[HCDX] Dxers Guide-281

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Weekly Media Scene in India.
Published by Ardic DX Club, India.

Flowers wilt as FM, TV channels bloom this New Year	

Florists here are ruing the loss of business with an
increasing number of people preferring to send their
greetings over the ubiquitous FM radio and TV
channels, instead of ''saying it with flowers.'' ''Ten
years ago, we used to do roaring business during New
Year and Christmas. But with the coming of a number of
FM radio and television channels, Asia's largest
flower market here is doing lean business, as people
prefer sending their wishes through them.'' Mr Brij
Mohan Khanagwal, President, All India Cut Flower and
supplier association told UNI.

-Deccan Herald 29/12

Second round for FM radio licences sees All Media	

The second round of bids for FM radio licences saw the
who's and who of the media and entertainment industry.
The bids include Anil Ambani's Adlabs along with
Subhash Chandra's Pan India Network Infravest Pvt Ltd,
Malayala Manorama, Asianet Communications, HT Music
and Entertainment, Bag Infotainment and Sri Adhikari
Brothers Media among various other companies. The
first list includes as many as 70 probables who have
qualified for the financial bids, the union
information and broadcasting ministry announced the
list.

-Televisionpoint.com 29/12

'Gyanwani' radio station to launch 600 educationl
programmes in Bhopal, India	

The Bhopal FM radio station 'Gyanwani' of IGNOU will
soon launch an intensive series of 600 educational
programmes related to higher secondary, graduation
courses and general knowledge. The under-graduate
students of BA, BCom, BSc along with the higher
secondary students of science and commerce would
benefited from the series of educational programmes.

-Digitalopportunity.org 28/12

Infotainment panel to look into media business	
The Prime Minister?s Office (PMO) has set up a
high-powered committee on information, communication
and entertainment (ICE) which will be headed by the
Principal Secretary to the PM. The committee would
identify new opportunities in the areas of
information, communication and entertainment where the
government was expected to play a pro-active role to
promote Indian media and entertainment industry,
Sanjaya Baru, media adviser to the PM said in a
statement.

-Business Standard 29/12

Regional entertainment channels dominant in Chennai

	Regional entertainment channels are dominant in
Chennai with a viewership of 62 per cent, while Hindi
general entertainment has the highest viewership in
Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata, according to a report of
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, TRAI.The share
of cable programmes is the second largest in terms of
viewership percentage in all the four metros of Delhi,
Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata, says TRAI. 

-Televisionpoint.com 28/12

DTH: Direct from government?	

The launch of INSAT 4A, India?s most powerful
communication satellite. It will provide
Direct-to-home (DTH) telecasts from early 2006. This
is good news for all those of us who have had to
suffer the cable TV operators? mafia. DTH services cut
out the middlemen completely, as satellite TV
programmes are beamed directly to individual homes
through a set-top box. Not only is the quality of the
reception much better, since it is digitalised, the
number of channels available are also much more.

-Financial Express 28/12

Maheshwari launches magazine arm..	

The Navbharat Group?s Sunjeev Maheshwari has ended the
year by foraying into the magazine segment. Maheshwari
has launched a division called 'Maharshi Enterprises',
which would be launching five magazines ? the first of
which is titled 'The Observer of Management Education'
and was launched on December 27. Janardan Pandey has
been taken as the Project Head for all the magazines.

-Exchange4media 29/12

WorldSpace adds 12,000 subscribers in first month of
festive offer	

Within the first month of the launch of its festive
season offer of a satellite radio with a three-month
subscription at just Rs 1,999, WorldSpace has added
12,000 subscribers to its kitty. The original cost of
the receiver is Rs 3,790, while the yearly
subscription fee is Rs 1, 800. The figures seem
whopping when compared to the performance of
WorldSpace during the period July to September, when
it added 7,737 subscribers. ?We?ve had an excellent
response to the festive offer. We added over 12,000
new subscribers in October 2005 itself, the first
month of our festive offer. Customers have tuned in to
our service from across the country ? getting an
experience of our superior programming and content,?
said Andy Ras-Work, Worldwide COO, WorldSpace
Satellite Radio.

-Excange4media 29/12

Second round for FM radio licences sees Second list	

The Information & Broadcasting has came out with the
second list of FM radio operators on Friday, so as the
total number of companies that have qualified for the
second stage has gone up to 84.The other applicants
who have qualified include, Cyberspace Entertainment
Network Private Ltd, Lahari Recording Company Pvt Ltd,
Music Broadcast Pvt Ltd, City Sound and Music Pvt Ltd
and Singla Property Dealers Pvt Ltd. |Read more
Finance news.| The financial bids would be obtained
and opened in January-February. The Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting has invited
pre-qualification bids in September this year for
expansion of FM radio broadcasting through private
agencies. Another list of companies, which may have
qualified for financial bidding, is likely within the
next few days.

