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  • Sony enters Indian B2B market with range of monitors, projectors

    Sony enters Indian B2B market with range of monitors, projectors

    MUMBAI: Global consumer brand Sony has announced its plans to enter the Indian B2B segment. The company will launch and market an entire portfolio of products including TFT monitors, plasma monitors and LCD projectors.
    The entry into the B2B is in line with Sony India’s plans to double its revenues by 2006. This strategy for growth will be fuelled by a dual approach where the company will drive growth by expanding its presence in existing categories and entering new high potential segments where the company can leverage its global product strengths, states an official release.

    “Sony India sees the Indian B2B market as a strong move to offer the Indian consumer a more comprehensive range of global products,” said CAV Marketing division head Katsuhiko Murase. “We see enormous potential in the B2B category and estimate that it will contribute over 20 per cent of our total revenues by 2005.”
    The company will launch and market an entire range of B2B products that will range from IT related products like TFT-LCD and plasma monitors, PC speakers to Storage Media and office automation products like LCD projectors, informs the release.

    Sony India also aims to change the traditional way of B2B sales by developing its national network of Sony World’s as a strong window for sales and direct customer contact. The company will also tap the more conventional IT channels and distributors through a three tiered partner loyalty programme to drive a wider reach, adds the release.
    This range of B2B products will be supported by Sony India’s national service support network with qualified product technicians who have been specially trained to service this range of products.

    The Sony B2B business will also be driven by a marketing initiative that will involve individual doorstep marketing, in store marketing as well as large format corporate roadshows that will focus on enabling consumers to interact, train and understand product benefits in the presence of qualified personnel.

  • Being a lean aggressive company has helped us, says Sony’s Steve Mosko

    Being a lean aggressive company has helped us, says Sony’s Steve Mosko

    CANNES: Right from the hit series Breaking Bad to the new show on the block, Outlander, Sony has been in the middle of it all. And taking the centre stage for the first master keynote at MIPCOM 2014 was Sony Pictures Television president Steve Mosko.  

     

    He set the right tone for his keynopte by saying, “Our buyers have doubled due to the digital feed.” With business spanning around TV channels, production and distribution, where does he fit? Answered Mosko, “When people think of Sony, they think of multi-platform. On TV we have found that our independence has helped us in the US. People say, you cannot exist as a standalone. We have 30 original shows on air with 14 networks.       Internationally being a lean aggressive company has helped us.”

     

    Mosko believes that a number of great ideas come from the smart creative development people. “World is becoming consolidated and this also increases work in order to put everything together,” he opined.

     

    Delving on piracy he said that while one cannot control piracy but can minimise it. “We have done a couple of things to minimise it. So we have instilled tight controls, where we do the dubbing, subtitling et or a show.”

     

    Sony, from a business solution point of view, is working with its partners across to ensure that the shows are aired closer to the US telecast dates. “We cannot limit pirates, we just have to minimise it,” he added.

     

    Mosko during his keynote also spoke about selling shows to new digital buyers globally. “Added competition makes everyone better. We have seen our buyers double around the globe, in the past five years,” he said.

     

    Mentioning the growth of Netflix he said, “The platform has gone from zero to where it is today. Media companies are observant of what is happening in the US, for us, all this given us more buyers and makes us more creative.”

     

    He is firm believer of the fact that it is the content that drives platforms. Talking about Sony Pictures within Sony he said, “There has never been a time when different parts of the company have worked so closely. Within the company we are working closely to maximise the business.”

     

    Sony Pictures currently is doing big budget TV shows on playstation “and the budget is equal to what we are doing on cable TV. We have been working towards making the model work,” he informed.

     

    Mosko said that everyone takes pride in being in the TV business. “TV experience is great now. Sony is making investments in 4K to enhance quality of content. This goes a long way to convince people to be in the TV business,” he said.

     

    During his keynote, he pointed out that tax benefits to shoot in different countries act as a great booster.

