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  • Big Ganga to air ‘Jai Jai Jai Bajrangbali’ in Bhojpuri

    Big Ganga to air ‘Jai Jai Jai Bajrangbali’ in Bhojpuri

    MUMBAI: Bihar and Jharkhand’s leading Bhojpuri channel Big Ganga plans to strengthen its mythological band with a new daily show ‘Jai Jai Jai Bajrangbali’. JJJB will air Monday to Friday at the 7.00pm time slot. The mythological show which takes viewers through the life of Bajrang Bali from his childhood to being a Shiva avatar is currently running on BIG Magic in Hindi as well.

    The story revolves around lesser-known mythological events surrounding the trials and tribulations of Hanuman, while he was combating the evil and malevolent forces espoused by characters such as Raavan.

    BIG Ganga is distributed across all cable operators across the states of Bihar, Jharkhand & UP and spread across the likes of DEN, Digicable, WWIL, Hathway, Darsh and Maurya amongst others and DTH players like Airtel, Dish, Reliance Digital, DD Direct and Videocon

  • Big Ganga to air ‘Jai Jai Jai Bajrangbali’ in Bhojpuri

    Big Ganga to air ‘Jai Jai Jai Bajrangbali’ in Bhojpuri

    MUMBAI: Bihar and Jharkhand’s leading Bhojpuri channel Big Ganga plans to strengthen its mythological band with a new daily show ‘Jai Jai Jai Bajrangbali’. JJJB will air Monday to Friday at the 7.00pm time slot. The mythological show which takes viewers through the life of Bajrang Bali from his childhood to being a Shiva avatar is currently running on BIG Magic in Hindi as well.

    The story revolves around lesser-known mythological events surrounding the trials and tribulations of Hanuman, while he was combating the evil and malevolent forces espoused by characters such as Raavan.

    BIG Ganga is distributed across all cable operators across the states of Bihar, Jharkhand & UP and spread across the likes of DEN, Digicable, WWIL, Hathway, Darsh and Maurya amongst others and DTH players like Airtel, Dish, Reliance Digital, DD Direct and Videocon

  • HOOQ expands viewing experience with Google Chromecast

    HOOQ expands viewing experience with Google Chromecast

    MUMBAI: In a bid to expand the viewing experience of users in the country and address the home entertainment market, video-on-demand service HOOQ app’s latest version will support Google Chromecast.

    With this, HOOQ subscribers will now be able to use Chromecast to cast movies and TV series from any connected device to their television screens. HOOQ offers unlimited streaming of over 15,000 English, Hindi and regional language films as well as TV shows on its platform. 

    HOOQ chief marketing officer Ravi Vora said, “We are very thrilled to bring the best in class entertainment from HOOQ to Chromecast users enabling them to enjoy the best content on their televisions right in their living rooms. We believe this partnership further solidifies our position as the country’s biggest premium video-on-demand service.”

    Chromecast is a thumb-sized media streaming device that plugs into the HDMI port on TVs. Viewers can use an Android phone, tablet, iPhone, iPad, Mac or Windows laptop, or Chromebook to cast the HOOQ app and its programming onto a television.

    HOOQ launched in India earlier this year with a subscription price of Rs 199 per month. Users can access entertainment content, which can be viewed on upto five connected devices. The service also offers a unique offline download feature of up to five titles at a time ensuring that there is always video content to be enjoyed even when users are offline or facing connectivity challenges.

    Customers, who purchase Google Chromecast through Snapdeal and Reliance Digital, will get free access to HOOQ for six months, which is worth Rs 1500.  

    Some of the content that is available on HOOQ includes movies like The Matrix, The Lord of the Rings, The Dark Knight Rises, Iron Man 3,Don, Chennai Express, Barffi, Kai Po Che, Lai Bhaari, Harishchandrachi Factory and Chandrmukhi, and TV shows like Friends, Nip Tuck, ER and first and exclusively in Asia – Ash vs. Evil Dead.

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  • The Epic Channel goes HD on Tata Sky

    The Epic Channel goes HD on Tata Sky

    MUMBAI: With increasing penetration of High Definition (HD) television sets, more and more channels are now adding the HD feed for a better consumer experience.

     

    The Epic Channel, which focuses on the Indian history, folklore and mythology genre, recently launched its HD version on Tata Sky. 

