news channel business plan in india

How To Start A Media Company In India

Though there isn't a textbook definition of a media company, it generally refers to platforms or entities that aggregate, package, and distribute content across mediums such as the internet, television, radio, etc. The successful brands we see today invest heavily in premium quality content to attract new customers and retain the existing ones. Media companies have a significant role to play in the prosperity of such brands. With the passage of time, people have gradually shifted from the traditional forms of media to the digital ones. Consequently, media and everything related to it has become more widespread and fragmented. Consumers are now entitled to limitless content on the device of their choice rather than relying on newspapers and television. Websites, blogs, apps, and social media have opened up unforeseen avenues. It's safe to say that now is the best time to run a media company. At the same time, the quest for consumer’s attention has become brutal and requires new strategies and capabilities. Hence, starting a media company is no piece of cake and requires intensive preparation and planning. This StartupTalky post discusses everything you need to know about launching a media company of your own.

The Indian Media Industry How To Start A Media Company Registration And Licensing Legal Procedure Before Launching Conlusion FAQs

The Indian Media Industry

The Indian media industry is an emanating sector for the economy and is making great strides. Backed by rising consumer demand and improved advertising earnings, the sector is at an all-time high. The growth in the media segment can be attributed to widespread digitization and increased internet usage over the last decade.

The Indian advertising industry is estimated to be the second-fastest growing advertising market in Asia after China . At present, advertising revenue accounts for around 0.38 per cent of India’s GDP. Growing at a CAGR of 10.90 per cent since FY17-18, the media industry is projected to grow at a CAGR of 13.10 per cent and touch INR 2,660.20 billion (US$ 39.68 billion) by FY 2023. That's a significant jump from its valuation at INR 1,436.00 billion (US$ 22.28 billion) in FY18.

Consumption of media by India grew at a CAGR of 9 per cent during 2012-18, almost nine times that of the US and two times that of China. The industry provided employment to 3.5-4 million people (both direct and indirect employment considered) in the year 2017.

Revenue through advertising is projected to reach INR 1,232.70 billion (US$ 18.39 billion) in FY23. It was INR 608.30 billion (US$ 9.44 billion) in FY18.

How To Start A Media Company

With so much content everywhere, it’s a cumbersome task to start a media company that stands out among the rest. There is a no dearth of creators and platforms . But the sunny side to the story is that content is worth so much more than it ever was, and the umpteen number of platforms add to the advantage. Here are some key points you need to be aware of if you plan to start a media company.

Recognize your audience . It’s crucial to know who are you focusing on and why. The passion of the crowd, its views on issues, the topics that bring out strong reactions...you need to know a bit of everything about them.
Understand your value . Figure out what makes you and your service unique. Convey that message to your audience. Your core values should be propagated through your services .
Be ambitious and let people know about it . Big projects grab attention. Staying in the news helps raise your stakes.
Offer a membership model . An audience which feels you speak for them ought to support you. Get them involved in the editorial policy or equity crowdfunding. Make them a part of your company by offering memberships.
Use third party services to bring high value adverts to your base . You now know about the products your audience likes and wants to buy. Collaborate with a third party native advertising company and have it create content for you while you get paid for hosting that content.
Leverage affiliate marketing . When you’re promoting someone's product or service, be direct and tell your audience to buy it through a special "affiliate link". Affiliate marketing is a great way to generate income.
Start a YouTube channel . Re-purpose your article into a video. Publicize your video content across video-sharing platforms like YouTube. You won’t immediately rake in money from YouTube ; give it some time. As people discover your videos, you will gain popularity as well as monetary success.
Ensure your content is unambiguous and meaningful. Cringe content won't take you far. Your audience will leave as soon as you start compromising on quality. Give the reader a reason to click on the next article of yours.

Registration And Licensing

1. single-man firm with unlimited liabilities..

The simplest way to start a business is to open a current bank account and have your service tax registration done. Sole proprietorship is preferred for startups with lower budgets.

2. Partnership firm.

At least two individuals are required to start a partnership firm. You need a registered partnership deed along with a current bank account and service tax registration. A partnership firm is appropriate when the partners have a common vision and are willing to share profits.

3. Private limited company.

A private limited company needs to at least two directors with a minimum investment of INR 1 lakh. It’s best for startups seeking funds from investors.

4. Limited liability partnership.

It is the combination of private limited company and partnership firm. You need at least 2 partners. A limited liability partnership has more agreement requirements when compared to an ordinary partnership firm. This setup is ideal when your budget is less than INR 10,000 and you want to enjoy the perks of setting up a company.

5. One person company.

It is similar to a private limited company but comprises only one person.

Legal Procedure Before Launching

Register the domain name. Get a unique domain name for the media company by paying the registration fee. One needs to submit valid address and ID proofs for the registration process .
Get the federal tax ID number. This process distinguishes your media company as a separate legal entity . You need to get a federal tax ID number from the Indian Revenue Services (IRS). IRS keeps a track of your business transactions using this ID.
VAT/Service tax. A company must apply VAT to its products and pay taxes to the government for services.
Memorandum of understanding with vendors/contractors. Be precise when drafting the 'memorandum of understanding' with your vendors/contractors so as to prevent forged services. The process may give rise to legal issues so you need to be careful while contracting. Add a disclaimer to your services/products to protect yourself from legal liabilities.
Investment in cyber security. Invest in cyber security to safeguard your customers’ financial transactions. Failure to protect customers’ data can cost you up to INR 5 crores in penalty.
Trade mark registration. Registration of trademark is important for web-based/online businesses.
Website terms & conditions. Set up the website’s legal terms and conditions such as the privacy policy, disclaimer, and third party data-sharing rules.
Vendor agreement. Draft an agreement by enlisting requirements such as payment policy, refund, and the taxes applied to the services/products from vendors.

According to KPMG India’s 11th edition of its Media and Entertainment (M&E) report:

The media industry in India has marked a size of INR 1,63,100 crores in FY19.
It posted a growth of 13% as well as a stunning CAGR of 11.5% cent over the period FY15-FY19.
The media segment is expected to post a CAGR of 13.5% over FY19-FY24 to reach a size of INR 3,07,000 crores in FY24.

The Indian media industry is on an impressive growth trajectory. It is expected to grow at a much faster rate than the global average rate. Now is the right time to leverage the prospects of the media segment and launch your media company.

What are the top media companies in India?

Eros International Media.
Balaji Telefilms Ltd.
Sun Tv Networks.
Sony Pictures Network
Zee Entertainment Enterprises

Which is the largest media company in India?

Zee Entertainment Enterprises is India's leading media and entertainment company in terms of net sales.

What do media companies do?

Media companies advise to advertise, and to present a positive picture of themselves to the public. Their work include advertising, public relations and other forms of media management.

Must have tools for startups - Recommended by StartupTalky

Convert Visitors into Leads- SeizeLead
Manage your business smoothly- Google Workspace
International Money transfer- XE Money Transfer

Startups and India’s Vision 2047: How Founders See Startups Influencing Economic Development and National Policies

As we celebrate the 78th Independence Day on 15th August 2024, it's clear that startups are shaping India's future in remarkable ways. With a vision set for 2047, startups are driving economic growth, creating jobs, and promoting innovation. In tune with this, StartupTalky reached out to

The Supreme Court Has Temporarily Halted the Appeals Tribunal’s Decision Over the BYJU'S-BCCI Settlement

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court issued a stay of the NCLAT ruling that had set aside the insolvency proceedings against the ed-tech major. This effectively enabled Byju Raveendran, the owner of the company, to regain control of the business. The ruling of the NCLAT that approved the settlement of Byju&

Unpaid Stamp Duty Cost Paytm’s Parent Firm INR 47.12 Lakh

One97 Communications, the parent company of Paytm, has been ordered by the Office of Collector of Stamps in New Delhi to pay a penalty of INR 47.12 lakh for failing to pay stamp duty on the allotment of equity shares in recent years. As stated in a filing with

Sachin Tendulkar to Start a New Inning With a Sports Athleisure Brand

Sachin Tendulkar, the flamboyant cricketer and master blaster nicknamed the "God of Cricket" for his extravagant career, is preparing to launch a new sports athleisure brand to test the waters of the sports market. Sachin has teamed up with Karthik Gurumurthy, the former head of Swiggy Instamart, for

How to Start a Channel on TV: A Complete Guide

Historically, if you wanted to start a TV channel, you had only two options:

Invest millions of dollars on infrastructure and equipment to broadcast your channel on a local TV station
Strike a deal with a cable TV company which would also require heavy startup and operational expenses (assuming they’ll even agree to deal with you)

For decades, these have been the only two routes to starting a TV channel. But, in the last few years, a new option has emerged that makes starting a channel of TV accessible to a lot more brands and individual creators: launching your TV channel online.

While local TV or cable is still the right choice for some content creators, starting a TV channel online is now the best option for most. It eliminates the need for raising capital, greatly reduces staffing costs, and makes it easier to monetize your content as effectively as possible (which is the whole point of creating a TV channel).

That said, you still need the right technology to bring your TV channel to life on as many platforms as possible. That’s where we can help.

Amagi is a cloud-based broadcast platform that helps content creators, owners, and aggregators launch, distribute, and monetize their content on online TV platforms, such as Roku, Samsung TV Plus, Pluto, and Sling TV. We also support playout on traditional cable TV channels and broadcast TV.

Since our start in 2008, we’ve helped over 500 content brands launch their channels across 40+ countries and have worked with clients like CuriosityStream, Discovery Networks, Fox Networks, Tastemade, Vice Media, and Warner Media, in addition to many more smaller creators and brands.

In this article, we’ll explain the four steps to start a channel on TV and how Amagi can streamline your experience:

Evaluate the content you have
Determine the type of TV channel you want to broadcast your content on
Deliver the content to the end-user platform
Monetize the channel with dynamic ad insertion

If, after reading this article, you’re ready to launch a linear TV channel, we can help. We currently manage over 2000 channel deliveries at a significant cost savings over traditional methods. Contact our team to discuss how to launch your channel and distribute your content to as many platforms as possible.

Step 1: Evaluate your content

The first step in creating a TV channel is understanding how your audience and viewers will relate to your streaming content. Most creators already have a clear understanding of what they have to offer, so this step won’t take long. If you’ve already done the background work here, skip to Step 2 .

Before you can answer the main question of Step 2 (choosing which type of TV channel to start), you should be able to answer the following questions:

How many hours of content do you have?
What type of content is it?
How does your audience prefer to consume this content?
What platforms are they already using?
Do you plan to offer any of your content via live streaming?

Question 1 & 2: How many hours of content do you have and what type of content is it?

The number of hours and type of content you have determine whether you have enough to run a linear TV channel or if you should instead pivot to a video on demand (VOD) experience.

For example, 60 hours of soft, soothing music with nature footage is enough for a linear TV channel because most users play it in the background. If it loops every week, most of them won’t mind.

On the other hand, viewers won’t enjoy sixty repeating hours of a cooking show, so it won’t perform well on linear TV.

Many of our clients have thousands of hours of content; if that is the case for you, linear TV is clearly a good choice. If you have less content, that doesn’t mean you can’t start a linear TV channel; it just means you need to be more careful making your program schedule and choosing which platforms you distribute it to.

Questions 3 & 4: How does your audience prefer to consume this content and what platforms are they already using?

A linear TV channel caters to the traditional “lean-back” TV experience as contrasted to the “lean-forward” experience of video-on-demand. VOD popularity is at its peak right now, but linear TV use is also surging on free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) platforms like Roku, Samsung TV Plus, Vizio, Hulu, and more.

