Page 4 - Digital Media

Former Star India CEO Uday Shankar, James Murdoch team up for new venture

Entity to focus on digital media, say industry sources

Digital media FDI rules to help government keep tabs on Chinese apps

Security clearance to CEO, foreign personnel aimed at monitoring sector, said experts

Govt mulling extending PIB accreditation to digital media journalists

The government on Friday said that in the near future it will consider extending to digital current affairs and news media entities benefits such as giving PIB accreditation to their reporters, cameramen and videographers. The Centre also urged digital media entities to form self-regulating bodies for furthering their interests and interaction with the government. The Information and Broadcasting Ministry said this step was pursuant to the decision of the central government vide a press note of Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) allowing 26 per cent FDI under government approval route on 'uploading/streaming of current affairs and news through Digital Media'. In a statement, the I&B Ministry said it will be considering in the near future to extend certain benefits, presently available to traditional media (print and TV), to entities engaged in uploading or streaming of news and current affairs through digital media also. The facilities it will be ...

Covid-19 impact: Media market to contract in FY21, but digital holds up

Digital advertising, says KPMG, will overtake TV advertising for the first time this fiscal, pointing to the priorities of advertisers

Digital media 'completely uncontrolled', guidelines necessary: Govt to SC

The affidavit said: "There is no check on digital media. Apart from spreading venomous hatred, it also causes violence, terrorism, and can tarnish the image of institutions and individuals"

Print media revenue to fall by a fourth this year on massive Q1 hit: Ind-Ra

Revenue was two-third lower year on year in June quarter for major players, with 76% plunge in ad revenue, 32% in circulation

We will get into electronic media, says RPSG chairman Sanjiv Goenka

Digital will be a crucial arm of the media. I am not sure whether it will be at the cost of print, but it will acquire importance. It is definitely being consumed, says RPSG Chairman

Yoga Day 2020 to be celebrated on digital media amid Covid-19 pandemic

The AYUSH ministry had earlier planned to hold a grand event at Leh which, however, had to be cancelled because of the pandemic

Govt to tweak bill to regulate digital media to ease burden on tech firms

The rules are part of India's broader efforts to tackle disinformation and 'fake news'

Storytelling, influencer & personalisation: The art of brand communication

Only the methods that get to the heart of the matter and look at long-term gains really stick the landing

How the digital media has changed the very fabric of marketing industry

Thanks to technology, the gap between the brand and consumer was bridged

DPIIT to soon issue clarification on 26% FDI in digital media sector

The DPIIT has already taken views of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry on the issue

Telegraph CEO hails digital growth, to add 100,000 subscribers by 2020

One challenge for Hugh is that online subscribers only pay between a third and a half as much as print customers, he said. But unlike print, digital is growing

Digital to be 50% of our India business, says Ketchum Global CEO

The global chief executive officer (CEO) also indicated there were no plans to merge the Omnicom Group's PR networks in India unlike what it did in Singapore and some European countries

Social media takes a toll on brand trust in Indian market, finds IPG study

Consumers are pushing brands to reinvent themselves, seeking more information and access as trust takes a hit, finds an IPG study

Digital media may overtake print by 2021 to reach $5.1 bn in value: Ficci

Digital media grew by 42 per cent in 2018, valued at $2.4 billion, it said noting that Indians spent 30 per cent of their phone time on entertainment

Why digital skews media

The whole discussion around media consumption and growth is dangerously biased towards digital

Digital media game will change completely in five years: FrogIdeas CEO

Innovations are not happening in India and that's a challenge that we need to address as an industry, says CEO Jatin Modi

Traditional media to co-exist with digital platforms for many years: Report

The ubiquity of smartphones has allowed people to access media throughout the day

How marketers are relying on digital media to drive audiences to theatre

From around 5-7 per cent just two years back, studios say they are spending a minimum 25-30 percent on digital media currently and these are conservative estimates