Congragulation to Dhan foundation for Kalanjiam Radio, Especially Naghuveer, Mr Krishnamurthy and the Team. VOICES extends its support to them in anyway, looking forward for great work from you guys.
Best wishes >From the VOICES Team. On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 8:01 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send cr-india mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of cr-india digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. When radio has to get into self-monitor, why not now ? > (sakthi vel) > 2. CI News: "Good practices in community media to be discussed > at UNESCO Headquarters next week" (CI News) > 3. Community Radio Station at Nagapattinam, Tamilnadu > (sajan venniyoor) > 4. St Aloysius College Signs GOPA (Dr Richie Rego SJ) > 5. Re: St Aloysius College Signs GOPA (Vickram Crishna) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 14:24:17 +0530 (IST) > From: sakthi vel <[email protected]> > Subject: [cr-india] When radio has to get into self-monitor, why not > now ? > To: dx india <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Ambition makes for strange bedfellows and the Indian radio sector > stands testimony to this fact. The Information and Broadcasting > Ministry's dogma and the private players' sky rocketing ambitions have > found it hard to get along, but still, it is appreciable that the > players have still managed to conjure up an industry that is worth Rs > 620 crore and is touching lives of people across 245 cities in India. > > The > onus of the next wave of expansion lies in the much talked about third > phase of licensing, which is said to arrive soon. But given the > present, stringent stand of the I&B Ministry in regard to the > regulatory issues, this phase might just prove to be a total washout. > > As > Rajesh Sawhney, CEO, Big Entertainment, puts it, "In India, we need > many more radio channels than the 250 stations we have. We need as many > as 10,000 radio stations. For that to happen, the government needs to > change the regulations, which is one of the biggest challenges for the > industry." > > Issues like single frequency to every player in one > market, news and current affairs being prohibited, high content costs > and simultaneous emergence of competitive media would restrict radio's > growth in coming years. > > Nikhil Vora, managing director, IDFC > SSKI Securities, exclaims, "Radio as a medium has been highly under > penetrated in India – attributable to lack of reforms and irrational > regulatory policies. This, we believe, would restrict the share of > Indian radio in the total ad pie to a peak level of 5 per cent as > against the global average of 8.5 per cent." > > Globally, radio has > grown on the back of niche and local advertising. However, the trend is > not reflected in the Indian radio industry, as channels lack content > differentiation due to government regulation of allowing single > frequency to any radio station in each market. > > As regulations > don't allow multiple frequencies to a single station, private players > are not experimenting; instead they are playing a safe bet by operating > in the mass segment. The case in point is that a radio channel, after > paying about Rs 35 crore to get a radio frequency in Mumbai (which is > roughly a Rs 80-100 crore on advertising market), will not take the > risk to operate a niche channel. > > For instance, 92.5 Go FM, > which use to play only English music in Mumbai, repositioned itself in > 2006 to the mass market. Harrish M. Bhatia, COO, MY FM, suggests, > "Multiple frequencies will enable FM players to focus on niche markets > without compromising on listenership." > > Given the platform of > multiple licenses, there is a lot of creativity and experimentation > possible with marginal incremental investments. Multiple licenses will > lead to the creation of genre-based music stations (as in the west), > which will not only segment the listener market but also pull in > non-traditional listeners and advertisers. > > For instance, in > US, a radio player named Clear Channel operates more than 1,200 > stations across 29 formats with as many as seven stations in 1 market, > playing a range of categories like classic, Americana, rock, et al. > Within music, there are over 15 niches and 30 sub-niches. > > Puja > Sharma, finance and HR head, Fever FM points outs, "A city like Bangkok > has over 40 radio stations, while Delhi has a mere nine, given the > current policy structure." > > "The government is cautious to > prevent monopoly in the sector. That's why it adheres strictly to the > issue of not allowing multiple frequencies to private players in a > single market," reasons Sunil Kumar, managing director, Big River Radio > India. > > But in the days when everyone is encouraging > liberalisation and free competition, the argument of monopoly > prevention sounds inappropriate. Even in television, media houses offer > a bouquet of channels, which helps them to have a wide offering and tap > more consumers as well as advertisers. > > After a point, general > entertainment channels tend to lose market share to niche channels. In > the last few years, we have witnessed a series of niche channels being > launched – E-24, NDTV Imagine Showbiz, Awaaz, Pogo, Travel and Living, > Zoom, VH1, et al. To grow at a faster pace, the Indian radio industry > should also witness similar niche launches, which will be possible only > if current regulations are relaxed. > > Limitations on > broadcasting of news and current affairs are a critical stumbling > block. Globally, radio stations offer channels across genres like news, > sports, talk shows, fashion, religion, et al. In US, radio listeners > spend almost 50 per cent of their radio listening time