MUMBAI: Indiantelevision.com hosted its first ever Media HR Summit in partnership with ZEE in Mumbai on 26 June at The Westin. The day-long conference concluded with some insightful discussions around how corporate and HR leaders are steering media companies into the future on the back of good teams, the importance of analytics in HR, and diversity and inclusivity at the workplace.

The conference was divided into four sessions, three fireside chats and three presentations related to work culture, emerging trends in HR, employee engagement models, future-focused people strategies, changing nature of employment amid the rapid changes in the media and entertainment industry.

MUMBAI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Tuesday extended the last date for receipt of written feedback on its consultation paper titled "Review of the Regulatory framework for Interconnection".

According to a notification from the regulator, the last date for receipt of written comments has been modified to 4 July and counter-comments, if any to 18 July.

The regulator’s decision came after a request from some of the stakeholders. However, it has been decided that no request for any further extension of time will be entertained.

Mumbai:  Approach Communications’s  network digital agency, Approach Digital has bagged the social and digital mandate of Asheray Welfare & Charitable Society. The fast growing digital marketing agency recently launched the specialized division for NGO and Social sector. Approach Digital is a Digital marketing unit of Approach Communications group. Approach Digital offers expertise based solutions in Social Media, Search Engine Marketing, Viral and Digital Campaigns and integrated digital marketing services.

Asheray Welfare and Charitable Society is a non – political, non–sectarian and non–profit making voluntary organization formed in the year of 2005. The Organization is devoted to the cause of upliftment and welfare of women and children from the under privileged sections of the society. The major activity area of the organization is women empowerment, education, Vocational Training for Employment, Non Formal Education, Health Care and Awareness and sensitization.

New Delhi:Celebrating the cricket world cup spirit, Dish TV India Limited, the world’s largest single-country DTH Company has launched a unique anthem ‘Sirf Fan Nahi, Dishkiyaon Fan’ for all the cricket fans to cheer for Team India. The anthem is a part of its ongoing contest Dishkiyaon Cup’, wherein participants can predict match winners and win exciting prizes.

Capturing the emotions of cricket fans, the Dishkiyaon Fan anthem embodies the spirit of the brand tagline ‘Dish NahiDishkiyaon Hai Yeh’. In order to participate, cricket enthusiasts are invited to perform on the anthem and showcase their inner talent in various innovative ways using #DishkiyaonFan. The contestants need to upload their video entries on social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram. The best-selected entries will win exciting prizes. Since its launch, several entries have been pouring in from across the country with fans showcasing their unique talent.

Barely three months into her new role as Managing Director - South Asia - for Discovery Communications India and Megha Tata already looks completely in charge. 

She spoke to exchange4media on her new role and Discovery’s big push forward onto the OTT platform.

Excerpts: 

From BTVi to Discovery. How has the journey been so far?
I'm super excited to be part of this role. Moving from BTVi to Discovery was a big change - that was a news genre but this is something I call being at home. So, less than three months, but lots of time I've spent absorbing and observing what is happening not only in India, but globally as well.

MUMBAI: TV Vision, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Limited (SABTNL), has seen a deterioration in its financials for the financial year 2018-19.

The company’s net loss for FY19 has almost doubled to Rs 34.2 crore as against Rs 17.54 crore in the previous fiscal. It has posted a negative profit before interest lease depreciation and tax (PBILDT) of Rs – 5.66 crore compared to Rs 25.33 crore in the previous fiscal. The revenue has dropped to Rs 117.27 crore as against Rs 123.04 crore in FY18.

TV Vision is engaged in the business of broadcasting. The company has channels like Mastiii, Dabangg, Maiboli, Dhamaal, and Dillagi. Mastiii is music channel for pan India. Dabangg and Dhamaal are R-GECs catering to the Hindi speaking belt of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Jharkhand and Gujarat respectively. Maiboli is a regional Marathi channel for Maharashtra while Dillagi is a dedicated TV channel for small towns and villages of India.

At present, the group operates in two major segments i.e. (i) content production and distribution/syndication and (ii) broadcasting.

MUMBAI: TV Vision, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Limited (SABTNL), has seen a deterioration in its financials for the financial year 2018-19.

The company’s net loss for FY19 has almost doubled to Rs 34.2 crore as against Rs 17.54 crore in the previous fiscal. It has posted a negative profit before interest lease depreciation and tax (PBILDT) of Rs – 5.66 crore compared to Rs 25.33 crore in the previous fiscal. The revenue has dropped to Rs 117.27 crore as against Rs 123.04 crore in FY18.

TV Vision is engaged in the business of broadcasting. The company has channels like Mastiii, Dabangg, Maiboli, Dhamaal, and Dillagi. Mastiii is music channel for pan India. Dabangg and Dhamaal are R-GECs catering to the Hindi speaking belt of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Jharkhand and Gujarat respectively. Maiboli is a regional Marathi channel for Maharashtra while Dillagi is a dedicated TV channel for small towns and villages of India.

MUMBAI: Streaming giant Netflix continues to keep its foot on the pedal when it comes to arming its India team with some serious talent. The latest high-profile addition to the streamer’s stable is Aashish Singh, who has been roped in as director, original film. "We can confirm that Aashish Singh has joined Netflix as Director, Original Film," the company told Indiantelevision.com.

The arrival of Aashish seems to be in line with Netflix’s ambitious Original film play in India. The media veteran was CEO of Balaji Motion Pictures in his last gig, where he had joined in September 2018. Prior to that, he spent over 15 years with Yash Raj Films, occupying the position of vice president, production.

MUMBAI: The first edition of Indiantelevision.com’s Media HR Summit kicks off today with a stellar line up of thought leaders from India’s media and entertainment industry.

With ‘Building human capital in a disruptive world’ as its theme, the day-long conference is an endeavour to delve deep into the challenges the M&E industry faces today and understand how corporate and HR leaders are steering their companies into the future as they seek to attract, develop and retain talent.

The summit, organised in partnership with Zee, will comprise panel discussions, fireside chats and presentations.

“The Indian Media & Entertainment Industry is at an inflection point where convergence, consolidation and technological innovations are reshaping all parts of the M&E value chain. The oft-repeated cliché “what got us here, won’t get us there,” has never been more relevant. Talent capability & availability both are amongst the biggest challenges we need to address to successfully navigate the emerging landscape. It is imperative that we build and retain a workforce that is ready for a generational shift in skills. We are proud to partner with Indiantelevision.com’s 1st Media HR Summit that aims to address these challenges and help HR leaders across sectors to share thoughts and perspectives on building a dynamic workplace in a digitally transformative world,” Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd chief people officer Animesh Kumar said.

MUMBAI: The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has reiterated that the term over-the-top (OTT) does not justify the innovation in the digital applications at the application layer. In its submission on counter comments to the OTT communication services consultation paper by industry body Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) it has asked the regulator to recognise OTT communication services as ‘digital applications’.

“Using the terminology of OTT paints digital applications as free-riding over telecom networks, as they are accessible to all users with internet service without any arrangements / agreements with TSPs. Using the internet to offer services to consumers does not amount to free-riding, as consumers pay TSPs for the data that they use,” IAMAI said.