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Sony brings ESPN Films' iconic sports documentaries

November 22, 2016, 6:42 pm
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ESPN Films, known for producing award-winning sports films and documentaries, has tied up with Sony Pictures Network (SPN) to bring some compelling sports stories to India. The initiative starts 27 November 2016 on Sony ESPN and Sony ESPN HD channels.

The series will debut in India with `The Two Escobars’. Directed by the Zimbalists, it tells the tale of two men named Escobar --- Andrés, the captain and poster child of Colombia’s national team, and Pablo, the infamous drug baron who pioneered the phenomenon known in the underworld as `narco-soccer'.

Appearing for the first time in India, the critically-acclaimed, Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series of documentaries bring to viewers a thoughtful and innovative examination of the sports world, its characters, events and intersections with society at large where stories are told by filmmakers in partnership with ESPN.

With topics ranging from Nelson Mandela’s embrace of the 1995 Rugby World Cup as a force for racial unity, to the rise and fall of Pablo and Andres Escobar during the “Narco-Soccer” era in Colombia, to the bravado and foolhardy courage of Muhammad Ali in his twilight years, fighting to hold on to greatness, the range and poignancy of stories are timeless and should appeal to Indian viewers who love great storytelling.

Addressing the media here on Tuesday at a special screening of one such film, ESPN India and South Asia head and vice president Ramesh Kumar said, “Part of what has always distinguished ESPN is that we do not only cover the games, we cover the ‘game around the game’ and we do it as storytellers. These films go beyond sports and engage viewers with compelling, often unknown or previously unseen, narratives that capture the power, emotion and poignancy of sports in our lives.”

Often credited with revitalizing and revolutionizing the art of sports documentary, ESPN Films projects are brought to life by a roster of gifted filmmakers collaborating with ESPN. Among those who have created films for the series are Jeff & Michael Zimbalist, Clifford Bestall, Albert Maysles, Barry Levinson, Bradley Kaplan, Brett Ratner, Spike Jonze, John Singleton, Brian Koppleman, Michael Rappaport, Daniel Gordon, Alex Gibney, Eric Drath, Ezra Edelman and many more.

Commenting on the launch, SPN India Sports Cluster Business Head and EVP Prasana Krishnan said, “Some of the most inspiring stories in the world have come from sports. We are showcasing a collection of award-winning ESPN Films documentary series for the first time in India that is sure to appeal to both die-hard sports fans as well as people who don't know much about sports. The ESPN films are a differentiated offering from Sony ESPN channels that comprise legendary human interest stories that will give our viewers an opportunity to relive some of the greatest moments in the history of sports.”

ESPN Films was launched in March 2008 and has been an industry leader in documentary filmmaking since its inception, producing more than 100 documentaries that have showcased some of the most compelling stories in sports.

Speaking to indiantelevision.com, ESPN India Television Initiatives Head Jasdeep Pannu said, "Times are changing in India and sports is becoming extremely relevant. Also, this is the kind of content that you will not find anywhere in the world. The content appeals to sports fans as well those passionate about films.”

Pointing out that to promote and market these films campaigns are being run on Sony’s in-house TV channels, Pannu said. “We are also cross promoting the films on our regular channels on digital media like ESPN.com, cricinfo, etc.”

Films like `The 16th Man’, `Muhammad and Lary’, `Maradona’, `The Real Rocky’, `Into the Wind’, `Little Master’ and `Unmatched’ are among the few productions that will be telecasted on Sony ESPN and Sony ESPN HD every Sunday noon.

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Shubh TV Added On Videocon D2H

November 22, 2016, 6:46 pm
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Shubh TV Added On Videocon D2H @LCN 496
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Disney Channel to air Amitabh Bachchan’s animated superhero series ‘Astra Force’

November 23, 2016, 6:18 pm
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Disney Channel will premiere Amitabh Bachchan’s new animated superhero series ‘Astra Force’ on 28 November at 3.30 pm.
The 52-part series will be aired every Monday.