Lean-back experience (linear)	Lean-forward experience (VOD)
This is the classic system of watching TV (also called linear TV). Viewers sit back and watch the scheduled programs running on their chosen platform. They can switch between channels, but there’s no option to pause or forward (unless they’re using DVR technology). Some examples are Pluto TV and Samsung TV Plus.	Video-on-demand (VOD) allows viewers to discover and select content they want to watch on services like Netflix or Amazon Prime from any device (e.g., phone, laptop, or TV). Here, viewers have a choice to select from any of the content options available, with the option to pause, forward, or rewind.

Do you know if your audience prefers to consume your content through regularly scheduled programming or by binging your whole offering? Depending on your answer, you can choose to start a linear TV channel, a VOD channel, or both.

If you have any demographics or usage data that indicates which platforms your audience is already using, that will also help you plan distribution. For example, if you know that your audience is highly localized, then starting a channel on your local TV or finding a local online platform might be the best place to start.

Question 5: Do you plan to offer any of your content via live streaming?

If you have live content, then you’ll need to choose a technical solution that can support live broadcast playout. Amagi is the only cloud playout provider that can handle broadcast-grade playout for content like live news and sports. Learn more here .

Step 2: Decide which type of TV channel to start

There are four types of TV channels you can start:

A local broadcast TV channel
A cable channel
Your own TV app
A channel on an existing FAST platform

If you already know what type of TV channel you want to start, skip to Step 3 .

#1. Local broadcast

Running your own TV station requires millions of dollars of investment, massive technical infrastructure, and in most countries, a license for broadcast (For example, in the U.S., you need a license from the Federal Communications Commission or FCC.) You will likely need a consultant to guide you through local market analysis.

You’ll also need a large team with appropriate technical training to manage the broadcast.

For most content creators, establishing a local TV channel isn’t feasible. And even if it is, the costs involved often don’t justify the undertaking compared to FAST. That said, running a local broadcast is far more affordable with Amagi. You don't need to spend millions of dollars in investments because we handle playout for you.

#2. Cable channels/Traditional MVPDs (Multichannel Video Programming Distributors)

MVPDs deliver several channels as a package to subscribers through cable television or satellites. Some examples of MVPDs include DISH, Comcast, DirecTV, and Cox.

First, as a content creator, you need to strike a deal with the cable company. You must have very high quality content to be considered, in most cases. And even if you succeed in making a deal with a cable company, you still have to handle all technological issues yourself to deliver the content to them.

Second, though cable TV does still generate good revenue from ads, their market share is dropping rapidly. Most advertisers are now moving online. (They spent over $14 billion on connected TV in 2021, an increase of nearly 60% over the previous year.)

While cable or satellite tv channels can still be a good option, they’re usually only viable for large media companies with a presence on multiple platforms.

#3. Creating your own app

Platforms like Fire TV App or Roku TV app let you build apps for your own TV channels.

It’s a good option if you already have an audience. (For example, you may have an audience on a YouTube channel and then create an app for them.) But, you will have to keep building your audience once your app is created. You’ll also bear the cost of hiring developers to build and maintain the app for you, plus the cost of video hosting.

For example, television networks CondeNast and Tastemade first started on YouTube. After they attracted millions of viewers, they created their own app to host their TV channel.

#4. Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) on existing platforms or apps

FAST services support linear, live, and on-demand channels. They can run on multiple devices like smartphones, tablets, laptops, and TVs. FAST is a type of OTT (over-the-top) TV because it is delivered via the internet instead of cable or a broadcast signal. Some examples of the FAST providers we work with include Roku, Vizio, Sling, Xumo, Fubo TV, Plex, Hulu, Twitch, Samsung TV Plus, and more.

FAST is usually the best option for content creators who have digital assets on platforms like YouTube, are already earning revenue from those platforms, and are confident that their video content will perform well on TV.

To create a FAST channel, you need to make an agreement with the host platform. Most of them have a screening or pre-qualifying process. They want to know that your content is relevant and interesting to their consumers.

Once you strike a deal with a FAST channel, you need a technical partner to help you create your channels for various platforms. This is where Amagi can support you. With technical partnerships with 50+ FAST platforms and over 100 AVOD and D2C platforms, Amagi is the largest FAST service provider around the globe. Contact us if you want to discuss starting a FAST channel.

That brings us to Step 3.

Step 3: Deliver content to the end-user platform

Content consumption happens on the video service platforms (VSPs) where people tune in to watch that content. Some examples include YouTube, Roku TV, and Sling TV.

Amagi helps content creators deliver their content to the end-user platform (VSPs) they have agreements with. In order to deliver and monetize content on a VSP, you need to follow their technical specifications for video formatting, metadata delivery, and more. You also need to host the content and have enough bandwidth to ensure uptime, even if you suddenly get an influx of new viewers.

If you have a small content library and only deliver your content to one or two platforms, you could handle the technical aspects of playout with a small team of proficient staff. But if you have hundreds of hours of content, or want to run your channel on more than one platform, meeting the ever-changing specifications for each platform is too burdensome for most in-house teams.

With Amagi, managing your channel is simple. You don’t need in-depth, technical expertise, and you can schedule programming for all your channels (and platforms) from one interface.

Here’s a look at how Amagi CLOUDPORT functionality makes data ingestion, content clean-up, scheduling playout, and delivering content to each VSP simple, whether you’re starting a traditional broadcast channel or pushing content to multiple FAST platforms.

Data ingestion

It doesn’t matter where you store your content. Whether it’s on a hard drive, YouTube, Vimeo, or Google Drive — if you can share it with us, we can ingest it. That includes live TV content, recorded video, audio, graphics, subtitles, and metadata.

Next, we transcode your files according to the specifications of the FAST platforms you have agreements with. In layman’s terms, that means we make your videos and metadata compatible with the software the platform uses, along with any variations needed, so that it can play out on different types of devices (Android vs Apple, laptop vs TV, and so forth).

Many playout solutions require you to transcode your own content or impose an up-charge. At Amagi, we believe in offering full technical support at no extra cost. Content ingestion is a key step in preparing any internet TV channel, so it’s bundled into our offering.

During the ingestion step, you can also add dynamic and static overlays, dynamic lower-thirds, subtitles, voice-overs, overlays, and other advanced secondary graphics to your programs. This video has more information about Amagi’s advanced dynamic graphics capabilities, if you’d like to learn more. You can also explore how we deliver customer HTML5 graphics for live sports and new channels here.

Content quality

After your content is on Amagi’s platform, we ensure quality control to spot and fix technical errors. When you transfer content to a platform, there’s a chance of small technical failures, like a suddenly blank screen or moments of audio loss. Traditionally, finding and fixing these errors was done manually. That eats up time and money and doesn’t even guarantee complete accuracy.

Additionally, not complying to content quality guidelines also attracts hefty fines from regulatory bodies. For example, for most video assets, it’s mandatory to offer closed captioning for audio-impaired audiences. But Amagi CLOUDPORT automates the entire quality control process, eliminating the time and effort you’d invest in carrying out this process on your own. Some quality control processes that we automate include:

Normalizing frozen frames
Detecting black frames in a playout
Detecting loudness & audio losses (and correcting them)
Ensuring synchrony between video and its subtitles

We also generate a low-resolution preview of each asset so that quality control teams can confirm everything’s ready to go.

Playout scheduling

You can manage programming for traditional broadcast, cable TV, and web TV channels with our simple drag-and-drop playlist scheduler. That means you create program schedules for all your channels from the same interface.

You can manage playout schedule remotely using a web browser. Here’s a quick overview of how that works:

Amagi sources metadata from your content and displays that metadata alongside your program details. This helps you search, sort, and filter the right media to be scheduled in the calendar.
Then, you can create a program schedule or electronic program guide (EPG) for multiple days. You can decide if you want the content to run daily, on weekends, or in any other customized pattern.
Next, VOD and linear TV platforms receive the EPG from Amagi. The EPG provides information on both the current and scheduled shows for your channel on the user’s devices in an easy-to-consume format.

Content delivery

Once you’ve set up your playlist, Amagi streams the content directly to smart TVs, phones, tablets, or laptops through fiber, satellite, or IP-based delivery in the pre-defined format (4K Ultra HD, Dolby Atmos, etc.) required for each of these devices. Once the channel is up and running, we maintain a 99.99% uptime.

Amagi partners with platforms like Roku TV, Samsung TV Plus, Pluto, Fubo TV, Apple TV+, and others to distribute your content to over 200 million connected TV households.

Step 4: Monetize your content with dynamic ad insertion

The whole point — at least for the majority of content owners — of creating a linear TV channel is to make money from your video assets. Amagi employs dynamic ad insertion (DAI) technology to simplify the whole process of running ads, from preparing your content (adding markers like SCTE, DTMF Cue Tones, or Packet31) to inserting personalized ads for your viewers.

We can seamlessly insert personalized ads with recorded, live TV, and VOD programming. We partner with leading ad networks such as SpotX, Google DFP, Pubmatic, The Trade Desk, Telaria, and TripleLift, among others.

But we handle even more than just the technical aspects of serving ads. We also provide in-depth analytics and insights on what content performs the best, at what time, and with what audiences. That way, you can continue to increase revenue by adjusting content programming based on real data.

You can even adjust ad strategy in the moment if you notice a viewership spike, for example.

You’ll also have access to information on ad breaks, the total number of ad impressions, completion rates, and ad drops.

Keep growing your TV channels with Amagi

Apart from helping you distribute and monetize new channels, we also help you expand your reach. If we know of specific channels that your content would do well on, we’re happy to make an introduction between you and their team.

We also want to make sure that you’re able to solve the problems you come across while creating and managing your channels. While our team is always ready to help with technical issues, you can leverage our customer community for industry advice as well. For example, if you face particular scheduling challenges with a sports broadcast, we can introduce you to another content creator in the space who faced similar difficulties.

We’re also working on customer forums where a number of content creators in a related space come together to discuss common problems and how to solve them.

In short, Amagi provides both the technology and the community to help you bring your TV channel to life, whether it’s your first channel or your tenth. We’d love to chat with you about your content and how to best leverage it on linear TV platforms. Contact our team today to learn more.

