Radio to grow at 16.6 per cent CAGR by 2017: Ficci-KPMG report
MUMBAI: Radio is expected to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 16.6 per cent over the period 2012-2017 post the rollout of FM Phase III licensing, according to the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci)-KPMG Media & Entertainment 2013 report. The radio...
Devraj Sanyal: "Film and non-film music genres should have an equal play"
Universal Music India and SAARC MD Devraj Sanyal shares his view on what needs to be done to grow the music business, especially in the non-film genre and how technology can be used to achieve his mission in this week's edition of Musical Rendezvous: The digital revolution in the music industry has...
Change is the only constant: Soumini Sridhara Paul
Radioandmusic.com has been constantly trying to innovate and provide readers with the best from the industry. After achieving much success and praise for its initiatives, the team is back once again with a special section titled ‘Musical Rendezvous’. The main objective of this section is to give...
Anil Srivatsa: " New industry needs a cooperative eco system"
Radiowalla Network Pvt Ltd CEO and co-founder Anil Srivatsa: Year 2012: We have two services, Spotradio and Radiowalla. Spotradio is a market leading custom in-store audio creation service and delivery platform that enhances customer engagement and shopping experience for retail chains, corporate...
2012: Crest and trough for FM radio
MUMBAI: With high expectations and wind beneath its wings, 2012 commenced with a ray of hope for the nascent FM radio industry in India. It all turned around in an instant with the struggling economic situation acting as a major deterrent of growth. Adding to the misery was the delay of the long...
Harshad Jain: "We have not grown the way we would want to, but there was some silver lining around the dark clouds"
HT Media Radio and Entertainment business head Harshad Jain: 2012 for the radio industry: It was a tough year and has not been easy for radio stations, while Fever FM still managed to do reasonably well. But the industry situation has not been very good. The growth was unfavourable so the industry...
Naveen Bhandari: "Team has delivered in 2012; expect pay off in 2013-2014"
Techzone MD Naveen Bhandari 2012 and Techzone:
Nisha Narayanan: "Musings of a Radio Programmer"
Red FM 93.5 Network senior VP- projects and programming Nisha Narayanan Year 2012: It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way… 2012, in short, was a mixed...
2012: Music industry worked hard to maintain status quo
MUMBAI: For the music industry, the year gone by was a good albeit an uneventful year. It was a year of consolidation with most players sticking with the status quo, cementing hard won positions, looking out for strategic partnerships and trying to survive the rapid changes technology brought in....
Aditya Swamy: "2013 will be a year of corrections"
MTV India EVP and business head Aditya Swamy MTV 2012:
