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The new guidelines announced by the government, saUcanaa tknaIkI ³maQyavatI- idSaa inado-Sa AaOr iDijaTla maIiDyaa under the ambit of the Information Technology Aacaar saMihta´ inayama 2021 ko dayaro maoM sarkar Wara GaaoiYat nayao idSaa (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) inado-Sa iDijaTla maIiDyaa AaOr Aaovar d Ta^p ³AaoTITI´ PlaoTfamaao-M pr Rules 2021, has brought in detailed guidelines for digital halaaMik sarkar kao kdma baZ,anao kI Sai@tyaaM p`dana krto hue iDijaTla content on both digital media and Over the Top (OTT) platforms, while giving overriding powers to the saamaga`I ko ilae ivastRt idSaa inado-Sa laayao hOM.[sanao pUro ]Vaoga kao JaTka government to step in. This has sent shockwaves across idyaa hO AaOr baD,I AaoTITI kMpinayaaM nayaI naIit ko saaqa Aanao kI kaoiSaSa the industry and big OTT players are trying to come to kr rhI hOM. terms with the new policy. saamaga`I ko saMbaMQa maoM kao[- BaI iSakayat kao 15 idnaaoM ko BaItr Any complaint with regards to the content will need saMbaaoiQat krnao kI AavaSyakta haogaI AaOr yaid yah saMtaoYajanak trIko sao to be addressed within 15 days and if it is not satisfactorily addressed, then the complainant will be referred to a self- saMbaaoiQat nahIM ikyaa gayaa tao iSakayatkta- kao AaoTITI kMpinayaaoM Wara regulatory body collectively established by the OTT saamaUihk $p sao sqaaipt ek svaainayaamak inakaya kao saMdiBa-t ikyaa players. This body will be headed by a retired judge of the jaayaogaa.yah inakaya savaao-cca nyaayaalaya¸ ek ]cca nyaayaalaya ko saovaainavaRbroadcasting, entertainment, yaa Anya p`asaMigak xao~aoM sao svatM~ vyai@t haogaa.[sa sva inayaamak inakaya child rights, human rights or other relevant fields. This ko pasa yaid yah BaodBaavapUNa- payaa jaata hO tao maamalao maoM saamaga`I kao raoknao self-regulatory body will have the powers to censure the content in case if it found to be incriminating. kI Sai@tyaaM haoMgaI. To top this, at the third tier, the government has [sasao Aagao baZ,kr sarkar nao tIsaro str ko $p maoM Kud kao equipped itself with overriding powers in the form of ‘Aaovarsaa[T tM~’ ko $p maoM AiQaBaavaI Sai@tyaaoM sao sausaijjat ikyaa “oversight mechanism”. An inter-ministerial committee hO.ek AMtr–maMi~strIya saimait [sa kaya- kao krogaI AaOr [samaoM mau#ya $p will perform this function and it will largely have the sao AaoTITI ko saamaUihk sva–inayaamak inakaya ko samaana Sai@tyaaM haoMgaI. same powers as the collective self-regulatory body of the OTTs. sarkar nao Kud kao AapatkalaIna Sai2tyaaoM sao sausaijjat ikyaa The government has equipped itself with “emergency” hO.inayama¸ AapatkalaIna p`kRit ko maamalao maoM saUcanaa va p`saarNa maM~alaya ko powers. The rules state, “in case of emergency nature” the saicava nao batayaa ik ‘yaid vah saMtuYT hOM ik yah AavaSyak yaa samaIcaIna Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting may, AaOr nyaayaaoicat hO tao iksaI BaI jaanakarI ko saava-jainak ]pyaaoga kao “if he is satisfied that it is necessary or expedient and Ava$w krnao ka AadoSa doto hOM. justifiable” give orders to block public access of any information. AaoTITI PlaoTfamaao-M kao paMca Aayau AaQaairt EaoiNayaaoM maoM saamaga`I kao OTT platforms will have to self-classify content into sva–vagaI-kRt krnaa haogaa: yaU ³yaUinavasa-la´¸ yaUÀe 7Plasa¸ yaUÀe 13 Plasa¸ five age-based categories — U (Universal), U/A 7+, U/A yaUÀe 16 Plasa¸ AaOr e ³vayask´.yaUÀe 13 Plasa yaa ]ccatr AaOr ‘e’ 13+, U/A 16+, and A (Adult). Platforms would be required ko $p maoM vagaI-kRt saamaga`I ko ilae ivaSvanaIya Aayau sa%yaapna tM~ ko $p maoM to implement parental locks for content classified as U/A vagaI-kRt saamaga`I ko ilae pOroMTla laa^k kao laagaU krnao ko ilae PlaoTfamaao-M kI 13+ or higher, and reliable age verification mechanisms AavaSyakta haogaI.vat-maana maoM AiQakaMSa AaoTITI PlaoTfama- [sa tM~ ka for content classified as “A”. The majority of OTT platforms currently follow this mechanism. palana krto hOM. What remains to be seen is how much of this will work? Aba yah doKa jaanaa baakI hO ik yah kOsao kama krogaaÆ p`tIxaa kroM Let’s wait and watch… AaOr doKoMººº
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7 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 The Latest Update on Whats Happening Around Us In The World Of Satellite & Cable TV saOTolaa[T AaOr kobala TIvaI kI duinayaa maoM hmaaro caaraoM trf @yaa hao rha ]saka navaInatma ApDoT
IN10 MEDIA LAUNCHES ISHARA [na 10 maIiDyaa nao [Saara laa^nca ikyaa In10 Media Network launched its Hindi channel [na 10 maIiDyaa naoTvak- nao Apnaa ihMdI caOnala ‘[Saara’ laa^nca ‘Ishara’ and will be available across the DTH and CATV ikyaa hO AaOr yah DITIeca va saIeTIvaI naoTvakao-M pr ]plabQa haogaa. networks. The production p`aoD@Sana ka kama hOT\sa Aa^f will be done by Hats Off p`aoD@Sana¸ ponnaSaulaa ip@casa-¸ Productions, Peninsula jaugaaornaaoT p`aoD@Sana¸ kIlaa[T Pictures, Juggernaut Productions, Keylight p`aoD@Sana Wara ikyaa jaayaogaa. Productions. [na 10 maIiDyaa naoTvak- ko p`baMQa Aditya Pittie, inadoSak Aaid%ya ipT\TI nao batayaa Managing Director, In10 ik ‘hmaaro imaSana ko ihssao ko $p Media Network, said, “As part of our mission to maoM SaOilayaaoM va PlaoTfamaao-M maoM baohtrIna provide superior content across genres and platforms, saamaga`I p`dana krnao ko ilae¸ hma naoTvak- saMpi
8 SATELLITE & CABLE TV MARCH 2021 understand news and how it needs to be served to samaacaar kao samaJanao kI ApnaI AiWtIya xamata ko saaqa AaOr dSa-kaoM kao evolving audiences, will fit the bill best." ivakisat krnao ko ilae [sao kOsao praosanao kI AavaSyakta hO¸ ]sao AcCI Upadhyay will be based in Kolkata and work with trh samaJato hOM.’ TV9 Bangla's Deputy Managing Editor, Amritanshu EaI ]paQyaaya kaolakata maoM rhoMgao AaOr TIvaI 9 baMglaa ko ]p Bhattacharya. p`baMQa saMpadk AmaRtMSau BaT\Tacaaya- ko saaqa kama kroMgao. NEW ADVISORY FOR TV CHANNELS TIvaI caOnalaaoM ko ilae nayaa salaahkar The Govt has asked television channels to stop sarkar nao TolaIivajana caOnalaaoM kao AMQaivaSvaasa yaa AMQaivaSvaasa telecasting content that promotes and encourages kao baZ,avaa donao vaalaI saamaga`I kao p`saairt superstition or blind belief and the new advisory has advised channels krnao sao raoknao ko ilae kha hO AaOr nayaI to adhere to the programming and salaahkar nao caOnalaaoM kao p`aoga`aimaMga AaOr advertising rules iva&apna inayamaaoM ka palana krnao kI salaah “It has come to the notice of dI hO. this ministry that some of the TV [sanao batayaa hO ik ‘yah [sa maM~alaya ko channels telecast programmes/ advertisements, which encourage saM&ana maoM Aayaa hO ik kuC TIvaI caOnala kaya- superstition and blind belief. ËmaaoMÀiva&apnaaoM ka p`saarNa krto hOM jaao Miraculous solutions of all AMQaivaSvaaSa yaa AMQaivaSvaasa kao p`ao%saaiht problems are offered by the self- krto hOM.saBaI samasyaaAaoM ko cama%karI samaaQaana proclaimed preachers in TV programmes/advertisements, TIvaI kaya-ËmaaoMÀiva&apnaaoM maoM sva–GaaoiYat p`caarkaoM Wara p`stut ikyao jaato which is a violation of Rule 6(1Xi) of the programme code hOM jaao p`aoga`ama kaoD ko inayama 6 ³1Xi´ AaOr kobala naoTvak- inayamaaoM maoM and Rule 7(5) of the Advertising code contained in the cable Television Networks Rules, 1994. Advisories in this Saaimala iva&apna kaoD ko inayama 7 ³5´¸ 1994 ka ]llaMGana regard have been issued by this ministry in the past on hO,.13º05º2010 AaOr 07º06º2013 kao [sa maM~alaya Wara [sa 13.05.2010 and 07.06.2013,” it said. saMbaMQa maoM salaahkar jaarI ikyaa jaa cauka hO. DISCOVERY APPOINTS AZMAT Ajamat jagamaga kao inayau@t ikyaa iDskvarI nao JAGMAG iDskvarI kmyauinakoSansa nao Ajamat jagamaga kao ivaËya va Discovery Communications appointed Azmat ka^pao-roT saMcaar p`mauK ko $p maoM inayau@t ikyaa hO.jagamaga kI ijammaovaar Jagmag as the Head of Marketing Baart ko 14 laIinayar caOnalaaoM AaOr AaoTITI and Corporate Communications. ba`aMDaoM kI Kaoja saiht pUro naoTvak- maoM ivaËya Jagmag role will be to head the marketing and communications AaOr saMcaar TIma ka naotR%va krnaa hO AaOr vao teams across the network including kMpnaI kI p`baMQa inadoSak dixaNa eiSayaa 14 linear channels and OTT brand maoGaa TaTa kao irpaoT- kroMgao. discovery+ for India and will report to the company’s Managing iDskvarI dixaNa eiSayaa kI p`baMQa inadoSak Director, South Asia- Megha Tata. AZMAT JAGMAG maoGaa TaTa nao kha ik ‘yah raomaaMcak samaya Megha Tata, Managing hO jaba hma iDijaTla va laIinayar daonaaoM maoM Director, Discovery – South Asia, bahut gaitSaIla ivakasa ka laaBa laonao ko said, “These are exciting times as we strategically step up our investments to take advantage of very dynamic ilae rNanaIitk $p sao Apnao inavaoSa kao baZ,ato hOM.Ajamat rcanaa%mak growth in both Digital and Linear. Azmat brings that rare svaaBaava ko ]sa dula-Ba saMyaaojana kao Apnao saaqa laato hOM jaao BaartIya
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NEW TOOLKIT FOR OTT PLATFORMS AaoTITI PlaoTfama- ko ilae nayaa TUla ikT The government recent announcement of its new sarkar nao halahI maoM AaoTITI PlaoTfamaao-M ko ilae Apnao idSaa– guidelines for OTT platforms prompted inado-SaaoM kI GaaoYaNaa kI ijasanao [MTrnaoT AaOr maaobaa[la the Internet and Mobile Association of esaaoisaeSana Aa^f [MiDyaa ³Aa[-eemaeAa[-´ kao India (IAMAI) has come up with a ek vyaapk kayaa-nvayana TUlaikT ko saaqa Aanao comprehensive Implementation Toolkit. The Govt had asked IAMAI to kao p`oirt ikyaa.sarkar nao Aa[-eemaeAa[- kao develop a credible self-regulatory model AaoTITI PlaoTfamaao- ko ilae ek ivaSvanaIya svainayaamak for OTT platforms. maa^Dla ivakisat krnao ko ilae kha qaa.
14 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV DECEMBERMARCH 2020 2021 The OTT players include ZEE5, AaoTITI kMpinayaaoM maoM jaI5¸ vaayaka^ma 18 ³vaUT´¸ Viacom 18 (Voot), Disney+Hotstar, iDjnaI Plasa ha^TsTar¸ Amaojana p`a[ma vaIiDyaao¸ Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, SonyLiv, MX Player, Jio Cinema, Eros Now, Alt naoTiFla@sa¸ saaonaIilava¸ emae@saPlaoyar¸ ijayaao isanaomaa¸ Balaji, Arre, HoiChoi, Hungama, eraosa naa]¸ AlT baalaajaI¸ Aro¸ hao[-caao[-¸ hMgaamaa¸ Shemaroo, Discovery Plus, Aha and isamaa$¸ iDskvarI Plasa¸ Aha AaOr laa[MsagaoT Plao Lionsgate Play. Saaimala hO. IAMAI said it aims to develop Aa[-eemaeAa[- nao kha ik [saka ]_oSya kaoD a process to seek periodic updates from the Signatories regarding ko p`avaQaanaaoM ko Anaupalana ko saMbaMQa maoM ]nakI their progress with respect to p`gait ko saMbaMQa maoM hstaxarkta-AaoM sao samaya–\ compliance with the provisions of the samaya pr ApDoT laonao kI p`iËyaa ivakisat krnaa Code. hO. EROS NOW EXPANDS INTO MIDDLE Aba maQyapUva- maoM ivastar krogaa eraosa naa] EAST eraosa naa] Aba maQyapUva- maoM ivastar kI haoD, maoM hO AaOr dSa-kaoM Eros Now, is now on an expansion spree into the ko Aa^nalaa[na vaIiDyaao sTIimaMga/ AnauBava kao baZ,anao ko ilae maQyapUva- maoM Middle East and announced multiple Aga`NaI ]pBaao@ta ba`aMDaoM ko saaqa k[- maako-iTMga saaJaodarI marketing partnerships with leading kI GaaoYaNaa kI hO. consumer brands in the Middle East to enhance audiences' online video streaming Aa^nalaa[na sabsaËIPSana vaIiDyaao baajaar maQyapUva- AaOr experience. ] 15 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV DECEMBERMARCH 2020 2021 massive audience base for Eros Now, which presents the sakogaa¸ jaao ik SaOilayaaoM va sva$paoM maoM BaartIya manaaorMjana ka sava-EaoYz best of Indian entertainment across genres and formats." p`stut krta hO.’ VOOT LAUNCHES IN THE US yaUesa maoM laa^nca huAa vaUT Sling TV has expanded its South Asian content islaMga TIvaI nao vaUT kao jaaoD,nao ko saaqa ApnaI dixaNa eiSayaa[- with the addition of Voot, saamaga`I ka ivastar ikyaa hO jaao the subscription video- Baart maoM naoTvak- 18 AaOr on-demand (SVOD) vaayaka^ma saIbaIesa ko saMyau@t platform owned by Viacom18, a joint venture ]pËma vaayaka^ma 18 ko svaaima%va between Network18 and vaalao sabsaËIPSana vaIiDyaao Aa^na ViacomCBS in India. iDmaaMD ³esavaIAaoDI´ PlaoTfa^ma- Sling TV is a live ko saaqa hO. streaming TV service that islaMga TIvaI ek laa[va sTIimaMga/ provides more than 700 saovaa hO jaao Apnao saamaanya baajaar channels from today's most popular networks across its general market, Latino and laatInaI AaOr AMtrraYTIya/ saovaaAaoM maoM Aaja ko sabasao international services. laaokip`ya sao 700 sao AiQak caOnala p`dana krta hO.islaMga “Sling TV has a long-standing TIvaI ko AMtrraYTIya/ kaya-Ëma ko vaIpI ilaja, ir[masa-maa commitment to the South Asian community nao batayaa ik ‘islaMga TIvaI kI Amaoirka maoM dixaNa in the US, and expanding our offering to eiSayaa samaudaya ko saaqa laMbao samaya sao p`itbawta hO AaOr include Voot’s outstanding on-demand and vaUT kI jabardst maaMga AaOr maUla saamaga`I kao Saaimala original content solidifies our market position krnao ko ilae hmaarI poSakSa ka ivastar krnao sao dixaNa as the leading provider of South Asian news and entertainment content in America,” said eiSayaa[- samaacaaraoM AaOr Amaoirka maoM manaaorMjana saamaga`I ko Liz Riemersma, VP of International Aga`NaI p`data ko $p maoM hmaarI baajaar kI isqait zaosa Programming, Sling TV. “Voot brings a vast LIZ RIEMERSMA hao gayaI hO.vaUT raomaaMcak¸ Ananya vaoba maUla ko saaqa Aa^na library of on-demand content with exciting, laa[na iDmaaMD saamaga`I ko ivaSaala laa[bao`rI laata hO¸ ijasao exclusive web originals that have never been Amaoirka maoM kBaI p`saairt nahIM ikyaa gayaa hO.hma [sao aired in the US We are extremely excited to baajaar maoM laanao ko ilae baohd ]%saaiht hOM.’ bring it to market.” Gourav Rakshit, COO, Viacom18 vaayaka^ma 18 iDijaTla vaoMcasa- ko saIAaoAao gaaOrva rixat Digital Ventures, said, “Voot has emerged as nao batayaa ik ‘vaUT kMToMT KMD AaOr SaOilayaaoM maoM p`Iimayama the destination of premium multi-language bahuBaaYaI BaartIya saamaga`I ko gaMtvya ko $p maoM ]Bara Indian content across content segments and hO.hma hmaoSaa yah sauinaiScat krnao ko ilae doK rho hOM genres. We are always looking at ensuring ik hmaarI sava-EaoYz [na @laasa saamaga`I Baart AaOr ]sako that our best-in-class content finds baahr p`itQvainat hao.Amaoirka maoM islaMga kI poSakSa resonance in India and beyond. Being a part of the Sling offering in the US is a step ka ek ihssaa haonao ko naato yah sauinaiScat krnao kI idSaa maoM ek kdma hO ik hmaarI Sai@tSaalaI AaOr towards ensuring that our powerful and GOURAV RAKSHIT engaging stories are available for the Indian AakYa-k khainayaaM BaartIya Dayaspaora ko ilae Amaoirka diaspora to experience in the US." maoM AnauBava krnao ilae ]plabQa hO.’ 16 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV DECEMBERMARCH 2020 2021 Satellite & Cable TV “When times are good you should Magazine advertise, when times are bad you MUST advertise” · - Where it pays Satellite & Cable TV Magazine to advertise has been serving the needs of the Satellite, Cable and Broadband industry for the past 28 years. 