Launching a VOD platform? Get THESE right first.
Drive efficiencies in news broadcasting
Delivering exceptional graphics and cost advantage with CPUs
Cloud revolution: Supercharging MCR operations
TV scheduling meets Cloud workflow automation: Next-gen clip playlisting
Transforming live broadcasting through cloud technology, FAST, and single live events
Mastering ad length: A key element to perfecting your CTV advertising strategy
Virtualizing Broadcast Operations with Baskar, CEO & Co-Founder, Amagi
5 tips for programming your FAST channel
Power your OTT strategy with analytics
SXSW 2024: Q&A on new media and the future of storytelling
Advantages of PVOD monetization to boost your revenue
Live streaming: 8 deadly scares your Mama warned you about
Embrace a unified broadcast workflow
The scope of Free Ad-supported Streaming in LATAM TV
Multichannel playout software: Distribute & monetize with Amagi
Women Leaders in Technology
How to Create a TV Channel Online & Maximize Its Revenue
Combating 5 biggest challenges of SSAI with Amagi THUNDERSTORM
Tone mapping: The secret sauce to powering life-like viewing experiences
FAST gains consumer appeal with a plethora of programming choices
Stand out & offer captivating holiday viewing experiences with pop-up channels
Reece Hunt: challenging stereotypes with positivity
FAST 101: A content owner's guide to Free Ad-supported Streaming TV
Local news station groups can reinvent themselves by going FAST
Content security: Trusting the Cloud with your broadcast workflows
5 fail-safe ways to beat CTV ad fatigue
Cut costs and boost efficiency with specialized broadcast cloud services
State of the TV Industry with Srini, Co-founder, Amagi
4 Major Challenges of VOD Distribution & How to Solve Them
Product experience design: How Amagi delivers exceptional user experience
Transformación Digital en Los Medios Y El Entretenimiento
Move FAST to Reach CTV Audiences
How to live stream sporting events with Amagi
From linear to FAST: Evan Shapiro on the now and next of the streaming TV universe
AIRTIME Episode 2: Indian Elections and Digital Media
4K UHD: Going beyond the pixels
Preethi Nair: chasing dreams with passionate confidence
Top 3 FAST monetization strategies to drive revenue
FAST advertising: What's in it for advertisers?
Delivering custom HTML graphics for live sports, news and weather channels
The best cloud-based broadcast scheduling software | Amagi
Sports on FAST track: How it’s making inroads into free ad supported streaming TV
US-East-1 outage: Good luck to AWS engineers
Make your content more accessible with Amagi's closed captioning service
Top 6 benefits of unified workflow for broadcast and OTT
TECH BLOG: Detecting black video in a live stream
Adapt your content distribution for modern AVOD services
The emerging role of FAST in political advertising
New Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code for India
Leverage Amagi CLOUDPORT to solve four earsplitting challenges audio brands face
AIRTIME Episode 1: FAST Growth & CTV Ad Opportunity
Have faith in FAST!Delivering religious content via free ad-supported streaming TV
Speaking in numbers: How data and analytics can accelerate the FAST success story
How sports content owners can leverage FAST to boost revenue, reach and engagement
Revolutionize your channel's ad pod strategy with Amagi THUNDERSTORM
Disaster recovery: Is your broadcasting network invincible?
Broadcast industry: What to expect in 2021?
Advanced Graphics Automation
Will boom in CTV help Free Ad Supported TV thrive in APAC?
Why networks are retiring broadcast video playout servers
SSAI: A deep dive into effective content monetization
FIFA World Cup 2022: A milestone in live streaming
Is the Indian appetite for free content enough to propel FAST over SVOD?
How sports teams can hit it out of the park with targeted FAST offerings
Streaming and eSports: A relationship that’s meant to be
Dynamic fillers: Tickers, infovisual slates, lower thirds and interactivity
Revolutionizing live sports and events coverage with unified cloud workflows
Ride the rising wave of CTV and FAST in Europe
Going live in five
Luda Ruditsky: driving impact with empathy
Reinventing news for a connected world
Say hello to multistreaming: one stream no longer fits all
TV in 2024 Predictions: Personalization, global growth and the future of streaming
The blockbuster genre of the FAST world: News
Tokyo Olympics: A new era dawns for Cloud
How much live news content is needed?
Q&A with Alan Wolk: FAST’s future, global growth, advertising impact and more
Geek's Day with Vijaya Sagar
Five top trends that'll dominate broadcast and OTT industry in 2022
How to maximize your content and grow your audience on FAST
5 reasons every local station group should consider FAST
TECH BLOG: Designing SSAI systems to achieve multi-million concurrency
Power better content monetization opportunities with new ad formats
UHD vs. 4K: Yes, they are different
Roku channel creation: How to launch, manage, & monetize
Has live sports made a touchdown on streaming TV?
How to drive effective monetization outcomes from FAST
El alcance de la TV gratis por streaming financiada por publicidad en América latina
THRIVE in the FAST world in 2021 and beyond
Are you a YouTuber? Move to Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV now
Boost ad revenue with Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI) for linear TV
5 broadcast playout software tools (+ 10 features to look for)
5 Reasons You Need a FAST Solution
The top 5 broadcasting and streaming industry trends of 2023
Video Streaming App Development: Know What's Important
LA FAST 2023: How to build a FAST business, optimize your advertising strategy and prepare for the future
5 key insider tips for enhancing your FAST distribution strategy

Diversify with Unified Broadcast Workflows to thrive in a multiscreen world. Read our latest whitepaper for more

https://t.co/EwytZ6RQUX

Startup Business Idea

How to Start a Local TV Channel in India ? [Form, License Cost, Investment, Profit]

How to start a local tv channel in india [application form for tv channel registration] application form, license cost, investment and profit.

Audio-visual media has developed a lot in the recent times. If you have an eye for a certain kind of entertainment programs, then you will find it on the television network. The television broadcast sector is rather complex. Only a person with technical know how will be able to understand the intricate tasks. A lot happens behind the scenes so that you can gain access to your favourite programs, with the push of a button. It is possible for any person or company to establish its own television channel. Both government as well as private organisations can create and broadcast programs on their platforms. The popularity of private channels is more than that of government channels. Here you will get information regarding what one has to do to open and operate a television channel in India.

What is a television channel?

The presence of a television channel is a must for entertainment. It is a virtual number or simply a broadcast frequency that offers a platform, where audio-video shows are broadcast. Several kinds of programs are crafted for broadcast on these frequencies. You can get news as well as entertainment content on these television channels.

How can one start a television channel?

Earlier, it was possible for any person or company to establish and operate a television channel. But in 2014, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting had implemented some strict guidelines. If the interested company does not follow these guidelines, then it will not get the permission to operate the television channel.

Necessary net worth of channel owner

Only those companies will be allowed to open their own television channel, which possess a net worth of Rs. 5 crore. In case the company desires to operate a news channel, then it must have a net worth of Rs. 20 crore. Only those organisations, which fulfil the necessary requirements, will be able to apply for television channel licensing. To ensure the official seal, the company must start the news channel before the completion of one year, starting from the date of application submission. The company will utilise this time to gather technicians, journalists and other necessary teams. It is mandatory for the channel owner to keep all records of expenses. One can also prepare a business plan that will come in handy for running the channel smoothly.

Avenues to earn from the channels

After the television channel starts broadcasting programs, it is time for the authority to work out the way, which will bring in revenue. The main objective of most television channels is to make money. For this, the companies need to highlight their income sources. The primary revenue source for any television channel is by advertisements. The television channel owners will be able to sell slots to advertisers, and earn revenue. Another source of income is by broadcasting sponsored programs. One or more brands may be sponsoring the show. With the advent of the DTH connections, channels have another revenue source. The television channels can sell the programs to the DTH operators, and earn money.

Necessary tools and programs to operate the television channel

To start the channel, the channel owner must create a list of programs, which will be broadcasted. The type and nature of these programs will depend on the agenda of the channel. The authority needs to take into account the nature of the target audiences as well.

If the channel serves news, then the owners must construct a news studio setup. For other programs, necessary studio setup and filming must commence before the channel goes on air.

Once the content is ready, the technicians will come to the forefront. It is not possible for one person to monitor the entire channel. There is strict division of labour and responsibilities. The technical support team will operate gadgets for broadcasting the show.

The channel owners may shoot their own shows or down link content from another company. If the shows fail to keep the audiences hooked, then popularity of the channel will dwindle. It will have a direct effect on the overall revenue of the channel.

How to attain permit for the television channel?

The permit and registration of the channel depends on the type of content that the channel will broadcast. If the channel wishes to broadcast entertain shows, then it will have to apply for a registration accordingly. But the overall process is similar. Here are some steps that will help any interested person to apply for authorisation.

All television channels must have an up-link hub. Without this, the channel authority will not be able to broadcast the shows. The channel owner or respective authority will have to fill in application form, where they must highlight the main agenda of the channel. Then the application will be sent to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Once the ministry approves the channel up-link, then the channel owner will be able to broadcast shows in all parts of the country. To attain satellite links, the channel authority needs to get in touch with respective government agencies.

Once all documents are in order, the channel owner has to submit all details regarding the shareholding partners.

New TV channel for a startup in budget 2019

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has proposed the launch of a television channel in Union Budget 2019. The main aim of the launch is to boost Indian startups. The channel will be launched only for the startups as this would be like a platform in which issues about capitalists and the factors hindering the growth would be discussed. This would be of immense help for the startups as they would be guided towards the right path that would help them to run their startups smoothly.

However, the responsibility for running the television will be given to the startup runners only. The channel would come under Doordarshan bouquet channels. It would also help the owners of startups to know better about funding planning. So, media boosting will help startups to know the easy ways of growth.

Startup India scheme helped entrepreneurs

The initiate of Startup India scheme has been beneficial for thousands of businesspersons that included individual from scheduled caste and tribes. Finance Minister is of the opinion that by the successful implementation of the scheme, the entrepreneurs have been assisted in setting up and executing business plans successfully. Owing to this, the state finance ministry has decided to continue with the scheme from 2020 to five long years. So, effective implementation of the scheme would help develop and prosper 75,000 social entrepreneurs in India. This would include 20 technology business incubators and 80 livelihood business incubators.

How innovative strategies will help startups?

Even if startups are running in loss, they will get facilities under two circumstances. Either there should be continuity of 51% of shareholding or 100% original shareholders will get power of continuity. Also, while investing, the startups will not have to give capital gains relating to the sale of residential property. This eligibility criterion will be given to the startups for an extended time of two years. The startups can also sale the benefits before or on 31 st March, 2021. The minimum percentage of share capital has been relaxed from 50% to 25%. In case of transfer of assets, the time period has been reduced from 5 years to 3 years.

In addition, the finance minister has proposed that in case of income tax filings, the startups in India will not be subjected to any kind of scrutiny. Both investor and other fund sources will be checked by means of e-verification in case of tax issues.

Changing scenario of Indian startups

The Indian government has already made out ways that for improving the condition of startups in India. For the same, the government has promised to release funds for helping the startup owners. Finance Minister Piyush Goyal promised to provide an incentive to both startup owners and small business person that would help to simplify the condition of the entrepreneurs in India. Also, the government promised to achieve the idea of Digital India by 2030 that would include robotics and intelligence elements to simplify the works of the entrepreneurs.

Therefore, by the successful launch of the above-said channel as proposed in the Finance budget would be of immense help for startup owners including small business enterprises to grasp better insight into the growth and promoting the business. The entrepreneurs can also gather adequate knowledge about tax planning and proper funding of their business.

1 thought on “How to Start a Local TV Channel in India ? [Form, License Cost, Investment, Profit]”

ITS VERY INFORAMTIVE FOR NEW ENTERTANTANTS IN THIS FIELD.IF SOME RETD OFFICERS OF THIS DEPT CAN ACT AS A CONSULTANTANT FOR GETTING REGISTERED A NEW CHANNEL WIHT ALL TH EFORMALITIES ,DOCUMENTS TO BE FULLIED,IF HE CAN ALSO CHARGE SOME FEES,WE WILL BE MORE HAPPY.

Class 101 on starting your own TV channel & protecting your content

This article is written by Tuba Ghayas who is pursuing a Diploma in Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Laws from Lawsikho .

Table of Contents

Introduction

India’s TV industry earned about 788 billion Indian rupees in 2019, a growth of 6.5% with subscriptions and advertising revenues put together. Television will remain the largest earner of advertising revenues even in 2025, approaching INR 570 billion. A large share of this came from subscriptions, with over 500 billion rupees during that year. Although the consumption of online content is on the rise in the country, television remains just as central in Indian households with over 188 million TV households in the country in 2018. In fact, the rate of penetration of paid cable and satellite television was forecasted to amount to over 80 percent of households from 2019 to 2023. The highest amount of investment was made on television, followed by digital, radio, and gaming. The number of channels grew by 33 in 2019, 27 of which were from the non-news category and the total number of television channels reached 918. From this data, you can assess that starting your own TV channel can be a highly profitable business endeavor.

With the emergence of digitization of cable television service in 2012 came the need to amend the Cable TV regulations and thus the Government of India introduced a multi-phase digitization policy. One of the major advantages of the change in TRAI regulations was to break the monopoly of already established channels and pave way for competition in cable television networks. TV signals prior to the change in TRAI regulations were distributed in the country in analog as well as in digital and terrestrial formats. A digital format provides better picture quality & sound and other benefits leading to better quality service. Most cable operators in the country were providing analog TV service while all DTH operators are providing digital TV service. Digitization means that all cable TV households would receive digital TV signals through a Set-Top Box. As part of Digitisation, every cable operator will be legally bound to transmit digital signals, which can be received at the subscriber’s home only through a Set Top Box, often called an STB.

