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  • Skyworth launches high technology TV in Tamil Nadu

    Skyworth launches high technology TV in Tamil Nadu

    MUMBAI: Skyworth India Electronics – a wholly owned subsidiary of USD 8.98 billion worth Hong Kong-based company Skyworth, the World’s Largest TV Manufacturer ranking top 5 TV Brand in the world – has unveiled the state-of-art AIR TV – 55G7200 series, the latest in its innovative product line and best in the entertainment merchandise segment for this festival season and more importantly at competitive price of Rs. 169990.

    The New Air series, designed by Red dot award winning team with revolutionary Art technology, is 7.9 mm thin and lighter than ever sporting a 55-inch screen, drawing inspiration from the air, which means light, floating, flawless and refreshing. The 4K UHD (Ultra High Definition) feature gives extra resolution of 4K images, adds more detail, more depth and more color resolution to the picture, resulting in images that look incredibly life like & more like looking through a window than watching TV.

    The 5 in 1 DIGITAL VIDEO BROADCASTING technology (DVB-C, DVB-T/T2, DVB-S/S2) powered with a PVR recording (Personal Video Recorder) option gives us the choice of recording the broadcasting videos.

    DVB is a future technology and a contribution in line with the government’s `Digitizing India’ initiative as it will cater to the expectations of quality conscious customers of India and will be more than the value for money.

    On the cutting-edge product of the company, Mr. Jackson Zhang, Managing Director, Skyworth India, said “We have put up an impressive display of our latest 4K UHD AIR TV -55G7200 with latest application, as a testimony of Skyworth’s overwhelming Technology and innovative engineering prowess in the manufacturing and marketing of high-quality entertainment electronics and world class home appliances, efficient in any weather condition, “and added that “such products will have a great success in India, as Indian consumers are highly evolved and appreciative of high technology and quality.”

    “In the past 5 years in India Skyworth has established own assembly unit and introduced LCD, LED, DLED, ELED, 3D, Smart TV’s and in the upcoming years Skyworth will introduce 8K, OLED, Smart plus TVs, and home appliance, AC, Washing machine, Refrigerator, which is testimony to Skyworth’s commitment to advanced engineering and quality standards for product innovation, durability and technology relevance. This has enabled Skyworth brand to touch an annual production of 170, 00,000 units across the globe in 2015-16, elevating it to the most enviable position of being5th largest brand in the world.”

    With this launch, Skyworth is expecting to bring the cutting-edge product to Indian consumer and with a target of 10% market share in the next 2 years. Subsequent to Hyderabad the product has been launched in Tamil Nadu. Plans are on for phased launches pan-India. Through a strong network of pan-Tamil Nadu, the company has rolled out strategies to promote the smart TV share to 30% from all category sales.

  • Skyworth launches high technology TV in Tamil Nadu

    Skyworth launches high technology TV in Tamil Nadu

    MUMBAI: Skyworth India Electronics – a wholly owned subsidiary of USD 8.98 billion worth Hong Kong-based company Skyworth, the World’s Largest TV Manufacturer ranking top 5 TV Brand in the world – has unveiled the state-of-art AIR TV – 55G7200 series, the latest in its innovative product line and best in the entertainment merchandise segment for this festival season and more importantly at competitive price of Rs. 169990.

    The New Air series, designed by Red dot award winning team with revolutionary Art technology, is 7.9 mm thin and lighter than ever sporting a 55-inch screen, drawing inspiration from the air, which means light, floating, flawless and refreshing. The 4K UHD (Ultra High Definition) feature gives extra resolution of 4K images, adds more detail, more depth and more color resolution to the picture, resulting in images that look incredibly life like & more like looking through a window than watching TV.

    The 5 in 1 DIGITAL VIDEO BROADCASTING technology (DVB-C, DVB-T/T2, DVB-S/S2) powered with a PVR recording (Personal Video Recorder) option gives us the choice of recording the broadcasting videos.

    DVB is a future technology and a contribution in line with the government’s `Digitizing India’ initiative as it will cater to the expectations of quality conscious customers of India and will be more than the value for money.

    On the cutting-edge product of the company, Mr. Jackson Zhang, Managing Director, Skyworth India, said “We have put up an impressive display of our latest 4K UHD AIR TV -55G7200 with latest application, as a testimony of Skyworth’s overwhelming Technology and innovative engineering prowess in the manufacturing and marketing of high-quality entertainment electronics and world class home appliances, efficient in any weather condition, “and added that “such products will have a great success in India, as Indian consumers are highly evolved and appreciative of high technology and quality.”