     

    Talking about the millennial kids, he said that they are not obliged to watch content when they are told to watch. “There is more opportunity to watch content today,” he said, adding that TV viewing is going up because of the great content.

  • Witness yet another technological revolution at the Broadcast India show 2014

    Witness yet another technological revolution at the Broadcast India show 2014

    MUMBAI: Saicom Trade Fairs & Exhibitions Pvt. Ltd. is pleased to announce that the Broadcast India Show 2014 will be held at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon (E) in Mumbai, India on 15-17 October, 2014.

     

    Along with the grand exhibition, Broadcast India Show 2014 will also be holding a Conference on 15-16 October, 2014 at the same venue.

     

    The Broadcast India Show 2014 will once again be the platform from which the latest broadcast and film, pro-audio, video and radio, 3D and digital cinema, IPTV and Mobile TV, in their most futuristic shapes and forms will be on display. Technological mammoths from all corners of the world will return to the exhibition floor to demonstrate and discuss their creations, share their widened perspectives, and light fires underneath the trends that will come to define the future of technology as we wait to see it.

     

    Some of the world’s leading manufacturers like Panasonic, Sony, Blackmagic Design, Imagine Communications, RED, Avid, Adobe, Canon, Grass Valley, ARRI, AJA, GoPro, Atomos, Datavideo, Boston, Wasp3D, Carl Zeiss, Shure, RCS, Harman and many more will be present at Broadcast India Show 2014.

     

    One of the main highlights of the show this year is the REDucation Theatre, back for its second year after a successful stint last year. This time around, RED Digital Cinema has partnered with The New York Film Academy to offer an on-going series of workshop exploring the RED DRAGON 6K.

     

    AJA Video Systems will showcase the groundbreaking CION camera. Panasonic will launch the much anticipated Varicam, the star of a wide range of products and innovations that will make Film and TV production significantly easier. 

     

    The other attractions are the Great Britain Pavilion and the Production Village. The line-up of international exhibitors will be showcasing the state-of-the-art equipment and the cutting edge technology.

     

    The show will be host to 35 participating countries and to over 550 companies, many of them exhibiting at the show for the very first time.

     

    This is your once-in-a-year chance to visit Broadcast India show, so don’t miss out.

  • CNN-IBN elevates Radhakrishnan Nair to managing editor

    CNN-IBN elevates Radhakrishnan Nair to managing editor

    MUMBAI: Radhakrishnan Nair has been elevated as the managing editor of CNN-IBN. He will fill in the post left vacant by Vinay Tewari a few days ago.

     

    Nair has a career spanning 25 years in the field. He started off with UNI in Kerala. His television stint began in 1995 with TV18, then moved to CNBC-TV18 and has been with CNN-IBN since 2005.

     

    Until now, he was news director for the English news channel. Nair is a chemistry graduate and a gold medalist in Journalism from the Indian Institute of Journalism in Trivandrum and has done Masters in Communication and Journalism from Kerala University.

     

    Nair has spent 12 years with TV18 producing various business shows and leading the input-output desk at CNBC. He has also produced programmes for DD, BBC and Sony as well as Asia’s first business channel ABNI.

  • 22 Viacom channels now on Sony web TV

    22 Viacom channels now on Sony web TV

    MUMBAI: Viacom has announced a deal with Sony to make 22 of its channels including Comedy Central and MTV, available for Sony’s forthcoming over-the-top (OTT) TV service in US.

     

    The Viacom channels will be available when the new service launches, the company said in a statement. Customers also will have access to on-demand programming from Viacom.

     

    It is the first time Viacom has agreed to provide its channels for an internet-based live TV and video on demand service, the company added.

     

    Confirming the collaboration, Sony Corporation Network Entertainment Business’ group executive Andrew House said, “Viacom’s award-winning channels are a perfect match for our new service, ensuring that our customers will be able to access the shows they love on their favourite devices, when and how they choose.”

     

    “Our new cloud-based TV service will combine the live TV content people love most about cable with the dynamic experience they have come to expect from our network,” he added.