For starting the channel and running your channel successfully, you will require a Solid Business plan and have to keep in mind the following;

Choose a type of television network/ Mode of TV transmission

Eligibility and Government Procedure for starting TV channels

Content development and procurement
The regulatory framework for TV content – Content Compliances
Content protection
Revenues Generation – from Advertisement, Sponsorships, and Subscriptions

What are the different types of cable television networks?

Mode of TV transmission is mainly divided into two heads – Conventional and Modern Broadcasting System

(I) Conventional Systems includes old traditional broadcasting modes of transmission. They are as follows;

Analog Terrestrial TV

In this system, the television broadcasting doesn’t involve underground cables or satellite transmission. Some disadvantages of this system are that the clarity of the channel is not very good nor do signals get transmitted to remote village areas. The current televisions available in the market though are capable of receiving these signals. As the name suggests, the information about video and sound gets encoded as Analog signals. These signals consist of frequency and amplitude variations that get modulated into UHF or VHF carrier. The analog television draws the picture many times on display in the PAL system. Afterward, cable television or community antenna television (CATV) started substituting it. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued a notification on 11 November 2011, setting 31 March 2015 as the deadline for a complete shift from analog to digital systems . In December 2011, Parliament passed The Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Act to digitize the cable television sector by 2014.

Digital satellite TV

This is the current mandated way of delivering television signals by the TRAI digitization poilcy. In this system, the audience receives the signal through set-top boxes and satellite dishes. It provides an ample of channels, and services. You have to manage Uplink satellite dishes and other broadcasting equipment. In this system, satellites relay the signals with the uplink satellite dishes. These dishes are around 9 to 12 meters in diameter. For transmitting the uplinked signals, the uplink dish is faced toward the particular satellite. After traveling a major distance, the downlinked satellite signals get weak, but the parabolic dish receives and reflects it to the focal point. A down converting device called LNB (low-noise block) is present at that focal point. It gathers, amplifies and converts the signals in the L-band range. Finally, you are able to see the channel through the set-top box. TV(I) Section in Broadcasting Wing is concerned with grant of licenses for uplinking/downlinking of TV channels, uplinking Hub/Teleport, uplink facility by a News Agency, permission for use of SNG/DSNGs and related regulatory aspects, as per the uplinking/downlinking guidelines, 2011 as amended from time to time.

Prior digitization policy in India, this was the most prevalent transmission system. Transmission is carried through fixed coaxial cables. The coaxial cable bandwidth is capable of carrying signals for just hundred television channels, thus amplifiers are used to boost signals. It is used to distribute television channels to subscribers from a particular region. It is used for hosting local channels. Their content is usually relevant for people within that region.

(II) Modern systems for broadcasting TV channels have developed over a period of time. They are as follows:

Digital Terrestrial TV

This technology provides a larger number of channels via aerial broadcasts to the traditional antenna rather than cable connection or satellite dish. It can also deliver high definition picture quality in MPEG-4/AVC coded into a 24 Mbit/s transmission channel.

Video on Demand

In this system, users can watch the video in real time as per their demand through the cable network. OTT is a subset of the overall VOD category and it is transmitted to the viewer via the internet without requiring users to subscribe to a traditional cable or satellite pay-TV service.

Internet TV Channel

It is a digital distribution of television content over the Internet. In fact, it has also revolutionized the conventional channels by hosting them. It is way better than coaxial cables in terms of signal quality, interference, signal lever, and potential of the transmission. IPTV uses the line which is also usually used by the subscribers to get broadband connectivity to their homes. This is a digital broadcast methodology, and it is an addressable mode using the Internet Protocol.

You can even start a web TV i.e. A normal TV channel hosted on a specific website like WordPress or app transmitting information via the Internet. It doesn’t require big investment. There are several softwares available online for starting a web tv. All you need is a webcam and a decent internet connection for getting things started. You can perform SEO and other forms of digital marketing to make your channel popular.

Prior to 2014, the registration of cable television networks was very easy, it was possible for any person or company to establish and operate a television channel. In 2014, The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting implemented stricter guidelines.

To provide an efficient and transparent regime for the growth and management of the Broadcasting Sector, an online portal “Broadcast Seva” has been developed and launched. The Broadcast Seva portal provides single point facilities to the various stakeholders and applicants for various permissions, registrations, licences etc. issued by MIB for broadcast related activities. (Refer- http://www.broadcastseva.gov.in/ )

According to 2011 Uplinking and Downlinking Guidelines, Net-worth Requirement is different in different cases i.e. for uplinking, downlinking, news, non-news etc. The same are given in uplinking and downlinking guidelines available on “broadcastseva.gov.in”.

Uplink in simple words mean Upload and downlink means download. In broadcasting terms Uplink means the transmitter on the ground that sends signals up to a communications satellite and Downlink means A transmission path for the communication of signals and data from a communications satellite or other space vehicle to the earth and back.

As per Uplinking guidelines, to start a new Non-news channel or current affairs channel, the net worth of the company has to be INR 5 crore for the first channel. To apply for a new news channel the net worth of the company has to be INR 20 crore for the first channel.

The Satellite TV channels acquires the permit for 10 years from the date of issue of permission.
Permission fees per annum for uplink is Rs.2 Lakh for both News and Non-News current affairs channels.
Registration fee for downlinking of TV Channels being uplinked from Abroad is 10 lakhs
Annual permission fee for downlink is Rs.5 Lakh per channel per annum uplinked from India and Rs.15 Lakh per channel per annum uplinked from Abroad.

In March 2020, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting released new draft rules for Uplinking TV channels.

Content Development and Procurement

The cable television network has to decide the Genre of their channel. Some Examples of Genre are Entertainment, Music, News, Sports, Food, Regional language, etc.

Accordingly, TV Channel companies will have to develop their own Original content for the channel. For creating their own unique content, the channel will have to invest in Studio Setup and Equipment and hire either a professional producer for shooting TV show. Producer will manage the crew required. Initially though Television network owner will have to hire appropriate administration staff, Content/script writers, Producers, Directors Actors and technical production crew that includes camera crew, light crew, and sound crew. After filming and processing the complete show and ensuring it follows the content guidelines laid down below, you can relay it on your channel. There are also entities functioning as Multi System Operators (MSOs) which mainly aggregate the contents from different broadcasters and then provide the signals for the same to last mile cable operators. For that TV channel has to enter into contracts to acquire broadcasting rights from the Producers of already curated content.

Regulatory frameworks of TV Content

The operation of Cable television network is regulated by The Cable television Networks Act, 1995 and Cable television network Rules, 1994. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was established in 1997. The Broadcast wing of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is responsible for the regulation of content telecast on private satellite channels and transmitted/retransmitted through cable network in terms of the abovementioned Act and Rules.

The Cable Television Network Rules, 1994 has prescribed Programme and Advertising Codes for the Cable tv network operators. (Refer – https://mib.gov.in/sites/default/files/pc1_0.pdf ,

https://mib.gov.in/content-regulation-private-tv-channels-0 )

In Rakul Preet Singh vs. Union of India & ors , the High court reiterated that Media house and television channels should show restraint in their reporting and abide by the provision of the Programmed Code as also the various guidelines, both statutory and self regulatory.

In Tehseen S. Poonawalla vs Union of India , the Supreme Court held that the Central and state Governments should brodcast on radio and televison and other media paltforms including the official website of the Home Department and police of the states that lynching and mov violence of any kind shall invite serious consequences under the law. The Ministry had thereby issued the advisory that ‘Mob Violence and lynching is a heinous crime and invites serious consequence nder the law. Mob violence and lynching is a serious criminal offence and invites stringent punishment under the law.

“ VTV” TV channel telecasted a news Viral Truth programme in which a man could be seen brutally beating up children in orphanage alleging taht incident happended in Valsad, Gujarat which was later found to be an incident in Egypt. The Central Government in exercise of its power conferred by Section 20 (2) and (3) in Cable Television networks (Regulation) Act had ordered to prohibit the transmission or re-transmission of ‘VTV’ TV channel for one day on any platfrorm throughout India with effect from 00:01 hrs on 16 December 2017 to 00:01 hrs on 17 December 2017

There are several Organisations which regulate the TV channels content quality. There are also organisations regulating specific types of content.

The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) is a non-profit organisation comprising news and non-news channels members managing about 90% of television viewerships. They have adopted a “Self Regulatory Content Code” and this determines quality of content. (Refer- http://www.ibfindia.com/sites/default/files/pdf/Self%20Regulatory%20Guidelines%20for%20non-news%20%26%20current%20affairs%20programmes.pdf )
For news channels, the governing body is the News Broadcaster Association (NBA), the members of which have to follow “Code of Ethics and Broadcasting Standards”. (Refer – http://www.nbanewdelhi.com/assets/uploads/pdf/code_of_ethics_english.pdf )
IBF has also established BCCC (Broadcast Content Complaint Council) which receives content related complaints. BCCC has issued several advisories relating to restriction on different type of content. (Refer – http://www.ibfindia.com/advisories )
Animal Welfare Board of India – to acquire permissions and non-objection certificate in using animals in TV/Film content.
National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights – providing guidelines for children artist (Refer – https://mib.gov.in/sites/default/files/Guidelines%20for%20Media%20reporting_0.pdf )

In A. K. Asthna vs. Union of India, the Court ordered committee comprising of representatives of Union of India, Government of NCT of Delhi and NGO working for welfare of children, representatives of media to deliberate upon the guidelines to be formulated to regulate media reporting and disclosure of details relating to children.

Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) for complaints regarding advertisement – www.ascionline.org

Content Protection

What are the IPRs involved in cable television networks

The main Intellectual property rights involved in Television and Media Industry is Copyright followed by Trademark. They are governed by The Copyright Act, 1957 and the Trademarks Act, 1999 respectively.

Copyright is a bundle of rights given by law to creators of original literary, dramatic, artistic, musical work and producers of cinematographic films and sound recordings. All audio-visual content falls under the purview of cinematographic films including TV shows. The term of copyright for literary, dramatic, artistic, musical work is 60 years from the death of the Author of work and in cinematographic films and sound recordings for 60 years following the year when it first published. Only after this term ends and the copyright enters in public domain, people are free to exploit the content any which way.

Trademark on other hand protects the Branding and goodwill of the business i.e. TV network in this case. According to Section 2 (1) (zb) of Trademarks Act, 1999 “trade mark” means a mark capable of being represented graphically and which is capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one person from those of others and may include shape of goods, their packaging and combination of colours.

How do they work?

Copyright includes right to make copy of the content including a photograph of any image or any part as well as storing of the content in any medium by electronic or other means; to sell or give on commercial rental or offer for sale or rental any copy of the cinematographic film; the right to communicate to the public. Thus it is the exclusive right of the owner of copyright to exploit these rights. The TV channel company has the exclusive right to exploit the original content produced by them. They have the exclusive right to broadcast their original content on their TV channel. They can further choose to license and assign any or all of these rights for commercial gain. By doing so, the TV channel will acquire consideration money as revenue as well as royalty from the licensee/assignee as per the terms of the Contract entered into.

On registration under Trademarks Act, TV channels brand name and logo are protected under Trademarks Act. Even the names of their TV Shows/programs and its format can be protected under Copyright and Trademarks Act. On registration, the owner of the trademark gets exclusive right to use that trademark for business as well as the right to stop others from using the same or similar trademark.

How can rights associated with operating cable television networks be protected?

If any individual exploits any right mentioned in Section 14 (d) of the Copyrights Act without the permit /license of the owner of copyright, the copyrighted work is infringed. And the owner of copyright has the right to sue and claim damages.

Sometimes there are dispute with regards to format of show wherein one TV channel copies the format of other. Eg – Quiz based show (like KBC- kaun banega crorepati), Dating Shows (Love School), Survival Shows (like Man vs Wild).

