Future Proofing Broadcasting in a Fragmented Media World Jawhar Sircar CEO, Prasar Bharati (India’s Public Service Broadcaster)
HISTORY OF TRANSMISSION Turn of 20 th Century: Spark Gap: Radio Takes Birth TV Follows: Terrestrial Transmission End of 20 th Century: Satellite / Direct Transmission ‘Digital Invasion’
DIGITAL ‘INVASION’ New Tech: Threat to Traditional Broadcasting: Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Blogs … Not an Equal Race: We’ve Lost Out to Youth
MEDIA WORLD: NOT FRAGMENTED ! Fragmented Media: A MYTH Digital has UNITED Print, Radio, TV All Digital Overpowering ? Confusing
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION Youth Quotient: The ‘Missing Link’ Indians Below 40 71 % = 900 Mn !! Indian Youth: Moved Away from TV & Radio Except: Bollywood + FM Radio Connect Need to Connect with Youth 2014 Indian Election Proved Their ‘Clout’
FUTURE-PROOF BROADCASTING Content + Transmission: BOTH DIGITAL No Option: Only Digital Telecasting ‘Digicasting’ Mobiles: TV: Streaming FM & DRM India: Huge Scale & Potential: TVs: 165 mn Smartphones: 175 mn
NEW LAWS OF ENGAGEMENT QUICK & REAL-TIME, not Hourly Updates INTERACTIVE, not One-Way TARGETED & COLLABORATIVE Prasar Bharati’s Game Plan: DVB-T2: Cluster & Partner + Mobiles Total FM: Cover 1.27 Bn population DRM: Once Receiver Cost is Rationalised Better Content, Digital Delivery
DIGITAL DOMAIN: ANARCHIC AT PRESENT Digital: Opportunity, NOT Threat No Privacy But Open Access No Privacy Wikileaks, NSA Snoopgate etc. Also, Content Open to Piracy Solution ? Bollywood’s Weekend Box-Office Formula Innovative Rights Management Tech to the Rescue ? Let Future Decide !
Thank You. Jawhar Sircar CEO, Prasar Bharati (India’s Public Service Broadcaster)