    “In the past 5 years in India Skyworth has established own assembly unit and introduced LCD, LED, DLED, ELED, 3D, Smart TV’s and in the upcoming years Skyworth will introduce 8K, OLED, Smart plus TVs, and home appliance, AC, Washing machine, Refrigerator, which is testimony to Skyworth’s commitment to advanced engineering and quality standards for product innovation, durability and technology relevance. This has enabled Skyworth brand to touch an annual production of 170, 00,000 units across the globe in 2015-16, elevating it to the most enviable position of being5th largest brand in the world.”

    With this launch, Skyworth is expecting to bring the cutting-edge product to Indian consumer and with a target of 10% market share in the next 2 years. Subsequent to Hyderabad the product has been launched in Tamil Nadu. Plans are on for phased launches pan-India. Through a strong network of pan-Tamil Nadu, the company has rolled out strategies to promote the smart TV share to 30% from all category sales.

  • Shruti Haasan enthralls netizens in new campaign for Hotstar Tamil Nadu

    Shruti Haasan enthralls netizens in new campaign for Hotstar Tamil Nadu

    MUMBAI: India’s premium streaming platform, Hotstar, which provides over 85,000 hours of entertainment content in 8 languages in India, is now reaching out to connect with its strong regional language audiences in Tamil Nadu. Hotstar, says it has more than 5600 hours of Tamil content including a large collection of the latest and classic Tamil movies, and popular TV shows, has also announced the uber cool, young rock star of Tamil cinema – Shruti Haasan, as its new brand ambassador.

    Expressing delight on her association with Hotstar, brand ambassador Shruti Haasan said, “I am delighted to be associated with Hotstar, the go-to place for people of my generation for entertainment. It is heartening to see that fans of Tamil entertainment too can watch their desired shows and films on Hotstar. I am proud of the fact that, because of Hotstar, India too is on-par with the global audiences in the way we watch our favourite shows, films and sports. It is also heartening to see that, through Hotstar, now my films will be able to reach a much wider audience which is digitally savvy.”

    Star India MD- south K Madhavan said, “We have witnessed a tremendous surge in demand for local language content in Tamil Nadu. People here are tech-savvy and in-tune with the most developed countries in the world when it comes to their appetite for entertainment content. While large sections of the audience is already aware of Hotstar’s regional language offerings, Shruti will help us reach out to far more audiences in Tamil Nadu who will be delighted to know that their favorites are available to them at a time of their convenience, and that too absolutely free of cost.”

    Hotstar CEO Ajit Mohan said, “Ever since the launch in February 2015, Hotstar has established itself as the primary screen for young India. We are the only platform that showcases and curates the best of Tamil movies and TV shows, all for free to our users. We are delighted to extend our offerings to the Tamil entertainment loving audiences, not only in India, but also across the world.”

    The launch will be followed by a six-week multi-media campaign featuring the young and bubbly Shruti Haasan across TV, print, outdoor and digital.

  • Shruti Haasan enthralls netizens in new campaign for Hotstar Tamil Nadu

    Shruti Haasan enthralls netizens in new campaign for Hotstar Tamil Nadu

    MUMBAI: India’s premium streaming platform, Hotstar, which provides over 85,000 hours of entertainment content in 8 languages in India, is now reaching out to connect with its strong regional language audiences in Tamil Nadu. Hotstar, says it has more than 5600 hours of Tamil content including a large collection of the latest and classic Tamil movies, and popular TV shows, has also announced the uber cool, young rock star of Tamil cinema – Shruti Haasan, as its new brand ambassador.

    Expressing delight on her association with Hotstar, brand ambassador Shruti Haasan said, “I am delighted to be associated with Hotstar, the go-to place for people of my generation for entertainment. It is heartening to see that fans of Tamil entertainment too can watch their desired shows and films on Hotstar. I am proud of the fact that, because of Hotstar, India too is on-par with the global audiences in the way we watch our favourite shows, films and sports. It is also heartening to see that, through Hotstar, now my films will be able to reach a much wider audience which is digitally savvy.”

    Star India MD- south K Madhavan said, “We have witnessed a tremendous surge in demand for local language content in Tamil Nadu. People here are tech-savvy and in-tune with the most developed countries in the world when it comes to their appetite for entertainment content. While large sections of the audience is already aware of Hotstar’s regional language offerings, Shruti will help us reach out to far more audiences in Tamil Nadu who will be delighted to know that their favorites are available to them at a time of their convenience, and that too absolutely free of cost.”