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Contact Details: SATELLITE & CABLE TV Magazine Email: [email protected] Mob: +91 7021850198 INTERVIEW IN CONVERSATION p`isaw To@naaoËOT va WITH ASHOK MANSUKHANI, maIiDyaa vyai@t%va ASaaok DISTINGUISHED manasauKanaI ko saaqa TECHNOCRAT & MEDIA PERSONALITY baatcaItbaatcaItbaatcaIt Ashok Mansukhani (AM), EaI ASaaok manasauKanaI¸ naama ek the name personifies an AnaukrNaIya maIiDyaa vyai@t%va ka exemplary media ~uiThIna T/Ok irka^D- AaOr maIiDyaa personality with an impeccable track record va manaaorMjana ko xao~ maoM saaK ka and credentials across the p`itinaiQa%va krta hO. media and entertainment ]nako Saanadar kiryar nao ]nhoM space. His illustrious career ivaiBanna xamataAaoM maoM ivaiBanna saw him executing various BaUimakaAaoM kao inaBaato hue AaOr roles in different capacities and rendering yeoman maIiDyaa ]Vaoga maoM tuk- saovaa p`dana service to the media krto hue doKa. industry. saOTolaa[T AaOr kobala TIvaI pi~ka In an exclusive interview ko saaqa ek ivaSaoYa saaxaa%kar maoM¸ with Satellite & Cable TV Magazine, Ashok talks ASaaok ApnaI yaa~a AaOr about his journey and his poSaovar kOiryar ko baaro maoM professional career. baatcaIt kr rho hOM. Q.1: You had a distinguished track record as an IRS p`Sna 1: Aapko pasa koMd` sarkar maoM Aa[-Aaresa AiQakarI ko officer in the Central Govt and later joined the Hinduja $p maoM ek ivaiSaYT T/////OkOkOk irka^D-irka^D-irka^D- qaaqaaqaa AaOrAaOrAaOr baadbaadbaad maoMmaoMmaoM 199619961996 maoMmaoMmaoM Group in 1996. Tell us about your journey in the media industry. ihMdujaa samaUh maoM Saaimala hao gayao.maIiDyaa ]Vaoga maoM ApnaI AM: AIR/DOORDARSHAN yaa~a ko baaro maoM hmaoM batayaoM. My media journey started very early. Neil ] 19 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 INTERVIEW This was the time that Television was becoming popular. roiDyaao kaya-ËmaaoM maoM Baaga ilayaa.yah vah samaya qaa jaba TolaIivajana laaokip`ya I got a chance to be among India's first set of television hao rha qaa.mauJao idllaI dUrdSa-na pr TolaIivajana pr blaOk eMD vha[T anchors presenting black-and-white TV programs telecast TIvaI kaya-Ëma p`stut krnao vaalao TolaIivajana eMkraoM maoM phlao saoT maoM Saaimala on Delhi Doordarshan. haonao ka maaOka imalaa. JUNIOR STATESMAN jaUinayar sToT\samaOna This was also when the 'Statesman' Kolkata had yah tba qaa jaba ik ‘sToT\samaOna kaolakata’ nao ek yauvaa pi~ka launched a youth magazine that became iconic in the early laa^nca kI qaI jaao ik 70 ko dSak ko Sau$AatI idnaaoM maoM ‘jaUinayar 70s named 'Junior Statesman'. It was run by a largehearted editor named Desmond Doig who encouraged young writers sToT\samaOna’ ko $p maoM p`itiYzt hao gayaI qaI.yah DosamaD DUga naama ko ek to contribute articles and poems to the magazine. I joined baD,o saMpadk Wara calaayaa gayaa qaa¸ ijanhaoMnao laoKkao kao pi~ka ko ilae the magazine as a fortnightly columnist contributing articles laoK AaOr kivataAaoM maoM yaaogadana krnao ko ilae p`ao%saaiht ikyaa qaa.maOM on life and time in Delhi from a youthful perspective. These pi~ka maoM ek paixak stMBakar ko $p maoM Saaimala huAa jaao ik ek yauvaa are heady times indeed. dRiYTkaoNa sao idllaI maoM jaIvana AaOr samaya pr laoK maoM yaaogadana kr rha TIMES OF INDIA GROUP qaa.yah vaastva maoM kafI sauiK-yaaoM vaalaa idna qaa. In 1971, I joined the 'Times of India' Group as a Ta[msa Aa^f [MiDyaa ga`up journalist trainee in Mumbai and within three months found 1971 maoM¸ maOM mauba[- maoM ek p`iSaxau p~`kar ko $p maoM ‘Ta[msa Aa^f myself in Ahmedabad as a sub- night editor of the 'Times [MiDyaa’ samaUh maoM Saaimala huAa AaOr tIna mahInao ko BaItr Ahmadabaad of India' newspaper. In February 1972 President Richard Nixon visited China, and I was entrusted with editing a maoM Ta[msa Aa^f [MiDyaa samaacaar p~ ko ]p–rai~ saMpadk ko $p maoM kama two-page special supplement on his historic visit. This krnao lagaa.frvarI 1972 maoM raYT/pit ircaD- ina@sana nao caIna ka was a great learning experience for me. In the summer of daOra ikyaa AaOr mauJao ]nakI eoithaisak yaa~a pr dao poja ko ivaSaoYa 1972, I was transferred to Delhi as the 'Times of India' pUrk ka saMpadna ka Baar saaOMpa gayaa.yah maoro ilae saIKnao ka Saanadar Group had also decided to launch its youth magazine- AnauBava qaa. 1972 kI gaima-yaaoM maoM mauJao idllaI sqaanaaMtirt kr idyaa gayaa 'Youth Times'. For three years, I was to stay in this magazine qaa @yaaoMik Ta[msa Aa^f [MiDyaa samaUh nao ApnaI yauvaa pi~ka ‘yaUqa Ta[msa’ my main task being to produce and publish the magazine every fortnight. Sau$ krnao ka fOsalaa ikyaa qaa.taIna saala ko ilae mauJao [sa pi~ka maoM banao rhnaa qaa jaao maora mau#ya kaya- qaa AaOr hr pKvaaD,o pi~ka p`kaiSat INDIAN REVENUE SERVICE kro. In 1974, I took the Indian Administrative Service and Allied Services entrance exam that I passed in 1975 and BaartIya rajasva saovaa ended by first media foray. 1974 maoM maOMnao BaartIya p`Saasainak saovaa AaOr saMbaw saovaaAaoM kI I was allotted the Indian Revenue Service (Income p`vaoSa prIxaa maoM Baaga ilayaa¸ ijasao maOMnao 1975 maoM pasa ikyaa AaOr samaaiPt Tax) and started my career as an Income Tax Officer. maIiDyaa vyavasaaya ko saaqa kI.mauJao BaartIya rajasva saovaa ³Aayakr´ DOORDARSHAN AavaMiTt ikyaa gayaa AaOr Aayakr Many years later, in 1992, AiQakarI ko $p maoM kOiryar kI Sau$Aat I was stationed at Mumbai when kI. out of the blue, I was given written directions to proceed to dUrdSa-nadUrdSa-nadUrdSa-na New Delhi as Deputy Director k[- saala ko baad 1992 maoM jaba maoM General (Administration and mauMba[- maoM tOnaat qaa¸ jaba Acaanak mauJao Vigilance). nayaI idllaI maoM ]p–mahainadooSak ³p`Saasana This started my four-year va sat-kta´ ko $p maoM Aagao baZ,nao span dealing with the human resource requirements and ko ilae ilaiKt inado-Sa idyao gayao. [sanao administration requirements of mauJao p`aga`aimaMga¸ [MjaIinayairMga¸ iva 20 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 INTERVIEW finance, and administration. This was an entirely new media AavaSyaktaAaoM sao inapTnao ko ilae maora caar saala ka kaya-kala Sau$ experience for me. huAa. yah maoro ilae maIiDyaa ko xao~ maoM ibalkula nayaa AnauBava qaa. It was also a time for a significant transformation of yah ekla caOnala naoTvak- sao dUrdSa-na kI ek mah%vapUNa- saUcanaa ko Doordarshan from a single channel network to gradually ilae QaIro–QaIro eiSayaa ka sabasao baD,a xao~Iya p`saark bananao ka BaI samaya becoming Asia's largest regional broadcaster. Under the qaa.EaI Baaskr GaaoYa¸ saUcanaa va p`saarNa maM~alaya maoM saicava AaOr EaI dynamic direction of Mr Bhaskar Ghosh, Secretary Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Mr Rathikant Basu, ritkaMt basau mahainadoSak dUrdSa-na ko gaitSaIla inado-Sana maoM¸ 1992 sao Director General Doordarshan, in the period 1992 to 1995, 1995 kI AvaiQa maoM malayaalama sao laokr baMglaa sao laokr marazI va kSmaIrI more than 20 regional language satellite channels launched saiht ivaivaQa BaaYaaAaoM maoM rajya kI rajaQaainayaaoM sao 20 AiQak xao~Iya from the state capitals in diverse languages ranging from BaaYaaAaoM ko saOTolaa[T laa^nca ikyao gayao.yao caOnala rajya kI rajaQaainayaaoM sao Malayalam to Bangla to Marathi and Kashmiri. These inaima-t haonao vaalao kaya-ËmaoM kI ek AnaUzI ivaSaoYata Apnao saaqa laayao¸ channels brought in a unique feature of being produced from the state capitals but being available nationally through laoikna yah saBaI dSa-kaoM ko ilae saOTolaa[T ko maaQyama sao raYTIyastr/ pr satellite to all viewers wherever they lived. Twenty-five years ]plabQa qaa jahaM ik ]sa BaaYaa ko dSa-k rhto qao.pccaIsa saala ko baad later, these regional satellite channels continue to operate [na xao~Iya saOTolaa[T caOnalaaoM ka saMcaalana jaarI hO AaOr xao~Iya iva&apna ko and have provided a good platform for regional advertising. ilae ek AcCa PlaoTfama- p`dana ikyaa hO. HINDUJA MEDIA GROUP ihMdujaa maIiDyaa ga`up In 1996, I took voluntary retirement from the Indian 1996 maoM maOMnao BaartIya rajasva saovaa sao svaOicCk saovaainavaRiSky service NXT Digital which offers kI ekmaa~ hoDeMD [na d ska[- saovaa enae@saTI iDijaTla BaI saMcaailat state of the art digital cable service in all 29 states in different krtI hO jaao kcC sao Agartllaa tk AaOr kSmaIr sao knyaakumaarI tk and varied terrain from Kutch to Agartala and Kashmir to saBaI 29 rajyaaoM maoM ivaiBanna va Alaga–Alaga [laakaoM maoM A%yaaQauinak Kanyakumari. iDijaTla kobala saovaa p`dana krtI hO. Q.2: Hinduja has been a pioneer in the cable, satellite, p`Sana 2: ihMdujaa¸ dao dSak sao AiQak samaya sao kobala¸ and broadband industry for over two decades. Tell us saOTolaa[T va ba`a^DbaOMD ]Vaoga maoM Aga`NaI hO.ihMdujaa Wara p`mauK about the major initiatives by Hinduja when you were the phlaaoM ko baaro maoM batayaoM jabaik Aap ihMdujaa maIiDyaa samaUh ko MD of the Hinduja Media Group? emaDI qao.qao.emaDI AM: In the first 3-4 years starting in 1996, I helped ] 21 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 INTERVIEW cities and over fifteen joint ventures in a unique partnership maoM saOkD,aoM Aa^proTraoM kI ek EaRMKlaa banaanao AaOr ek ka^pao-roT saaJaodarI maoM with the local cable operators in a corporatized set up. This sqaanaIya kobala Aa^proTraoM ko ek saaqa ek AiWtIya saaJaodarI maoM 15 sao model has been followed by other MSOs who came up later. AiQak saMyau@t ]pËma banaanao ko Wara ikyaa gayaa qaa.[sa maa^Dla ka In 2000, I was made CEO of IndusInd Entertainment AnausarNa Anya emaesaAao nao ikyaa jaao ik hmaoM baad maoM doKnao kao imalaa. Limited a video content and TV network company of the Hinduja Group. I ran the very popular 'In Mumbai' cable 2000 maoM mauJao [MDsa[MT eMTrTonamaoMT ilaimaToD ka saI[-Aao banaayaa channel and pioneered a new city news channel concept in gayaa jaao ihMdUjaa samaUh kI ek vaIiDyaao saamaga`I AaOr TIvaI naoTvak- kMpnaI five languages called 'In Time'. hO.maOMnao baohd laaokip`ya ‘[na mauMba[-’ kobala caOnala In 2001, I was transferred to the calaayaa AaOr ‘[na Ta[ma’ naamak paMca BaaYaaAaoM maoM Hinduja Group holding company- ek nayao Sahr samaacaar caOnala kI AvaQaarNaa ka Hinduja TMT Limited (later renamed as Hinduja Ventures and now named NXT baID,a ]zayaa. DIGITAL Limited) as Executive Vice 2001 maoM mauJao ihMdujaa vaoMcasa- samaUh kI haoilDMga President Corporate Services serving as kMpnaI ihMdujaa TIemaTI ilaimaToD ³ijasao baad maoM Promoter representative on all the ihMdUjaa vaoMcasa- ka naama idyaa gayaa AaOr Aba [saka subsidiary company boards rendering corporate advice, devising business naama enae@saTI iDijaTla ilaimaToD hO´ maoM kaya- strategies for emerging business karI ]paQyaxa ka^pao-roT saovaaAaoM ko $p maoM saBaI scenarios and legal/tax and litigation sahayak kMpinayaaoM ko baaoD- pr p`maaoTr ko $p maoM support. Saaimala ikyaa gayaa jaao ik ka^pao-roT salaah p`dana In 2012, I was appointed to the krto hOM¸ ]Barto vyaapairk pirdRSyaaoM AaOr Board of Hinduja Ventures Limited (now NXT DIGITAL Limited) and made the kanaUnaIÀkr AaOr maukdmaoM kI doKroK ko ilae holding company's Whole Time vyaapairk rNanaIityaaMo kao tOyaar krta hO. Director. 2012 maoM mauJao ihMdujaa vaoMcasa- ilaimaToD ³Aba I simultaneously became enae@saTI iDijaTla ilaimaToD´ ko baaoD- maoM inayau@t Managing Director in 2017 of IMCL and was promoted to Non- Executive Vice ikyaa gayaa qaa AaOr haoilDMga kMpnaI ko ilae ivhp Chairman of the Company in 2018 and Da^yaro@Tr banaayaa gayaa qaa. have recently completed my tenure in saaqa hI vao 2017 maoM Aa[-emasaIela ko p`baMQa the IMCL Board in November 2020 after inadoSak banao AaOr 2018 maoM ko gaOr kaya-karI 21 years. ]paQyaxa ko $p maoM pdaonnat hue AaOr hala maoM 21 In 18 months as MD IMCL, I operationalized the Headend in the Sky vaYaao-M ko baad navaMbar 2020 maoM Aa[-emasaIela baaoD- (HITs) satellite cable platform creating maoM maora kaya-kala pUra huAa. a new team of young entrepreneurs who Aa[-emasaIela ko emaDI ko $p maoM 18 mahInao run their networks and take backend support from the maoM maOMnao hoDeMD [na d ska[- kobala PlaoTfa^ma- ka saMcaalana ikyaa¸ ijasako company on a unique revenue-sharing model. ilae maOMnao yauvaa ]VimayaaoM kI ek TIma banaayaI jaao Apnao naoTvak- kao In 2018 I was elevated to Managing Director of Hinduja Ventures Limited (now NXT DIGITAL Limited) and calaato hOM AaOr ek AiWtIya rajasva saaJaodarI maa^Dla pr kMpnaI ko completed my term in September 2020. A key achievement baOkeMD ka samaqa-na laoto hOM. was to shepherd the transfer (by NCLT merger) of the 2018 maoM maOM ihMdujaa vaoMcasa- ilaimaToD ³Aba enae@saTI iDijaTla Group's cable and HITS business from IMCL to NXT ilaimaToD´ ka p`baMQa inadoSa banaa AaOr isatMbar 2020 maoM maora kaya-kala pUra DIGITAL in August 2020 with all regulatory and corporate hao gayaa.Agast 2020 maoM samaUh kI kobala va ihT\sa vyavasaaya approvals in a record time of six months in the lockdown period. Aa[-emasaIela sao enae@saTI iDijaTla maoM hstaMtrNa AaOr saBaI inayaamak va During this period, I also served on all the Hinduja ka^pao-roT Anaumaaodna ko saaqa laa^kDa]na AvaiQa maoM Ch mahInao kI irka^D- Media group boards and contributed both corporate and samaya maoM pUra kr ilayaa gayaa. 22 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 INTERVIEW strategic expertise to the content [sa AvaiQa ko daOrana¸ maOMnao saBaI ihMdujaa company In-Network Limited; the maIiDyaa baaoD- samaUh maoM BaI saovaa kI AaOr broadband company One OTT kMToMT kMpnaI [na naoTvak- ilaimaToD: Limited and provided corporate advisory services, especially ba`a^DbaOMD kMpnaI vana AaoTITI ilaimaToD AaOr corporate governance, and pUro ihMdujaa samaUh kao kaa^pao-roT salaahkar taxation to the entire Hinduja saovaayaoM ivaSaoYa $p sao p`Saana va kraQaana Group. ko maamalao maoM ka^rpaoroT AaOr rNanaIitk I was President of the ivaSaoYa&ta daonaaoM ka yaaogadana idyaa. Multi-System Operator Alliance for a decade and worked actively maOM ek dSak ko ilae malTI isasTma Aa^proTr with the Cable and Broadcast elaayaMsa ka AQyaxa qaa AaOr kobala va Regulator TRAI and the Ministry ba`a^DkasT rogaulaoTr T/a[- AaOr saUcanaa va of Information and Broadcasting p`saarNa maM~alaya ko saaqa saiËya $p sao striving to create a level playing kama ikyaa AaOr ilainayar ivatrNa ]Vaoga field to enable the linear distribution industry to survive. kao jaIivat rKnao ko ilae eksamaana Avasar I have been involved in all banaanao ka p`yaasa ikyaa. the significant litigation right from the time TRAI became maOM ]sa samaya sao saBaI mah%vapUNa- mau_aoM maoM Saaimala rha hUM jaba ik the Regulator, and Broadcasters challenged its appointment T/a[- inayaamak bana gayaa AaOr p`saarkaoM nao 2005 maoM [sakI inayaui@t kao in 2005 to the present day when the Broadcasters challenged vat-maana idnaaoM tk caunaaOtI dI jaba p`saarkaoM nao dUsaro nayao TOirf AadoSa kao the second of New Tariff Order. I vividly remember two cases being the Delhi High caunaaOtI dI. Court judgement of 2007 upholding the appointment of Trai maOM 2007 maoM idllaI ]cca nyaayaalaya ko fOsalao kao dao maamalaaoM maoM as the broadcast and cable regulator. The second that yaad rKnaa caahta hUM ijasako tht Ta[-/ kI inayaui@t kao p`saarNa AaOr brought a significant change in the entire cable industry's kobala inayaamak ko $p maoM banaayao rKa gayaa.dUsara jaao pUro kobala ]Vaoga fortunes was the New Tariff Order upheld by the kI iksmat maoM ek mah%vapUNa- badlaava laayaa¸ vah qaa 2018 maoM savaao-cca Supreme Court in 2018. This corrected a substantial distortion in the business model of an industry that had nyaayaalaya Wara idyaa gayaa nayaa TOirf AadoSa.