Harrish M Bhatia: 'We hope to take MY FM National'
In Part-2 of our chat with HARRISH M BHATIA, CEO – MY FM, for the Leadership series, Bhatia speaks more specifically about his network -- its plans, the kind of advertising it gets and targets, key sales and content initiatives, his desire to take MY FM national in Phase III, and the need for advertisers to give far more weightage to local market strength than network presence while buying Radio.
Harrish M Bhatia: You don't READ Radio, you LISTEN to it!
Looking at the Radio industry from a leader's perspective, Harrish M Bhatia, CEO of 94.3 MY FM, speaks of the problems of the industry, offers advice to the AROI, and lashes out at the fact that a Readership survey is gauging a medium that is listened to, and not read And more. In conversation with Pavan R Chawla, Director Content & CSO -- Indiantelevision Group, and Editor – RadioAndMusic.com
Apurva Purohit: Radio can do 8%, if Phase-3 happens at all
Apurva Purohit, CEO Radio City 91.1 FM, in conversation with Pavan R Chawla, Director Content Indiantelevision Group and Editor RadioAndMusic.com, about the Radio Industry; her views on IRS and RAM; Radio City's successful internet Radio Station with 14 lakh listeners; content differentiation; Radio City's Phase-3 plans, her vision for the network's future, and more.
LV Krishnan: RAM expansion depends on what Industry wants, and what it can afford
L V Krishnan, CEO – TAM Media Research, tells Pavan R Chawla, CSO & Director Content -- Indiantelevision Group, and Editor -- RadioAndMusic.com that his team is looking at Hyderabad and Chennai from the perspective of setting up RAM's approach for tier-two and tier-three cities, and that plans for the same are likely to be ready by December-January. He defends the planner-friendliness of the RAM software, and believes the influx of News will boost Radio. Excerpts.
Archana's Diary: Day-II with Sukhi ji
This had to be my most memorable experience of escorting the Musical-e-Azam (MeA) guest at 6:30 in the morning! Sukhwinder Singh is a huge fitness freak! He had once told me that his 6 bedroom apartment in Juhu is a gym and a doghouse, as every room has some gym equipment or the other, and his five dogs walk all over!
Rajat Kakar: Why should I subsidize the Radio business!
Rajat Kakar, Managing Director - Universal Music Group India, is a passionate, straight-talking leader who has been in the music business for the last 14 years, starting with Sony Music when it began operations in India in 1996. As MD UMG India, Kakar has been transforming UMG from a physical-media- and Bollywood-oriented outfit to an artiste-based 360-degree entertainment company with strategic alliances with production houses and telecom giants, and income streams from digital, live business and merchandising.
Shashi Sinha - Radio and the great outdoors!
Shashi Sinha - VP & National Head - Sales & Marketing, Laqshya Outdoors and Laqshya Airport Media.
Anurradha Prasad - Phase III Policy: Expect a much fairer regime
Anurradha Prasad President AROI; CMD – B.A.G. Network is clearly on a mission. With the Music royalty issue taken care of, she says the Radio industry should now look forward to excellent tidings on automatic migration and extended license period for current operators, and those eyeing Phase III should safely expect a policy that takes on board all concerns of the Radio industry in India.
Neeraj Kalyan: India's political and bureaucratic brass lack will to curb piracy
In conversation with Indiantelevision.com Group's Director Content and RnM Editor Pavan R Chawla, Neeraj Kalyan, Head, Intl Business, Publishing & Digital Content - T-Series, speaks of the digital space and its challenges.
Radio must think Big: Prashant Panday
We begin our LEADERSHIP series with a freewheeling chat with a young veteran - Prashant Panday, Executive Director & CEO ENIL , who, in a chat with Pavan R Chawla, believes Radio in India can hit a market share of 9 to 10% and that Radio is now the near-default second medium in national media plans. Panday believes Radio needs to think big for the betterment of the industry, and suggests that the top 10 Radio Networks should help RAM with a voluntary corpus to help the Radio Industry through more cities on the RAM grid.