     

    Scheduled to start later this year, the service is expected to bring live TV and on-demand programming to Sony’s network of 75 million internet-enabled Sony devices in US, including PlayStation game consoles and web-connected televisions.

     

    Excited about the new alliance, Viacom president and CEO Philippe Dauman said, “Given our young, tech-savvy audiences, our networks are essential for any new distribution platform, and we’re excited to be among the many programmers that will help power Sony’s new service and advance a new era for television.”

     

    The new Sony service will give people the ability to watch shows like Spongebob Squarepants and The Daily Show without a cable subscription. Viewers will be able to access the service through Sony’s PlayStation video game console or through mobile devices like the iPad. Users will have access to live streams as well as archived shows.

     

    The 22 Viacom linear networks includes BET, CMT, Comedy Central, MTV, MTV2, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Nicktoons, Spike, TV Land and VH1, BET Gospel, Centric, Logo, CMT Pure Country, MTV Hits, MTV James, mtvU, Palladia, TeenNick, Vh1 Classic and Vh1 Soul and all available HD.

     

    Beyond Viacom, the service is expected to include content from other major network groups. According to media reports, Sony has held talks with Discovery Communications, Time Warner and Starz, among others, about including their networks in the new service.

  • Sab inches past Sony to fifth position

    Sab inches past Sony to fifth position

    Updated: 5:34 PM

     

    MUMBAI: In the week 33 of TAM TV ratings, Zee TV, Colors and Sab have emerged as clear winners. Zee TV, the only channel that shed numbers last week notched up taking its tally to 453,012 GVTs, up from 414,540 GVTs.

     

    Maximum of Zee’s properties witnessed a rise in the ratings. The channel’s famous property – Kumkum Bhagya is climbing new heights week after week as it has gained by a huge margin. It reported 8,013 TVTs, up from 7,560 TVTs. Its historical show – Jodha Akbar has become the second highest gainer as it recorded 7,544 TVTs, up from 7,332 TVTs and Qubool Hai came third with 6,216 TVTs, up from 5,428 TVTs.

     

    The second highest gainer this week stood Colors at number two. It observed 410,774 GVTs, up from 403,053 GVTs. Two of its properties witnessed a hike in the ratings. Thus Sasural Simar Ka noted 6,193 TVTs, up from 5,699 TVTs and The Anupam Kher Show reported 2,103 TVTs, up from 1,864 TVTs.

     

    After struggling at the bottom of the chart for several weeks, Sab regained its number five position. It garnered 278,215 GVTs, up from 277,018 GVTs. Tu Mere Agal Bagal Hai and Lapataganj have witnessed growth in the ratings by garnering 1,025 TVTs, up from 968 TVTs and 1,716 TVTs, up from 1,655 TVTs respectively. Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah continued to remain the chart leader as it scored 5,472 TVTs, down from 6,552 TVTs.

     

    Coming back to the chart leader, Star Plus clocked 688,618 GVTs, down from 711,648 GVTs. The channel’s chart leader Diya Aur Baati Hum scored 10,696 TVTs, up from 10,024 TVTs. Saathiya Saath witnessed a tremendous rise and reported 9,455 TVTs, up from 7,150 TVTs, Mahabharat observed a fall in the viewership and noted 8,504 TVTs, down from 9,110 TVTs and Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai stood at 7,367 TVTs, up from 7,326 TVTs.

     

    Life OK continues to occupy the number four position. It observed 301,994 GVTs, down from 311,640 GVTs. Thus, Shapath recorded 2,217 TVTs, down from 2,779 TVTs, Savdhan India reported 2,721 TVTs, up from 2,690 TVTs and Laut Aao Trisha stood at 1,566 TVTs, down from 1,654 TVTs.

     

    Back to number six, Sony Entertainment Television (SET) recorded 262,647 GVTs, down from 278,432 GVTs. Thus, CID, the channel’s leader scored 4,053 TVTs, down from 4,328 TVTs and Maharana Veer Pratap rated 2,906 TVTs, down from 3,446 TVTs. The much hyped show – Yudh captured 708 TVTs, up from 703 TVTs.