In its “TV format” judgment, the German Federal Court of Justice defined a TV program format as “the totality of all its characteristic features which are capable of acting as a general mould shaping each single episode and thus enable the audience at the same time to recognize such episodes easily as parts of a series”

The format rights which are copyrightable are only recognized in India mainly when there is breach of confidentiality clause in agreements. There is no statutory remedy to protect show formats.

TV Shows with same, common or similar names like the Registered Trademark of the TV channel if used / launched by another TV channel may impact the reputation of the Brand of TV channel and thereby amount to Trademark infringement. If there is no substantial distinguishing characteristic, it may create confusion in the minds of people and thereby the likelihood of confusion to the average person is an important factor in deciding trademark dispute cases. The aim of the case would be to protect the trademark of the TVchannel who has it registered. Unauthorized use of a trademark or service mark on competing or related goods and services also amounts to Trademark infringement.

Remedies in case of breach

In both Registered Copyright and Trademark infringement disputes, the owner and exclusive licensee of the IPR can avail both Civil and criminal remedies.

Civil Remedies

Injunction is a preventive civil remedy wherein by the judicial process, the person who invades or threatens to invade the legal or equitable right of other is refrained and prohibited from continuing or commencing such act of infringement. In order to provide the owner of right an immediate relief and to prevent further damage to business in the course of lengthy full trial of case, the law provides interim relief of Interlocutory injunction to immediately stop the alleged infringement. These injunction continue till the end of the trial / hearing of the case and if the plaintiff succeeds in the trial in proving the infringement of his right, the court grants a permanent/ perpetual injunction to restrain future infringement.

Mareva Injunction – This is a form of interlocutory injunction wherein the purpose of it is to prevent the defendant from disposing of the assets which maybe required to satisfy the claim of plaintiff.

Anton Piller Order – In certain case the court of United Kingdom on the application of plaintiff makes ex parte order after a hearing in camera in the absence of the defendant, ordering the defendant to permit the plaintiff and his lawyers to inspect the premises. This order for the very first time was passed in Anton Piller AG V. Manufacturing Processes Ltd., where it acquires the name from. The order allows plaintiff and his lawyer to take possession of infringing copies/stock and relevant documents thus securing the evidence.

John Doe Order – This order is issued against the unknown persons who have allegedly committed some wrong but their identity is not known to the Plaintiff. Herein, court has the power to injunct such person other than those impleaded in the suit.

Damages – It is a compensatory remedy for the loss suffered by the plaintiff on account of infringement. It is awarded to restore the plaintiff to his position prior such infringement.

In Microsoft Corporation vs. K. Mayuri , the court observed that the damages in case of where blatant infringing activities of defendant are found can be awarded under three heads;

Compensatory/ Actual damages – equivalent to the loss actually suffered by plaintiff
Damages to goodwill and reputation – on account of harming the reputation of plaintiff by unauthorized counterfeiting by the defendant of plaintiffs products.
Exemplary/punitive damages – to create a deterring effect on defendant and all those who indulge in such infringing activity

Account of profits – Herein the infringing party is required to give up all his profits and gains made by selling infringed goods. It involves investigation of actual accounts, not merely notional computation. The account is of net profit after deduction of manufacturing and delivery cost. The plaintiff is entitled to either opt for damages or Account of profits, not both together.

In Mohan Lal Gupta vs The Board of School Education, Haryana , the defendant was ordered to pay 20% of the profits to the plaintiff as the matter copied was less than one-tenth of the book.

Criminal Remedies

Under the Copyright Act, 1957 and Trademarks Act, 1999 the following are the basic remedies which are provided for infringement:

Imprisonment not less than 6 months which may extend to 3 years
Fine which may not be less than 50,000 but, may extend up to 2,00,000
Enhanced penalty on second or subsequent conviction.
Search and seizure of infringing goods
Forfeiture / Delivery of infringing goods to the registered right owner.

Revenue Generation

The main revenue source for any television channel is Advertisements. The television channel owners will be able to sell slots to advertisers, and earn revenue. Another source of income is by broadcasting sponsored programs. One or more brands may be sponsoring the show. With advent of the DTH connections and TRAI multi-phasic digitisation policy implemented, the channels have acquired another revenue source. The television channels can now sell the programs to the DTH operators.

Conclusion

Though starting your own channel may seem like a complex task, with proper business planning and dedicated technical and legal team, one can start a successful cable network.

FICCI-EY-Report-media-and-entertainment-2020
https://www.ibef.org/download/Media-and-Entertainment-August-2018.pdf
http://www.ficci.in/pressrelease-page.asp?nid=3667
https://www.tatasky.com/dth/digitisation
https://www.trai.gov.in/sites/default/files/CableTelevisionNetworksRules1994.pdf
https://www.trai.gov.in/sites/default/files/Cable_TV_Amendment_Act_2011_final.pdf
https://www.statista.com/statistics/243879/revenue-of-the-tv-industry-in-india-by-source/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_in_India
https://mib.gov.in/about-broadcasting
https://www.businessalligators.com/start-tv-channel/
http://www.broadcastseva.gov.in/sat_landing_page/FAQ%20of%20TV.pdf
http://www.broadcastseva.gov.in/Landing%20Page%20Documents/Satellite%20TV%20Channels-2017-5-19/FinalUplinkingGuidelines05.12.2011.pdf
http://www.broadcastseva.gov.in/Landing%20Page%20Documents/Satellite%20TV%20Channels-2017-5-19/Downlinking_Guidelines05.12.11.pdf
https://www.startupbusinessidea.com/start-local-tv-channel-application-form-license-cost/
Bare Act, The Copyright Act, 1957 and the Trademarks Act, 1999
https://mib.gov.in/sites/default/files/Advisory%20to%20all%20private%20satellite%20TV%20channels%20in%20the%20matter%20of%20Rakul%20Preet%20Singh%20Vs.%20UOI.pdf
https://mib.gov.in/sites/default/files/Advisory%20on%20Mob%20Violence%20and%20Lynching-27012020184410.pdf
https://mib.gov.in/sites/default/files/Guidelines%20for%20Media%20reporting_0.pdf
https://mib.gov.in/sites/default/files/Order%20dated%2012.12.2017%20to%20VTV%20Channel_0.pdf

Students of Lawsikho courses regularly produce writing assignments and work on practical exercises as a part of their coursework and develop themselves in real-life practical skill.

LawSikho has created a telegram group for exchanging legal knowledge, referrals and various opportunities. You can click on this link and join:

https://t.me/joinchat/J_0YrBa4IBSHdpuTfQO_sA

How to kickstart your career as a corporate lawyer

Participants from more than 85 countries have attended our bootcamps so far

Register now

Thank you for registering with us, you made the right choice.

Congratulations! You have successfully registered for the webinar. See you there.

Step by Step Guide For Launching TV Channel In India

Step by Step Guide For Launching TV Channel In India

January 10, 2023

India’s TV industry has evolved a lot in the last few years. The TV broadcast sector is highly regulated and required deep technology understanding. Multifaceted expertise is required to launch of a TV channel in india.

How to launch a TV Channel in India?

The First step in launching a TV Channel is to decide the genre of your TV Channel such as entertainment, music, news, sports, food, regional language, etc

Here’s get the information regarding what you have to do to launch and operate a TV channel in India:

Seeking permission from the government

To launch a TV Channel, first you need to apply for Uplink and downlinking permission in Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. This also includes clearance from the Ministry of Home Affairs and other government departments. Application can be for News or Non News Channel category. The applicant company’s net worth requirement are different for both the category. One of the important document is to provide detail of Satellite and Teleport details for uplink of the TV Channel.

Application need to submit online with requisite documents and processing fee. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issues permission after verifying the eligibility criteria and on getting the clearance form other Govt. departments.

Once the ministry approves the application, applicant company can start the TV Channel Uplink and can distribute the signal/ content in all parts of the country.

Setup of broadcast/studio facility

The most important activity in launching a TV Channel is setting up Studio facility to create the content. It depends on many factors like genre of content, technology selection and budget. It takes few months to select the right technology, procuring the equipment and installing same. Now a days technologies companies are offering cloud based production solutions which are easy to use and cost effective.

Uplink and Transmission of Video Content

Teleport services are required for distribution of television signals in all parts of country.

You have to provide the video signal to your selected Teleport Operator who will uplink the signal to selected Satellites for further distribution.

Another option to enhance your media content is to live stream your valuable content using the best video streaming platforms and the internet within your online TV channel. Playout/Transmission/Uplink services can also be used for global content distribution through TV channels.

Distribution of TV Channel

Now, it’s time for the big launch of your TV Channel. Promote your TV Channel on social media and explore high-reach marketing options like newspaper advertisements or local promotional events. You need to connect with DTH Platforms and MSO for redistribution of your TV Channel in their network or subscriber bases.

You can also manage and distribute you TV Channels to many OTT platforms and other Global platforms. There are many ways to send the signal to these platforms and Zixi is one of them! Zixi service providers in India offers connectivity to any parts of globe in most cost effective way.

Connect with Lamhas to get the best TV Channel Consulting Services

Building a TV Channel and launching it successfully is a big task. Taking consultancy services can help you get a deeper insight into the procedure and steps needed to launch a TV Channel.

Lamhas has expertise in the media and entertainment industry, including broadcasting Services, System Integration, regulatory compliances, and content distribution. Connect with us to set up a TV Channel and launch it globally.

Changes in the Broadcasting Ecosystem

How to start a local news TV channel in India?

Arvind Chatterjee, Feb, 15 2023

Categories:

Are you interested in starting your own local news TV channel in India? This can be a daunting task, but with the right knowledge, dedication, and resources, you can make it happen. In this blog post, we’ll discuss the essential steps for starting a local news TV channel in India.

Step 1: Research the Market

Before you can begin the process of starting a local news TV channel in India, you need to research the market. You should find out what the current local news market looks like, and what kind of competition you’re going to be up against. This will help you determine the best strategies for your channel, and give you an idea of what kind of content you need to produce.

Step 2: Develop a Business Plan

Once you’ve done your research, you need to develop a business plan. This should include information such as your target audience, the type of content you plan to produce, the budget, and the marketing and advertising strategies you’re going to use. A well-developed business plan is essential for the success of your local news TV channel.

Step 3: Obtain the Necessary Licenses and Permits

Before you can start broadcasting, you need to obtain the necessary licenses and permits from the government. This process can take some time, so it’s important to start early. You should also make sure you are aware of any laws and regulations that may affect your channel.

Step 4: Secure Funding

Once you’ve developed your business plan and obtained the necessary licenses and permits, you need to secure funding for your channel. This can be done through a combination of investments, grants, and loans. You should also look into the possibility of crowdfunding, as this can be a great way to garner support for your project.

Step 5: Find a Broadcast Location

Before you can start broadcasting, you need to find a suitable location. This should be a space that can accommodate all of your equipment and staff. You should also consider factors such as the cost of rent and the availability of internet and electricity.

Step 6: Hire Staff and Equipment

Once you’ve secured your location, you need to hire staff and equipment. This includes broadcast technicians, editors, reporters, and other personnel. You should also invest in quality equipment, such as cameras, microphones, and editing software.

Step 7: Launch Your Channel

Once you’ve completed all of the necessary steps, you’re ready to launch your local news TV channel. This involves setting up the studio, broadcasting your first shows, and promoting your channel. With the right strategies and dedication, you can become a success in the local news market.

Starting a news TV channel in India is a complex process that requires a thorough understanding of the legal requirements. This article is designed to provide an overview of the legal requirements for launching a local news TV channel in India.

Getting a License

The first step to launching a local news TV channel in India is to obtain a license from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB). The MIB is responsible for granting licenses to broadcast news and current affairs programs. To obtain a license, applicants must submit a detailed project report outlining the proposed channel, its programming, and its financial requirements. Additionally, applicants must demonstrate that they have the necessary technical and financial resources to operate the channel.