on news or talk > channels. News & current affairs will help radio gain wider > acceptance. > > The government however, has flatly denied TRAI's > recommendation to allow news content on radio, as of now. The argument > given is that news reaches to the mass market and can be dangerous if > misused. > > Prem Kumar, station head, Chennai Live FM, says, > "Radio has a deep reach. It's not possible to monitor every radio > station in every city and if left free, there can be misuse." > > Well > the argument sounds strong yet there should be ways worked out of it > instead of banning it. Like the government can make an arrangement > where radio players should be allowed to air news content in > partnership with traditional media. > > With music being the only > content, royalty becomes a major cost for Indian radio players. With > per needle hour charges of Rs 667, radio operators end up paying Rs 5 > million annually per station on an average, irrespective of the city of > operations. This royalty structure that makes a similar content cost > across markets is unjustified, and sends the whole business model for a > toss. > > The cost may not look very high in metros with revenues > of over Rs 35-40 crore per player, but may overshoot 15-20 per cent of > the revenues in smaller towns, thus squeezing margins. > > Prashant > Panday, CEO, Radio Mirchi, feels, "Paying Rs 40-50 crore as music > royalty for any station irrespective of its population is obviously > ridiculous. Unless, there is a logical royalty fee structure, > profitability of radio, especially in small cities, will be doubtful. > In that case we will surely not expand our network just for the sake of > building big network." > > Another very important issue concerning > profitability of radio in smaller cities is that networking of cities > is not allowed. Networking of cities should be allowed as it will make > the costs of operations go down. > > Setting up a station is > equally costly in metros and small cities, but revenue return prospects > in small cities are not that high. So, most players are not willing to > expand in these areas, given the cost constraint. Allowing networking > and content syndication will help players to reach out to these > audiences without much ado. > > Besides, there are issues like > allowing sale of stake and releasing more frequency in every market. > These will make the business environment better. Unless these concerns > are dealt with, the Phase III of licensing will not work. > > As > Radio Mirchi's Prashant candidly says, "Given current regulatory > policies, it isn't possible to make operations viable in tier 2 and > tier 3 cities; that's why our interest in Phase III will be limited. We > can bid for 4-5 stations but not more, unless policies are changed." > > Nikhil > from SSKI concludes from his analysis, "Given the lacunas in the > business, we see hardly any money to be made in the industry, unless > there're major changes on the policy front. As the competitive > landscape sets in, we expect the industry to at best have a money > making potential of Rs.1.4 billion and a share of 5 per cent in the ad > pie against 8.5 per cent globally." > > Moreover, instead of > utilising the services of an external body like TRAI, the government > should let the sector be self-monitored by bodies like Association of > Radio operators for India (AROI). > > "When given that sooner or > later the radio industry has to get into a society and self-monitor > them, why not now ?" quizzes Anita Nayyar, CEO, Havas Media. > > Given > that the radio sector has grown so phenomenally in the past few years > under these constraints, it will be quite unfortunate if its further > growth is constrained by regulatory bottlenecks. Phase III seems headed > for failure under the current scenario, where players may not find it > very lucrative to add too many new channels in their bouquet. > > http://www.televisionpoint.com/news2009/newsfullstory.php?id=1233837692 > ________________________ > Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India > > /////////////////////// > > For Contact: Jaisakthivel,59,Annai Sathya Nagar, > > Arumbakkam,Chennai-600106,India > > Visit: www.dxersguide.blogspot.com > > www.sarvadesavaanoli.blogspot.com > > Join: www.groups.yahoo.com/group/sarvadesavanoli > > Mobile: +91 98413 66086 > > /////////////////////// > > > Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! 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A diverse mix of > public, private and community media are desirable for any country. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Contacts > > Hara Padhy, UNESCO, Communication Development Division > mailto:[email protected] > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Source > > UNESCO > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Related links > > Meeting website > ev.php-URL_ID=28102&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html > > > > --------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------- > > This email was sent to [[email protected]] > > Click Here to instantly unsubscribe: > > http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/box.php?funcml=unsub2&nl=3&mi=1745&email=cr-india%40sarai.net > > Click Here to change your preferences: > > http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/p_m.php?mi=1745&nl=3&ei=Y3ItaW5kaWFAc2FyYWkubmV0&eid=MTQxODYy > > Communication and Information Sector > 1, rue Miollis, 75732 Paris Cedex 15, France > + 33.1.4568 4243 > http://www.unesco.org/webworld > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20090205/fb51c7f7/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 19:46:32 +0530 > From: sajan venniyoor <[email protected]> > Subject: [cr-india] Community Radio Station