     

    The Epic Channel HD will be available on the direct-to-home (DTH) platform’s channel no 133.

     

    The Epic Channel will shoots all its content in HD so viewers can experience the shows on Indian history and mythology in HD.

     

    The Epic Channel managing director Mahesh Samat said, “Since the inception of the channel, Epic has stood out for its unique and unparalleled content offering. We have grown considerably and built a loyal viewer base over the course of the year and with the channel now being available in High Definition on Tata Sky, the viewer’s experience is only going to get enhanced. This makes it a complete viewing experience for Tata Sky subscribers, letting them watch the best in Indian history and mythology.”

     

    Tata Sky chief contend and business development officer Paolo Agostinelli added, “High definition content truly does justice to the intriguing historic and mythological story telling that Epic channel brings to the viewers. We continue to bring the best viewing technology for our Tata Sky subscribers and this is one of the biggest reasons why we have a growing subscriber base.”

     

    The channel’s standard definition (SD) feed is currently available across key DTH players like Tata Sky, Airtel, Videocon d2h, Dish TV, and Reliance Digital TV along with major cable players like Hathway, Den and more.

  • Q1-2016: Reliance Retail y-o-y revenue up 17.5%

    Q1-2016: Reliance Retail y-o-y revenue up 17.5%

    BENGALURU: Reliance Industries Limited’s (RIL) organized retail segment – Reliance Retail is a tiny fraction of the revenue that India’s largest private corporate reports. However, this segment has been growing consistently, quarter on quarter.

     

    In Q1-2016 (quarter ended 30 June, 2015), though RIL has reported a 23 per cent y-o-y consolidated revenue drop, Reliance Retail posted a 17.5 per cent revenue growth in the same period at Rs 4968 crore as compared to the Rs 3999 crore in Q1-2015. Reliance Retail’s Q1-2016 revenue however was 1.9 per cent lower than the Rs 4788 crore in the immediate trailing quarter.

     

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

     

    The retail segment reported a profit before tax (PBIT) of Rs 111 crore (2.4 per cent EBIT margin) in the current quarter, 37 per cent more than the Rs 81 crore (2 per cent EBIT margin) and 6.7 per cent more than the Rs 104 crore (2.2 per cent EBIT margin) in Q4-2015.

     

    Though RIL reported a drop in revenue to Rs 83,064 crore in Q1-2016 as compared to the Rs 1,07,905 crore in Q1-2015, it was 17.2 per cent more than the Rs 70,863 crore in Q4-2015. RIL also posted a record consolidated PBDIT of Rs 12,095 crore, up 9.8 per cent as compared Rs 11,016 crore to Q1-2015. Net Profit at Rs 6222 crore was 4.4 per cent more than the Rs 5957 crore in the corresponding year ago quarter, but declined 2.5 per cent as compared to the Rs 6381 crore in the immediate trailing quarter.

     

    Company speak on organized retail segment

     

    The company says that its Value Formats consolidated its leadership position further of being the largest grocery retailer in the country. The business expanded its network further with new store openings to strengthen its leadership position and optimise its operations. The formats launched several own brands products under various categories in the quarter.

     

    Reliance Market continued additions to its store network, reaching out to more and more kiranas, traders and institutions as partners across the country. Contribution of Private Label Sales to overall sales increased to 10 per cent from eight per cent in the same period last year. Reliance Market now serves over 17 lakh registered members across 35 cities.

     

    The digital sector maintained its growth momentum and operates 1,298 stores across the country.

     

    Reliance Digital with its superior in-store experience and extensive product assortments continued to improve its proposition and delight customers. Digital Express Mini rapidly scaled up its operations during the quarter and surpassed the milestone of operating over 1,000 stores across the country in a short time since launch, a feat achieved by any retailer first time in the country.

     

    The Fashion and Lifestyle sector delivered strong performance in the quarter by offering fashionable, high quality merchandise at great value. Reliance Trends operates a strong own brand portfolio comprising over 20 brands that contribute over 70 per cent of overall sales. During the period, the format has partnered with a globally renowned fashion house to augment its in-house product design capabilities. The association would help in bringing global fashion trends to the Indian market thereby bridging the gaps in the merchandise offerings.

