MUMBAI: Animators have long contemplated the complexity of producing pre-school content for the ages of two to four years. On the third day of FICCI Frames 2019, executives from the industry spoke about ‘Catching youngest viewers: Powering the kids network and advertisers ecosystem through data’. 

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has acquired the media rights for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and Winter Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020 in India and the Indian subcontinent.

MUMBAI: Teleone Consumers Product has lined up an investment of Rs 15 crore in its free to air (FTA) Punjabi movie and music channel T TV – Taur Punjab Di.The company, which also owns and operates an FTA Hindi movie channel Maha Movie, has already invested Rs 7-8 crore in the channel, which launched on 1st March.

Last year KKR-backed Emerald Media acquired a controlling stake in Cosmos-Maya through a combination of primary and secondary stake acquisition. The stake acquisition by Emerald Media is the testimony of the company’s success in the Indian animation sector.

MUMBAI: The digital subscription revenue is projected to grow at a CAGR of 55% to touch Rs 5290 crore by 2021 up from Rs 1420 crore in 2018, according to FICCI-EY report titled ‘A Billion screens if opportunity’.

The report further stated that the video subscription is estimated to grow at CAGR of 56% to reach Rs 5050 crore whereas audio subscription will reach Rs 240 crore by 2021 registering a CAGR of 43%.

MUMBAI: With an 8.99 per cent growth, the English movies genre has marked the highest opportunity to see (OTS) in week 10 of Chrome Data Analytics and Media.

In English movies, Movies Now gained the highest OTS with 30.5 per cent in six metro cities.

OTS is the actual census-based percentage connectivity of a channel spread across 81 million homes, as reported by Chrome DM, across analogue cable, digital cable and DTH.

MUMBAI: Japanese multinational conglomerate Sony Corp is in advanced talks with Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) to buy a stake in the firm. As the company has been struggling to raise funds to pay huge debt, Chandra is looking to sell 20-25 per cent stake.

MUMBAI: Amid a large number of OTT platforms, Amazon Prime Video was the most-viewed one in India for the period between 12 February and 3 March. A survey done by market research and analysis company Velocity MR has revealed the high popularity of the international player, which is leaving no stone unturned to make big fortune in the country.

MUMBAI: Hotstar, the leading over-the-top (OTT) platform in India, has received fresh funding ahead of IPL. Star India and Star US holdings have pumped in Rs 1,066 crore ($153 million) into Novi Digital Entertainment, which runs Hotstar.

From the time of its launch, Hotstar highly relied on sports content along with focus on films and catch-up content. Recently, the platform has ventured into original content under 'Hotstar Specials' banner.

MUMBAI: Six weeks into the new tariff order (NTO) and the television landscape is changing, says Chrome data analytics and media report. It says that 96.5 per cent of the consumers in India are aware of the NTO, with 83.6 per cent coming to know about it via television.