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  • Doordarshan: Soaps & travelogues make Arun Prabha shortlist, presentations early July

    NEW DELHI: The producers of the 390 proposals in nine genres which have been shortlisted for soon-to-be-launched DD Aruna Prabha for the northeast have been asked to make their presentations in DD Headquarters in Delhi from 6 to 10 July.

    All the shortlisted productions are in the commissioned category and were scrutinised initially by three-member committees for each genre of which two were from outside Doordarshan.

    The genres shortlisted with the number for each is: Daily soaps: 148; Travelogues: 93; Reality shows: 45; Magazine shows: 23; Documentary: 22; Mythology: 19; Telefilms: 15; Thriller: 15; and Quiz shows: ten.

    Apart from documents relating to their companies/production houses, the producers have to make presentation of the story, screenplay, script, and star and cast details of their proposed productions.

    Those producers who are from the northeast will have to present proof of residence in that region.

    The proposals from reputed producers/production houses are under Fixed Budget Mode of Commissioned Programmes Category and the episodic price ranges between Rs 800,000 to Rs One Million.

    DD-Arun Prabha will be a 24×7 satellite channel originating from DDK, Itanagar. Programmes on DD-Arunprabha would show richness, variety and diversity of local culture. The channel would seamlessly integrate NER with the entire country. The channel’s USP will be to attract young people of NER with contemporary entertainment shows embedded with informative content.

    The invitation was part of efforts of Prasar Bharati’s special efforts in North East Region (NER) to promote and nurture talent, provide a platform to deserving producers/artistes from NER as well as from outside to encourage production of better programmes for DD viewers.

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  • DD favours big production houses, lament N-E producers; seek sops

    DD favours big production houses, lament N-E producers; seek sops

    MUMBAI: The Producers’ Council, a north-eastern states association of the empanelled private producers of Doordarshan, has accused  Doordarshan of uploading on its website two controversial notifications that could spell disaster for the local programme producers.

    The association lamented that the notifications, that were biased against programme producers of the region, had been planned to benefit big production houses of Mumbai and Delhi, the Assam Tribune reported.

    In a communique released to the press in Guwahati, the council alleged that the first of the two DD notifications announces a fresh set of guidelines for commissioned programmes for telecast on North East DD-channels in which it was mentioned that only half of the programmes made in this category would be reserved for the residents o the North-Eastern states. The organisation mentioned that there were previous attempts to work in the interests of the so-called big production houses, and has demanded that the previously agreed formula of reserving 75 per cent programmes for producers of the North East should be retained.

    As reported by indiantelevision.com earlier, though DD Doordarshan mentioned in its notifications that it would adopt a communication strategy that would attract viewership through a content mix which would be sensitive to the aspirations of the local population, the association maintained, it would not be possible to ensure this if producers from outside the region are assigned programmes.

    Doordarshan had also hiked the non-refundable processing fees payable by producers by a whopping 500 per cent from Rs 5,000 to Rs 25,000. Since Doordarshan’s operations in the North East were part of its social commitment and are specially funded by the Government of India, the council reasoned, that processing fees payable by producers of the North East should be unchanged.

    It said that it had no objection if producers from outside the region were charged at the enhanced rate.

    The association also mentioned of the DD notification inviting proposals for its upcoming 24×7 satellite channel DD-Arunprabha in the Commissioned Programmes Category.

    DD-Arunprabha had been operating from DDK, Itanagar, and DD claimed the channel would attract young people of NE with contemporary entertainment shows embedded with informative content.

    However, the programme content, the council claimed, would be affected if producers were not provided reasonable time to conceive and formulate the same, stating that producers had been provided only 20 days to formulate programmes and dispatch them by mail to reach Delhi by 17 January, 2017.

    As reported by indiantelevision.com earlier, proposals had been invited for subjects as myriad as thrillers, mythological serials, daily soap operas, telefilms, quiz shows and travelogues either in English or in Hindi with preference being given to programmes based on themes and subjects relevant to the region. The council has sought that the local producers should be given at least a month additional time and that the last date be extended up to 28 February, 2017.

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  • DD favours big production houses, lament N-E producers; seek sops

    DD favours big production houses, lament N-E producers; seek sops

    MUMBAI: The Producers’ Council, a north-eastern states association of the empanelled private producers of Doordarshan, has accused  Doordarshan of uploading on its website two controversial notifications that could spell disaster for the local programme producers.