     

    Reliance Brands strengthened its presence through its partnerships during this period. During the period, Reliance Brands announced an exclusive partnership with Japanese retailer Muji, which sells a wide verity of household and consumer goods and 130 year old Dutch lingerie brand Hunkemöller.

     

    The first BCBG MAX Azria store was launched in Delhi, marking the launch of international womenswear brand known for its contemporary fashion sensibilities in India.

     

    As on 30 June, 2015, Reliance Retail operated 2,747 stores across 210 cities in India. 

  • How DTH got digitisation right

    How DTH got digitisation right

    MUMBAI: Two years gone, two more in hand. But the cable TV industry is still grappling with getting its act right for digitisation. It was 10 years ago when the direct to home (DTH) players entered the Indian market with huge tasks in hand: introduce and convert people from the analogue regime into the digital ecosystem.

    Currently, the DTH sector commands about 36 million active subscribers (as per the recent TRAI report). While Dish TV was first to enter, it was soon followed by Tata Sky, Sun Direct, Airtel Digital TV, Videocon d2h and Reliance Digital. Not to forget, Prasar Bharati’s DD Freedish.

    How did the DTH industry manage to cultivate the business model which the MSOs are still finding cumbersome? Ask the DTH players and they say, it is because of their direct contact with the customer. “We were able to deal directly with the customer and provide a business model the way we wanted to. There isn’t any intermediary,” says Dish TV CEO RC Venkateish.

    Agrees Sun Direct CEO Mahesh Kumar, “DTH adopted the retail distribution model akin to aggressive FMCG/ telecom companies which is purely B2C. Majority of the employees at the senior and middle level are from the retail background.”

    The MSOs on the other hand had been running the analogue business, handled mostly by the local cable operators (LCOs). It was only after being pressurized by the government and regulator that they finally took up digitisation and started work on creating a proper business model. Tata Sky CEO Harit Nagpal feels that MSOs are working like puppets. “Cable operators are looking at digitisation as forced upon them. Digitisation is not about putting a box; this is inconvenient for the customer. It has to be sold to the customer as empowerment and not as a curse. DTH has done that.”

    While initially convincing the customer to switch from analogue to digital DTH wasn’t easy, what went in their favour was superior product offering with better quality sound and picture and selection of channels and packaging. “When DTH first came, it was the only digital offering. The country was largely analogue. That was the big advantage we had. We started from zero and had the opportunity to build the billing system and packaging,” says Venkateish.

    The claims made by DTH ops were supported by setting up call centres, backend and investment in brand building. However, what all executives agree as the best tool is the prepaid mode of payment. “The biggest success factor of the DTH model is the prepaid model which is a very transparent business model,” says Kumar.

    Nagpal feels that the crux of their model is the consumer centric approach, which MSOs don’t have. “You can activate and deactivate channels and packages whenever you want. Go on a holiday and don’t recharge. This is not yet possible in cable. The benefits of flexibility and empowerment in the case of DTH are in the customers’ hands,” he says.

    The only difference in the two is the pricing models for packages. While DTH starts its base pack at around Rs 200 to Rs 220, cable gives the entire channel list for approximately Rs 250. But Nagpal disagrees, stating that MSOs are not subject to taxes and also gets carriage fees from broadcasters. Whereas DTH, despite paying taxes and also paying for content, gives channels at a decently low cost with options of adding more.

    Kumar points out that DTH community has been able to segment the market and the customer which has helped the industry to do up-selling and consistently improve average revenue per user. Though the initial uptake of dishes was slow, over the years it has picked up speed. The choice of packages, HD channels, addition of newer channels and easy payment methods have put them on the better side of digitisation.  

    While DTH did have the upper hand in entering the market with a fixed plan of action, it is about time the MSOs come to terms with getting addressable digitisation done rather than just fixing boxes in homes. “DTH got digitisation right because we looked at it from what benefits it has to customer and not what the regulator is asking me to do,” points out Nagpal.

     

  • Reliance Digital named The Consumer Durables Retailer of the Year

    Reliance Digital named The Consumer Durables Retailer of the Year

    MUMBAI: Reliance Digital, the consumer electronics & durables arm of Reliance Retail has been recognised as ‘The Consumer Durables Retailer of the Year’ at the 8thAnnual Star Retailer Awards 2013 held in New Delhi.