  • Media offices turn tricolour for Independence Day 2014

    Media offices turn tricolour for Independence Day 2014

    MUMBAI: The country is gearing up to celebrate India’s 68th Independence Day. The patriotic fervor is in the air. Everything from channels to radio stations, newspapers, magazines and even the digital space have donned the colours of the tricolor.

     

    With every individual busy with their hectic lives, Independence Day is the only day where people across the country come together to celebrate regardless of their caste, creed or religion. As the I-Day nears, Indiantelevision.com takes a look at how different media organisations are celebrating this day at their offices.

     

    Doordarshan Mumbai

     

    * The pubcaster Doordarshan’s Mumbai Kenra led by its head Mukesh Sharma  has decided to throw a special Independence Day  eve dinner for a select group of invitees from the cities glitterati and bring in Independence Day, reminding Indians of another generation of what happened when India attained independence on 15 August 1947. A flag hoisting ceremony will follow in the morning on 15 August followed by breakfast.

     

    Zee News

     

    * Coming up with an innovative exercise for the I-day, Zee News is launching a campaign ‘My Earth My Duty’, under which symbolic plantation will be done at its office and also at locations like Wagah Border, Lucknow, Udhampur and Delhi. The organisation will also have a ‘Best Tiranga Girl and Boy Contest’, awarding the best dressed employees. Meanwhile, the Zee TV office will be accessorised with Tri Colour balloons and all the employees will be treated with sweets for the occasion.

     

    SureWaves, Bengaluru

     

    * With patriotism in the air, employees at SureWaves, Bengaluru have decided to wear attire that in some ways reflects the Indian flag’s tri-colour on 14 August followed by a get-together in the office where quiz and some impromptu games are planned. The company is also toying with the idea of flag hoisting and is thinking of initiating a drive towards waste management at home. If it can, it plans to bring in an expert who will speak to the company team and their families about waste composting and waste conversion to manure depending on the expert’s availability. They are also trying to distribute small Bundi packets to remind the employees about childhood days in the school.

     

    Group M

     

    * While India’s leading media agency’s GroupM’s  office has already been decorated with balloons in tri-colour, chocolates will be distributed to the employees.

     

    NDTV Good Times

     

    * For a special Independence Day celebration, the whole of NDTV Good Times’ office will be seen in ethnic, wearing a mix of saffron, white and green.

     

    Tata Sky

     

    * The DTH operator has also decided to deck up its office with saffron, white and green balloons, suiting the occasion along with snacks and songs. Knowledge will be tested with a special Independence day quiz.

     

    While a number of media offices have something special planned for the day, a few of them like India TV, Times Now, NDTV, Sony, Atria, Star Network’s Kannada GEC – Suvarna have nothing special planned for Independence Day.

     

    As different offices celebrate Independence Day in their own special way, we at Indiantelevision.com wish you a Happy 68th Independence Day. We will be donning ethnic wear, sing patriotic songs, ending with the national anthem. Jai Hind!

  • LIV Sports uses social media beyond advertising during 2014 FIFA World Cup

    LIV Sports uses social media beyond advertising during 2014 FIFA World Cup

    MUMBAI: With football craze gripping the Nation days before the start of the World Cup, LIV Sports, Sony’s online and mobile based VOD platform, anticipated a huge surge in Social communication and engagement from fans. Also, considering the LIVE streaming of the 2014 FIFA World Cup matches was a paid subscription service, LIV Sports decided to service queries from India’s mobile and social first users directly on their platforms. LIV Sports teamed up with Social IQ, a disruptive social media solution from TO THE NEW to set up The Social Command Center – a 24×7 social response solution. The team used social media as a customer support channel that helped in quick, transparent and efficient delivery of responses and updates to its users.

     

    The Social Command Center that consisted of a well-defined service framework of people and processes along with proprietary social customer support software helped LIV Sports with a quick response time of 2 hours over the period of the World Cup; addressed nearly 1000 customer support queries from the users. Additionally, the Social Command Center helped LIV Sports identify query patterns with deep analytics, thus guiding the LIV Sports Product teams to enhance Product improvements and User experience real-time.

