Kedar Teny, head of marketing and OAP - sports, Sony Pictures Networks India has quit the company, confirm industry sources. Teny joined the network in June 2017.

Prior to joining SPNI, Teny worked with McDonalds India as director marketing and digital. Before that, he worked with Hindustan Unilever as category head - deodorants. In the past, Teny has also worked with Bharti Airtel, Lowe and Partners Worldwide and iB&W Communications.

MUMBAI: Disney Channel India is launching a new series DuckTales based on the comedy adventures of Duckburg’s most epic family of ducks Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, and the triplets Huey, Dewey, Louie on 1 October.

MUMBAI: Cable TV and broadband service provider DEN Networks is betting big on high (HD) and ultra high definition (HD) or 4K Android set top boxes (STBs) as the new growth drivers.

While subscription revenue in the digital addressable system (DAS) Phase 3 and 4 markets have been on an upswing, the company feels that it needs to invest in high-end technologies like HD and 4K hybrid STBs to move the average revenue per user (ARPU) up.

MUMBAI: After ZEEL, Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) and TV18, other broadcasters have also unveiled their maximum retail price (MRP) and bouquet rates of their channels under the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) new tariff order.

Sun TV Network, Bennett Coleman and Company Ltd (BCCL), Turner International India, and Disney Broadcasting India have also published their new reference interconnect offer (RIO) documents which will be effective from 29 December 2018. Discovery Communications India is yet to unveil the MRP and bouquet rates.

MUMBAI: Direct to home (DTH) operator Tata Sky is all set to launch its fifth regional movie service in Tamil called Tata Sky Tamil Cinema. The service slated to launch on 11 September will be priced at Rs. 45 per month.

Tata Sky Tamil Cinema will be available on channel number 1502. Customers will get 5 days free trial offer after which this service would be charged at regular price.

To think that content providers like Netflix, Hotstar, Amazon Prime, were unknown until a few years ago is unimaginable, especially since the landscape in India is entirely different today. The fast-digitising nation is adopting the ‘on-the-go entertainment’ format with a great fervour, with several over-the-top (OTT) platforms providing Video-on-Demand (VoD) services to consumers. Thus, it’s not surprising that PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) forecasts that India will emerge as one of the top 10 OTT markets globally in the next four years.

MUMBAI: The total TV broadcasting revenue is projected to increase at a CAGR of 12.6% to touch Rs 1.18 lakh crore by 2023, according to KPMG in India Media & Entertainment Report 2018.

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) is planning to shut down the only dedicated Golf channel in India Sony Ten Golf HD. The Golf channel will be replaced with Sony Marathi HD.

Once upon a time, the kids’ genre was the most sidelined of them all but now broadcasters have figured out how to make magic work – localised content. At the ATF Kids Summit 2018, Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) COO Romil Ramgarhia threw light on Indian kids and their viewing habits.

MUMBAI: The media and entertainment industry is now on the road to recovery after facing headwinds due to major regulatory interventions such as demonetisation, GST and RERA, resulting in lower consumption and ad spend during FY18.