    The association lamented that the notifications, that were biased against programme producers of the region, had been planned to benefit big production houses of Mumbai and Delhi, the Assam Tribune reported.

    In a communique released to the press in Guwahati, the council alleged that the first of the two DD notifications announces a fresh set of guidelines for commissioned programmes for telecast on North East DD-channels in which it was mentioned that only half of the programmes made in this category would be reserved for the residents o the North-Eastern states. The organisation mentioned that there were previous attempts to work in the interests of the so-called big production houses, and has demanded that the previously agreed formula of reserving 75 per cent programmes for producers of the North East should be retained.

    As reported by indiantelevision.com earlier, though DD Doordarshan mentioned in its notifications that it would adopt a communication strategy that would attract viewership through a content mix which would be sensitive to the aspirations of the local population, the association maintained, it would not be possible to ensure this if producers from outside the region are assigned programmes.

    Doordarshan had also hiked the non-refundable processing fees payable by producers by a whopping 500 per cent from Rs 5,000 to Rs 25,000. Since Doordarshan’s operations in the North East were part of its social commitment and are specially funded by the Government of India, the council reasoned, that processing fees payable by producers of the North East should be unchanged.

    It said that it had no objection if producers from outside the region were charged at the enhanced rate.

    The association also mentioned of the DD notification inviting proposals for its upcoming 24×7 satellite channel DD-Arunprabha in the Commissioned Programmes Category.

    DD-Arunprabha had been operating from DDK, Itanagar, and DD claimed the channel would attract young people of NE with contemporary entertainment shows embedded with informative content.

    However, the programme content, the council claimed, would be affected if producers were not provided reasonable time to conceive and formulate the same, stating that producers had been provided only 20 days to formulate programmes and dispatch them by mail to reach Delhi by 17 January, 2017.

    As reported by indiantelevision.com earlier, proposals had been invited for subjects as myriad as thrillers, mythological serials, daily soap operas, telefilms, quiz shows and travelogues either in English or in Hindi with preference being given to programmes based on themes and subjects relevant to the region. The council has sought that the local producers should be given at least a month additional time and that the last date be extended up to 28 February, 2017.

    Also Read:

    DD Arunprabha invites proposals in seven categories

    Rs 100 million added to DD & N-E regional units’ allocation

    DD catering to N-E states’ language & culture

     

     

  • New addition to DD family soon by the name Bharati

    New addition to DD family soon by the name Bharati

     Prof UR Rao’s first announcement after taking charge as chairman of pubcaster Prasar Bharati’s board recently was to declare that two non-performing channels of national broadcaster Doordarshan would be shut down some time soon. Well before that a new edutainment channel with a commitment to public service broadcasting to cater to the needs of children, health, music, dance and fine arts is being launched. DD Bharati is scheduled to go on air from Republic Day, 26 January, 2002.

     

    DD Bharati will be a 24-hour channel available on PAS-10 on transponder no C-19 and C-23, both in analog and digital mode.

     

    The channel will feature four hours of health programmes from 6 am, followed by six hours of children’s programmes from 2 pm. The channel will also have four hours of programmes on music, dance, fine arts from 8 pm.

     

    Doordarshan has broken up DD Bharati’s programming into three segments. The morning segment will focus on meditation, yoga, and alternative systems of medicine, discussions with experts, documentary features on health related issues, and health news. It may also incorporate a one-hour segment of live phone-ins on health issues daily, officials say.

     

    The second segment, which will focus on children aged between four and 18 years, will telecast cartoon films, wild life films, children’s serials, counseling and sports, talent hunts, ‘antakshari’ programmes and magic shows. A unique feature would be a news bulletin ‘by children for children’. Now didn’t we hear the same one from southern animation major Pentamedia at the launch of its kids’ channel Splash?

     

    The third segment will feature music, dance, fine arts, Indian classic music, countdown shows, event based programmes and travel shows. Folk, devotional and tribal music will also feature in this segment.

     

    Purportedly a showcase of Indian culture, DD Bharati will focus on presenting the best of the country’s literature through telefilms and serials. There will be documentaries on Gyanpeeth and Sahitya Akademi award winners too.

     

    Prasar Bharati has now invited private producers to make programmes under the sponsored category for DD Bharati’s prime time (8 to 10.30 pm) as well as the non-prime time slots.

     

    The deadline for submitting programme proposals to DD is 5 pm on 9 November.