Registering with the Ministry of Home Affairs

Once the license is obtained, the next step is to register with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The MHA is responsible for regulating the broadcasting of news and current affairs programs in India. To register, applicants must submit a detailed project report outlining the proposed channel, its programming, and its financial requirements. Additionally, applicants must demonstrate that they have the necessary technical and financial resources to operate the channel.

Adhering to Broadcasting Guidelines

Once the license and registration are obtained, it is important to adhere to the broadcasting guidelines set by the MIB and MHA. These guidelines include:

Ensuring that the channel only broadcasts news and current affairs programs.
Maintaining a high standard of broadcasting.
Ensuring that the content is not offensive or inflammatory.
Adhering to the code of ethics established by the MIB.

By following the legal requirements outlined above, applicants can successfully launch a local news TV channel in India.

There are a few different ways to secure funding for a local news TV channel in India. Here are some of the most common:

Government Grants and Subsidies

The Government of India offers a range of grants and subsidies for media projects, including those related to starting a local news TV channel. These grants and subsidies can be used to cover the cost of equipment, personnel, and other expenses associated with launching the channel.

Venture Capital and Private Equity

Investors may be willing to provide capital to start a local news TV channel in India. This is an especially attractive option for entrepreneurs who have experience in the media industry, as investors may be more likely to trust their judgement. However, investors will also want to see a clear plan for monetizing the channel, and may also require a certain degree of control over the project.

Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo can be used to raise funds for a local news TV channel in India. This is an appealing option for those who want to build a community of supporters and potential viewers, as crowdfunding campaigns can help build awareness and enthusiasm. However, it is important to set realistic goals and have a well-thought-out plan for how the funds will be used.

Strategies for Building an Audience for a Local News TV Channel in India

If you’re thinking of starting a local news TV channel in India, you’re in for an exciting journey. The Indian media landscape is dynamic and competitive, and having a successful TV channel requires more than just providing quality news coverage. You need to build an audience and keep them engaged, which is where good strategies are essential.

Here are a few key strategies that you can use to build an audience for your local news TV channel in India:

Optimize for Local Search: Local search optimization is key to success in India. You need to ensure that your channel is easy to find on search engines such as Google, and also make sure that your website is optimized for local search queries. This will help you get more visibility and increase your chances of reaching potential viewers.
Partner with Local Media Outlets: Partnering with local media outlets is a great way to increase your visibility and reach a wider audience. You can partner with newspapers, radio stations, magazines, and other media outlets to cross-promote your content and get more people to tune in.
Engage with Social Media: Social media is an important part of the Indian media landscape, and an effective way to reach potential viewers. Make sure to have a strong presence on popular social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Post interesting content, engage with your viewers, and use targeted ads to increase visibility.
Target Influencers: Influencers can be a great way to reach a wider audience and build credibility for your channel. Identify and target key influencers who can help promote your content and build an audience for your channel.
Create Engaging Content: Last but not least, you need to create engaging content that resonates with your audience. Cover interesting stories, use the latest technology, and focus on the local aspects of news. This will help you build a loyal audience and keep them coming back for more.

These are just a few strategies that you can use to build an audience for your local news TV channel in India. With the right strategies and a bit of hard work, you’ll be able to reach your target audience and create a successful channel.

Write a comment

Top Business Channel List in India

Top Searched

₹ 10,120 Min Spend

₹ 18,000 Min Spend

Zee Business

₹ 3,019 min spend.

₹ 5,700 Min Spend

NDTV Profit

₹ 7,500 min spend.

₹ 2,600 Min Spend

CNBC TV 18 Prime HD

₹ 5,750 min spend.

₹ 30 Min Spend

₹ 280 Min Spend

Budget 2022

Confused we can help, hire our expert media planners to find, plan and place your next promotion., television advertising cost.

Ad Option	Rates	Place Ads
Video Ad	₹ 3
L-Band	₹ 810

Business Channel Advertising

Business Channel Advertising offers a strategic advantage by targeting viewers focused on financial news and industry insights. Advertising on Business channels allows you to reach an audience that is actively engaged with market trends and economic developments. By aligning your ads with content that resonates with business-minded viewers, you can improve engagement and increase brand visibility. This targeted strategy optimizes your advertising spend and enhances the effectiveness of your campaign. With an audience that values relevant business information, Business channel advertising ensures your message reaches those who are most likely to respond, providing measurable and impactful results. TV Advertising continues to be a powerful method for reaching a broad, engaged audience efficiently.

Business TV Channel Advertising Price

The cost of advertising on Business TV channels varies based on several factors, including the channel's popularity, audience size, and time slot. Generally, the Business TV channel advertising price reflects the channel's ability to reach specific demographics and its overall viewership impact. Prime time slots and high-traffic shows on these channels typically command higher rates.

Advertising costs can range from a few hundred rupees for a local channel to several lakhs of rupees per second for national channels or major events. For an accurate estimate of your campaign costs, it’s best to reach out to The Media Ant , one of the best TV Advertising Agencies in India . We offer detailed breakdowns of the Business TV Channel ads price , helping you maximize your investment. Remember, selecting the right time slot and channel is key to boosting your campaign’s effectiveness and broadening its reach.

Why Advertise on Business TV Channels?

Advertising on Business TV channels offers several unique advantages:

Targeted Audience : Reach viewers with specific interests related to Business content, ensuring your message resonates with a relevant demographic.
Increased Engagement : Ads on Business channels often see higher engagement due to viewers' strong interest in the content.
Enhanced Brand Recall : Aligning your brand with niche content can improve recall and create a lasting impression.
Focused Spending : Optimize your advertising budget by targeting channels that match your audience’s preferences, enhancing campaign efficiency.
Specialized Content Alignment : Ensure your ads are seen in a context that complements and reinforces your brand message.

TV Advertising Agency in India

The Media Ant is a prominent TV advertising agency in India that offers comprehensive solutions for businesses looking to advertise on television. They provide access to a vast network of TV channels across various genres, including news, entertainment, sports, and business. The Media Ant assists clients in selecting the right channels, time slots, and ad formats to maximize reach and impact based on their target audience and budget.

The agency also offers detailed planning and analysis, helping businesses optimize their campaigns for better ROI. With a focus on transparency, The Media Ant provides clients with clear pricing and measurable results, making TV advertising more accessible and effective for brands of all sizes in India.

Calculate your Return On Ads Spend (ROAS) with TMA!

Discover diverse Television Genres -

Business Channel List in India

Comedy Channel List in India

Entertainment Channel List in India

Movies Channel List in India

News Channel List in India

Music Channel List in India

Spiritual Channel List in India

Lifestyle Channel List in India

The Economic Times daily newspaper is available online now.

Raising the curtain: media industry and the changing landscape.

With the changing digital landscape in India, the news channels are expanding their reach from television screens through DTH to mobile phones, tablets and laptops through digital channels as well as programming on YouTube and Facebook. According to the FICCI-EY media and entertainment report of March 2021, the online news audience grew to 450 million in 2020.

Raising the curtain: Media industry and the changing landscape

To post this comment you must

Fill in your details:

Will be displayed

Will not be displayed

Share this Comment:

Uh-oh this is an exclusive story available for selected readers only..

Worry not. You’re just a step away.

Prime Account Detected!

It seems like you're already an ETPrime member with

Log out of your current logged-in account and log in again using your ET Prime credentials to enjoy all member benefits.

To read full story, subscribe to ET Prime

₹34 per week

Billed annually at ₹2499 ₹1749

Super Saver Sale - Flat 30% Off

On ET Prime Membership

Unlock this story and enjoy all members-only benefits.

Offer Exclusively For You

Save up to Rs. 700/-

ON ET PRIME MEMBERSHIP

Get 1 Year Free

With 1 and 2-Year ET prime membership

Get Flat 40% Off

Then ₹ 1749 for 1 year

ET Prime at ₹ 49 for 1 month

Freedom Offer

Get flat 20% off on ETPrime

90 Days Prime access worth Rs999 unlocked for you

Exclusive Economic Times Stories, Editorials & Expert opinion across 20+ sectors

Stock analysis. Market Research. Industry Trends on 4000+ Stocks

Get 1 Year Complimentary Subscription of TOI+ worth Rs.799/-

Stories you might be interested in

Supported by

Kamala Harris Isn’t Giving Interviews. Any Questions?

Critics say the vice president has been too cautious with the press. Her supporters think it’s the right strategy at the right time.

Share full article

Kamala Harris entering a room, with a crowd of photographers and reporters waiting for her.

By Michael M. Grynbaum

Michael Grynbaum has covered the interactions between presidential candidates and the news media since 2016.

Follow live updates on the 2024 election .

The press has questions for Vice President Kamala Harris. She isn’t giving a whole lot of answers.

In the nearly three weeks since President Biden withdrew his candidacy, catapulting Ms. Harris to the top of the Democratic ticket, the vice president has shown little eagerness to meet journalists in unscripted settings. She has not granted an interview or held a news conference. On Thursday, after a rally in Michigan, she held her first “gaggle” — an impromptu Q.-and-A. session — with reporters covering her campaign.

It lasted 70 seconds.

Ms. Harris replaced a Democratic nominee who has hosted fewer White House news conferences than any president since Ronald Reagan. Now she is taking a similarly cautious approach, relying on televised rallies and prepared statements amid a tightly controlled rollout of her candidacy.

Asked on Thursday if she might sit for an interview anytime soon, Ms. Harris suggested that she would get through the convention first. “I want us to get an interview scheduled before the end of the month,” she said, as aides signaled to the scrum of journalists that question time was over.

Ms. Harris’s lack of engagement with the media has become a constant rallying cry on the political right, with Republican critics and Fox News stars accusing the vice president of ducking scrutiny. The Harris campaign says it is being thoughtful about how best to deploy its message, and to introduce a new candidate to crucial voters in battleground states.

David Axelrod, the architect of former President Barack Obama’s winning campaigns, believes that Ms. Harris — who on Thursday said she had agreed to a prime-time debate on Sept. 10 with her opponent, former President Donald J. Trump — was trying to strike a balance.

We are having trouble retrieving the article content.

Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.

Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.

Thank you for your patience while we verify access.

Already a subscriber? Log in .

Want all of The Times? Subscribe .

ASSOCIATE PARTNER

PM Narendra Modi Meets Foxconn Chairman Young Liu; Apple Supplier Discusses Investment Plans In India

Curated By : Namit Singh Sengar

Last Updated: August 14, 2024, 18:10 IST

New Delhi, India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Young Liu, Chairman of Foxconn. (Source/PM Modi X handle)

The chairman of Apple supplier Foxconn met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met Young Liu, the Chairman of Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn).

During the meeting, PM Modi highlighted the wonderful opportunities India offers in futuristic sectors. They also had excellent discussions on their investment plans in India in various states.

Foxconn, as one of the world’s largest electronics contract manufacturers, plays a crucial role in assembling a significant portion of Apple’s products, most notably the iconic iPhone.

“Wonderful to meet Mr. Young Liu, the Chairman of Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn). I highlighted the wonderful opportunities India offers in futuristic sectors. We also had excellent discussions on their investment plans in India in states like Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh,” PM Modi wrote on X.

Wonderful to meet Mr. Young Liu, the Chairman of Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn). I highlighted the wonderful opportunities India offers in futuristic sectors. We also had excellent discussions on their investment plans in India in states like Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra… pic.twitter.com/5tT4xfF51u — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 14, 2024

Foxconn has been a crucial partner for Apple in its manufacturing operations, and their relationship is increasingly focused on India.

The Taiwanese giant has made significant investments in India to expand its manufacturing facilities, specifically targeting Apple products.

In 2023, PM Narendra Modi met with Liu in Gandhinagar and expressed enthusiasm for the company’s plans to expand semiconductor and chip manufacturing operations in India. Liu, a participant in the three-day SemiconIndia 2023 conference, reaffirmed Taiwan’s position as India’s most trusted and reliable partner.

