MARCH 2011

Leading ladies of GECs

Leading ladies of GECs

0 / March 23, 2011 1:11 PM

A decade ago, when Tulsi and Parvati beckoned the unsuspecting Indian viewers into their homes, there was no dust flying around the nature of Indian fiction shows. Not many deemed a certain soap to be ‘overly weepy’ or packed with

A Fair Deal: Are Women Better Marketers?

A Fair Deal: Are Women Better Marketers?

0 / March 23, 2011 1:10 PM

Daniel Pink in his book ‘A Whole New Mind’ posits that the future of all successful businesses would be driven by right-brained thinkers; the connectors and communicators who possess the six critical senses of design, story, symphony, empathy, play and

Market place is the best teacher – Vinita Bali

Market place is the best teacher – Vinita Bali

0 / March 23, 2011 12:41 PM

As we celebrate the women marketers of India, here’s a lady, who’s moved up the ranks in a marketing career, to be the Managing Director of one of the biggest Food & Beverages company of India – Britannia. Vinita Bali,

The current measurement system is geared towards mass channels

The current measurement system is geared towards mass channels

0 / March 23, 2011 11:49 AM

In a country of 1.2 billion, India is highly underinvested. Demat accounts have grown by 11.3 per cent to 1.89 crore demat accounts (Feb 2011), up from 1.7 crore accounts (March 2010). This growth reflects the desire to garner disproportional

International content is making headway into Indian homes

International content is making headway into Indian homes

0 / March 23, 2011 11:44 AM

Over the past couple of years the Indian TV industry is witnessing a shift in TV viewing.  The reason is that India has a fairly large young population, which has become conscious about the quality of television content. The youth

From reality shows to fiction with a twist

From reality shows to fiction with a twist

0 / March 23, 2011 11:38 AM

The year 2011 will see a surge in demand for more inventive concepts in the Indian television programming.  It is time for the industry to gear up and produce unique concepts to create diversified content as Indian audience is coming

Successful Hindi shows will go regional

Successful Hindi shows will go regional

0 / March 23, 2011 11:34 AM

Every year the number of channels are increasing leading to fragmentation and clutter. Today TAM reports more than 460 channels in India. Therefore talking about the growth of absolute viewership rather than the share makes more sense. In HSM, News

Lack of bandwidth is leading to higher carriage costs

Lack of bandwidth is leading to higher carriage costs

0 / March 23, 2011 11:29 AM

As the Indian Cable Television industry is on the verge of completing three decades of its existence, the Indian television industry continues to grow from a handful of 120 channels in 2003 to over 460 channels today. The TV segment

Hindi is being consumed in South too now

Hindi is being consumed in South too now

0 / March 23, 2011 11:25 AM

By Joy Chakraborty In the last couple of years, Hindi general entertainment has grown bigger than the Gujarat-Punjab-Bengal formula and has cast a much wider net that includes some very important markets like Maharashtra. This has paid off well. The

A shift from demographic profiling to psychographic

A shift from demographic profiling to psychographic

0 / March 23, 2011 11:08 AM

By Avinash Kaul The opportunities, despite 500 odd channels, even today are immense since “entertainment”  for a country of one billion plus still means a lot of things. What was considered as a Music Genre (entertainment) few years back has