The Hoot’s ANALYST-AT-LARGE : Articles

Its now Money Today

BY The Hoot’s ANALYST-AT-LARGE| IN MEDIA BUSINESS |28/01/2018

In the past five years TV Today has seen a sharp acceleration in revenue growth and profit margins.

The BCCL empire—towering over the competition

BY The Hoot’s ANALYST-AT-LARGE| IN MEDIA BUSINESS |21/08/2017

BCCL has achieved this scale mainly through diversification into a variety of non-print media and ploughing its surplus cash into many venture-fund like investment bets.

HT Media: A business in flux

BY The Hoot’s ANALYST-AT-LARGE| IN MEDIA BUSINESS |02/06/2017

Modest growth, stagnant core business profitability, and poor shareholder returns combined could be the reasons for cost-cutting and streamlining its workforce.

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Amazon resisting voluntary censorship

The new term for self censorship is voluntary censorship, as proposed by companies like Netflix and Hotstar. ET reports that streaming video service Amazon Prime is opposing a move by its peers to adopt a voluntary censorship code in anticipation of the Indian government coming up with its own rules. Amazon is resisting because it fears that it may alienate paying subscribers.

Let the games begin

Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.