-Televisionpoint.com 02/01

The winners' curse: FM radio phase II	

2006 promises to be the year of the coming of age of
private FM radio. Since the Phase I bidding in ?00, it
has taken two governments, one committee, the TRAI and
3-and-a-half years of lobbying by the radio industry
to change the rules to a more equitable revenue-share
licence fee regime. But it could well be a year of
failed promises, if qualified bidders walk in with
their eyes closed.

-The Economic Times 03/01

Bangalore set to see FM boom	

Radio fans are abuzz:With Bangalore set to have seven
FM stations by end-2006 - in addition to the existing
two - a boom of stirring and varied programming where
the listener is the king is on cards. Keeping the
experience of Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai
in mind, radio watchers are predicting exciting times
ahead. 

-Times of India 01/01

Television gets into marketing overdrive	

When the history of television in India is written,
2005 will be hailed as the YEAR OF MARKETING. The year
when shouting was not enough, channel marketers had to
scream to be even heard. And the high decibel noise
continued through the year, in fact getting
deafeningly louder as the year progressed. General
entertainment channels (GECs), kids' channels, sports
channels, music channels and to some extent even the
news channels left no stones unturned and no TG
(target group) untapped to hammer their message
across.

-Indiantelevision.com 02/01

FISCAL REVAMP FOR PRASAR BHARATI	

Prasar Bharati Corporation, India's government-owned
broadcasting agency, is currently reeling under
accumulated losses amounting to nearly Rs60 billion
(US$1.33 billiion).The sheer size of the figure has
forced the government to direct the Information &
Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry to make a detailed
financial evaluation of the public sector broadcaster
so that it could embark upon a capital-restructuring
plan.

-Apb-news.com 01/01

Cafe Coffee Day tunes in to WorldSpace	

WorldSpace® Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: WRSP), one of the
world leaders in satellite-based digital radio
services, announced that it has formed an alliance
with Café Coffee Day, India?s largest coffee chain to
play its satellite radio content throughout the day
for patrons at 100 cafes across India.

-Webindia123.com 02/01

BBC picks up 17.5% stake in Radio Mid-Day	

BBC, the global media major, and leading investor
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala are set to invest a combined Rs 42
crore in Radio Mid-Day West (India), the Mid Day group
arm that runs FM channel Go 92.5.  BBC will pick up
17.5 per cent stake in Radio Mid-Day West for Rs 31.85
crore, putting the valuation of the radio company at
Rs 182 crore.  The investment of BBC is part of the
joint venture the global media company has forged with
the Mid-Day group to enter the country's radio space.
The investment is lower than the 20 per cent
permissible limit by a foreign company in an Indian
radio company.

-Business Standard 03/01

'Broadcast industry to boom in '06'	

Having laid out a broad policy framework for
regulation of the television industry and growth in
the FM radio sector, the government has expressed
optimism that the broadcast industry would make more
waves in terms of growth in 2006. Our interest is that
growth should not be impeded and we should not give a
signal that we are overbearing," Information and
Broadcasting Secretary S K Arora said.

-Sify.com 03/01

Radio Mirchi to hit the bourse	

Radio Mirchi is all set to emerge as the first Indian
pure-play radio broadcasting business to list on the
bourses. Entertainment Network (India) Ltd (ENIL), a
Times Group company, which runs the radio broadcasting
business under the pan-India brand Radio Mirchi, is
all set to hit the capital market in January. ENIL has
already received the regulatory nod for its maiden
offer comprising of a maximum of 1.3 crore shares, to
be priced using the book building route, AP Parigi,
MD, ENIL, said.

-Times of India 01/01

Indian Media Group meets Dasmunsi	

A group of top honchos from the Indian media and
entertainment sector met Information and Broadcasting
Minister P R Dasmunsi and sought the formation of a
Broadcast Regulatory Authority.In an interaction with
Dasmunsi, the Indian Media Group (IMG) welcomed the
changes in the downlinking policy carried out
recently. The IMG delegation included Subhash Chandra
of Zee Telefilms, Aroon Purie of TV Today Network and
Markand Adhikari of Janmat, apart from senior
officials from NDTV, Zoom TV, Bhaskar and Sahara
group.

-Chennaionline.com 03/01


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