Broadcasters

Broadcaster and cable operators exchange barbs, label charges over new tariff order

Three leading broadcasters, Disney Star, Zee Entertainment Enterprises and Sony Pictures Networks India Ltd, have already stopped providing feed to cable operators which have not signed fresh agreements with increased prices under the New Tariff Order (NTO) 3.0.

TRAI extends new tariff deadline for TV channel distributors to June 1, 2022

“All distributors of television channels shall ensure that with effect from June 1, 2022, services to the subscribers are provided as per the bouquets or channels opted by the subscribers,” the TRAI said in a letter to the broadcasters and distribution platform operators (DPOs).

Tough times ahead for broadcasters like Zee, Sun TV as NTO 2.0 may see the light of day

NTO 2.0 offers customers double the channels or as many as 200 channels under the base Network Capacity Fee slab, which is Rs 130. It is 100 channels currently.

Sun TV gains on positive Delhi HC order on DAS-3 implementation

Broadcasters led by Sun TV buzzed in trade today on the back of an order from Delhi High Court dismissing a petition challenging the notification on DAS 3 implementation.

Give infrastructure status to industry: Broadcasters

Leading broadcasters today sought "Infrastructure Status" for the broadcasting industry, including direct-to-home (DTH) and cable sectors in a pre-Budget consultation with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

CNBC-TV18 is number 1 in English business news genre: BARC

Among rival television channels, ET NOW has a market share of 38 percent, Bloomberg 8 percent and NDTV 6 percent.

Here's how TV channels are geo-targeting TV ads

Story board Anant Rangaswami interviews Srinivasan KA, the co-founder of Amagi Media. The Bangalore-based agency has been tied up by 21 channels and eigh broadcast networks in the country to play different ads in different regions at the same time to tackle the 10+2 advertisement cap imposed on television channels.

Govt asks TRAI to reconsider cap on ads on channels

TRAI has been pushing for imposition of a rule from October 1 as per which TV channels, including news broadcasters, can show not more than 12 minutes of advertisements every hour.

Content, marketing cost impacted margins in Q1: Dish TV

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Jawahar Goel, MD of Dish TV says that the company's margins were impacted due to higher marketing costs and content costs.

Broadcasters vs advertisers, will this battle end soon?

As broadcasters face off against advertisers and their media agencies, off-the-record discussions between the broadcasters, advertisers and media agencies continue and a solution could very well be in sight.

Free of newspapers, 21st Century Fox shines

After Rupert Murdoch split his newspaper and entertainment business, 21st Century Fox gained over 2 percent on Monday from its opening price. Its market capitalisation was USD 68 billion.

TAM issues norms for effective interpretation of data

TAM CEO LV Krishnan says, in an interview to CNBC-TV18's Storyboad, that he hopes the advisory will aid broadcasters to effectively interpretat data

Media Matters: TAM Ratings & Broadcaster standoff continues

The tiff between television broadcasters and ratings agency TAM (Television Audience Measurement) has still not been resolved. Animesh Das tries to make some sense of the mess.

Broadcasters to stick to 12 minute ad/hour rule from Oct 1

From July 1 onwards, channels that offers news services would confine advertising to 20 minutes per hour, while all non news channels would limit it to 16 minutes.

Sun TV up on hopes of high demand for share sale offer

Maran is selling 7.9 million shares, with bids of about 6.7 million shares as of 2.27 pm, as per National Stock Exchange data.

Rob Norman talks about changing media consumption habits

WPP owned agency GroupM's Chief Digital Officer, Rob Norman tells Story board editor Anant Rangaswami about how sites like YouTube are already whetting the appetitel of viewers and how media agencies are equipping themselves for these changes.

Don't misrepresent viewership data: TAM to broadcasters

Last week, TAM released what it called a gentle guide to data interpretation and representation for broadcasters. Pavni Mittal reads the fine print and finds out what impact the TAM advisory will have on TV channels and the advertising rupee.

Broadcasters, ad agencies standoff ends

The standoff between broadcasters and advertising agencies over the last few days has ended following a decision reached late last night.

Govt's political strategy is economic consolidation: Tewari

In what comes as a relief for broadcasters dependent on advertising revenues, I&B minister Manish Tewari told CNBC-TV18 that the government would lay in place a roadmap for eventually achieving 12 minutes advertising per hour, suggesting that for now this rule is likely to be relaxed.