[sanao ek ]Vaoga ko vyaapar suffered at the hands of Broadcasters who had always had maa^Dla maoM pyaa-Pt ivakRit kao sahI ikyaa jaao p`saarkaoM ko haqa maoM pD,a qaa the upper hand in forcible revenue collection with no fair jaao hmaoSaa inaYpxa rajasva saaJaodarI ko saaqa jabarna rajasva saMga`h maoM }prI revenue-sharing. haqa rKto qao. Q.3: The Covid 19 lockdown has impacted the business p`Sna 3: kaoivaD 19 laa^kDa]na nao duinayaaBar maoM karaobaar kao worldwide. How do you see the impact of this on the p`Baaivat ikyaa hO.Aap vyavasaaya pr [saka @yaa p`Baava doKto business and how soon will the companies get over this hOM AaOr iktnaI jaldI kMpinayaaM [sasao ]baroMgaI AaOr [sasao and bounce back? inakla payaoMgaIÆpayaoMgaIÆinakla AM: The Covid 19 lockdown left the cable industry as ] 23 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 INTERVIEW This led to viewers looking at other means of [sako calato dSa-kaoM nao manaaorMjana ko Anya saaQanaaoM kao doKa.naoTiFla@sa entertainment. Giant OTT Networks like Netflix and Amazon va Amaojana p`a[ma jaOsao ivaSaala AaoTITI naoTvak- nao [sa Avasar ka laaBa ]zayaa Prime seized the opportunity and utilized their vast library AaOr Apnao ivaSaala laa[ba`orI ka ]pyaaoga krko tajaa kMToMT kI kBaI K%ma na to provide a never-ending haonao vaalaI Qaara p`dana kI.ipClao stream of fresh content. In the past year, Netflix has ek saala maoM naoTiFla@sa nao isaf- posted substantial growth ek saala maoM 26‰ kI pyaa-Pt vaRiw of 26% just one year. It is a djao kI.ek hailayaa maako-iTMga recent marketing move to kdma ko tht kMpnaI ek saPtahaMt offer free access over a pr mauFt saovaa p`dana krtI hO AaOr weekend gained it lakhs of [saka laaBa laaKaoM dSa-kaoM nao p`aPt viewers. Another smart move was introducing in ikyaa hO.ek Anya smaaT- kdma India pricing for their Baart maoM ]nakI p`Iimayama saamaga`I ko premium content, which ilae maUlya inaQaa-rNa kao Sau$ krnaa helped it increase. A recent qaa ijasasao [sakao ifr sao sqaaipt statement by Netflix stated krnao maoM madd imalaI.naoTiFla@sa ko that India has the highest viewership of films globally on ek hailayaa bayaana maoM kha gayaa hO ik Baart maoM Apnao PlaoTfa^ma- pr ivaSvastr its platform, and consumption of content in genres like kids, non-fiction and Korean dramas have shown strong pr iflmaaoM kI sabasao AiQak dSa-kaoM kI saM#yaa hO AaOr baccaaoM¸ gaOr–klpnaa growth. Regional movies finding closure of cinema halls AaOr kaoiryaa[- naaTkaoM jaOsaI SaOilayaaoM maoM saamaga`I kI Kpt maoM majabaUt vaRiw to continue decided to go in for direct OTT releases to idKa[- dotI hO.isanaomaa ha^la ko baMd haonao kao doKto hue xao~Iya iflma lagaatar recover the cost. Amazon Prime too has seen explosive AaoTITI pr irlaIja krnao ka sahara lao rho hOM.Amaojana p`a[ma nao BaI lagaBaga growth in Indian viewership with about 25 million Indian 25 imailayana BaartIya dSa-kaoM ko saaqa BaartIya dSa-kaoM kI saM#yaa maoM ivasfaoTk viewers. Disney Hotstar is not too far behind with vaRiw dja- kI hO.lagaBaga 10 imailayana dSa-kaoM ko saaqa iDjnaI ha^TsTar BaI approximately about 10 million viewers. Zee 5 has combined with Alt Balaji to scale up rapidly. Hotstar like bahut pICo nahIM hO.jaI5 nao AlT baalaajaI ko saaqa imalakr baD,o pOmaanao pr Sony Liv has live-action cricket, football, and other popular kama ikyaa hO.saaonaI ilava kI trh ha^TsTar nao laa[va e@sana iËkT¸ sports like tennis to give them the impetus to add more fuTbaala AaOr Toinasa jaOsao Anya laaokip`ya Kola hOM jaao ]nhoM AiQak dSa-kaoM sao viewers. With over 50 OTT platforms, there is an urgent jaaoD,nao kI p`orNaa doto hOM.50 sao AiQak AaoTITI PlaoTfa^maao-M ko saaqa AaoTITI need for an OTT aggregator. ega`IgaoTr kI t%kala AavaSyakta hO. Q.4: How has the transition of the Indian cable and p`Sna 4: BaartIya kobala AaOr saOTolaa[T ]Vaoga ka pirvat-na satellite industry been over the years? And how do you vaYaao-M ko daOrana kOsao huAa hOÆAaOr Aap Agalao paMca vaYaao-M maoM see the future of Indian cable and satellite in the next five BaartIya kobala AaOr saOTolaa[T ]Vaoga ko BaivaYya kao kOsao doKto years? hOMÆhOMÆhOMÆ AM: So where does that leave cable industry? Some ] 24 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 INTERVIEW its economic distress in the lockdown was the resort to [saka Aaiqa-k saMkT ga`ahkaoM kI saMtuiYT kao ]icat ibailaMga AaOr irisaPT outmoded cash collection methods without providing p`dana ikyao ibanaa nakd saMga`h ko trIkaoM kao Aagao baZ,nao ka sahara customer satisfaction of proper billing and receipts. The qaa.kizna laa^kDa]na nao maaisak saMga`h kao kma kr idyaa ijasasao sqaanaIya hard lockdown led to reduced monthly collections, thereby upsetting the entire financial model of cash being collected Aa^proTraoM Wara eki~t ikyao jaa rho nakdI ko pUro iva 25 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 INTERVIEW backend services like 1500 of their colleagues have done in jauD,nao AaOr ]nako caar sahyaaoigayaaoM nao caar vaYaao-M maoM AaQauinak iDijaTla the past four years. baOkeMD saovaa ka [stomaala krnaa Sau$ ikyaa hO. If MSOs connect more and listen to their vast yaid AiQak emaesaAao jauD,to hOM AaOr Apnao ivaSaala ga`ahk customer base to convert themselves into digital service AaQaar kao Kud kao iDijaTla saovaa p`dataAaoM maoM badlanao ko ilae saunato hOM providers, I expect them to survive the next five years and remain the primary option for Indian viewers to consume tao mauJao ]mmaId hO ik Agalao paMca vaYaao-M tk jaIivat rhoMgao AaOr BaartIya electronic media. dSa-kaoM ko ilae [lao@Ta^inak/ maIiDyaa ka ]pBaaoga krnao ko ilae p`aqaimak ivaklp banao rhoMgao. Q.5: Which of the segments that Hinduja Group is p`Sna 5: esasaIeTI ]Vaoga ko Alaavaa ihMdujaa ga`up nao kaOna sao targeting apart from the SCAT industry? KMD kao inaSaanaa banaayaa hOÆ AM: The Hinduja Group is one of the largest ] Q.6: TRAI's recommendation on STB Interoperability p`Sna 6: esaTIbaI [MTrAa^proibailaTI pr T///a[- kI isafairSa will allow consumers to change their DTH operator ]pBaao@taAaoM kao nayaa saoT Ta^p baa^@sa KrIdo ibanaa Apnao without buying a new set-top box. This has thrown the DITIeca Aa^proTr kao badlanao kI Anaumait dogaa.[sanao ]Vaoga industry into a tizzy. How do you view this development? kao ca@kr maoM Dala idyaa hO.Aap [sa ivakasa kao kOsao doKto AM: STB interoperability was talked about even in the hOMÆhOMÆhOMÆ first stage of CAS ] 26 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 MARKET: STB SET TOP BOX INTEROPERABILITY saoT Ta^p baa^@sabaa^@sasaoT ARCHITECTURE [MTrAa^proibailaTI saMrcanaa STB Interoperability has been a constant esaTIbaI [MTrAa^proibailaTI inarMtr cacaa- ka ivaYaya rha hO subject of discussion and how the STB manufacturers are going to be able to AaOr kOsao esaTIbaI inamaa-ta [MTrAa^proibailaTI haisala krnao achieve interoperability. This article focusses maoM saxama haonao jaa rho hOM.yah laoK esaTIbaI kI saMrcanaa pr on the architecture of the STB. Qyaana koMid`t krta hO. The digital TV broadcasting services can be received iDijaTla TIvaI p`saarNa saovaaAaoM kao saoT Ta^p baa^@sa ³esaTIbaI´ by a subscriber using Set Top Box (STB) which is connected ka ]pyaaoga krko ek ga`ahk Wara p`aPt ikyaa jaa sakta hO jaao TIvaI with the TV set (sometimes the STB is in-built in the TV saoT ³kBaI kBaI esaTIbaI TIvaI saoT maoM banaayaa gayaa hO´.esaTIbaI ivatrNa set). The STB receives TV signals from distribution network naoTvak- sao TIvaI isaganala p`aPt krta hO AaOr ]nhoM TIvaI saoT pr doKnao and decodes them into viewable form on a TV set. STB enables the subscriber to view only those TV channels which yaaogya $p maoM iDkaoD krta hO.esaTIbaI sabsaËa[bar kao kovala ]nhIM TIvaI he/she has subscribed. caOnalaaoM kao doKnao maoM saxama banaata Cable TV and hO ijanhoM ]sanao sabsaËa[ba ikyaa Direct-to-Home (DTH) hO. platforms are the major kobala TIvaI AaOr Da^yaro@T– distribution platforms for delivery of TV TU–haoma ³DITIeca´ PlaoTfama- broadcasting services Baart maoM TIvaI p`saarNa saovaaAaoM in India. Whereas, the ko ivatrNa ko ilae p`mauK DTH services delivered PlaoTfama- hO.jabaik Sau$Aat in digital mode since sao hI iDijaTla maaoD maoM dI jaanao beginning, the migration vaalaI saovaayaoM¸ kobala TIvaI of cable TV services, from analogue to digital, has also been completed with saovaaAaoM ko maa[ga`oSana¸ enaalaa^ga implementation of Digital Addressable Cable TV systems sao iDijaTla tk¸ doSa maoM iDijaTla eDosaobala/ kobala TIvaI isasTma ³DIeesa´ (DAS) in the country. ko kayaa-nvayana ko saaqa pUrI hao caukI hO. Presently, Distribution Platform Operator (DPO) vat-maana maoM iDsTIbyaUSana/ PlaoTfama- Aa^proTr ³DIpIAao´ esaTIbaI provides STB, which is compatible with his network to p`dana krta hO jaao sabsaËa[barao kao saovaa p`dana krnao ko ilae Apnao provide services to subscriber. Over a period of time, variety naoTvak- ko saaqa saMgat hO.samaya samaya pr DIpIAao Wara naoTvakao-M maoM of technologies has been deployed by DPOs into the networks. It has led to a situation where STBs provided by ivaiBanna tknaIkI ka p`yaaoga ikyaa jaata hO.[sanao ek eosaI isqait pOda one operator are not compatible with the system of the other kr dI hO ik jahaM ek Aa^proTr Wara p`dana kI gayaI esaTIbaI dUsaro operator. Some of the reasons for non-interoperability of Aa^proTr ko p`NaalaI ko AnaukUla nahIM hO.esaTIbaI ko naa^na [MTrAa^proibailaTI STB are given in Annexure-A. This impedes portability of a ko kuC karNaaoM kao naIcao idyaa gayaa hO.eosaa krnao ko maamalao maoM vah ek subscriber from one operator to another in case he wishes Aa^proTr sao dUsaro maoM ga`ahk kI paoTo-ibailaTI kao baaiQat krta hO. to do so. ivaiBanna saovaa p`dataAaoM ko baIca esaTIbaI kI tknaIkI AMtr kI The lack of technical interoperability of STBs between different service providers has adverse effect on kmaI kao po TIvaI ivatrNa baajaar maoM p`itspQaa- AaOr saovaa kI gauNava 27 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 MARKET: STB a consumer changes its service provider, the STB of existing jaata hO @yaaoMik ]sa esaTIbaI ka ]pyaaoga nahIM ikyaa jaa sakta hO¸ service provider becomes useless as the same STB cannot pirNaamasva$p [lao@Tainak/ kcara ³[-–kcaro´.vyavahairk samaaQaana kI be used; resulting into electronic waste (e-waste). The ]plabQaa jaao esaTIbaI kao tknaIkI [MTrAa^proibailaTI p`dana kr saktI availability of practical solution which can provide technical hO¸ hmaoSaa vaaMCnaIya hO. interoperability of STB is always desirable. The framework of [MTrAa^probala esaTIbaI kI $proKa kao interoperable STB should ensure inamnailaiKt sauinaiScat krnaa caaihe: the following:- saurxaa ka str Aaja jaao maaOjaUd The level of security should hO¸ ]sako samaanaa yaa ]sasao baohtr haonaa be similar to or better than what is present today. caaihe. The framework must be sound enough to prevent AnaaiQakRt vyai@tyaaoM Wara saovaaAaoM ko irsaoPSana kao raoknao ko ilae reception of services by unauthorized persons. Íomavak- kao majabaUt haonaa caaihe. The prices of the interoperable STBs should remain [MTrAa^probala esaTIbaI kI kImatoM gaOr–[MTrAa^probala esaTIbaI ko comparable to noninteroperable STBs. barabar haonaI caaihe. The portability cost should reduce considerably. pao-ToibailaTI kI laagat kafI kma haonaI caaiheÆ ANNEXURE-A Anaulagnak –e–eAnaulagnak REASONS OF TECHNICAL esaTIbaI ko tknaIkI naa^na–[MTrAa^proibailaTI ko karNa NON-INTEROPERABILITY OF STBS The delivery of digital TV broadcasting services iDijaTla TIvaI p`saarNa saovaaAaoM kI iDlaIvarI maoM kMp`osana¸ einËPSana¸ involves various steps like compression, encryption, maa^DulaoSana Aaid jaOsao ivaiBanna carNa Saaimala hOM.p`%yaok ]_oSya ko ilae modulation etc. For each purpose, different-different Alaga Alaga tknaIkI AaOr ]nako saMskrNa samaya ko saaqa ivakisat hue technologies and their versions have evolved over a hOM.Baart sarkar va p`aiQakrNa Wara inaQaa-irt inayama va kanaUna saovaa period of time. The rules and regulations prescribed by the Government of India and the Authority provide a p`dataAaoM Wara tknaIkI ka caunanao ka lacaIlaapna p`dana krto hOM. flexibility of choosing technology by the service providers. ]sako Anausaar ]nakI vyavasaaiyak yaaojanaa ko mautaibak vyai@tgat saovaa Accordingly, as per their business plan, individual service p`data nao ivaiBanna tknaIkI AaOr ]nako saMskrNa kao caunaa AaOr provider has chosen and implemented different kayaa-invat ikyaa.saovaa p`dataAaoM Wara tknaIkI maanakaoM ko ivaiBanna technologies and their versions. The adoption of different- different versions of technical standards by service Alaga–Alaga saMskrNaaoM ko Apnaanaa esaTIbaI ko naa^na [MTrAa^proibailaTI providers is one of the reasons for non–interoperability ka karNa hO. of STBs. esaTIbaI ko naa^na [MTrAa^proibailaTI ko ilae inamnailaiKt kuC Some of the reasons, of STB Non-interoperability, karNaaoM kao ijammaovaar zhrayaa jaa sakta hO: can be attributed to the following :- e´e´e´[-emaema va [-saIema ko einËPSana ko ivaiBanna trIko: a) Different methods of encryption of EMM & ECM: DIvaIbaI maoM¸ saIeesa maanak ek eosaI ivaiQa kao pirBaaiYat krta In DVB, CAS standards define a method by which a hO ijanako Wara ek iDijaTla TolaIivajana sTIma/ kao kovala ]na digital television stream can only be accessed by those entitled having valid decryption keys. This is laaogaaoM Wara e@saosa ikyaa jaa sakta hO ijanako pasa vaOQa iDiËPSana realized by a combination of scrambling and kI hO.yah sËOMbailaMga va einËPSana ko saMyaaojana Wara saMBava ikyaa encryption. Entitlement Management Message jaata hO.eMTa[TolamaoMT maOnaojamaoMT maOsaoja ³[-emaema´ ijasamaoM po TIvaI (EMM) containing list of pay TV services and saovaaAaoM AaOr AvaiQa kI saUcaI haotI hO AaOr eMTa[TolamaoMT kMTaola/ duration and the Entitlement Control Message (ECM) carrying control word (CW) is transmitted along with maOsaoja ³[-saIema´¸ ijasamaoM kMTaolD/ vaD- ³saIDblaU´ haota hO¸ kao the scrambled channels. ECM and EMM messages sËOMbalD caOnalaaoM ko saaqa p`saairt ikyaa jaata hO.jabaik DIvaIbaI 28 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 MARKET: STB The DPOs should be able to choose security solutions DIpIAao kao ApnaI AavaSyaktaAaoM ko Anausaar saurxaa samaaQaana (Conditional Access System) as per their requirements. ³kMiDSanala e@saosa isasTma´ caunanao maoM saxama haonaa caaihe. The proposed solution must be able to identify pirates, p`staivat samaaQaana payaroToD¸ yaid kao[- hao tao¸ krnao vaalaaoM kI if any. phcaana krnao maoM saxama haonaa caaihe. The User Interface (UI) yaUjar [MTrfosa ³yaUAa[-´ AaOr and Electronic Program Guide (EPG) format [lao@T/a^inak p`aoga`ama gaa[D ³[-pIjaI´ customization. p`a$p ko AnaukUla haonaa caaihe. The framework should yah sauinaiScat krnaa caaihe ensure that TV channels ik [-pIjaI ilaisTMga vaalao TIvaI caOnala with EPG listing continue ]pBaao@taAaoM kao dUsaro Aa^proTr ko to be available to the consumers on migration p`vaasa pr ]plabQa haonaa caaihe. to another operator. BaartIya dUrsaMcaar ivainayaamak p`aiQakrNa The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), ³T/a[-´ nao esaTIbaI ko tknaIkI suo motu, has taken up the issue of technical [MTrAa^proibailaTI ka mau_a Kud va Kud ]zayaa hO.[sa saMbaMQa maoM Ta[-/ naoo are carried in an encrypted form. Whereas DVB has nao saIDblaU ka ]pyaaoga krto hue caOnalaaoM ³DIvaIbaI–saIesae´ kI standardized the scrambling algorithm for scrambling sËOMicaMga ko ilae sËOicaMga elgaaoirdma kao maanakIkRt ikyaa hO¸ [- of channels (DVB-CSA) using CW, algorithms used saIemaÀ[-emaema einËPSana ko ilae ]pyaaoga ikyao jaanao vaalao for ECM/ EMM encryption are not standardized. elgaaoirdma maanakIkRt nahIM hO.