    Hotstar CEO Ajit Mohan said, “Ever since the launch in February 2015, Hotstar has established itself as the primary screen for young India. We are the only platform that showcases and curates the best of Tamil movies and TV shows, all for free to our users. We are delighted to extend our offerings to the Tamil entertainment loving audiences, not only in India, but also across the world.”

    The launch will be followed by a six-week multi-media campaign featuring the young and bubbly Shruti Haasan across TV, print, outdoor and digital.

  • DAS: Total number of provisional MSO licence holders rises to 596, taking total to over 825

    DAS: Total number of provisional MSO licence holders rises to 596, taking total to over 825

    NEW DELHI: 22 April: Even as the digital addressable system comes under a cloud with cases of extension getting transferred to Delhi High Court, the government has cleared 35 multi system operators for provisional licences in the first twenty days of this month and took the total to 827 including 231 which have ten-year licences.

    The last list issued as on 31 March had put the total at 792 including the 231 which have permanent (ten-year) licences.

    The Information and Broadcasting had by 12 January cancelled the licences of 26 MSOs and closed their cases.

    According to the list issued today but dated till 21 April, the areas of operation of two MSOs have been revised or amended in the past three weeks.

    Unlike the last list, two of the MSOs have got pan-India licences while the others are for specific states or districts in respective states. The new registrations are from Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Odisha, Chhatisgarh, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh.

    With the Home Ministry directive about doing away with security clearances for MSOs not being communicated in writing to the MIB, the pace remains slow.

    The permanent licence issued to Kal Cable of Chennai had been cancelled on 20 August, 2014 but this cancellation was set aside by Madras High Court on 5 September the same year. However, Kal Cable’s name continues to be in the cancelled list – presumably because the cases are still pending. 

    Sources denied that denial of security clearance was the reason for provisional licences and said many MSOs holding provisional licences had not completed certain formalities relating to shareholders and so on.

     

  • DAS: Total number of provisional MSO licence holders rises to 596, taking total to over 825

    DAS: Total number of provisional MSO licence holders rises to 596, taking total to over 825

    NEW DELHI: 22 April: Even as the digital addressable system comes under a cloud with cases of extension getting transferred to Delhi High Court, the government has cleared 35 multi system operators for provisional licences in the first twenty days of this month and took the total to 827 including 231 which have ten-year licences.

    The last list issued as on 31 March had put the total at 792 including the 231 which have permanent (ten-year) licences.

    The Information and Broadcasting had by 12 January cancelled the licences of 26 MSOs and closed their cases.

    According to the list issued today but dated till 21 April, the areas of operation of two MSOs have been revised or amended in the past three weeks.

    Unlike the last list, two of the MSOs have got pan-India licences while the others are for specific states or districts in respective states. The new registrations are from Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Odisha, Chhatisgarh, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh.

    With the Home Ministry directive about doing away with security clearances for MSOs not being communicated in writing to the MIB, the pace remains slow.

    The permanent licence issued to Kal Cable of Chennai had been cancelled on 20 August, 2014 but this cancellation was set aside by Madras High Court on 5 September the same year. However, Kal Cable’s name continues to be in the cancelled list – presumably because the cases are still pending. 

    Sources denied that denial of security clearance was the reason for provisional licences and said many MSOs holding provisional licences had not completed certain formalities relating to shareholders and so on.

     

  • BARC India issues notice to Raj TV

    BARC India issues notice to Raj TV

    MUMBAI: The Tamil Nadu based satellite television network Raj TV has been issued a legal notice by audience measurement body Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India. As per media reports, in the show cause notice BARC alleged that certain ‘sample’ homes with BARC meters “have been approached and have been asked to watch your channel “Raj TV”, against payment of consideration.”

    “The network, in order to garner higher ratings, was perusing households with the meter boxes to tune in to its channels. BARC found this as a criminal offense and hence have issued a legal notice to the broadcaster,”a source close to the development informed. 

    However M Ragunathan, director of marketing at Raj Television Network termed the allegations as ‘baseless’ he told Times Of India, “Somebody has made a false complaint. We are meeting BARC over the same,” he said.

  • BARC India issues notice to Raj TV

    BARC India issues notice to Raj TV

    MUMBAI: The Tamil Nadu based satellite television network Raj TV has been issued a legal notice by audience measurement body Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India. As per media reports, in the show cause notice BARC alleged that certain ‘sample’ homes with BARC meters “have been approached and have been asked to watch your channel “Raj TV”, against payment of consideration.”