at Nagapattinam, Tamilnadu > To: CR India <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > [Thanks to P Krishnamurthi, Dhan Foundation for this > link<http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=47290> > ] > Community Radio Station at Nagapattinam, Tamilnadu > 5 Feb 2009, http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=47290 > > The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India has > permitted the DHAN Foundation Madurai to establish, maintain and operate a > Community Radio Station at Nagapattinam, Tamilnadu. The Community Radio > Station is expected to be operational within three months as per the > agreement. > > DHAN Foundation, Madurai is a Non Governmental Organization. The Kalanjiam > Community Radio Station will be established at Village-Vizhunthamavadi, > Block-Keelaiyur, Distt-Nagapattinam, Tamilnadu. > > It may be recalled that Nagapattinam is a tsunami affected area. The > Community Radio Station is expected to serve particularly, the women, > farmers, fishermen and empower them with information and communication > critical for disaster preparedness and management. The community management > committee has made linkages with the local government institutions like > panchayats, health centers, schools and disaster management related > Government institutions to establish a disaster management mechanism to > face > natural calamities. > > The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting expects that the Community > Radio initiative of the Ministry will provide an opportunity to the local > communities to be better informed about the developmental initiatives of > the > Government and promote transparency in the implementation of the schemes. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20090205/dee53475/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 08:53:56 -0800 (PST) > From: Dr Richie Rego SJ <[email protected]> > Subject: [cr-india] St Aloysius College Signs GOPA > To: CR Forum <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > Dear Friends, > > I am very happy to inform you that we -St Aloysius College (Autonomous) > Mangalore- have signed the GOPA today. > Thanks to many of our friends and well wishers, it was not difficult for us > get to this. > > We are specially grateful to CEMCA for their continued support & help. We > were able to do many of our works without coming to Delhi, through CEMCA. Dr > Sridher & Ms Monica, they have been real nice. > > So also our good friends from the CRS community -Sajan, Ram and others- > have been more than helpful and encouraging. > > Should I specially mention that MIB was very very nice? They have been! > Today, specially Mr Taneja, Mr Rao, and Mr S.P. Veer (Under Secretary)- > they went out of their way to make things easy. "Sweet," as Mr Sajan would > say! > > Occasionally things looked like taking a bit long; but people from both the > ministries -MIB & WPC wing- were good and responsive. > > > We have submitted our documents for WOL. If things go on as planned,we > shoud be on air in March! > Thank you. > > Fr (Dr.) Richard Rego SJ > Head of the Dept > Mass Communication & Journalism; > Director, SARANG - SAC Community Radio > St Aloysius College; P.B. 720 > Mangalore - 575003. Phone: 0824-2449706 (R) > www.richardrego.wordpress.com > www.staloysiuscollege.wordpress.com > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 02:20:24 +0000 (GMT) > From: Vickram Crishna <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [cr-india] St Aloysius College Signs GOPA > To: CR India <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Congratulations, Kalanjiam and St Aloysius. > > May the power of open communication flow through you. > > Vickram > http://communicall.wordpress.com > http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Dr Richie Rego SJ <[email protected]> > To: CR Forum <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, 5 February, 2009 22:23:56 > Subject: [cr-india] St Aloysius College Signs GOPA > > > > Dear Friends, > > I am very happy to inform you that we -St Aloysius College (Autonomous) > Mangalore- have signed the GOPA today. > Thanks to many of our friends and well wishers, it was not difficult for us > get to this. > > We are specially grateful to CEMCA for their continued support & help. We > were able to do many of our works without coming to Delhi, through CEMCA. Dr > Sridher & Ms Monica, they have been real nice. > > So also our good friends from the CRS community -Sajan, Ram and others- > have been more than helpful and encouraging. > > Should I specially mention that MIB was very very nice? They have been! > Today, specially Mr Taneja, Mr Rao, and Mr S.P. Veer (Under Secretary)- > they went out of their way to make things easy. "Sweet," as Mr Sajan would > say! > > Occasionally things looked like taking a bit long; but people from both the > ministries -MIB & WPC wing- were good and responsive. > > > We have submitted our documents for WOL. If things go on as planned,we > shoud be on air in March! > Thank you. > > Fr (Dr.) Richard Rego SJ > Head of the Dept > Mass Communication & Journalism; > Director, SARANG - SAC Community Radio > St Aloysius College; P.B. 720 > Mangalore - 575003. Phone: 0824-2449706 (R) > www.richardrego.wordpress.com > www.staloysiuscollege.wordpress.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > cr-india mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/cr-india/attachments/20090206/eccf912c/attachment.html > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > cr-india mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india > > > End of cr-india Digest, Vol 63, Issue 3 > *************************************** > -- Regards, Divya VOICES
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