[sa p`kar ivaiBanna saIeesa @laa[MT Thus STBs having different CAS client cannot descramble the services. Currently, most of the CAS vaalao esaTIbaI saovaaAaoM kao Ava$w nahIM kr sakto hOM.vat-maana maoM¸ manufacturers are using DVB-CSA2 standard for AiQakaMSa saIeesa inamaa-ta TIesa kI sËOicaMga ko ilae DIvaIbaI– scrambling of TS. saIeesa–2 maanak ]pyaaoga kr rho hOM. b) Different Operating Systems/Middleware and other baI´ ivaiBanna Aa^proiTMga isasTma ÀimaiDlavaoyar AaOr Anya Drivers: D/a[var: Operating System (OS) controls the various hardware Aa^proiTMga isasTma ³Aaoesa´ esaTIbaI ko ivaiBanna haD-vaoyar maa^D\yaUla modules of the STB and allows STB to execute kao inayaMi~t krta hO AaOr esaTIbaI kao ivaiBanna kayaao-M kao different functions. To make the operation of STB inaYpaidt krnao kI Anaumait dota hO.esaTIbaI ko saMcaalana kao user friendly and to simplify the search of TV ]pyaaogakta- ko AnaukUla banaanao AaOr TIvaI caOnalaaoM kI Kaoja kao channels, DVB specifies Service information (SI) Aasaana banaanao ko ilae¸ DIvaIbaI saovaa saUcanaa ³esaAa[-´ tailakaAaoM tables. One such table is Event Information Table kao inaid-YT krta hO.eosaa hI ek Tobala hO [vaoMT [Mfa^rmaoSana (EIT). The EIT contains the planned starting and stopping time of all TV programmes in form of Tobala ³[-Aa[-TI´.[-Aa[-TI maoM [lao@T/a^inak p`aoga`ama gaa[D Electronic Programme Guide (EPG). DVB has provided ³[-pIjaI´ ko $p maoM saBaI TIvaI kaya-ËmaaoM ka inayaaoijat AarMBa va flexibility in the structure of EIT and allows any raok samaya hO.DIvaIbaI nao [-Aa[-TI kI saMrcanaa maoM lacaIlaapna amount of additional information to be transmitted p`dana ikyaa hO AaOr iksaI BaI Aitir@t jaanakarI kao [-Aa[-TI in EIT. Due to this flexibility, different service maoM p`oiYat krnao kI Anaumait dota hO.[sa lacaIlaopna ko karNa providers carry data in the EIT differently making ivaiBanna saovaa p`data [-Aa[-TI DoTa kao na^na [MTrAa^proibailaTI non interoperability of EIT data. The Middleware of the STB helps in displaying the data contained in banaanao ko ilae [-Aa[-TI maoM DoTa lao jaato hOM.esaTIbaI kao imaDlavaoyar the EIT. There is no standard operating system/ [-Aa[-TI maoM inaiht DoTa kao p`diSa-t krnao maoM madd krta hO.esaTIbaI middleware for STBs making the STBs non- kao naa^na [MTrAa^probala banaanao vaalaI esaTIbaI ko ilae kao[- maanak interoperable. Besides this, the STB has a “loader” Aa^proiTMga isasTma ÀimaDlavaoyar nahIM hO.[sako Alaavaa esaTIbaI maoM to enable DPOs to upgrade “resident applications” ek laaoDr hO jaao DIpIAao kao ‘inavaasaI eiPlakoSana’ kao Apga`oD 29 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 MARKET: STB interoperability of STBs. In this regard, TRAI earlier issued phlao 4 Ap`Ola 2016 kaoo ek pUva- pramaSa- p~ jaarI ikyaa qaa a preconsultation paper on 4th April 2016 to solicit the views ijasamaoM ihtQaarkaoM ko ivacaaraoM kao hla krnao ko ilae esaTIbaI¸ tknaIkI of stakeholders to identify various issues relating to caunaaOityaaM AaOr ]Vaoga kI icaMtaAaoM sao saMbaMiQat ivaiBanna mau_aoM kI technical interoperability of STBs, challenges and concerns of the industry. The said paper was released with intent to phcaana krnaI qaI.esaTIbaI kI tknaIkI [MTrAa^proibailaTI ko ]pyau@t drive the focus of the TV samaaQaana kI idSaa maoM TIvaI p`saarNa ]Vaoga broadcasting industry towards ka Qyaana koMid`t krnao ko [rado sao ]@t the suitable solutions for p~ jaarI ikyaa gayaa qaa ijasa pr kama technical interoperability of STBs, which can be worked out. ikyaa jaa sakta hO.pUva- pramaSa- p~ In response to the pre- ko jabaava maoM ihtQaarkaoM sao kula 28 consultation paper, a total of 28 iTPpiNayaaM p`aPt hu[-.yao iTPpiNayaaM Ta[-/ comments were received from ko vaobasaa[T www.trai.gov.in pr stakeholders. These comments are available on TRAI’s website www.trai.gov.in. ]plabQa hO. To address the concerns of the stakeholders in [MTrAa^probala esaTIbaI ko saMbaMQa maoM ihtQaarkaoM kI icaMta kao dUr respect of interoperable STBs, as communicated in response krnao ko ilae ¸ jaOsaaik }pr vaiNa-t pUva-–pramaSa- p~` ko jabaava maoM batayaa or download “OS patches” to the STB. However krnao maoM saxama banaata hO yaa esaTIbaI ko ilae Aaoesa pOca Da]nalaaoD presently, several mechanisms have been krta hO.halaaMik vat-maana maoM esaTIbaI haD-vaoyar AaOr saa^FTvaoyar implemented in STBs hardware and software that maoM k[- tM~ laagaU ikyao gayao hOM jaao yah sauinaiScat krto hOM ik ensure that only applications approved by CAS kovala kOsa inamaa-ta Wara Anaumaaoidt Aavaodna inaYpaidt ikyao jaato manufacturer are executed. hOM. c) Different Modulation Standards: saI´ ivaiBanna maa^DulaoSana maanak: The signals are modulated before transmission. In isaganala TaMsamaISana/ sao phlao saMSaaoiQat haoto hOM.kobala TIvaI maoM¸ cable TV, the signal is modulated using DVB-C standards whereas the signal is modulated using isaganala kao DIvaIbaI maanakaoM ka ]pyaaoga krko saMSaaoiQat ikyaa DVB-S standards in DTH. For a STB to be able to jaata hO jabaik DITIeca maoM DIvaIbaI–esa maanakaoM ka ]pyaaoga receive signal both from DTH and Cable, there will krko isaganala kao saMSaaoiQat ikyaa jaata hO.esaTIbaI DITIeca be a requirement of switchable demodulator unit in AaOr kobala daonaaoM maoM isaganala p`aPt haonao maoM saxama krnao ko ilae the STB. Further, efficient versions namely DVBC2 esaTIbaI maoM isvacaobala iDmaa^DulaoTr kI AavaSyakta haotI hO.[sako and DVB-S2 have been deployed by some operators. Alaavaa DIvaIbaI–saI 2 va DIvaIbaI–esa 2 kao kuC Aa^proTraoM Wara While the later versions are backward compatible, earlier versions are not forward compatible. lagaayaa gayaa hO.jabaik pUva- ko saMskrNa ipCD,o saMgat vaalao hOM¸ Therefore, it restricts the STB interoperability across ipClao saMskrNa saMgat nahIM hOM.[sailae yah maa^DulaoSana maanakaoM ko the platforms as well as within the same platform ivaiBanna saMskrNaaoM ka ]pyaaoga krko PlaoTfamaao-M ko saaqa–saaqa ek using different versions of modulation standards. hI PlaoTfama- ko BaItr esaTIbaI [MTrAa^proibailaTI kao p`itbaMiQat d) Different Compression Standards: krta hO. In digital TV transmission, compression plays a very DI´ ivaiBanna kMp`osana maanak: important role. There are two prominent compression iDijaTla TIvaI p`saarNa maoM kMp`osana ek bahut mah%vapUNa- BaUimaka standards in use today. In India, most of the inaBaata hO.Aaja dao p`mauK kMposana maanakaoM ka ]pyaaoga ikyaa jaa operators have used, either MPEG2 or MPEG4 rha hO.Baart maoM AiQakaMSa Aa^proTraoM nao kMp`osana ko ilae yaa tao standard for compression. In cable TV sector, due to cost advantage and availability of sufficient emapI[-jaI 2 yaa emapI[-jaI 4 maanak ka ]pyaaoga ikyaa hO.kobala bandwidth in the network, most of the STBs deployed TIvaI xao~ maoM laagat laaBa AaOr naoTvak- maoM pyaa-Pt baOMDivaD\qa kI till now are of MPEG2 standard. In the DTH sector ]plabQata ko karNa Aba tk lagaayao gayao AiQakaMSa esaTIbaI 30 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 MARKET: STB to the pre-consultation paper mentioned above, TRAI gayaa hO¸ T/a[- nao Aa[-Aa[-TI baaMbao AaOr saoMTr fa^r DovalapmaoMT Aa^f collaborated with IIT-Bombay and Centre for Development TolaImaOiT/@sa ³saI–Da^T´ ko saaqa sahyaaoga ikyaa.pUva- pramaSa- p~ ko of Telematics (C-DOT). The issues identified by stakeholders javaaba maoM ihtQaarkaoM Wara phcaanao gayao mau_aoM kao saI Da^T AaOr Aa[-Aa[-TI in response to the pre-consultation paper were communicated to C-DOT and IIT-Bombay. Now C-DOT, the baaMbao kao saUicat ikyaa gayaa qaa.Aba saI Da^T Baart sarkar ko dUrsaMcaar telecom technology development centre of the Government tknaIkI ivakasa koMd`¸ Ta[-/ ko saaqa GainaYz samanvaya maoM [MTrAa^probala of India, in close coordination with TRAI, has developed a esaTIbaI ko ilae ek samaaQaana ivakisat ikyaa gayaa hO.]saI ko baaro maoM solution for interoperable STBs. Describing the same, C- batato hue saI–Da^T nao Ta[-/ kao saIDa^T Íomavak- kI ivaSaoYata kI ek p`it DOT has provided TRAI, a copy of the document titled “C- DOT framework and feature requirements for the ecosystem AaOr esaTIbaI [MTrAa^proilailaTI Íomavak- ko kayaa-nvayana ko ilae pairisqaitkI entities towards implementation of STB interoperability tM~ saMsqaaAaoM ko ilae sauivaQaa AavaSyaktaAaoM’ SaIYa-k p`dana ikyaa gayaa framework”. hO. In line with principles of transparency, this pardiSa-ta ko isawaMtaoM ko Anau$p samaaQaana saMrcanaa dstavaoja ko consultation note along with solution architecture document www.trai.gov.in is being uploaded on TRAI’s website www.trai.gov.in at saaqa yah pramaSa- naaoT Ta[-/ kI vaobasaa[T pr yaUAarela URL http://www.trai.gov.in/release-publication/ http://www.trai.gov.in/release-publication/consultation pr consultation. AplaaoD ikyaa jaa rha hO. both MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 deployment exists. While emapI[-jaI 2 maanak ko hOM.DITIeca xao~ maoM emapI[-jaI 2 va the MPEG4 standard is backward compatible, MPEG2 emapI[-jaI 4 daonaaoM kI tOnaatI maaOjaUd hO.jabaik emapI[-jaI 4 standard is not forward compatible. Therefore, maanak ipCD,o saMgat vaalao hOM¸ emapI[-jaI 2 maanak saMgat nahIM MPEG2 compliant STBs cannot work in the MPEG4 hO.]sailae emapI[-jaI 2 Anau$p esaTIbaI emapI[-jaI 4 naoTvak- networks. maoM kama nahIM kr sakto hOM. As can be concluded from the above that the jaOsaaik }pr sao inaYkYa- inakalaa jaa sakta hO ik esaTIbaI kI present eco system of STB is extremely rigid. There exists vat-maana [-kao p`NaalaI baohd kzaor hO.esaTIbaI inamaa-ta¸ icap iDjaayanar¸ an end-to-end verticals of STB Manufacturer, Chip designer, CAS manufacturer, middleware, and DPO. saIeesa inamaa-ta¸ imaDlavaoyar AaOr DIpIAao eMD TU eMD vaiT-kla maaOjaUd Effectively, these results in STB being specific to the hOM.p`BaavaI $p sao esaTIbaI maoM yao pirNaama DIpIAao¸ saIeesa p`data AaOr combination of DPO, CAS provider and STB manufacturer esaTIbaI inamaa-ta ko saMyaaojana ko ilae ivaiSaYT hO ijasako pirNaamasva$p resulting into technical non-interoperable STBs. esaTIbaI tknaIkI $p sao naa^na–[MTrAa^probala hO. Contact: Mob.: +91-7021850198 Email: [email protected] 31 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 MARKET: INDIAN CATV & BROADBAND MARKET BROADCASTING & CABLE SUBSCRIBER BASE OF MAJOR MSOS/HITS SERVICES OPERATORS AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, 2020 (More than one million subscribers) Number of private satellite TV channels S. Name of the operator Total Active permitted by the Ministry of I&B for No. Subscribers* uplinking only/downlinking only/both 1. Siti Networks 8,782,263 uplinking and downlinking ...... 911 2. GTPL Hathway 7,725,525 Number of Pay TV Channels as 3. Hathway Digital 5,281,920 reported by broadcasters ...... 327 4. Den Networks 5,019,021 5. TCCL 3,045,216 Number of pay DTH Operators ...... 4 6. Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV 3,024,345 7. Kerala Communicators Cable Ltd (KCCL) 2,985,112 Number of total active subscribers 8. Fastway Transmissions Pvt Ltd 2,238,075 with pay DTH operators ...... 70.70 Mn 9. NXT Digital Ltd (HITS) 2,142,184 10. KAL Cables 1,987,947 Number of private FM Radio Stations 11. VK Digital 1,659,460 (excluding All India Radio) ...... 367 12. NXT Digital Ltd (CATV) 1,285,222 Number of Operational Community 13. Asianet Digital Network 1,226,453 Radio Stations ...... 310 *(includes subscribers who have been inactive or temporarily suspended for not more than last 90 days) INTERNET SUBSCRIBER BASE AND MARKET INTERNET/BROADBAND SHARE OF TOP 10 SERVICE PROVIDERS SUBSCRIBERS S.ISP No. of Share Total Internet Subscribers ...... 776.45 Mn No Subscribers (In million) (%) Narrowband subscribers...... 50.14 Mn 1 Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd 405.65 52.24 Broadband subscribers ...... 726.32 Mn 2 Bharti Airtel Ltd. 191.73 24.69 Wired Internet Subscribers ...... 24.36 Mn 3 Vodafone Idea Limited 137.53 17.71 4 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 31.36 4.04 Wireless Internet Subscribers ...... 752.09 Mn 5 Atria Convergence Technologies 1.73 0.22 Urban Internet Subscribers ...... 474.11 Mn 6 Hathway Cable & Datacom P.Ltd 1.05 0.13 Rural Internet Subscribers ...... 302.35 Mn 7 Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd 0.93 0.12 Total Internet Subscribers per 8 You Broadband India Pvt. Ltd. 0.83 0.11 100 population ...... 57.29 9 GTPL Broadband Pvt. Ltd. 0.48 0.06 Urban Internet Subscribers per 10 Excitel Broadband Pvt. Ltd. 0.46 0.06 100 population ...... 101.74 Total of Top 10 ISPs 771.75 99.39 Rural Internet Subscribers per Others 4.71 0.61 100 population ...... 33.99 Grand Total 776.45 100 32 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 ADVERTORIAL TELEBREEZE : DEPLOYING OTT/ IPTV PRODUCTS ACROSS VIDEO PLATFORMS Telebreeze is a software company with in-house developed software-defined OTT/IPTV platform, designed for the preparation, management and delivery of media content across multiple video platforms. Telebreeze products deliver great value to the stakeholders in the IPTV/OTT, entertainment media ecosystem. Middleware offers the ability to managing video streaming from a single dashboard. It forms the core of the system and allows the operator to control operation of all modules on all levels. IPTV/OTT is booming in India and there is a great potential for the range of products offered by Telebreeze in the Indian market. TELEBREEZE’S NEW FEATURE IN MIDDLEWARE: INTERACTION WITH CONTENT OWNERS GOOD CONTENT IS YOUR provide viewers in addition to the copyright holder, often in addition COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE competent UI/UX and favorable rates. to receiving the video and uploading Viewers choose a video The variety of the library of films and it to the platform, the relationship streaming service by the quantity and shows (exclusive in particular), and between the operator and the owner quality of content. Thus, according to new products for distribution makes of the content remains a problem. Filxed research, 89% of viewers voted operators think about the sources of As a rule, copyright holders for Netflix as the best video platform, such content. have strict requirements not only for whose main advantage is the variety protecting content with DRM, but also of quality content. At the same time, THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP for other parameters: Netflix not only buys content, but also BETWEEN OPERATOR AND Uploading content: Uploading produces it independently. OTT CONTENT OWNERS should be carried out quickly and platform owners cannot ignore this fact You can provide your OTT conveniently: there should be and in pursuit of competitive positions platform with content in different ways: tools for working with a large are forced to think not much about buy exclusive rights, create your own number of files simultaneously, WHO and HOW will use their video production studio, integrate with quick addition of descriptions, application, but about WHAT they can other services. If you buy content from content categories. 