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‘Astra Force’ features the voice of Bachchan as the powerful new superhero, Astra, in his first animated kids TV series.
‘Astra Force’ is created in partnership with Graphic India. It is an action-adventure series that tells the story of a mythical hero from a distant world, who was stranded on earth millions of years ago after an epic space battle.
When the 8-year-old brother and sister twins accidentally awaken the mythical superhero from his long hibernation, they must teach him about the modern world and join Astra to save the universe from a new wave of giant monsters and intergalactic threats.

Disney Channel to air Amitabh Bachchan’s animated superhero series ‘Astra Force’
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DD prime time slot winners to telecast from Feb '17

November 23, 2016, 6:29 pm
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Successful bidders in the third attempt by Doordarshan to attract producers to bid for prime time slots will have to commence telecast of their programmes in February 2017.

The last date for bids for the new content acquisition scheme by Doordarshan for its prime time is 25 November 2016, and the bids will be opened the same day. The final list of qualified bidders was announced on 9 December 2016.

Financial bids will be opened on 12 December, and the letter of award will be issued on 20 December 2016.  Procedural formalities and agreement and PBG Submission will be completed on 7 February 2017.

Bidders will have to submit non-refundable tender document fee of Rs 5000 and processing fee of Rs 25000.

Earnest money deposit will be Rs 300,000 for each weekday slot. Bidders may apply for one or more slots (if applying for say three slots, the EMD will be Rs 900,000). For the weekend slots, the EMD will be Rs 6,00,000. Bidders may apply for one or more slots. However, the maximum EMD in either case will be Rs 1.5 million irrespective of any number of slots applied for.

The bidders will be responsible for the costs associated with the preparation of their bids and their participation in the bidding process. 

While slotting programmes of successful bidders, DD will give due regard to ensuring a balanced content composition on the channel in respect of variety in formats, genres, themes etc.

There will be no increase in the telecast fee for a period of 12 months from the start of contract. However telecast fee will be increased by 5% of the then existing telecast fee after 12 months and in the event of any further extension after 24 months the telecast fee will be increased by 10% of the then existing telecast fee.

The production house should be an Indian entity (individual proprietorship, partnership, company, society, trust etc.) Incorporated/registered/recognised, as the case may be, under the respective applicable laws and in existence for the last 3 financial years.

The production house must have produced, for any broadcaster(s), at least 200 hours of general entertainment programming (including Feature Films) in any Indian language that has been telecast in the last three calendar years. Applicants for weekend slots in the genres of reality, game, quiz should have produced 100 hours of such content that has been telecast in the last three calendar years.

It should have in regard to TV and Film production a turnover of at least Rs. 30 million per annum in each of the last three financial years. d. The Production House should not be a defaulter in payment of dues to DD at the time of submission of the bid.

Consortium will not be allowed in any form.

A blacklisting order passed by the Central or State Governments/any PSU should not be in operation against a bidder at the time of the submission of the qualification bid.

Details of the sequence of slots On Prime Time of DD National Channel available For Bidding:

Slot Timings            Sequence of slots available for Days of the week

1. 7.30 pm to 8.00 pm               Monday to Friday

2. 8.00 pm to 8.30 pm               Monday to Friday

3. 8.30 pm to 9.00 pm               Monday to Friday

4. 9.00 pm to 9.30 pm               Monday to Thursday

5. 9.30 pm to 10.00 pm             Monday to Thursday

6. 10.00 pm to 10.30 pm           Monday to Thursday

7. 10.30 pm to 11.00 pm          Monday to Thursday

8. 7.00 pm to 8.00 pm              Sunday

9. 8.00 pm to 9.00 pm              Saturday & Sunday

Bids can be offered for any number of slots, but once a bidder is declared the winner of three slots from Slot 1 to 7, their bids for any other weekday slots further will not be considered. Similarly if a bidder is declared the winner of two slots (from Slot No 8 to 9), their bids for other weekend slots will not be considered.

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Stay on Care World TV ban extended till 28 November

November 23, 2016, 6:32 pm
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The Bombay High Court today extended till 28 November 2016 its stay on the order of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry imposing a one-week ban against Care World India TV. 