    “The network, in order to garner higher ratings, was perusing households with the meter boxes to tune in to its channels. BARC found this as a criminal offense and hence have issued a legal notice to the broadcaster,”a source close to the development informed. 

    However M Ragunathan, director of marketing at Raj Television Network termed the allegations as ‘baseless’ he told Times Of India, “Somebody has made a false complaint. We are meeting BARC over the same,” he said.

  • Shop CJ has been launched in Tamil Nadu as Shop CJ Tamil

    Shop CJ has been launched in Tamil Nadu as Shop CJ Tamil

    MUMBAI: Shop CJ Network has been launched in Tamil Nadu as Shop CJ-Tamil, on a 24X7 home shopping channel in Tamil Nadu.

    Shop CJ Tamil will offer tailored content for the audience including exclusive offers on popular regional brands like Butterfly India and Preethi.

    In India, Shop CJ says that it reaches over 8.5 crore households currently. Several leading brands such as United Colours of Benetton, Thomas Cook, Samsung, Electrolux, Prestige, Reebok, Maharaja, Puma and Intex are associated with Shop CJ.

    Shop CJ CEO Kenny Shin said, “We are pleased to expand further via the fourth home shopping channel in such a short span of time. The Tamil channel will not only enhance our customer base, but will also offer a great platform for regional brands to expand their penetration. Our strategy is to build on the principle of bringing great choices with quality assurance, at the doorstep of our viewers”.

    Shop CJ network CFO N. Ramakrishnan said, “The home shopping market is growing in India and Shop CJ is poised to cross Rs 1200 crores gross merchandise value this year, recording a 40 percent growth over its gross merchandise value  of Rs 850 crores last fiscal. We are confident that the Tamil channel will be one of the major contributors to our revenue growth.”

    Unveiling Shop CJ-Tamil, actress Trisha Krishnan said, “I am thrilled to be launching the foray of Asia’s No. 1 home shopping network in the Tamil region. People from Tamil Nadu will now have access to world class shopping experience from the convenience of their home with a connect and comfort of our own language.”

    Commenting on the Tamil Nadu expansion, Shop CJ chief operating officer Dhruva Chandrie said, “Television shopping helps customers appreciate the features and benefits of the products and coupled with amazing offers makes better and trendier living affordable. Shop CJ will bring a range of products that are tried, tested and well researched to match local preferences. Shop CJ-Tamil will strengthen its presence in India and we are expecting to generate Rs. 500 crores GMV from Tamil Nadu in the next couple of years.”

  • Shop CJ has been launched in Tamil Nadu as Shop CJ Tamil

    Shop CJ has been launched in Tamil Nadu as Shop CJ Tamil

    MUMBAI: Shop CJ Network has been launched in Tamil Nadu as Shop CJ-Tamil, on a 24X7 home shopping channel in Tamil Nadu.

    Shop CJ Tamil will offer tailored content for the audience including exclusive offers on popular regional brands like Butterfly India and Preethi.

    In India, Shop CJ says that it reaches over 8.5 crore households currently. Several leading brands such as United Colours of Benetton, Thomas Cook, Samsung, Electrolux, Prestige, Reebok, Maharaja, Puma and Intex are associated with Shop CJ.

    Shop CJ CEO Kenny Shin said, “We are pleased to expand further via the fourth home shopping channel in such a short span of time. The Tamil channel will not only enhance our customer base, but will also offer a great platform for regional brands to expand their penetration. Our strategy is to build on the principle of bringing great choices with quality assurance, at the doorstep of our viewers”.

    Shop CJ network CFO N. Ramakrishnan said, “The home shopping market is growing in India and Shop CJ is poised to cross Rs 1200 crores gross merchandise value this year, recording a 40 percent growth over its gross merchandise value  of Rs 850 crores last fiscal. We are confident that the Tamil channel will be one of the major contributors to our revenue growth.”

    Unveiling Shop CJ-Tamil, actress Trisha Krishnan said, “I am thrilled to be launching the foray of Asia’s No. 1 home shopping network in the Tamil region. People from Tamil Nadu will now have access to world class shopping experience from the convenience of their home with a connect and comfort of our own language.”

    Commenting on the Tamil Nadu expansion, Shop CJ chief operating officer Dhruva Chandrie said, “Television shopping helps customers appreciate the features and benefits of the products and coupled with amazing offers makes better and trendier living affordable. Shop CJ will bring a range of products that are tried, tested and well researched to match local preferences. Shop CJ-Tamil will strengthen its presence in India and we are expecting to generate Rs. 500 crores GMV from Tamil Nadu in the next couple of years.”