33 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 ADVERTORIAL Content statistics: Content owners need to constantly monitor viewing statistics to account for the correct monetization of their content. Content display: Sometimes content owners may complain that the presentation of their content is not happening at all as they expected: the description is distorted, posters are not attached, the quality degrades. Disagreements with the copyright holder can lead to the loss of partnership for the operator, and, as a result, to the loss of the desired content, users and profit. To improve the efficiency of interaction between Operator's Dashboard With Highlighted New Titles From the two parties to the process, the A Content Owner. operator and the content of the copyright holder, Telebreeze has developed a special section for for the system administrator with already has delivery infrastructure, Middleware: the content owner's special rights: the Content Owner. subscribers, billing, but no exclusive dashboard. This feature will This section is for people who and relevant content. simultaneously relieve the operator own the content. They produced it, When the interests of the from the worries of preparing content bought it or in any other way platform owner and the copyright for display, and the content owner from acquired the rights to it. Content holder's content match, they enter into unnecessary worries about the owners want to deliver their content a cooperation agreement and the product of his intellectual property. to viewers and make a profit from it. operator opens the content owner SECTION FOR CONTENT Often, they do not have their own access to the Telebreeze Middleware OWNERS IN MIDDLEWARE video service, but have entered into control panel with all the necessary The new dashboard developed cooperation with a platform that rights: adding content, descriptions, managing display. In return for this content, the content owner gets access to statistics, based on which he can track its consumption and charge the operator a specified fee. Previously, to add new content to the Telebreeze platform, either integrations with third-party services were used, or the content owner himself provided his material to the operator. The operator himself uploaded the content to the platform, managed and promoted it. Now the content owner is empowered to independently add his content to the platform and fully Content Owner's Dashboard In The Middleware Of OTT Operator. manage it: create and delete new items, 34 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 ADVERTORIAL create playlists, create a hierarchy, content and bringing it to the end the barriers for content producers to categorize items. Nevertheless, the user; enter the market, and facilitate mutually operator still remains the main one on 3. Increases the media library of its beneficial profit. the platform: the content will be platform. ABOUT TELEBREEZE: available to end users only after its Telebreeze is a software approval. Content owner: development company with more The statistics of viewing 1. Manages its own content; than 8 years’ experience in creating content is also available to the content 2. Builds a transparent relationship and implementing globally one of owners. They now can see how many with the operator through the best software for ever growing people have watched their videos and tracking statistics; video workflows consider it in of media business. monetization. All software Another components of the feature of the new solution are section is that the developed in- operator can share house. This the newly guarantees the best provided content interoperability to his sub- between software operators. modules and However, the maximum efficiency content owner will of the entire IPTV/ still have access to OTT network. statistics on their Telebreeze Video content, regardless Solution is a of who is using it: software-defined the main operator or sub-operators. platform, designed for the BENEFITS FOR THE preparation, management and OPERATOR AND COPYRIGHT delivery of media content across HOLDERS 3. Expands the distribution multiple platforms. channels of its content; Operator: Telebreeze is a pre-integrated 4. Expands the possibilities of solution that covers complete IPTV/ 1. Increases the attractiveness of monetizing its content. OTT distribution pipeline: from video the service and speeds up the The new features made it transcoding and delivery to playback startup process. The presence of possible to free both parties, the at the variety of end-user devices and quality content is a huge reason operator and the content of the management on all stages. to use the video service for end copyright holder, from unnecessary users. The sooner the operator has time spent on negotiations, coordination Contact: content, the faster he will be able and disposal of media material. The ANDREY OSIN to bring the platform to market. content owner will no longer have to VP Sales, Telebreeze And the better his library is, the make claims to the operators about the M: +7 999 177 61 51 more audience and profit he will incorrect use of their material, since now E: [email protected] receive as a result; he sees real time transparent MARLEN FREI 2. Saves resources for uploading reports in his dashboard. Business Development Manager content to the platform by The main goal of creating a new M: +7 952 886 02 11 delegating control to the content dashboard in the system is to increase E: [email protected] owner. The operator is only the efficiency of interaction between responsible for verifying the operators and content owners, reduce www.telebreeze.com 35 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 POLICY NEW GUIDELINES FOR THE OTT & DIGITAL MEDIA The new guidelines announced by the government for the OTT players and other digital media players has stirred a hornets nest across the industry. Check out the proposed guidelines in this article. Government notifies framed keeping in mind the difference harmonious, soft-touch oversight Information Technology (Intermediary between viewership in a theatre and mechanism in relation to social media Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics television as compared to watching it platform as well as digital media and Code) Rules 2021. on Internet. OTT platforms etc. Social media platforms welcome Amidst growing concerns Part- II of these Rules shall be to do business in India but they need around lack of transparency, administered by Ministry of Electronics to follow the Constitution and laws of accountability and rights of users and IT, while Part-III relating to Code India. related to digital media and after of Ethics and procedure and Social media platform can elaborate consultation with the public safeguards in relation to digital media certainly be used for asking questions and stakeholders, the Information shall be administered by the Ministry and criticise. Technology (Intermediary Guidelines of Information and Broadcasting. Social media platforms have BACKGROUND: empowered ordinary The Digital India users but they need programme has now accountability against become a movement its misuse and abuse. which is empowering The new Rules common Indians with empower ordinary the power of users of social media, technology. The embodying a extensive spread of mechanism for mobile phones, redressal and timely Internet etc. has also resolution of their RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD PRAKASH JAVADEKAR enabled many social grievance. media platforms to Rules about expand their footprints digital media and OTT in India. Common focuses more on in house and self and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules people are also using these platforms regulation mechanism whereby a 2021 has been framed in exercise of in a very significant way. Some portals, robust grievance redressal mechanism powers under section 87 (2) of the which publish analysis about social has been provided while upholding Information Technology Act, 2000 and media platforms and which have not journalistic and creative freedom. in supersession of the earlier been disputed, have reported the The proposed framework is Information Technology (Intermediary following numbers as user base of progressive, liberal and Guidelines) Rules 2011. major social media platforms in India: contemporaneous. It seeks to address While finalizing these Rules, WhatsApp users: 53 Crore peoples’ varied concerns while both the Ministries of Electronics and YouTube users: 44.8 Crore removing any misapprehension about Information Technology and Ministry Facebook users: 41 Crore curbing creativity and freedom of of Information and Broadcasting speech and expression. undertook elaborate consultations Instagram users: 21 Crore The guidelines have been among themselves in order to have a Twitter users: 1.75 Crore 36 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 POLICY a user who has spent his time, energy and money in developing a social media profile is left with no remedies in case that profile is restricted or removed by the platform without giving any opportunity to be heard. EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER INTERMEDIARIES: If we notice the evolution of social media intermediaries, they are no longer limited to playing the role of pure intermediary and often they become publishers. These social platforms have check mechanisms. Rampant abuse of These Rules are a fine blend of enabled common Indians to show their social media to share morphed images liberal touch with gentle creativity, ask questions, be informed of women and contents related to selfregulatory framework. It works and freely share their views, including revenge porn have often threatened on the existing laws and statues criticism of the Government and its the dignity of women. Misuse of social of the country which are functionaries. The Government media for settling corporate rivalries in applicable to content whether acknowledges and respects the right blatantly unethical manner has become online or offline. In respect of of every Indian to criticize and disagree a major concern for businesses. news and current affairs as an essential element of democracy. Instances of use of abusive language, publishers are expected to follow India is the world’s largest open defamatory and obscene contents and the journalistic conduct of Press Internet society and the Government blatant disrespect to religious Council of India and the welcomes social media companies to sentiments through platforms are Programme Code under the Cable operate in India, do business and also growing. Television Network Act, which earn profits. However, they will have Over the years, the increasing are already applicable to print and to be accountable to the Constitution instances of misuse of social media by TV. Hence, only a level playing and laws of India. criminals, anti-national elements have field has been proposed. Proliferation of social media, on brought new challenges for law RATIONALE AND one hand empowers the citizens then enforcement agencies. These include JUSTIFICATION FOR NEW on the other hand gives rise to some inducement for recruitment of GUIDELINES: serious concerns and consequences terrorists, circulation of obscene which have grown manifold in recent content, spread of disharmony, These Rules substantially years. These concerns have been financial frauds, incitement of violence, empower the ordinary users of digital raised from time to time in various public order etc. platforms to seek redressal for their forums including in the Parliament and It was found that currently there grievances and command its committees, judicial orders and in is no robust complaint mechanism accountability in case of infringement civil society deliberations in different wherein the ordinary users of social of their rights. In this direction, the parts of country. Such concerns are media and OTT platforms can register following developments are also raised all over the world and it is their complaint and get it redressed noteworthy: becoming an international issue. within defined timeline. Lack of The Supreme Court in suo-moto Of late, some very disturbing transparency and absence of robust writ petition (Prajjawala case) vide developments are observed on the grievance redressal mechanism have order dated 11/12/2018 had social media platforms. Persistent left the users totally dependent on the observed that the Government of spread of fake news has compelled whims and fancies of social media India may frame necessary many media platforms to create fact- platforms. Often it has been seen that guidelines to eliminate child 37 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 POLICY pornography, rape and gangrape was also held and accordingly, Ensuring Online Safety and imageries, videos and sites in these Rules have been finalized. Dignity of Users, Specially content hosting platforms and Women Users: Intermediaries SALIENT FEATURES other applications. shall remove or disable access Guidelines Related to Social withing 24 hours of receipt of The Supreme Court vide order Media to Be Administered by Ministry complaints of contents that dated 24/09/2019 had directed the of Electronics and IT: Ministry of Electronics and exposes the private areas of Information Technology to Due Diligence To Be Followed By individuals, show such apprise the timeline in respect of Intermediaries: The Rules individuals in full or partial completing the process of prescribe due diligence that must nudity or in sexual act or is in the notifying the new rules. be followed by intermediaries, nature of impersonation including social media including morphed images etc. There was a Calling Attention intermediaries. In case, due Such a complaint can be filed Motion on the misuse of social diligence is not followed by the either by the individual or by media and spread of fake news in intermediary, safe harbour any other person on his/her the Rajya Sabha and the Minister provisions will not apply to them. behalf. had conveyed to the house on 26/ 07/2018, the resolve of the Government to strengthen the legal framework and make the social media platforms accountable under the law. He had conveyed this after repeated demands from the Members of the Parliament to take corrective measures. The Ad-hoc committee of the Rajya Sabha laid its report on 03/ 02/2020 after studying the alarming issue of pornography on social media and its effect on children and society as a whole and recommended for enabling Grievance Redressal Two Categories of Social Media identification of the first originator Mechanism: The Rules seek to Intermediaries: To encourage of such contents. empower the users by mandating innovations and enable growth of the intermediaries, including new social media intermediaries CONSULTATIONS: social media intermediaries, to without subjecting smaller The Ministry of Electronics and establish a grievance redressal platforms to significant Information Technology (MEITY) mechanism for receiving compliance requirement, the prepared draft Rules and invited resolving complaints from the Rules make a distinction between public comments on 24/12/2018. users or victims. Intermediaries social media intermediaries and MEITY received 171 comments shall appoint a Grievance Officer significant social media from individuals, civil society, to deal with such complaints and intermediaries. This distinction is industry association and share the name and contact based on the number of users on organizations. 