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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Media, entertainment industry records 11 percent growth

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Mumbai, March 21 :The Indian media and entertainment (M&E) industry registered a growth of 11 percent over 2009 and touched Rs.652 billion in 2010, according to a FICCI-KPMG report.

The report will be formally released at the FICCI Frames 2011 -- an entertainment and business summit of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry starting Wednesday.

According to the report, the film industry did not register a decent growth in was its challenging year 2010. However, with better content, increase in the number of multiplexes, investment in research and continued cost corrections, the industry is estimated to grow from Rs.83 billion to Rs.132 billion by 2015.

Overall for the M&E industry, 2010 was a year of great dynamism with growth across all sectors other than films. The report highlights a strong recovery in advertising spends as a key driver for growth. These grew by 17 percent to Rs.266 billion and accounted for 41 percent of overall industry size.

'The resurgence in advertising, growth in subscription revenues, thrust on digitization, and emerging avenues for content monetization were the key growth drivers for the Indian Media and Entertainment industry in 2010,' said Rajesh Jain, head of Media and Entertainment at KPMG, in a statement.

'However, going forward, it will become imperative for media companies to reset their business models and build greater focus on profitability and changing consumer preferences,' Jain added.

Backed by positive industry sentiment and growing media consumption, the industry is estimated to achieve a growth rate of 13 percent in 2011. Overall, the industry is expected to register a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 14 percent to touch Rs.1,275 billion by 2015.

Contrary to most other markets in the world that continue to witness an erosion of the print media industry, in India the sector witnessed a growth of 10 percent in 2010 and is expected to continue to grow at a similar pace over the next five years, the report says.

Rising literacy levels and low print media penetration offer significant headroom for growth.

Television, meanwhile, saw a tremendous increase in the net DTH subscriber base totalling to 28 million at the end of 2010.

With the growth in advertising and subscription revenues, the television industry grew by 15.5 percent in 2010 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 16 percent to touch Rs.630 billion by 2015. Television is expected to account for almost half of the Indian M&E industry revenues, and more than twice the size of print, the second largest media sector.

'The key industry highlights are the growing potential of the regional markets, increasing media penetration and per capita consumption and increasing importance of New Media driven by changing media consumption patterns,' said Amit Mitra, secretary general, FICCI.

The Indian media and entertainment industry logged an 11-percent growth in 2010 to touch $14.5 billion (Rs.652 billion) and is projected to expand at a higher rate of 13 percent this year, says a report released by a leading industry lobby Monday.

'While television and print media continued to dominate India's media and entertainment industry, sectors such as gaming, digital advertising and animation grew at a faster rate and show tremendous potential,' said the report prepared by consultancy KPMG.

'Overall, the industry is expected to register a compounded annual growth of 14 percent to touch Rs.1,275 billion ($28.3 billion) by 2015,' said the report, commissioned by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).

The full report is scheduled to be released during the FICCI-Frames annual conclave on media and entertainment, scheduled in Mumbai March 23-25 at the Renaissance Powai, with Canada as the partner country.

Key speakers include News Corp's James Murdoch, film makers Yash Chopra, Ramesh Sippi, Vikram Bhatt and Karan Johar, directors Shyam Benegal, Rakyesh Om Prakash Mehra, actor Kamal Hasan, Hollywood director Michael Fink, and a host of Indian media personalities.

Interestingly, the report said, unlike other markets in the world that continued to witness an erosion of the print industry, India saw this sector witness a 10 percent growth and would continue to log a similar expansion over the next five years.

'The key industry highlights are growing potential of the regional markets, increasing media penetration and per capita consumption and increasing importance of new media driven by changing consumption patterns,' said FICCI secretary general Amit Mitra.

'Going forward, it will become imperative for media companies to reset their business models and build greater focus on profitability and changing consumer preferences,' added Rajesh Jain, head of media and entertainment with KPMG.

Following are the key highlights of the report:

Television:

* Television households to surge to 156 million by 2015

* Digitization and addressability to go mainstream

* Advertising revenues to touch $4.5 billion

* Subscription revenues to touch $9.25 billion

Print:

* Overall print industry to see annual growth of 10 percent

* Revenues to touch $6.9 billion in five years

* Regional print expected to grow at a higher rate of 12 percent

Radio:

* Scale of industry expected to increase manifold

* New regulation expected in regulation and royalty structure

* Industry expected to grow at 20 percent per annum and become profitable

Films:

* Past year challenging for the industry

* Correction expected with multiplexes, research and cost rethink

* Industry expected to grow to $2.9 billion by 2015.

The report also highlighted a strong recovery in advertising spend as a key driver for growth. The advertising spend grew 17 percent to $5.9 billion and accounted for 41 per cent of overall industry size, it said.

Looking ahead, the report said mature players will increasingly look at build scales across the media value chain and explore cross-media synergies.

'In addition, existing foreign players are looking to expand their Indian portfolio and several other are expected to make and entry into India. Inorganic growth is likely to be a preferred route for many of these players,' it said

'With increased digitization and accountability, Indian media companies are also expected to generate greater interest from private equity players.'

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