Ronnie Screwvala Presents Directives for M&E Industry at FICCI FRAMES 2010

Ronnie Screwvala Presents Directives for M&E Industry at FICCI FRAMES 2010

At the Ficci-Frames 2010 summit, UTV Group's Founder Chairman and CEO Ronnie Screwvala presented 10 "game changing" directives, which, he believes, the Media and Entertainment (M&E) industry will have to take up in the upcoming years in order to survive.

He termed mobile, broadcasting, competition, cable, youth, games, consolidation, scale, subservient approach and consumer DNA as the "game changers".

"The fast changing mobile technology will be the key revenue earner as content on the mobile phone is going to be highly monetisable", he said.

Screwvala also said that broadcasting scenario in transforming heavily in India with the rising popularity of DTH services, which is likely to cover another 30 million homes in India by next year.

According to him, the foremost priority of the industry is to develop an-round connection with all the consumers as the industrialists have been seeking consumer confidence worldwide.

He also pointed out that the games are at present, the least accessed market portions in India. However, there is a probability of a change in its market, all over the world, as gaming sector is soon going to be rich with $45 billion investment.


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Reliance Industries Purchase an Additional 0.68% Interest in EIH Ltd.

Reliance Industries Purchase an Additional 0.68% Interest in EIH Ltd.

Owner of Energy giant Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani has put in an extra 0.68% in EIH Ltd. With this, his total stake in the hotel chain has increased to 14.8%. In a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange, EIH said that the shares were purchased from the market on Tuesday.

Shares of Reliance surged 0.3% at Rs. 939.3 in proportion to the Mumbai market at 1.26pm, while EIH shares witnessed a 4.5% rise at Rs. 150.2.

On Monday, Reliance was quoted saying that it is widening its horizon and has procured 14.12% stake in EIH for a sum of $217.5 million.

Bajaj Auto Records 55% Surge in Sales of Vehicles in August

Bajaj Auto Records 55% Surge in Sales of Vehicles in August

On Thursday, Bajaj Auto posted a 55% increase in its sales of vehicles. In the month of August, the Company recorded sales of 3,29,364 vehicles, compared to 2,13,072 units in the same month the year before.

Last month, 2,89,176 two wheelers were sold by Bajaj Auto, a big surge than 1,82,441 units, which were sold in August 2009. The Company’s cumulative sales of two wheelers for the time frame between April and August 2010 increased by 68% and were recorded at 1,397,348 units. The number was high from 833,235 units that were retailed during the same period last year.