Narendra Modi

Personal Finance
Today's Paper
Olympics 2024
Partner Content
Entertainment
Social Viral

Apple plans major overhaul for iPhone lineup from 2025: What to expect

Apple's 2025 iphone lineup will feature a new 'air' model, aiming to strike a balance between the standard and pro variants, with plans for a slimmer pro model and foldable devices in the pipeline.

Representative image: iPhone 15 series

Listen to This Article

As many as 18,720 women Foxconn workers can reside at the 20-acre housing complex in Vallam Vadagal. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin will inaugurate it on Saturday | Photo: SIPCOT

TN takes cue from China: Lines up govt-run industrial housing for Foxconn

iPhones to Mac mini and AirPods: List of devices Apple could launch in 2024

Apple adds home screen management to iPhone mirroring in new betas: Report

iPhones boost Apple's India operations surge to Rs 2 trillion in FY24

Apple releases iOS 18.1 developer beta 2 with AI features: Check what's new

Don't miss the most important news and views of the day. Get them on our Telegram channel

First Published: Aug 15 2024 | 10:31 AM IST

Explore News

Suzlon Energy Share Price Adani Enterprises Share Price Adani Power Share Price IRFC Share Price Tata Motors Share Price Tata Steel Share Price Yes Bank Share Price Infosys Share Price SBI Share Price Tata Power Share Price
Latest News Company News Market News India News Politics News Cricket News Personal Finance Technology News World News Industry News Education News Opinion Shows Economy News Lifestyle News Health News
Today's Paper About Us T&C Privacy Policy Cookie Policy Disclaimer Investor Communication GST registration number List Compliance Contact Us Advertise with Us Sitemap Subscribe Careers BS Apps
ICC T20 World Cup 2024 Budget 2024 Olympics 2024 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

Election 2024
Entertainment
Newsletters
Photography
AP Buyline Personal Finance
AP Buyline Shopping
Press Releases
Israel-Hamas War
Russia-Ukraine War
Global elections
Asia Pacific
Latin America
Middle East
Delegate Tracker
AP & Elections
2024 Paris Olympic Games
Auto Racing
Movie reviews
Book reviews
Financial Markets
Business Highlights
Financial wellness
Artificial Intelligence
Social Media

Rescuers retrieve remains of all 62 passengers in Brazil plane crash. Families gather in Sao Paulo

Brazilian authorities worked Saturday to piece together what exactly caused the plane crash in Sao Paulo state the previous day that killed all 62 people on board. Local airline Voepass’ plane, an ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop, was headed for Sao Paulo’s international airport in Guarulhos with 58 passengers and 4 crew members when it went down in the city of Vinhedo. (AP Video/Andre Penner and Maycron Abade)

Firefighters and rescue workers work in the debris at the site where an airplane with 61 people on board crashed in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Saturday Aug. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Copy Link copied

Firefighters and rescue teams work at the site in a residential area where an airplane with 61 people on board crashed the previous day in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Police vehicles used to carry bodies leave at the gated community where a plane crashed in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Police guard the gated community where a plane crashed in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

A police vehicle used to carry bodies leave at the community where a plane crashed in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

This frame grab from video shows wreckage from a plane that crashed by a home in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (Felipe Magalhaes Filho via AP)

Brigadier Marcelo Moreno, head of the National Air Accident Investigation Center, gives a press conference about the Vinhedo plane crash, at his headquarters in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

This frame grab from video shows fire coming from a plane that crashed by a home in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (Felipe Magalhaes Filho via AP)

Locator map showing the departure, destination and crash sites of a Brazilian commercial airplane that crashed on Friday Aug. 9, 2024. (AP Digital Embed)

A refrigerated truck from the fire department arrives at the gated community where a plane crashed in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Police stand along the street leading to the gated community where a plane crashed in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Relatives from victims of the plane crash arrives at the headquarters of the institute of legal medicine for the recognition of victims, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Ettore Chiereguini)

VINHEDO, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian rescue teams Saturday retrieved the remains of all 62 passengers from the wreckage of a plane crash in Sao Paulo state as families started gathering in the metropolis to identify and bury their loved ones.

Local airline Voepass’ plane, an ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop, was headed for Sao Paulo’s international airport in Guarulhos with 58 passengers and four crew members, when it went down in the city of Vinhedo.

Initially, the company said its plane had 62 passengers, then it revised the number to 61 and early on Saturday it raised the figure once again after it found a passenger named Constantino Thé Maia was not on its original list.

Voepass also said three passengers who held Brazilian identification also carried Venezuelan documents and one had Portuguese.

Sao Paulo state government said in a statement that rescue operations finished at 6:30 p.m. local time, with the identification of the bodies of the pilot and co-pilot by forensics experts. There were 34 male and 28 female bodies in the wreckage, the government said.

Earlier, Maycon Cristo, a spokesman for the local fire department, told journalists in Vinhedo that a winch was used to remove parts of the plane from the ground.

Brazilian authorities began transferring the corpses to the morgue Friday, and called on victims’ family members to bring any medical, X-ray and dental exams to help identify the bodies. Blood tests were also done to help identification efforts.

Images recorded by witnesses showed the aircraft in a flat spin and plunging vertically before smashing to the ground inside a gated community, and leaving an obliterated fuselage consumed by fire. Residents said there were no injuries on the ground.

Rain drizzled down on rescue workers as they recovered the first bodies from the scene in the chill of the Southern Hemisphere’s winter. Some residents of the gated community silently left to spend the night elsewhere. None were spotted returning on Saturday.

It was the world’s deadliest airline crash since January 2023, when 72 people died on board a Yeti Airlines plane in Nepal that stalled and crashed while making its landing approach . That plane also was an ATR 72, and the final report blamed pilot error.

Metsul, one of Brazil’s most renowned meteorological companies, said Friday there were reports of severe icing in Sao Paulo state around the time of the crash. Local media cited experts pointing to icing as a potential cause for the accident.

A video shared on social media channels Saturday shows a Voepass pilot telling passengers of a flight from Guarulhos to the city of Cascavel, the same origin of the crashed plane, that the ATR 72 has flown safely around the world for decades. He also asked passengers to be respectful to the memory of his colleagues and the company and asked for prayers.

“It was a fatality. The pilot was my personal friend. I have known all the crew from long ago,” the unidentified pilot said. “We are professionals, we have our families. This tragedy doesn’t hit only those who perished in this accident. It hits all of us. We are giving all our hearts, all our best to be here and fulfill our mission to take you safely and comfortably to your destination.”

Local police restricted access to the main entrance of one of Sao Paulo’s morgues, where bodies from the crash were being identified. Some family members of the victims arrived on foot, others came in minivans. They didn’t speak to journalists, and local authorities requested they not be filmed as they came.

A flight bringing more family members from Paraná state landed in the afternoon at Guarulhos international airport São Paulo, and they also chose not to speak to journalists. A minivan sponsored by the airline was set to transport them to the morgue.

Many family members were gathering at a hotel in downtown Sao Paulo, so far refusing to speak to media there too.

An American Eagle ATR 72-200 crashed on Oct. 31, 1994, and the United States National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause was ice buildup while the plane was circling in a holding pattern. The plane rolled at about 8,000 feet and dove into the ground, killing all 68 people on board. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration issued operating procedures for ATRs and similar planes, telling pilots not to use the autopilot in icing conditions.

But Brazilian aviation expert Lito Sousa cautioned that meteorological conditions alone might not be enough to explain why the plane fell in the manner that it did on Friday.

“Analyzing an air crash just with images can lead to wrong conclusions about the causes,” Sousa told the AP by phone. “But we can see a plane with loss of support, no horizontal speed. In this flat spin condition, there’s no way to reclaim control of the plane.”

Brazil’s air force said Saturday both black boxes of the plane had been sent to its analysis laboratory in the capital Brasilia. The results of its investigations are expected to be published within 30 days, it said.

Marcelo Moura, director of operations for Voepass, told reporters Friday night that, while there were forecasts for ice, they were within acceptable levels for the aircraft.

Likewise, Lt. Col. Carlos Henrique Baldi of the Brazilian air force’s center for the investigation and prevention of air accidents, told reporters in a late afternoon press conference that it was still too early to confirm whether ice caused the crash.

The plane is “certified in several countries to fly in severe icing conditions, including in countries unlike ours, where the impact of ice is more significant,” said Baldi, who heads the center’s investigation division.

In an earlier statement, the center said the plane’s pilots did not call for help or say they were operating under adverse weather conditions. There has been no evidence that the pilots tried to contact controllers of regional airports, either, Ports and Airports Minister Silvio Costa Filho told reporters Friday night in Vinhedo.

Brazil’s Federal Police said it began its own investigation, and dispatched specialists in plane crashes and the identification of disaster victims.

French-Italian plane manufacturer ATR said in a statement that it had been informed that the accident involved its ATR 72-500 model, and that company specialists are “fully engaged to support both the investigation and the customer.”

The ATR 72 is generally used on shorter flights. The planes are built by a joint venture of Airbus in France and Italy’s Leonardo S.p.A.

Crashes involving various models of the ATR 72 have resulted in 470 deaths going back to the 1990s, according to a database of the Aviation Safety Network .

Costa Filho, the airports minister, said the air force’s center will also conduct a criminal probe of the accident.

“We will investigate so this case is fully explained to the Brazilian people,” he said.

Sá Pessoa reported from Sao Paulo and Koenig from Dallas. AP videojournalist Tatiana Pollastri contributed to this report.

Apr 26, 2022

How to start TV Channel in India

Updated: Jan 9

Audio-visual media has developed a lot in the recent times. If you have an eye for a certain kind of entertainment programs, then you will find it on the television network. The television broadcast sector is rather complex. Only a person with technical know how will be able to understand the intricate tasks. A lot happens behind the scenes so that you can gain access to your favorite programs, with the push of a button. It is possible for any person or company to establish its own television channel. Both government as well as private organizations can create and broadcast programs on their platforms. The popularity of private channels is more than that of government channels. Here you will get information regarding what one has to do to open and operate a television channel in India.

What is TV Channel ?

How can start a TV Channel ?

Necessary net worth of channel owner:

Only those companies will be allowed to open their own television channel, which possess a net worth of 5 crore. In case the company desires to operate a news channel, then it must have a net worth of 20 crore. Only those organizations, which fulfil the necessary requirements, will be able to apply for television channel licensing. To ensure the official seal, the company must start the news channel before the completion of one year, starting from the date of application submission. The company will utilize this time to gather technicians, journalists and other necessary teams. It is mandatory for the channel owner to keep all records of expenses. One can also prepare a business plan that will come in handy for running the channel smoothly.

Necessary tools and programs to operate the television channel

If the channel serves news, then the owners must construct a news studio setup. For other programs, necessary studio setup and filming must commence before the channel goes on air.

How to attain permit for the television channel?

Once all documents are in order, the channel owner has to submit all details regarding the shareholding partners.

Changing Scenario Of Indian Startups

For Setup New TV Channel Setup, Feel free to contact us at: 9210025777

Delays in BSNL’s 4G network rollout hinder India's plans to export 4G, 5G tech

The government’s plan to introduce local telecom technology by the second half of 2024 has been delayed due to equipment supply and deployment issues.

You got 30 Day’s Trial of

Ad-Free Experience

Actionable Insights
MC Research
Economic Calendar

You are already a Moneycontrol Pro user.

* We collect cookies for the functioning of our website and to give you the best experience. This includes some essential cookies.

Cookies from third parties which may be used for personalization and determining your location. By clicking 'I Accept', you agree to the usage of cookies to enhance your personalized experience on our site. For more details you can refer to our cookie policy

* I agree to the updated privacy policy and I warrant that I am above 16 years of age

I agree to the processing of my personal data for the purpose of personalised recommendations on financial and similar products offered by MoneyControl

I agree personalized advertisements and any kind of remarketing/retargeting on other third party websites

I agree to receive direct marketing communications via Emails and SMS

Please select (*) all mandatory conditions to continue.