     

    Launched in June this year, LIV Sports is the Official Mobile and Internet Broadcaster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

     

    Mr. Nitesh Kripalani, Executive Vice-President – New Media, Business Development and Digital/Syndication at Sony Entertainment Network commented – “Social IQ’s Social Command Center and customer response platform definitely helped us build trust with our fans and followers; it also helped us reduce our support costs. Our goal that both Sony LIV and LIV Sports need to be where the consumers are, was further enhanced by the Social Command Centre’s ability to talk to our consumers on Social platforms.

     

    The personal touch, quick turnaround response and transparency helped achieve our goal of being connected to digital users irrespective of where they are.”

     

    LIV Sports successfully harnessed the power of social media beyond advertising to build brand awareness and become more relevant to the social and mobile first consumer.

     

    “When we were building the software and service frameworks, we knew this would be very new for the Indian market. However, for brands who want to reach out to today’s social and mobile first customer, leveraging social media for customer support can be a key differentiator. The same got validated with our engagement with LIVSports and I believe it is just a matter of time when we will see many more brands having a Social Command Center established”, said Mr. Kesavan Kanchi Kandadai, Business Head, Social IQ and CEO, Tangerine Digital.

  • Colors jumps back to number three

    Colors jumps back to number three

    MUMBAI: In the week 30 of TAM TV ratings, Colors is back to its number three position by beating Life OK with a huge margin. It garnered 397,824 GVTs, up from 347,095 GVTs. On the other hand, Life OK slipped to number four and stood at 360,675 GVTs, down from 347,095 GVTs.

     

    What worked remarkably well for Colors was that almost all its offerings witnessed a hike in the ratings. Thus, Balika Vadhu noted 5,309 TVTs, up from 4,431 TVTs, Madhubala scored 2,561 TVTs, up from 2,342 TVTs and Beintehaa garnered 2,352 TVTs, up from 2,172 TVTs. Talking about its non-fiction properties, Comedy Nights with Kapil emerges as a clear winner as it registered 7,199 TVTs, up from 6,812 TVTs, while the rest, The Anupam Kher Show and Jhalak Dikhlaja witnessed a drop as it rated 2,263 TVTs (2,360 TVTs) and 4,810 TVTs (5,637 TVTs) respectively.

     

    For Life OK, most of its properties have witnessed a fall in the ratings. Thus, Shapath recorded 2,095 TVTs, down from 2,490 TVTs, Adventures of Hatim noticed 1,743 TVTs, down from 2,200 TVTs and Savdhan India observed 2,760 TVTs, down from 2,806 TVTs. Its new entrant Laut Aao Trisha saw a good start as it recorded 2,133 TVTs.

     

    The leader in the general entertainment channel (GEC) space, Star Plus, continued its lead by registering 709,317 GVTs, down from 711,977 GVTs. The shows which witnessed a drop are – the channel’s chart topper Diya Aur Baati Hum which garnered 10,379 TVTs, down from 10,488 TVTs, Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai got 7,995 TVTs, down from 8,303 TVTs and Saath Nibhaana Saathiya registered 7,426 TVTs, down from 7,960 TVTs. The shows which have gained are Ye Hai Mohababtein which noticed 6,686 TVTs, up from 6,394 TVTs and Veera at 5,959 TVTs, up from 5,779 TVTs.

     

    Zee TV enjoys steady second position as it witnessed a rise in the viewership. It garnered 438,914 GVTs, up from 436,478 GVTs. Thus, Kumkum Bhagya noted 7,405 TVTs, up from 6,586 TVTs, Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se scored 5,095 TVTs, up from 4,821 TVTs and Aur pyar Ho Gaya observed 4,116 TVTs, up from 3,953 TVTs. The channel’s talent property India’s Best Cine Stars Ki Khoj seems to grab eye balls week after week as it garnered 2,668 TVTs, up from 2,337 TVTs.