    Reliance Digital is the consumer durables and information technology concept from Reliance Retail. The award recognises Reliance Digital’s exemplary efforts in helping consumers bring home the latest & best in technology from the widest selection at the lowest assured price with complete peace of mind through lifelong support.

    Reliance Digital aims to fulfil the dream of every Indian through its nationwide network of conveniently located stores by providing a delightful shopping experience of products & solutions. Further, through its sub-brand ResQ, Reliance Digital provides customers with an opportunity to experience exceptional service at several touch-points.Inspired by the Reliance philosophy for excellence, ResQ has created an enviable reputation and a capability to understand and deliver solutions to meet consumer needs. ResQ experts offer guidance to customers, demonstrate a solution and help them with identifying relevant products and solutions. ResQ also takes on the responsibility of installation and networking that ensures optimum performance for all products and solutions.

    Speaking on the award, Mr Brian Bade, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Reliance Digital said, “We are extremely proud to be recognised as ‘The Consumer Durables Retailer of the Year’. This award has added another feather to our cap and is an inspiration to our entire team behind it. We hope to take the unique Reliance Digital experience further and we are looking forward to bringing happiness to many more homes which continues to be our biggest incentive.”

  • Scarecrow wins Reliance Mutual Fund’s creative biz

    MUMBAI: Scarecrow Communications has won the creative mandate of Reliance Mutual Fund (RMF) following a multi-agency pitch.

    Scarecrow with offices in Mumbai and Delhi handles brands like Nestle, Reliance Digital, DNA, DLF, Future Capital, Eristoff (Bacardi), B‘lue and Rupa Innerwear.

    A subsidiary of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, RMF offers investors a portfolio of products to meet varying investor requirements and has presence in 179 cities across the country.

  • Scarecrow bags creative duties of B’lue

    Scarecrow bags creative duties of B’lue

    MUMBAI: Scarecrow Communications has won the creative mandate for Danone Narang beverages’ B’lue.

    This is Scarecrow’s fourth account win within a week. The other businesses that the agency has won are Emami Healthy & Tasty (Emami‘s oil brand), Religare and Justbooks.

    B’lue is a restorative drink with a product experience that leaves the person feeling refreshed and uplifted. At present, it is being test marketed in Pune.

    Scarecrow Communications founder director Raghu Bhat said, “It’s a source of personal and professional pride to be associated with a brand like B’lue from Danone Narang Group. And there is a genuine opportunity to create interventions at multiple levels through the power of creativity.”

    Scarecrow Communications founder director Manish Bhatt added, “Danone has given the world iconic brands like Evian. Working on this new innovative FMCG brand conceived by Danone Narang – B‘lue – is one of the most exciting opportunities for Scarecrow. ”

    Scarecrow with offices in Mumbai and Delhi handles brands like Nestle, Reliance Digital, DNA, DLF, Future Capital, Eristoff (Bacardi) and Rupa Innerwear.

  • Scarecrow elevates Banerjee to Delhi branch head

    MUMBAI: Scarecrow Communications has promoted Anindya Banerjee to branch head at Scarecrow Delhi.

    Banerjee currently serves as executive creative director and creative head of the agency‘s Delhi office and will take on the additional responsibilities from 1 June.

    Scarecrow founder director Raghu Bhat said, “Andy‘s contribution to the growth of Scarecrow Delhi deserves more than lip service. Andy believes in Scarecrow as much as Scarecrow believes in him. We are merely being sensible by unleashing Andy‘s potential through timely empowerment.”

    Scarecrow founder director Manish Bhatt added, “Andy is the face of Scarecrow Delhi. All we are doing here is recognising it and giving it a nomenclature. We are giving him due liberty and power to the role he was playing by default. And wish him to attract great brands and great talent.”

    Scarecrow founder director Arunava (Joy) Sengupta said, “As we move to the next phase of our growth in Delhi, we needed a captain, and to all of us there was no better candidate than Andy. Am sure he will lead us well in our journey in Delhi market.”

    Scarecrow has, in its kitty, brands like Reliance Digital, Anchor Panasonic, DNA, Religare, Future Capital, Viacom18, Rupa, Core and Quikr.

    Scarecrow Delhi handles brands such as Eristoff, Pentair, DLF and MVL Mobiles.