80 counter details of such officer. Grievance the social media platform. comments to these comments Officer shall acknowledge the Government is empowered to were also received. These complaint within twenty four notify the threshold of user base comments were analyzed in detail hours and resolve it within fifteen that will distinguish between and an inter-ministerial meeting days from its receipt. social media intermediaries and 38 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 POLICY significant social media incitement to an offence relating for the same shall be intermediaries. The Rules require to the above or in relation with communicated to the user who the significant social media rape, sexually explicit material or has shared that information intermediaries to follow certain child sexual abuse material with a notice explaining the additional due diligence. punishable with imprisonment grounds and reasons for such for a term of not less than five action. Users must be provided Additional Due Diligence to Be years. Intermediary shall not be an adequate and reasonable Followed by Significant Social required to disclose the opportunity to dispute the Media Intermediary: contents of any message or any action taken by the Appoint a Chief Compliance other information to the first intermediary. Officer who shall be responsible originator. for ensuring compliance with Removal of Unlawful Information: the Act and Rules. Such a Significant social media An intermediary upon receiving person should be a resident in intermediary shall have a actual knowledge in the form of India. physical contact address in an order by a court or being India published on its website notified by the Appropriate Govt. Appoint a Nodal Contact or mobile app or both. or its agencies through Person for 24x7 coordination authorized officer should not with law enforcement agencies. Voluntary User Verification host or publish any information Such a person shall be a resident Mechanism: Users who wish to which is prohibited under any in India. verify their accounts voluntarily shall be provided an law in relation to the interest of Appoint a Resident Grievance appropriate mechanism to verify the sovereignty and integrity of Officer who shall perform the their accounts and provided India, public order, friendly functions mentioned under with demonstrable and visible relations with foreign countries Grievance Redressal mark of verification. etc. Mechanism. Such a person shall be a resident in India. Giving Users An Opportunity The Rules will come in effect from to Be Heard: In cases where the date of their publication in the Publish a monthly compliance gazette, except for the additional report mentioning the details of significant social media due diligence for significant complaints received and action intermediaries removes or social media intermediaries, which taken on the complaints as well disables access to any shall come in effect 3 months after as details of contents removed information on their own publication of these Rules. proactively by the significant accord, then a prior intimation social media intermediary. Significant social media intermediaries providing services primarily in the nature of messaging shall enable identification of the first originator of the information that is required only for the purposes of prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution or punishment of an offence related to sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States, or public order or of 39 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 POLICY Digital Media Ethics Code Relating to a Code of Ethics and three tier providing a level playing field Digital Media and OTT Platforms to grievance redressal mechanism for between the offline (Print, TV) and Be Administered by Ministry of news publishers and OTT Platforms digital media. Information and Broadcasting: and digital media. A three-level grievance redressal There have been widespread Notified under section 87 of mechanism has been established concerns about issues relating to Information Technology Act, these under the rules with different digital contents both on digital media Rules empower the Ministry of levels of self-regulation. and OTT platforms. Civil Society, film Information and Broadcasting to Level-I: Self-regulation by the implement Part-III of the Rules which makers, political leaders including publishers; Chief Minister, trade organizations and prescribe the following: Level-II: Self-regulation by the associations have all voiced their Code of Ethics for online news, self-regulating bodies of the concerns and highlighted the OTT platforms and digital media: publishers; imperative need for an appropriate This Code of Ethics prescribe the institutional mechanism. The guidelines to be followed by OTT Level-III: Oversight mechanism. Government also received many platforms and online news and Self-regulation by the Publisher: complaints from civil society and digital media entities. Publisher shall appoint a parents requesting interventions. Self-Classification of Content: Grievance Redressal Officer There were many court proceedings in The OTT platforms, called as the based in India who shall be the Supreme Court and High Courts, publishers of online curated responsible for the redressal of where courts also urged the content in the rules, would self- grievances received by it. The Government to take suitable measures. classify the content into five age officer shall take decision on Since the matter relates to based categories- U (Universal), every grievance received by it digital platforms, therefore, a U/A 7+, U/A 13+, U/A 16+, and A within 15 days. conscious decision was taken that (Adult). Platforms would be Self-Regulatory Body: There may issues relating to digital media and required to implement parental be one or more self-regulatory OTT and other creative programmes locks for content classified as U/ bodies of publishers. Such a body on Internet shall be administered by A 13+ or higher, and reliable age shall be headed by a retired judge the Ministry of Information and verification mechanisms for of the Supreme Court, a High Broadcasting but the overall content classified as “A”. The Court or independent eminent architecture shall be under the publisher of online curated person and have not more than Information Technology Act, which content shall prominently display six members. Such a body will governs digital platforms. the classification rating specific have to register with the Ministry CONSULTATIONS: to each content or programme of Information and Broadcasting. Ministry of Information and together with a content descriptor This body will oversee the Broadcasting held consultations in informing the user about the adherence by the publisher to the Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai over the nature of the content, and Code of Ethics and address last one and half years wherein OTT advising on viewer description (if grievances that have not be been players have been urged to develop applicable) at the beginning of resolved by the publisher within “self-regulatory mechanism”. The every programme enabling the 15 days. Government also studied the models user to make an informed decision, Oversight Mechanism: Ministry in other countries including Singapore, prior to watching the programme. of Information and Broadcasting Australia, EU and UK and has gathered Publishers of news on digital shall formulate an oversight that most of them either have an media would be required to mechanism. It shall publish a institutional mechanism to regulate observe Norms of Journalistic charter for self-regulating bodies, digital content or are in the process of Conduct of the Press Council of including Codes of Practices. It setting-up one. India and the Programme Code shall establish an Inter- The Rules establish a soft- under the Cable Television Departmental Committee for touch self-regulatory architecture and Networks Regulation Act thereby hearing grievances. 40 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 TRENDS MEDIA TRENDS PlaoTfa^maao-M pr maIiDyaa T/oMD\sa/oMD\sa//oMD\sa ACROSS PLATFORMS yah laoK ipClao ek saala maoM Baart maoM ivaiBanna This article focuses on media trends across the PlaoTfamaao-M pr maIiDyaa $Jaana pr koMid`t hO. board globally. India’s advertising market is estimated to double over iva&apna kI baZ,aotrI maoM iDijaTla ko pqap`dSa-k haonao ko calato¸ the next five years, driven by BaartIya iva&apna baajaar ko Agalao paMca vaYaao-M maoM daogaunaa haonao ka Anaumaana 1) huge pent-up demand in some sectors (travel, retail & hO jaao ik tourism), which were negatively affected during 1´ kuC xao~aoM maoM ³yaa~a¸ Kudra¸ pya-Tna Aaid´ jabardst maaMga¸ jaao ik COVID-19, kaoivaD–19 ko daOrana nakara%mak $p sao p`Baaivat hue qao¸ 2) an increase in the number of advertisers (SME-led); 2´ iva&apnadataAaoM kI saM#yaa maoM baZ,aotrI ³esaema[-–naotR%va´¸ Aaja kI as on today, 98% of advertising is held by only 500 tarIK tk iva&apnaaoM ka 98‰ maa~ 500 iva&apnadataAaoM Wara advertisers, and idyaa jaata hO¸ AaOr 3) a surge in digital advertising led 3´AnaukUla janasaaMi#yakI ³baohtr DoTa¸ smaaT- by favorable demographics faona kI pOz¸ va baZo hue samaya Kca-´ ko (better data speed, smartphone naotR%va maoM iDijaTla iva&apna maoM baZ,aotrI sao p`oirt penetration & increased time haogaa.Baart ko iva&apna baajaar ka Anaumaana spent). hO ik Agalao paMca vaYaao-M maoM ³kaoivaD AaQaar India’s advertising market is p`Baava saiht´ estimated to post a CAGR of 16% ‰ over the next five years (including yah 16 ka saIejaIAar Aija-t krogaa¸ [saI COVID base impact), with digital is AvaiQa ko daOrana iDijaTla ~25‰ saIejaIAar likely to grow ~25% CAGR during the baZ,nao kI saMBaavanaa hO¸ iDijaTla iva&apna kI same period; the share of digital ihssaodarI daogaunaa ³banaama kaoivaD sao phlao ka advertising is estimated to double (v/ str –saIvaa[- 19´ haokr 44‰ AaOr sabasao s pre-COVID levels – CY19) toward baD,a iva&apna maaQyama ka ihssaa Aaja– TIvaI– 44% whereas the share of the largest kafI hd tk isqar rhnao ka Anaumaana hO.yaid ad medium today – TV – will largely iDijaTla ka Aagao AaOr AiQak p`saar haota hO remain stable. TV advertising may witness a decline within the ad share post CY25, if digital scales up further. Globally, tao TIvaI iva&apna maoM saIvaa[- 25 ko baad AaOr igaravaT doKnao kao digital advertising accounts for 61% of ad spend whereas imalaogaI.ivaSvastr pr iDijaTla iva&apna kI ihssaodarI kula iva&apna maoM TV’s 23%, given demographics in India (the big mass market 61‰ kI hO¸ jabaik TIvaI ko ilae 23‰ hO¸ Baart kI janasaaMi#yakI with several languages), we believe the share of mediums ³k[- BaaYaaAaoM ko saaqa baD,a baajaar´ kao doKto hue hmaara maananaa hO ik like TV and print will remain higher than global average. TIvaI AaOr ip`MT maaQyamaaoM kI ihssaodarI vaOiSvak AaOsat sao AiQak rhogaI. CONTENT COST WILL CONTINUE TO INCH UP saamaga`I kI laagat iDijaTla ko BaItr baZ,ogaI WITHIN DIGITAL iDijaTla saamaga`I kI Aaor badlaava ko calato hmaoM [sao khIM BaI The shift toward digital content has led to anytime AaOr kBaI BaI doKnao kI sauivaQaa imalaI hO¸ halaaMik¸ iDijaTla AaOr TIvaI and anywhere convenience; however, the audience base ko ilae dSa-kaoM ka AaQaar kafI hd tk Alaga hO¸ yahI vajah hO ik remains largely different for digital and TV, which is why we hmaoM ABaI BaI baD,o pOmaanao pr ka^D-–kiTMga ko $Jaana doKnao kao imalao have yet to see chord-cutting trends on a larger scale. hOM.iDijaTla pr saamaga`I kI laagat TIvaI kI tulanaa maoM bahut AiQak Content cost on digital will continue to be much higher than TV, as regional content cost may grow sharply, given rhogaI¸ @yaaoMik xao~Iya saamaga`I kI laagat maoM tojaI sao vaRiw hao saktI hO¸ eosaa the entry of global over-the-top (OTT) giants to make large- baD,o pOmaanao pr xao~Iya saamaga`I banaanao ko ilae vaOiSvak Aaovar–d–Ta^p scale regional content. OTT’s prefer web series over paying ³AaoTITI´ idggajaaoM ko p`vaoSa ko calato haogaa.iDijaTla pr saamaga`I kI premium for direct OTT release of a feature film, due to laagat TIvaI kI tulanaa maoM bahut AiQak rhogaI.AaoTITI fIcar iflmaaoM ko 41 SATELLITE & CABLE TV MARCH 2021 TRENDS 1) web series being more binge worthy in nature saIQao irilaja ko ilae p`Iimayama ka Baugatana krnao ko sqaana pr vaoba saIirja 2) lower per hour content cost while producing a web kao psaMd krta hO¸ @yaaoMik series vs acquiring a film 1´ vaoba saIirja p`kRit maoM AiQak p`BaavaSaalaI haoto hOM 3) a more loyal customer base, which has a strong recall 2´ iflmaaoM ko AiQaga`hNa kI tulanaa maoM vaoba saIirja ko inamaa-Na maoM Aanao for the new season of any particular web series. vaalaa p`it GaMTo laagat kma haotI hO Direct digital release of large-scale cinematic films 3´ ApoxaakRt AiQak samaip-t dSa-k AaQaar¸ jaao ik iksaI BaI ivaSaoYa on OTT is a tactical phenomenon and a mere COVID-19 vaoba saIirja ko nayao sa~ ko ilae ja$rI haota hO. trend (lack of availability of new content until three AaoTITI pr baD,o pOmaanao pr isanaomaa[- iflmaaoM ka p`%yaxa iDijaTla irilaja ek months ago). Success of one large web series leads to a huge jump in key performance saamairk GaTnaa AaOr maa~ kaoivaD–19 p`vaRivideo on demand Subscription Expected ad spend share by vaoba saIirja kI saflata sao p`mauK p`dSa-k Video on Demand (SVOD) FY25E (%) saMkotk ³kopIAa[-´¸ sabsaËIPSana vaIiDyaao Aa^na revenue, ad revenue and iDmaaMD ³esavaIAaoDI´ rajasva¸ iva&apna rajasva consumption dynamics); India’s va Kpt kI gaitSaIlata pr bahut AiQak OTT market will remain to be freemium based in the medium inaBa-r krtI hO¸ maQyama AvaiQa maoM Baart ka term. Content is most important AaoTITI baajaar ÍIimayama rhogaa.ga`ahk p`aPt part of an OTT offering to gain krnao ko ilae AaoTITI kI poSakSa ko ilae Customers; India based saamaga`I sabasao mah%vapUNa- ihssaa hO¸ BaartIya broadcaster OTT’s have a AaoTITI p`saarkaoM kao Apnao vaOiSvak samakxaaoM¸ relatively lower tech cost vs jaao ik tknaIkIÀ ]pyaaogakta- AnauBava pr global counterparts, which ‰–20‰ tk Kca- spend as high as 18%-20% of Apnao rajasva ka 18 the their revenue on tech/user Source: Elara Securities Estimate Research krto hOM¸ kI tulanaa maoM ApoxaakRt kma tknaIkI experience. laagat AatI hO. CINEMA TRENDS IN APAC MORE FAVORABLE epIesaI maoM isanaomaa ka $Jaana yaUesa va yaUko ko maukabalao AiQak THAN US & UK AnaukUla hOhOAnaukUla Cinema remains an outing and socializing trend in eiSayaa[- doSaaoM maoM jaOsao isaMgaapur¸ ta[-vaana¸ caIna¸ yaUe[- va Baart maoM Asian countries, such as Singapore, Taiwan, China, the isanaomaa¸ baahr GaUmanao AaOr saamaaijak p`vaRi 42 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 TRENDS BROADCASTER OTT MAY STRUGGLE WITHOUT ibanaa Tolkao ko p`saark AaoTITI kao saMGaYa- krnaa haogaa TELCOS dUrsaMcaar saovaa p`dataAaoM ³TIesapI´ ko saaqa saaJaodarI inakT Partnerships with telecom service providers (TSP) AvaiQa maoM p`saarkaoM AaOr Anya AaoTITI ko ilae rajasva ko baD,o ihssao ko will continue to account for a larger chunk of SVOD revenue ilae jaarI rhogaI¸ smaaT- TIvaI AaOr smaaT-faona BaI maQyama AvaiQa maoM Baart for broadcaster and other OTT in the near term; smart ko esavaIAaoDI pairisqaitkI tM~ ko TV and smartphones too will India digital video has witnessed a ivakasa ka samaqa-na kroMgao.laMbao p`a$p vaalaI saamaga`I ka ]pBaaoga kovala vaa^yaD- support growth of India’s strong 14.5% CAGR over CY18-20 SVOD ecosystem in the ba`a^DbaOMD ³if@sD laa[na´ pOz sao medium term. Consumption of saMcaailat haogaa¸ jaao Aaja Baart maoM long form content will only be kma 8º8‰ hO¸ ijayaao ka fa[bar driven by increased wired TU d haoma ³efTITIeca´ kaya-Ëma broadband (fixed line) penetration, which is low in kI Kpt maoM vaRiw krnao ko ilae India today at 8.8%; Jio’s Fiber p`mauK p`ork haogaa¸ ijasaka naotR%va To The Home (FTTH) offering spID maoM baZ,aotrI krogaa. BaartIya will be a key driver for growth ]pBaao@ta AiQak maUlya caailat banao in consumption of content, led hue hOM AaOr ijayaao efTITIeca by enhanced speed offerings. yaaojanaayaoM ga`ahkaoM kao AakiYa-t krtI Indian consumers remain to Source: BCG CII Big Picture Report, December 2020, rhoMgaI¸ Kasakr [sako ivaiBanna Plaana be more value-driven and Elara Securities Research plans by Jio FTTH will ko tht Aa^fr kI jaanao vaalaI saamaga`I continue to attract customers, given a large pool of content kao doKto hue.AaoTITI saaJaodarI pairisqaitkI tM~ maoM TIesapI ka offerings in various plans. 