We've detected unusual activity from your computer network

To continue, please click the box below to let us know you're not a robot.

Why did this happen?

Please make sure your browser supports JavaScript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading. For more information you can review our Terms of Service and Cookie Policy .

For inquiries related to this message please contact our support team and provide the reference ID below.

Media ›

Industry-specific and extensively researched technical data (partially from exclusive partnerships). A paid subscription is required for full access.

Leading English news channels India 2023, by viewership share

In 2023, CNN-News18 was the leading news channel in English operating in India, with a viewership share of over 35 percent. It surpassed Times Now, which dropped to third place with a viewership share of over 23 percent. Events such as the assembly elections held that year boosted news viewership in the country.

Leading English news channels in India in 2023, by viewership share

Characteristic	Viewership share
-	-
-	-
-	-

To access all Premium Statistics, you need a paid Statista Account

Immediate access to all statistics
Incl. source references
Download as PDF, XLS, PNG and PPT

Additional Information

Show sources information Show publisher information Use Ask Statista Research Service

August 2023

Statistics on " Television industry in India "

Value of the TV industry in India 2007-2026
Subscription revenue of TV industry in India 2017-2026
Television viewership in India 2018-2023
Active television subscriptions in India 2019-2023, by type
Number of DTH TV subscribers in India 2018-2023
Connected TV penetration India 2022-2025
Leading Hindi GEC TV channels in India 2023, by weekly AMA
Leading GEC channels in south market India 2023, by weekly AMA
Most viewed free TV channels in India 2023
Television advertisement volume in India 2021-2023
TV advertising revenue in India 2017-2026
Leading TV genres India 2023, by FCT
TV ad spend share in India 2023, by product category
Leading ad categories on television in India Q3 2023, by ad volume share
Distribution of the direct to home (DTH) market in India 2023, by operator
Zee Entertainment's net worth FY 2018-2023
Revenue of Sun TV Network Ltd FY 2011-2023
Dish TV India operating revenue FY 2017-2023
Total revenue of NDTV FY 2014-2023
Bharti Airtel's number of digital TV service customers FY 2013-2023

Other statistics that may interest you Television industry in India

Premium Statistic Value of the TV industry in India 2007-2026
Premium Statistic Revenue of TV industry in India 2017-2023, by source
Premium Statistic Subscription revenue of TV industry in India 2017-2026
Premium Statistic Television viewership in India 2018-2023
Premium Statistic Active television subscriptions in India 2019-2023, by type
Premium Statistic Number of DTH TV subscribers in India 2018-2023
Premium Statistic Connected TV penetration India 2022-2025

Consumption

Premium Statistic Leading TV channels in India 2024, by weekly viewership
Premium Statistic Leading Hindi news channels India 2023, by average minute audience
Premium Statistic Leading English news channels India 2023, by viewership share
Premium Statistic Leading Hindi GEC TV channels in India 2023, by weekly AMA
Premium Statistic Leading GEC channels in south market India 2023, by weekly AMA
Premium Statistic Most viewed free TV channels in India 2023

Advertising

Premium Statistic Television advertisement volume in India 2021-2023
Basic Statistic TV advertising revenue in India 2017-2026
Premium Statistic Leading TV genres India 2023, by FCT
Premium Statistic TV ad spend share in India 2023, by product category
Premium Statistic Leading ad categories on television in India Q3 2023, by ad volume share

Key players

Premium Statistic Distribution of the direct to home (DTH) market in India 2023, by operator
Premium Statistic Leading Indian media and entertainment companies 2023, by net sales
Premium Statistic Zee Entertainment's net worth FY 2018-2023
Premium Statistic Revenue of Sun TV Network Ltd FY 2011-2023
Premium Statistic Dish TV India operating revenue FY 2017-2023
Premium Statistic Total revenue of NDTV FY 2014-2023
Premium Statistic Bharti Airtel's number of digital TV service customers FY 2013-2023

Further Content: You might find this interesting as well

India's NDTV shares rise as founders plan to sell stake to Adani

Medium Text

New Delhi Television (NDTV) microphone is seen on roadside in New Delhi

Reporting by Nandan Mandayam in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza and Eileen Soreng

Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. , opens new tab

A sign for a T-Mobile store is seen in Manhattan, New York

SingTel's profit rises on exceptional gain from stake reduction in India's Airtel

Singapore Telecommunications' first-quarter earnings climbed, mainly buoyed by a net exceptional gain from diluting its stake in Indian telecom provider Bharti Airtel and the sale of some capital assets by associate Globe Telecom.

IMAGES

(PDF) Sample Business Plan The News Channel Business plan.pdfSample
Best business news channels, Top business news channels
Best Business Plan In India By Tranont
Top 10 Best Business Newspapers In India In 2023
Top 10 Best News Channels In India
Top 10 Business News Websites In India

VIDEO

CNBC TV18 LIVE || Business News in English
CNBC TV18 LIVE || Business News in English
Zee Business LIVE 23rd January 2023
Zee Business LIVE 31st January 2023
Zee Business News LIVE 26th April 2022
All Important Headlines Of Today At A Glance

COMMENTS

How To Start A Media Company In India
Do you want to start a media company in India? You need to be aware of the legal procedure and some registration-related requirements that are covered in this StartupTalky post.
How to Start a TV Channel: A Complete Guide
Want to start a channel on TV to earn revenue from your content? Choose a method that delivers quality results while remaining efficient and cost-effective.
How to Start a Local TV Channel in India ...
How to Start a Local TV Channel in India ? [Application form for tv channel registration] Application Form, License Cost, Investment And Profit Audio-visual media has developed a lot in the recent times. If you have an eye for a certain kind of entertainment programs, then you will find it on the television network.
Step-by-Step Guide: News TV Channel Setup in India
Launching your news TV channel in India? Get a step-by-step guide on how to break into the broadcast industry and make your mark in the news TV channel setup.
Class 101 on starting your own TV channel & protecting your content
The highest amount of investment was made on television, followed by digital, radio, and gaming. The number of channels grew by 33 in 2019, 27 of which were from the non-news category and the total number of television channels reached 918. From this data, you can assess that starting your own TV channel can be a highly profitable business ...
Step by Step Guide For Launching TV Channel In India
The First step in launching a TV Channel is to decide the genre of your TV Channel such as entertainment, music, news, sports, food, regional language, etc. Here's get the information regarding what you have to do to launch and operate a TV channel in India: Seeking permission from the government. To launch a TV Channel, first you need to ...
Google begins assembling Pixel 8 in India, plans ...
In a major push for local manufacturing, Google has started assembling the Pixel 8 in India through its vendor, Wowtek Technology India. Wowtek, a subsidiary of Bharat FIH and part of Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn), operates a factory in Tamil Nadu.
News Channel List
News Channel List has the complete listing of all News channels in India. The listing includes the reach, cost, and advertising rate for News Channels in India.
What Caused a Plane to Fall From the Sky in Brazil?
Officials are investigating potential causes of a plane crash that killed 62 people near São Paulo. Using videos and other clues, aviation experts have formed theories.
How to start a local news TV channel in India?
This article provides an overview of the process for setting up a local news television channel in India. It outlines the key steps to be taken, including obtaining the necessary permits and licenses, setting up the necessary infrastructure, and establishing a network of reporters and correspondents. It also explains the importance of creating a content strategy for the channel, and how to go ...
Costco is cracking down on membership moochers
Costco knows you're using your friend's membership card. To save you the embarrassment of telling you off when you're in the checkout line, now Costco will try to catch membership moochers ...
Business News Channels in India
Business Channel List has the complete listing of all Business channels in India. The listing includes the reach, cost, and advertising rate for Business Channels in India. The reach numbers for Business channels are updated every month as provided by BARC. So the reach number of Business channels in India is accurate and helps you do the ad campaign planning.
Raising the curtain: Media industry and the changing landscape
With the changing digital landscape in India, the news channels are expanding their reach from television screens through DTH to mobile phones, tablets and laptops through digital channels as well as programming on YouTube and Facebook. According to the FICCI-EY media and entertainment report of March 2021, the online news audience grew to 450 million in 2020.
Why Isn't Kamala Harris Giving Interviews or Holding News Conferences
Follow live updates on the 2024 election.. The press has questions for Vice President Kamala Harris. She isn't giving a whole lot of answers. In the nearly three weeks since President Biden ...
India's Swan Energy to sell stake in LNG terminal for $399 mln
Indian oil & gas firm Swan Energy plans to sell a stake in one of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals to Turkish state energy company BOTAS in a deal worth $399 million, it said in an ...
PM Narendra Modi Meets Foxconn Chairman Young Liu; Apple ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met Young Liu, the Chairman of Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn). During the meeting, PM Modi highlighted the wonderful opportunities India offers in futuristic sectors. They also had excellent discussions on their investment plans in India in various ...
Google to expand AI initiatives in India, target ...
Google is intensifying its focus on India with the introduction of advanced AI tools aimed at breaking down language barriers and enhancing agricultural practices, a senior company official said.
India Changes Power Export Rules in Potential Gain for Adani
India introduced new rules for electricity producers who export their power, allowing them to sell in the domestic market. The move could benefit Adani Power Ltd.'s plant, which exports ...
Apple plans major overhaul for iPhone lineup from 2025: What to expect
Apple is reportedly planning a significant overhaul of its iPhone lineup, starting from 2025. According to a Bloomberg report, Apple will introduce a new iPhone "Air" model in the iPhone 17 series next year, positioned between the standard iPhone and the Pro models.
China firm claims world's fastest-charging EV battery
Zeekr says its new batteries can be charged from 10% to 80% in 10 and a half minutes using its chargers.
Brazil: Authorities investigate the cause of the fiery plane crash that
The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business.
How to start TV Channel in India
Learn how to launch your own TV channel in India with our comprehensive guide. From licensing to content creation, we've got you covered.
Business TV Channel advertising rates in India
Business News Channels are popular and which cover all news updates on their newscast programmes. Each Channels having their own audience Capacity. Target Your Audience in Economy sectors. Place your ad in any or all of the Business Channels in India. We guarantee the best ad rate, planning and execution for your TV advertising campaign in India.
Delays in BSNL's 4G network rollout hinder India's plans to export 4G
The delay in Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd's (BSNL's) 4G network rollout has impeded the government's plan to export indigenously designed 4G and 5G network technology to countries that have shown ...
Wise to Resume India Sign Ups in Hopes of Tapping $32 Billion
Wise Payments Ltd. plans to start signing up new customers in India for overseas remittances after a pause, seeking a bigger slice of a market that's swelled to $32 billion.
Violent, racist attacks have gripped several British cities. What
Rioters carry out violent, racist attacks across several British cities. What happened, and what comes next?
India: major English news channels by viewership 2023
In 2023, CNN-News18 was the leading news channel in English operating in India, with a viewership share of over 35 percent.
India's NDTV shares rise as founders plan to sell stake to Adani
Shares of Indian news broadcaster New Delhi Television Ltd rose over 4% on Monday after founders Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy said they would transfer their 27.26% stake in the company to the Adani ...
Top 10 News Channels In India
The Indian media landscape is a testament to the nation's diversity and thirst for knowledge. Television news channels remain instrumental in shaping public opinion in an era dominated by digital narratives. This article delves into the top 10 news channels in India, which have been cornerstones in the realm of Indian journalism.
PM Modi shows Foxconn chairman India's 'wonderful opportunities' after
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Foxconn Chairman Young Liu to discuss the latter's investment plans on Wednesday, weeks after New Delhi started investigating possible discriminatory hiring practices at a Foxconn plant following a Reuters report. Modi "highlighted the wonderful opportunities India offers in futuristic sectors" to Liu at the meeting, he said in a post on X that included ...