     

    Sony Entertainment Television (SET) retained its fifth position with 288,358 GVTs, up from 270,480 GVTs. Thus, CID, the channel leader scored big this week and recorded 4,161 TVTs, up from 3,688 TVTs, Maharana Veer Pratap rated 3,497 TVTs, down from 3,498 TVTs and Ek Nai Pehchan observed 1,310 TVTs, up from 1,118 TVTs. The much hyped show – Yudh, failed to grab eyeballs as it saw a significant drop in the viewership and stood at 796 TVTs, down from 1,199 TVTs.

     

    Last but not the least, Sab too saw a hike in the viewership and noted 275,380 GVTs, up from 267,631 GVTs. Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah continues to remain the chart leader as it scored 6,572 TVTs, down from 7,187 TVTs. Chidiya Ghar is the second highest rated show and maintained its stability with 2,783 TVTs.

  • Colors hops back to number three

    Colors hops back to number three

    Updated: 07:41 PM

     

    MUMBAI: In week 28 of TAM TV ratings, Colors proved its might and bounced back to number three position. It registered 342,279 GVTs, up from 320,019 GVTs. Moreover, it was the only Hindi general entertainment channel (GEC) to gain this week, while all the others saw a fall in viewership.

     

    So what worked wonders for the Colors? Almost all its properties have seen an increase in the viewership. Thus, Sasural Simar Ka noted 4,366 TVTs, up from 4,179 TVTs, Uttaran recorded 2,262 TVTs, up from 2,188 TVTs. Talking about its non-fiction properties, Comedy Nights with Kapil witnessed a huge growth in the ratings and garnered 7,615 TVTs, up from 5,834 TVTs, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa registered 4,246 TVTs, up from 3,323 TVTs and The Anupam Kher Show stood at 2,591 TVTs, up from 1,445 TVTs.

     

    Talking about numero uno Star Plus, it continues to dominate the chart by leading the number one position. It stood at 673,330 GVTs, down from 703,493 GVTs. So was it a lull period for the channel? Most of its fiction properties have seen a fall in the viewership. Thus, Pyar Ka Dard Hai noticed 5,111 TVTs, down from 5,258 TVTs, Saath Nibhaana Saathiya scored 7,909, down from 9,402 TVTs, Iss Pyar Ko Kya Naam Du recorded 2,517 TVTs, down from 2,656 TVTs.

     

    Zee TV enjoys its number two position with 424,522 GVTs, down from 479,080 GVTs. Almost all its properties have seen a drop in the viewership. The channel’s chart leader Jodha Akbar noticed 7,598 TVTs, down from 7,998 TVTs, Aur pyar Ho Gaya observed 3,992 TVTs, down from 4,014 TVTs. Its non-fiction property India’s Best Cine Stars Ki Khoj also saw a drop and recorded 2,608 TVTs, down from 3,482 TVTs.

     

    Life OK moves back to number four with 324,996 GVTs, down from 347,760 GVTs. The channel’s hot property Savdhaan India recorded 2,530 TVTs, down from 2,626 TVTs. Maha Dev noted 1,720 TVTs, down from 1,843 TVTs and Gustakh Dil observed 1,772 TVTs, down from 1,809 TVTs.

     

    Sony continues its successful journey at number five with 248,304 GVTs, down from 287,707 GVTs. CID still seems to be the popular among the masses as it scored 4,394 TVTs, up from 4,145 TVTs. Maharana Veer Pratap also saw a rise in the ratings as it 3,056 TVTs and Crime Patrol scored 1789 TVTs, up from 1,732 TVTs.

     

    Sab stood at number six with 248,304 GVTs, down from 275,947 GVTs. The channel’s chart topper Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah recorded 6,460 TVTs, down from 7,019 TVTs. Badi Door se Aaye Hai noted 2,444 TVTs, down from 2,732 TVTs and Chidiya Ghar garnered 2,719 TVTs, down from 3,012 TVTs.