The extension came even as the I and B Ministry filed its reply, after the TV channel informed the court of Justice M S Karnik that it wanted to amend its petition. The channel will be required to satisfy the Court on the next date – 28 November – as to what amendments it wants to make. The court had earlier stayed the order till 24 November.

Seven Star Satellite Pvt Ltd counsel Mayur Khandeparkar told the court in the last hearing on 8 November that a show cause had been issued to the channel which had also been given a hearing by the Inter-Ministerial Committee, but the final order indicated that none of the arguments given by the channel had been taken into consideration and “therefore it is not a reasoned order.” Care World was earlier banned from the midnight of 9 November to midnight of 16 November 2016.

Khandeparkar also said that the programme ‘Kya Karun main ab’ against which the ministerial order had come had already been taken off air and subsequent episodes would only come subject to the final order of the court. 

The judge also said in his order that the channel would not be permitted to broadcast this programme till its interim order was vacated.

Stay on Care World TV ban extended till 28 November
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ZEEL to acquire Reliance entertainment TV business

November 23, 2016, 6:39 pm
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After selling its sports telecast business to Sony, the Subhash Chandra-led Zee group is on an acquisition spree. Two separate developments today saw Zee, through two different corporate entities, take full control of the general entertainment TV business and 49 per cent stake in the radio business of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance ADA group.

With these developments, speculation too has been proved correct that Anil Ambani’s Reliance is fast reducing its exposure in the media sector. Some other group companies of Ambani also control a DTH operation run under the brand name Reliance BIG TV. Reliance Capital informed the stock exchanges that by shedding its radio and TV assets it will reduce its debt by approximately Rs. 1,900 crore (US$ 283 million) upon final completion of stake sale transactions.

The board of directors of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) today approved the acquisition of the general entertainment broadcasting business of Reliance Big Broadcasting Private Limited, Big Magic Limited and Azalia Broadcast Private Limited, all part of Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group Entities.

The acquisition has been facilitated through a scheme of demerger and execution of definitive agreements in relation to such proposed acquisition. The general entertainment TV broadcasting business undertaking, along with its assets, liabilities, licenses, trademarks etc., shall get demerged from BIG Magic Ltd, Reliance Big Broadcasting Private Ltd and Azalia Broadcast Private Ltd into ZEEL through a court-approved scheme.

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The TV broadcasting business of Reliance Group entities currently comprises two operational general entertainment channels -- Hindi comedy channel BIG Magic and Bhojpuri-language GEC BIG Ganga -- and four other TV licenses.

ZEEL MD & CEO Punit Goenka, in a statement said, “We are pleased to announce this acquisition which further adds to our expanding universe of general entertainment channels. BIG Magic gives us access to comedy genre enhancing our customer offerings. BIG Ganga syncs with our strategy of expanding into the regional markets, which offer attractive growth potential.”

According to Reliance Capital ED and Group CEO Sam Ghosh, “We are happy to divest 100 per cent of our general entertainment TV business to Zee Entertainment. This transaction is part of our strategy to reduce exposure in non-core businesses and work towards further reducing debt under Reliance Capital.”

The final acquisitions are subject to regulatory approvals and could take a year to be completed.

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8 new channel will be added on 25th November

November 23, 2016, 11:32 pm
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Week 46 | Barc Ratings

November 24, 2016, 1:03 am
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09 Channels Are Testing On Tata Sky

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Pak DTH: Mag, Shahzad & Star Time to start ops in a year

November 24, 2016, 5:54 am
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Three direct-to-home (DTH) licences in Pakistan were on Wednesday awarded for a total of PKR 14.694 billion (USD 140 million) by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) as confirmed by its Twitter handle.

The auction started after Pakistan's apex court permitted PEMRA to go ahead with the bidding although the Lahore HC had issued a stay on the process.