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SD/- SUDEEP MALHOTRA DATE 10.3.2021 PUBLISHER 43 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 TRENDS the OTT partnership ikyaa gayaa hO¸ jaao ik kafI hd ecosystem as the former is % of screens re-open post COVID-19 tk KMiDt baajaar hO¸ [sasao TIesapI highly consolidated vs OTT, kao AiQak rajasva ihssaodarI yaa which is a highly fragmented AaoTITI eOPsa sao baohtr saaOdobaajaI market; this will lead to TSP kI Sai@t p`aPt haogaI.AaoTITI ko getting a higher revenue share or better bargaining ilae ga`ahkaoM kao p`aPt krnaa ek power vs OTT apps. caunaaOtI banaI hu[- hO¸ jaba tk ik Customer retention for OTT vah ga`ahkaoM kao p`aPt krnao ko ilae remains to be a challenge samaya ko saaqa baD,I maa~a maoM kaya- unless it develops a large ËmaaoM ko kOTlaa^ga ko saaqa @vaailaTI catalogue of quality content kaya-Ëma na p`stut krnao lagao¸ ijasasao offerings over a period of ik ]sao baD,I saM#yaa maoM samaip-t dSa- time to ensure it has a large loyal audience base; the shift kaoM kI p`aiPt kI sauinaiScatta na from B2B to B2C will be the Source: Gower Street Report, January 2021, hao jaayao¸ baI2baI sao baI2saI maoM badlaava Elara Securities Research biggest risk for broadcaster- AaoTITI AaQaairt p`saarkaoM ko ilae based OTT to scale up. sabasao baD,a jaaoiKma haogaa. VIEW ON LISTED FIRMS WITHIN THE M&E emaeMD[- KMD ko BaItr saUcaIbaw kMpinayaaoM pr hmaara dRiYTkaoNa SPACE hma hala ko maQyama AvaiQa ko AaQaar pr Baart ko p`saarkaoM ³jaI We maintain our positive stance on India [MTrTonamaoMT¸ sana naoTvak- va TIvaI TUDo naoTvak-´ pr Apnaa sakara%mak broadcasters (Zee Entertainment, SUN TV Network and TV $K banaayao hue hOM¸ halaaMik jaba tk vao baD,o pOmaanao pr iDijaTla vyavasaaya Today Network) based on the near to medium term; however, the potential of re-rating on valuation multiple remains banaanao ko ilae dRSyata kI poSakSa nahIM krto hOM tba tk maUlyaaMkna kI limited unless they offer visibility for building a large-scale xamata saIimat rhtI hO.[na naamaaoM maoM hma maanato hOM ik TIvaITI va jaoD digital business. Among these names, we believe TVT and iDijaTla pr kuC p`arMiBak saflata banaanao maoM saxama hOM¸ halaaMik yah ek Z have been able to create some initial success on digital; baD,o rIroiTMga kao saxama krnao ko ilae pyaa-Pt nahIM hO. however, it is not good enough for enabling a big rerating. p`saarkaoM ko ilae icaMta banaI hu[- hO: Concerns for broadcasters persist: 1´ iDijaTla pr saamaga`I ka ivatrNa–ek ]cca samaoikt Tolkao ]Vaoga va 1) distribution of content over digital – overdependence on a highly consolidated telco industry & aggregators, ega`IgaoTsa- pr inaBa-rta¸ 2) an inability to extract a large share in the digital 2´ iDijaTla iva&apna KMD maoM ek baD,a ihssaa inakalanao maoM Asamaqa-ta¸ advertising segment, which is still dominated by social ijasapr ABaI BaI saaoSala maIiDyaa va Kola havaI hO¸ media and sports, 3´ iDijaTla maIiDyaa maoM inavaoSa kao jaarI rKnaa¸ jaao ik ABaI BaI kafI 3) continued investments in digital content, which is a jaaoiKma Bara p`stava hO¸ Kasakr hmaaro dRiYTkaoNa maoM vaOiSvak AaoTITI risky proposition, in our view, given the competition idggajaaoM ko saaqa p`itspQaa- kao doKto hue¸ with global OTT giants, 4) change in any regulations (tariff order & censorship 4´ iksaI BaI ivainayama maoM badlaava ³TOirf AadoSa va iDijaTla pr on digital), which will further impact business saoMsariSap´¸ jaao Aagao calakr vyaapar kao nakara%mak $p sao p`Baaivat negatively, and krogaa¸ AaOr 5) converging growth rates in the advertising segment 5´ saIvaa[- 24 ko baad TIvaI sao iDijaTla tk iva&apna KMD maoM ivakasa and threat of shift in ad spend, from TV to digital post dr AaOr iva&apna Kca- ko sqaanaaMtr ka Ktra. CY24. hma kaoivaD isqait ko saamaanya haonao ko baad iva 44 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 CONTENT SVOD & VOD esavaIAaoDI AaOr vaIAaoDI CONTENT PROLIFERATION kMToMT p`saarp`saarkMToMT Huge demand for Content has led to a boom kMToMT kI BaarI maaMga ko karNa esavaIAaoDI AaOr vaIAaoDI in SVOD & VOD platforms PlaoTfa^maaoM maoM ]Cala Aayaa hO. In India, around 40 OTT platforms are currently Baart maoM maaOjaUda maoM lagaBaga 40 AaoTITI PlaoTfama- saamaga`I kI streaming content, especially SVOD; however, original sTIimaMga/ kr rho hOM¸ Kasakr esavaIAaoDI¸ halaaMik maUla saamaga`I sabsaËa[bar content is key to gain subscriber base. AaQaar kao baZ,anao ko ilae mah%vapUNa- haogaI. Every platform has its own journey. Alt Balaji has hr PlaoTfama- nao ApnaI yaa~a kI hO¸ AlT baalaajaI Sau$ sao hI been SVOD since the beginning and hence driven by esavaIAaoDI hO AaOr [sailae vah AiQaga`iht iflmaaoM ko sqaana pr maUla originals only rather than acquiring movies. Once the audience comes saamaga`I kao hI p`saairt kr rhI hO.ekbaar jaOsao hI dSa-k maUla saamaga`I kI via originals, it is sahayata sao Aato hOM vao a more sticky and ]sako AiQak samaip-t loyal audience. va vafadar dSa-k haoMgao. Once the show Saao ko phlao saIjana maoM clicks in the first i@lak krnao ko baad season, the initial audience and the p`arMiBak dSa-k AaOr buzz it created via saIjana 1 ko maaQyama sao season 1 comes banaayaa gayaa yah hlacala up for the Season saIjana 2 ko ilae BaI 2, which enables kama Aata hO jaao ik organic growth of AaoTITI PlaoTfama- ko subscriber base for the OTT ilae sabsaËa[bar AaQaar platform. ko jaOivak vaRiw kao saxama In India, banaata hO. around 10mn Baart maoM kaoivaD 19 audience have cut chords during COVID-19 lockdown, laa^kDa]na ko daOrana 10 imailayana dSa-kaoM nao kobala kao CaoD,kr ivaiBana choosing OTT platforms largely due to a variety of trh ko kaya-ËmaaoM ko calato AaoTITI PlaoTfama- ka caunaava ikyaa.mah%vapUNa- content. The key remains to keep up the engagement of audiences on the OTT platform. TV and OTT can coexist yah hO ik dSa-kaoM kao AaoTITI PlaoTfa^ma- ko saaqa jaaoD,o rKa jaayao.TIvaI va at least for the next 8-10 years. AaoTITI Agalao 8–10 saalaaoM tk eksaaqa ijaMda rh sakto hOM. Earlier men used to explore OTT content while phlao pu$Ya AaoTITI saamaga`I ka pta lagaato qao jabaik maihlaaAaoM women had TV’s daily soap preferences; however, this kI p`aqaimakta TIvaI pr dOinak Qaaravaaihk haotI qaI¸ halaaMik kaoivaD trend has changed during COVID-19 where the family 19 ko daOrana [sa $K maoM badlaava doKa gayaa jahaM ik pirvaar ko doKnao maoM viewing has grown significantly ]llaoKnaIya baZ,aotrI dja- kI gayaI. On Sony LIV, Scam 1992 followed India vs Australia saaonaI ilava pr skOma 1992 AaOr ]sako baad Baart banaama Aa^sToilayaa/ series; thus, there was significant buzz throughout Q3FY21, gaining subscribers for the SVOD model. EaRMKlaa¸ [sa p`kar esavaIAaoDI maa^Dla ko ilae sabsaËa[bar p`aPt krnaa In a usual production of OTT content, feature film pUro iva 45 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 CONTENT sequel is the next episode & the Finale is based on which haota hO.[sailae¸ p`%yaok eipsaaoD kao ek fIcar iflma ko $p maoM maanaa budgets are decided. jaata hO AaOr [saka isa@vaola AgalaI kD,I va ifnaalao AaQaairt haotI hO Regional is the next big thing on the OTT platform ijasapr bajaT tya ikyaa jaata hO. and SunNXT has huge Tamil Film catalogue, which can AaoTITI ko ilae xaoi~ya kaya-Ëma AgalaI baD,I GaTnaa hO AaOrna do well in South India, given the OTT investment plan of sananao@sT ko pasa ivaSaala timala iflma kOTlaa^ga hO¸ jaao dixaNa Baart maoM SUNTV over the next two years. South India has been ahead of North India in terms of TV consumption. AcCa kr sakta hO¸ Kasakr Agalao dao vaYaao-M ko ilae sana TIvaI ko South India has started to embrace OTT platforms; AaoTITI inavaoSa yaaojanaa kao doKto hue.dixaNa Baart TIvaI Kpt ko maamalao hence, INR 1.5bn spend for regional OTT content. TV maoM ] 46 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 CONTENT Alt Balaji solely works on web series, and even Aa^lT baalaajaI pUrI trh sap sao vaoba EaRMKlaa pr kama krta hO¸ movies broken down into episodes to create a web series. It yahaM tk ik iflmaaoM kao BaI vaoba EaRMKlaa banaanao ko ilae taoD,a gayaa hO.yah has been buying content, which is syndicated, but all kaya-Ëma KrId rha hO¸ jaao ik isaMiDkoToD hO¸ laoikna saBaI fOsalao decisions are based on ROI. AarAaoAa[- pr AaQaairt haoto hOM. OTT platforms are divided into AaoTITI PlaoTfa^ma- ivaBaaijat hOM 1) broadcast OTT (Zee5, SonyLiv and Hotstar) which 1´ AaoTITI ka p`saarNa ³jaI5¸ saaonaIilava va ha^TsTar´¸ ijanako pasa have the advantage of catchup content, sports and kOcaAap saamaga`I¸ Kola va maUla saamaga`I ka fayada hO originals 2´ AMtrraYTIya/ kMpinayaaM ³naoTiFla@sa va Amaojana´¸ 2) international firms (Netflix and Amazon), 3´ TolaI va ega`IgaoTr AaoTITI PlaoTfama-¸ AaOr 3) telcos & aggregator OTT platforms, and 4´ Anya¸ 4) others, ijanhoM maUla pr Qyaana donao kI AavaSyakta hO¸ @yaaoMik ]%saah vaoba which require focus on originals, as excitement is EaRMKlaa kao laokr hO¸ [sailae¸ saMitPt maoM pirva INDIA’S MOST RESPECTED TRADE MAGAZINE FOR THE CABLE TV, BROADBAND, IPTV & SATELLITE INDUSTRY Contact: Mob.: +91-7021850198 Email: [email protected] 47 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 MEDIA BEAT maIiDyaabaITmaIiDyaabaITmaIiDyaabaIT An occasional column on significant maIiDyaa kI duinayaa maoM mah%vapUNa- GaTnaaAaoM developments in the media world pr ek saamaiyak stMBa By Ashok Mansukhani laoKk: ASaaok manasauKanaI OTT SELF REGULATION/ AaoTITI sva inayaamakÀsaoMsarSaIpÆ CENSORSHIP? vat-maana maoM Baart maoM naoTiFla@sa¸ Amaojana p`a[ma¸ ha^TsTar–iDjnaI¸ At present, India has approximately 40 OTT platforms including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar-Disney, Sony Liv, saaonaI ilava¸ jaI 5¸ iDskvarI Plasa AaOr kafI saM#yaa maoM xao~Iya kMpinayaaoM Zee 5, Discovery Plus and a plethora of regional OTT saiht lagaBaga 40 AaoTITI PlaoTfama- hO.halahI ko ek maIiDyaa Anaumaana players. A recent media estimate claims that Indian digital maoM davaa ikyaa gayaa hO ik BaartIya iDijaTla PlaoTfama- phlao hI baajaar maoM platforms already 40 imailayana sao AiQak reach over 40 ga`ahkaoM tk phuMca cauko million customers in the market with hOM ijanasao p`aPt rajasva revenues crossing 3000 kraoD, Épyao kao ` 3000 crores. par kr gayaa hO. OTT ipClao 12 mahInaaoM maoM platforms have had explosive growth in kaoivaD 19 laakDa]na ko the past 12 months karNa AaoTITI PlaoTfamaao-M due to the Covid 19 maoM ivasfaoTk vaRiw hu[- hO Lockdown, leading ijasako karNa TolaIivajana to a lack of fresh kI tajaa saamaga`I kI kmaI television content and concentrated AaOr laaKaoM BaartIya ko viewing by millions Gar pr rhnao ko ilae Qyaana of Indians forced to koMid`t krnaa pD,a stay home. Netflix is hO.naoTiFla@sa ka estimated to have added another 33% viewers in India in ‰ the last one year. Amazon Prime and Hotstar Disney have Anaumaana hO ik ipClao ek saala maoM Baart maoM 33 Anya ga`ahkaoM kao jaaoD,a also added substantial viewers. Regional OTT platforms gayaa hO.Amaojana p`a[ma AaOr ha^TsTar iDjnaI nao BaI pyaa-Pt dSa-k jaaoD,o are very popular for edgy and fresh content. Live sports hOM.xaoi~ya PlaoTfama- ]%kRYT AaOr tajao saamaga`I ko ilae bahut laaookip`ya content on Hotstar Disney and Sony Liv will give them hOM.ha^TsTar iDjnaI AaOr saaonaI ilava pr laa[va Kola kaya-Ëma ]nhoM saalaanaa assured increase in customers in years to come annually. Aanao vaalao vaYaao-M maoM ga`ahkaoM maoM vaRiw ka ASvaasana doto hOM. For the past year, the OTT Networks have been working on a self-regulatory code to avoid government ipClao ek saala sao AaoTITI naoTvak- sarkarI ivainayama sao bacanao ko regulation. Late last year, in a widely expected move, the ilae sva inayamana kaoD pr kama kr rho hOM.ipClao saala ko AMt maoM ek Government brought the Regulation of OTT content under vyaapk $p sao Apoixat kdma maoM sarkar nao navaMbar 2020 maoM vyaapar the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting by amending inayamaaoM ko AavaMTna maoM saMSaaoQana krko saUcanaa va p`saarNa maM~alaya ko tht the Allocation of Business Rules in November 2020. AaoTITI saamaga`I pr ivainayama laayaa hO.janavarI 2021 kI Sau$Aat maoM In early January 2021, a controversy got created on a couple of tendentious scenes in the web series ‘Tandav’ Amaojana p`a[ma pr idKayao gayao vaoba saIirja ‘taMDva’ ko kuC dRSyaaoM kao shown on Amazon Prime. The series is a political thriller, laokr ivavaad pOda hao gayaa.yah EaRMKlaa ek rajanaIitk iqa`lar hO\ laoikna but in the current inflamed social media atmosphere, the vat-maana maoM cala rho saaoSala maIiDyaa ko maahaOla maoM ivavaad nao AaoTITI saamaga`I 48 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 MEDIA BEAT controversy helped fuel shrill demands for pre-censorship kI pUva- saoMsarSaIp ko ilae maaMga nao jaaor pkD,a.halaaMik inamaa-taAaoM ko of OTT content. Though the Producers apologised and maafI maaMganao AaOr ivavaaidt dRSyaaoM kao hTa idyaa gayaa¸ laoikna yah deleted some scenes, it became the perfect vehicle for vaobakasT sao phlao AaoTITI saamaga`I kao ivainayaimat krnao kI sa#t maaMgaaoM ko strident demands to regulating OTT content before the webcast. ilae sahI mau_a bana gayaa. Activists in different states filed multiple FIRs, and ivaiBanna rajyaaoM ko kaya-ktaAaoM nao k[- p`aqaimakI dja- kI¸ AaOr the Director and Producer of ‘Tandav’ approached the taMDva ko inamaa-ta va inado-Sak nao janavarI 2021 ko AMt maoM Aiga`ma jamaanat Supreme Court for an ko ilae ]ccatma nyaayaalaya ka anticipatory bail in late drvaajaa KTKTayaa¸ ijasao savaao-cca January 2021 which was refused by the Supreme nyaayaalaya nao yah khto hue manaa Court stating, ‘your right to kr idyaa ik AiBavyai@t kI svatM~ta freedom of speech is not ka Aapka pUNa- AiQakar nahIM absolute.” The Supreme hO.sauip`ma kaoT- nao yaaicakakta-AaoM Court advised the Petitioners to approach kao iksaI BaI saMBaaivat raht ko individual courts for any ilae vyai@tgat AdalataoM ka $K possible relief. krnao kI salaah dI.[sako baad Subsequently, the Allahabad [laahabaad ]cca nyaayaalaya nao frvarI 2021 kI Sau$Aat maoM Amaojana High Court granted interim protection from any coercive action or arrest in early February 2021 to the content head p`a[ma ko kMToMT hoD kao frvarI ko AMt tk iksaI BaI AaËamak kar-vaa[- of Amazon Prime till the next hearing in late February. The yaa igarFtarI sao AMtirma saurxaa p`dana kI.] 49 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 MEDIA BEAT In her view, an autonomous regulatory body like the ]nako ivacaar maoM p`osa ka]Misala Aa^f [MiDyaa kI trh ek svaaya 50 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 MEDIA BEAT DRAFT NATIONAL raYT//Iya/// p`saarNa naIit ka masaaOdaÀkobala BROADCAST POLICY/CABLE INDUSTRY IGNORED? ]Vaoga kI AnadoKIÆ For the past few years, there has been talk in media ipClao kuC vaYaao-M sao raYTIya/ p`saarNa naIit tOyaar krnao ko baaro maoM circles about framing a new National Broadcast Policy. maIiDyaa hlakaoM maoM baat hu[- hO.duBaa-gya sao AamataOr pr if@kI AaOr Unfortunately, public saIAa[-Aa[- jaOsaI baD,I inakayaaoM kI opinion is not generally p`saarNa saimaityaaoM tk saIimat haonao sought with the dialogue being generally restricted to vaalao saMvaad ko saaqa janata kI raya broadcasting committees of nahIM maaMgaI jaatI hO.yah ivaSaala large bodies like FICCI and kobala Aa^proTr samaudaya kao pUrI CI1. This leaves the vast trh sao AMQaoro maoM CaoD, dota hO jaao cable operator community entirely in the dark on what ik Aanao vaalao dSak maoM ]nako ilae could be policy framework naIitgat ZaMcaa hao sakta hO. for them in the coming navaMbar 2020 maoM saIAa[-Aa[- ibaga decade. ip@car sammaolana maoM saUcanaa va p`saarNa In the CII Big Picture Summit in November 2020, maM~alaya kI Aitir@t saicava EaImatI the Additional Secretary Mrs Neerja naIrjaa SaoKr nao Kulaasaa ikyaa ik kuC samaya phlao Shekhar, Ministry of Information and ihtQaarkaoM ko saaqa ivacaar ivamaSa- ikyaa gayaa qaa AaOr Broadcasting revealed that ‘consultations maM~alaya ivaiBanna ihssaaoM AaOr ]Barto hue mau_aoM kao ek were held with stakeholders sometime back and the Ministry is putting the various saaqa rK rha hO.yah raYTIya/ p`saarNa naIit ko DaFT/ parts together, and the emerging issues as saMskrNa ko saaqa Aanao ko krIba hO. well. It is getting close to coming up with Apr saicava nao svaIkar ikyaa ik maIiDyaa ko saBaI the draft version of the National p`kar–TIvaI¸ ip`MT¸ roiDyaao va iDijaTla ek saaqa baZ, Broadcasting Policy.’ NEERJA SHEKHAR The Additional Secretary rho hOMM AaOr yao saBaI ek dUsaro kI kImat pr.]nhaoMnao acknowledged that all forms of media – TV, svaIkar ikyaa ik inayaamak Z,aMcao ka samaqa-na ikyaa Print and Radio and Digital are growing simultaneously and jaanaa caaihe taik ]Vaoga baZ, sako.[sako ilae ek saxama vaatavarNa not at the cost of one another. She admitted that the haonaa caaihe ijasamaoM ivakasa kao saugama banaayaa jaa sako¸ maIiDyaa AaOr regulatory framework has to be supported so that the Industry can grow. It has to be an enabling environment in manaaorMjana xao~ kovala manaaorMjana ko baaro maoM nahIM hO bailk sarkar ko ilae which growth can be facilitated; the media and rajasva laata hO.yah raojagaar¸ raojagaar ko Avasar dota hO AaOr ivadoSaaoM maoM entertainment sector is not about entertainment alone but saamaga`I kao inayaa-t krko inayaa-t kao baZ,ata hO. brings revenue to the Government. It gives jobs, ]nhaoMnao kha ik Baart ko pasa xao~ ivaiSaYT kanaUna va kanaUnaaoM ka employment opportunities and boosts exports by exporting AMtrmaM`alaya naoTvak- hO.]nhaoMnao svaIkar ikyaa ik kobala e@T p`aoga`ama kaoD content abroad. She stated that India has sector-specific laws and ko tht krnao yaa na krnao ko ilae caIjaaoM kI saUcaI dota hO.]nhaoMnao mahsaUsa interministerial network of laws. She admitted that the Cable ikyaa ik p`saarkaoM ka sva inayaamak kaoD AcCa kama kr rha hO. Act lays down a list of things to do or not to do under the ]nhaoMnao ek svaagatyaaogya GaaoYaNaa kI ik yah kobala TolaIivajana Program Code. She felt that the self-regulation code of AiQainayama kI trh ivaiBanna kR%yaaoM kao ‘iDiËmanalaa[ja’ krnao ka [rada broadcasters has been working well. She made a welcome announcement that it was qaa.]nhaoMnao kha ik ‘[rada laaogaaoM kao salaaKaoM ko pICo’ Dalanao ka nahIM hO intended to “decriminalise” various acts like the Cable bailk ]Vaoga kao eosao trIko sao ivainayaimat krnaa hO jaao ]pBaao@taAaoM kI Television Act. She said the intention is not to “put people Apoxaa hO. 51 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 MEDIA BEAT behind bars” but regulate the Industry in a manner which ]nhaoMnao kha ik sarkar [sa xao~ kao ivainayaimat krogaI taik consumers expect. saBaI kao tknaIkI ka laaBa imalao.]nhaoMnao ]llaoK ikyaa ik sarkar kao She stated that the Government would regulate the vyavasaaya krnao maoM AasaanaI AaOr jaIvanayaapna maoM AasanaI kI sauivaQaa p`dana sector so that everyone enjoys the benefits of technology. She mentioned there would have to be a convergence in krnaI haogaI. Government to facilitate ease of doing business and ease ]nhaoMnao p`saarNa ]Vaoga sao ApIla kI ik vah ]Vaoga ko ilae of living as far as the sector is concerned. [nÍasT@car/ sToTsa haisala krnao ko ilae ]saka samaqa-na kro.halaaMik She also appealed to the Broadcasting Industry to iva 52 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 global opportunity in streaming”. 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We continue point, with creativity, content and to provide our customers with an experiences that are second to none”. exciting mix of streaming and linear TV in one distribution agreement. NENT ViacomCBS has a new strategy SKY – SES SATELLITE Group invests enormously in sports, in place and it plans to take Pluto TV AGREEMENT and their sports portfolio is growing and Showtime OTT and create a new Sky UK plans to rapidly. They have secured national ecosystem along with Paramount + sign up with SES sports such as cross-country skiing which is being launched in US, Canada for satellite and alpine from 2021, as well as ice and parts of Latin America. capacity for a €90 skating and the world’s best leagues Paramount+ program content million contract from women’s football on their will have sports, news and and the contract channels. This is content that our entertainment from ViacomCBS’ stable will be valid till customers want.” which has BET, CBS, Comedy Central, 2027 and this makes Sky UK a customer MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures of SES spreading over 40 years. SKY DEUTSCHLAND and the Smithsonian Channel. SES will deliver Sky UK’s LAUNCHES NEW CHANNELS Bob Bakish, president and channels in a mix of SD, HD and Ultra Sky Deutschland CEO, ViacomCBS, said: “In today’s HD from to the subscribers in the UK leading German entertainment landscape, ViacomCBS and Ireland. broadcaster will stands apart as the only media Steve Collar, CEO at SES, said: launch new company to fully embrace every “This is a significant, multi- channels - Sky segment of the streaming universe transponder, multi-year renewal Comedy and Sky Crime on April 1, 2021. across free, premium and pay. founded on SES’s decades of More Sky channels are to be further “The launch of Paramount+ delivering a flawless and immersive TV launched this year and it will be a supercharges our strategy with a broad viewing experience to Sky UK documentary channel and a nature pay service that will be home to customers. It also underlines the channel everything consumers love, all in one continued and rising importance of Sky Comedy and Sky Crime will place: live sports, breaking news and a satellites in delivering a premium be available as linear channels. The mountain of entertainment, at scale. As content-viewing experience to end content will also be available on we look ahead, ViacomCBS is ideally customers virtually everywhere”. demand via Sky Q and Sky Ticket in positioned to harness the full power SES had total revenues of Germany, on Sky X in Austria and on of our assets and capabilities – from €1,876 million in 2020, down from €1,984 Sky Show in Switzerland. our world-class production studios million a year earlier. EBITDA was Sky Deutschland has secured and the value of our massive content €1.079 million (€1,217 million) and its the rights to the Extreme E motorsport library, to our global marketing platform net loss of €86 million contrasted with series in Germany, Austria and and local relationships – to seize the a net profit of €296 million in 2019. Switzerland. 53 SATELLITE & CABLE TV MARCH 2021 ` 349 crore, and total revenues up 33% would stand us in good stead over the at ` 2,729 crore. EBITDA stood at coming quarters, focusing on sweating ` 715 crore vs ` 565 crore in the previous of assets,” Siti Networks CEO Anil Q3 quarter of 2019. Malhotra added. Ad revenues saw a growth and AIRTEL ACQUIRES STAKE IN reached ` 1302 crore vs ` 1230 crore. BHARTI TELEMEDIA Subscription revenue in Q3 was also Bharti Airtel plans to acquire a strong at ` 841 crore vs ` 713 crore, up 20 per cent stake in Bharti Telemedia 18% YoY. DISH TV’S ` 1,000 CRORE from Warburg Pincus for ` 31,260 Domestic subscription revenue FUND PUSH. million. has been up 9.3% driven by both Dish TV The disbursal will be via television and Zee5. The comparable India is issuance of 36.47 million equity shares programming cost (excluding trying to of Airtel at a price of ` 600 per share inventory amortisation of syndicated mop up a and up to ` 10,378 million in cash. content) grew by 11% YoY and strategy to The proposed transaction is primarily led by increased content and raise funds part of Airtel’s strategy to align the transmission costs in digital business. of ` 1,000 shareholding of its customer facing A&P and other expenses declined by crore for products, services and businesses business 8.3% YoY during the quarter. expansion. The digital business Zee5 saw The funds global MAUs at 65.9mn and DAUs at will be 5.4mn respectively in Dec 2020. Zee5’s Q3 revenue stood at ` 117.8 crore with raised in tranches and the board has under the same holding group. an EBITDA loss at ` 175 crore constituted a fund-raising committee “DTH is an integral part of our for recommending. Dish TV had a SITI NETWORKS CLOCKS Homes strategy and this transaction consolidated net profit of ` 86.41 crore ` 390.6 IN 2020 Q3 is another step towards simplifying the for the third quarter ended December Leading shareholding of our customer facing 2020 compared to a net loss of ` 66.77 MSO, Siti businesses providing structural crore in the same period a year ago. Networks Ltd flexibility and ease of implementation. The operations revenue was has had a good Airtel has always enjoyed a close and down six per cent year-on-year to ` run in 2020 Q3 strategic partnership with Warburg 815.67 crore during the quarter as with a turnover Pincus, across its business verticals against ` 867.8 crore of the of ` 390.6 crore and geographies and we are delighted corresponding quarter. Dish TV is the revenue of to have them back as part of Airtel’s active in DTH and teleport service, and subscription exciting journey ahead, including in infra support services. It is also touched ` 270.6 digital businesses,” said Bharti engaged in the business of crore and EBITDA was at ` 63.8 crore. Enterprises’ group director, Harjeet broadcasting of other satellite Siti Broadband expansion spree Kohli. telecommunications activities. continued across 21 cities and the net Airtel will issue its shares to the ZEE’S Q3 PROFITS INCREASE base increasing to 1.9 lakh. The Warburg Pincus affiliate at a premium Zee company worked on its operational of 0.50 per cent to the floor price Entertainment efficiencies through improvement of its determined as per ICDR regulations. total revenue for systems, processes, and personnel The remaining consideration of ` 9,378 Q3 of 2020 was ` and that resulted in a better connect million will be paid in cash on the 2,729 crore, up by with its 24,000+ strong distribution closing date of the proposed 33%. network. transaction. 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Please explain the benefits p`Sna: efTITIeca va efTITIe@sa @yaa hOÆ daonaaoM tknaIikyaaoM of both the technology? ko laaBa ko baaro maoM batayaoMÆ Sreenivas Reddy, Hyderabad EaIinavaasa roD\DI¸ hOdrabaad Ans.: Home fiber (FTTH) is the delivery of a ] 56 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 DISH DOCTOR following types – POTS, 10/100/1000 BASE-T and RF jaao inamna p`karaoM saiht tulanaa%mak $p sao CaoTI saM#yaa maoM paoT- p`dana (18dBmV). krta hO–pIAaoTIesa¸ 10À100À1000 baosa TI AaOr Aaref The optical fiber method can be implemented in (18dBmV). two ways: active method and passive method. The Aa^piTkla fa[bar ivaiQa kao dao trIko sao laagaU ikyaa jaa current deployment of mass FTTH is based on the passive method sakta hO: saiËya ivaiQa AaOr inaiYËya ivaiQa.maasa efTITIeca kI vat- Fiber to the “x” maana tOnaatI ‘e@sa’ krnao ko ilae (FTTx) is a collective term inaiËya ivaiQa fa[bar pr used to describe a wide AaQaairt hO.‘e@sa’ fa[bar range of broadband samaaiPt ibaMdu ka p`itinaiQa%va krnao network architecture options utilizing optical ko saaqa efTITIe@sa tknaIkI fiber for some or all of their efTITIeca¸ efTITIe¸ last mile connectivity. With efTITIbaI AaOr efTITIsaI jaOsao “x” representing the fiber Aa^piTkla fa[bar tOnaatI kao termination point, FTTx technology encompasses optical fiber deployments such Saaimala krta hO. as FTTH, FTTA, FTTB, and FTTC. fa[bar TU d e@sa¸ nao@sT jaonaroSana e@saosa ³enajaIe´ ka Fiber to the x is a central component of next- koMd`Iya GaTk hO jaao ivastairt gait AaOr saovaa kI gauNava Contact: Mob.: +91-7021850198 Email: [email protected] 57 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARYMARCH 2021 2021 CHANNEL CHANGES Here are the major changes that have taken place on the various satellites over India in the past month. AMOS4 AT 65 DEG E Mastiii, Animal Planet India, Com- Now, & flix, Zee Café, Mazhavil On 24th Party's has left 10735 V; edy Central India, MNX and Tata Manorama, Tata Sky Theatre, BBC World News South Asia has Sky Fun Learn have started on Mastiii, Animal Planet India, Com- started on 10789 V, Verimatrix. HBO 11170 V, encrypted. Zee Marathi, edy Central India, MNX and Tata Asia, Cinemax Asia and EuroNews Zee Bangla, Sarthi TV, Mega 24, Sky Fun Learn have left. On 4th English have left; KBS World 24, MK Tunes, MK Six, Mega Musiq, Nagaland TV has replaced News Dhinchaak, MTV Beats, Luxe TV, Sahana TV, Suddi TV, Northeast 11 on 3949 H, FTA. On 5th Aaho!! VoA TV Asia, Star Movies India, TRT Live, Onkar Only Truth TV, Alankar Music has started on 3925 H, FTA. World, Aaj Tak and Disney Junior TV, Shubh TV, Zee 24 Kalak, On 7th Jano Duniya has started on India have started on 10914 V, en- Nambikkai TV, Vanitha TV, TV 5 3949 H, FTA. On 13th Bangla crypted. Star Utsav, Shemaroo TV, Kannada, Hindu Dharmam, Raj Bharat has started on 3805 H, FTA. Popular TV, Filmy, B4U Music India, Musix Telugu, TV 1 Telugu, Gyana Sangeet Bhojpuri, Fox Life India, Yogi Telugu, MKN Marathi, Moon MEASAT 3/3A AT 91.5 DEG E Care World TV, India Today, On 23rd Colors Asia Pacific has Aastha India, Sanskar TV and left 3960 H; Life has started on Peace TV Urdu have left; BM HD, 12436 H, encrypted. Gorkha TV, Colors Infinity, DD Bharati and Xing Kong Interna- INSAT 4B/3A / GSAT 15 / GSAT tional have started on 11235 V, 17AT 93.5 DEG E Verimatrix; Rhymes, Bhojpuri On 2nd Karma Ayurveda has Magic, DD India, DD Kisan, started on 11510 H, FTA. On 13th Dangal TV, Dabangg, Aakaash DD India, DD Sports and DD Aath, Enterr 10, 9X Jalwa and Jharkhand have left 11480 H. On Lolly Kids have left. 16th CNBC TV 18, Colors Infin- ity, Prameya News 7, 1 Sports, IS 17 AT 66 DEG E India News Haryana, Zee Vajwa, On 1st Tulasi News has started on TV, Raj Musix Malayalam, Raj Songdew TV and Comedy Central 3876 H, FTA. News Malayalam, DD Sahyadri, India have started on 11510 H, MNX and Tata Sky Fun Learn have Conax. ETV Andhra Pradesh, DD EUTELSAT 70B AT 70.5 DEG E left; Tata Sky Videoshala has National, DD Sports, DD Girnar, DD On 20th Euro Bangla TV has left started on 11550 V, encrypted. DD Chandana, Sun Music, Suvarna 12682 V. Assam, CTVN AKD Plus, AKD News, Adithya TV, ETV Telangana, Calcutta News and NHK World Ja- Ishwar Bhakti TV, Chintu TV, Colors INSAT 4A/4B/ GSAT-10 /GSAT- 30 pan have left; Star Jalsha, Jalsha Kannada Cinema, Sirippoli, We, at 83 deg E Movies, Star Bharat India, Surya Kairali News and News State UP & On 1st Bangla Bharat has left 3805 TV, VH1 India, Star Plus HD India, UK have left 11510 H. H. On 2nd Udaya Movies, Zee Star Gold HD India and Colors Biskope, Star Sports Select HD2, Bangla have started on 11630 V, CHINASAT 11 AT 98 DEG E Surya Cinema, Nick HD+, Sun encrypted; Udaya Movies, Zee On 15th Sonali Bangla TV has Bangla, DD Kashir, Sony Ten 1 HD, Biskope, Star Sports Select HD2, started on 11493 V, FTA. Star Movies Select, Shubh TV, Surya Cinema, Nick HD+, Sun Sony Pix, CNBC TV 18, Romedy Bangla, DD Kashir, Sony Ten 1 HD, INTELSAT 19 AT 166.0E Now, & flix, Zee Café, Mazhavil Star Movies Select, Shubh TV, On 1st Paramount Network Asia has Manorama, Tata Sky Theatre, Sony Pix, CNBC TV 18, Romedy started on 3920 V, encrypted. 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