    NDTV & Philips present ‘Breathe Clean Conclave’ 2015

    MUMBAI: India is home to 6 of the world’s most polluted cities, and the air we are breathing causes more deaths than tobacco smoking or poor nutrition. Indoor air is 2 to 5 times worse than outside air. It is toxic for our children and families, causing cancers, reduced life expectancy, lung damage and air borne allergies.

     

    Inhaling pollutant air takes away atleast 1-2 years of a typical human life. In an effort to highlight this critical national issue and recommend possible solutions, NDTV and Philipshosted the ‘Breathe Clean Conclave 2015’ today at Taj Palace Hotel, Delhi. Actor Soha Ali Khan also extended her support for the initiative.

     

    The conclave began with an opening keynote address by  Prakash Javadekar, Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge)  and was attended by leading medical practitioners, environmentalists, NGOs and concerned citizen and parent groups. The two panel discussions held as part of the Breathe Clean Conclave focused on Breathe Clean- Act for Better Air and Indoor Air Quality and Children’s Health.

     

    Inaugurating the conclave, Prakash Javadekar, Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) said, “I am really happy that NDTV has taken this initiative because I feel media houses can make people aware and also help tackle issues. At the outset, I must say we have a problem as any other city in the world and this is because of growing population, growing density and growing rate of urbanization. Delhi air has gone bad in the last 8-10 years and if media would have started a campaign earlier it could have worked faster. We must create awareness of more ventilation, more plantation and more education to address this issue. I want to launch Fresh Air – My birth right campaign to help address this problem.”

     

    Sharing his thoughts on the initiative, Vikram Chandra, Group CEO of NDTV said, “The health and economic impact of pollution is worrying and with the rising vehicular and industrial pollution, this national issue is only going to get worse. NDTV believes that clean air should be a basic human right. Through this conclave, we hope to give experts as well as citizens a platform to suggest recommendations to the government, as well as motivate people to take action at an individual level.”

     

    Krishna Kumar, Managing Director and Vice President, Philips India, said, “The rising toll of deteriorating quality of air is becoming a household concern. A lot more potent than outdoor air pollution, indoor air pollution is increasingly being recognized as a threat. We, at Philips, recognize this challenge and are committed to deliver a healthier lifestyle for our consumers through meaningful innovations. Breathe Clean Campaign is an initiative to help consumers and institutions recognize the need to switch to healthier lifestyle practices. Since clean air has become a rarity, Philips is constantly innovating to bring about freedom from indoor air pollution.”

     

    Soha Ali Khan, Actor, also voiced her concern and said, “It is alarming that the very air we are breathing can be so harmful to our health. I was shocked to find out that air pollution levels inside our homes can be twice as high as those outside. This is an issue that demands our immediate attention and I am happy to be associated with NDTV’s Breathe Clean Conclave, a platform dedicated to finding solutions to this crisis affecting all of us – especially children and the elderly.”

     

    Moderated by Vikram Chandra, the first session had an eminent list of panelists including Soha Ali Khan, Actor; Prof Sanjay Zodpey, Vice President, Academics, Public Health foundation of India ; A Krishna Kumar, MD and CEO, Philips India; Dr Gary Stutte, Senior Scientist, NASA; Parthaa Bosu, India Director and South Asia Liaison, Clean Air Asia; Anumita Roychowdhury, Executive Director – Research and Advocacy , Centre for Science and Environment; Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo, MP, Odisha and Dr Randeep Guleria, Head of the Department of Pulmonology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences who shared their insights on how we can contribute for better clean air.

     

    The second discussion focused on the health impact of air pollution on children and was moderated by NDTV’s Ravish Kumar. The panel included Jayati Singh, Director and Business: Head Health and Wellness and Air, Philips Consumer Lifestyle; Kunal Kohli, Director and Concerned Parent; Dr Vivek Nangia, Pulmonologist, Fortis Hospital; Sushma Paul Berlia, Apeejay Stya & Svran Group, Barun Aggarwal, Breathe Easy and Dr Randeep Guleria, Head of the Department of Pulmonology, All India Institute ofMedical Sciences.

     

    The closing key note address was delivered by Prof Sanjay Zodpey, Vice President, Academics, Public Health foundation of India.The key takeaways from the sessions were presented to Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar as recommendations for a clean air future.