The highest bid was raised by Mag Entertainment for PKR 4.91 billion, respectively followed by M/s. Shahzad Sky for PKR 4.90 billion and M/s. Star Time for Rs 4.89 billion, Pakistani newspapers reported. PEMRA issued non-exclusive licences for 15 years to the three companies. The licencees will have to start operations within a year or risk termination.

PEMRA chairman Absar Alam said the DTH service would not end the cable operators’ business, but would compel them to invest in technology and distribution systems.

Pakistani DTH services would counter the sale of illegal Indian DTH services in Pakistan, which leads to annual transfer of between US$ 200 million to US$ 350 million to India on account of subscription fee. The DTH services will now give Pakistani consumers a choice against the existing monopoly of cable operators.

Terming DTH a game-changer, Alam said, it was the biggest investment in Pakistan’s electronic media history. As per estimates and feasibility studies carried out by PEMRA experts, the overall investment, Alam said without explaining, would be US$ 450 million ($ 150 million each) and could reach an additional US$ 750 million in the next two years, newspaper reports stated. Alam said that those estimates did not include the bidding proceeds.

The DTH service, Alam said, was a state-of-the art technology adding new dimension to the audio-visual content distribution system. The existing analogue system was offering a maximum of 80 channels while the DTH, Alam added, would increase the capacity to around 120 and each local DTH licence holder was expected to have at least 500,000 subscribers.

Similarly, landing rights will be permitted to foreign channels to come under the local regime, and new local satellite channels will be approved.

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November 24, 2016, 2:48 pm
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Airtel Digital TV Price Hike Update - Not Hiking Prices

November 24, 2016, 3:52 pm
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Colors leads Hindi GEC; Zee Anmol regains in rural HSM

November 24, 2016, 9:00 pm
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Colors continues to lead the Hindi GEC and Urban GEC markets whereas Zee Anmol regained its pole position this week. Backed by Super Dancer and The Kapil Sharma Show, Sony Entertainment Television maintained the third position in Urban HSM this week, according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC)

Hindi GEC

Colors maintained its leadership position with 651395 Impressions (000s) followed by Star Plus on the second position with 627412 Impressions (000s). Zee TV has climbed up to the third spot with 468175 Impressions(000s). Zee Anmol retained its fifth position with 453971 Impressions (000s).

Sony Pal fell to number five from number three this week and registered 452344 Impressions (000s) followed by Star Utsav on number six with 423923 (000s) and Sony Entertainment Television with 408526 Impressions (000s) stood at number seven.

Sab TV bagged the eighth spot with 384296 Impressions (000s). Life OK maintained its ninth spot with 384296 Impressions (000s) while Rishtey dropped drastically to the tenth spot with 329705 Impressions (000s).

Hindi GEC Rural

Zee Anmol has made a comeback in the rural Hindi-speaking market and grabbed the leadership position with 348360 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Pal with 331593 Impressions (000s) and Star Utsav on the third position with 324767 Impressions (000s). Rishtey stood at number four with 254621 Impressions (000s).

Colors bagged the fifth spot with 209295 Impressions (000s). Star Plus stood at the sixth spot in Rural HSM with 204429 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee TV at number seven with 191762 Impressions (000s). Big Magic climbed one spot to reach eighth spot with 156836 Impressions (000s) and Sony Entertainment climbed up at nine with 130605 Impressions (000s) followed by Life OK with 128801(000s).

Hindi GEC Urban

Colors garnered the pole position again in Urban HSM with 442099 Impressions (000’s) followed by Star Plus on second with 422982 Impressions (000’s). Sony Entertainment Television maintained its third spot with 277921 Impressions (000s) and Zee TV stood at number four with 276412 Impressions (000s).

Sony Sab was at the fifth spot with 265566 Impressions (000s). Life OK bagged the sixth spot with 235210 Impressions (000s) as &TV retained its number seven spot with 143986 Impressions (000s).

Sony Pal, Zee Anmol and STAR Utsav grabbed the last three spots with 120751 Impressions (000s),105611 Impressions (000s) and 99155 Impressions (000s), respectively.

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November 24, 2016, 11:32 pm
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November 25, 2016, 11:03 am
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