Tracxn Media & Entertainment India - August 2015

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MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT -INDIA
Sector Overview
AUGUST 2015

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Tracxn: Sectors we track
Illustrative Sectors Tracked in Geo -India
TECH OFFLINE
INTERNET
MOBILE
MARKETPLACES
SAAS
FINTECH
HEALTHTECH
ENTERPRISETECH
ADTECH
AGRICULTURE
FOOD & BEVERAGE
OUTSOURCING
CONSUMER GOODS
HEALTHCARE
MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT
FINANCE
EDUCATION
EDTECH
TECHNOLOGY
CROSSBORDER

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Media & Entertainment India: Sector Overview
Scope: This report covers Media and Entertainment companies in India. This excludes the media communications, marketing and
advertising companies.
•Over$1B invested in last 5 years, with~$120Minvested inJuly, 2015
•6Acquisitions in the last 6months (of which 4 are offline)
SarthakEntertainment by Zee Entertainment, DT Cinemas by PVR, YoBoHoMedia by Broadband TV, Mosaic Media
Ventures by News Corporation, MaaTelevision by Star India and Fun Multiplex by CinepolisIndia
•Most active investors
•Blume Ventures(Level10 Entertainment, Homeveda, Glamrs)
•Cisco(Apalya, QyukiDigital Media, Nimbus)
•Sequoia Capital(DailyHunt, WhatsOnIndia, PressPlay)
•Tiger Global(InShorts, Saavn, Culture Machine)
•Notable investments in last six months
•Saavn($100M series C from Tiger Global, Stead view Capital, Bertelsmann, July 2015)
•InShorts($20M series B from Tiger Global, July 2015)
•Glamrs($1M pre series A from Blume Ventures, June 2015)

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Total funding in Entertainment ($831M) dwarfs
the funding in Media ($211M) since 2010
$44M
$152M
$194M
$279M
$125M
$206M
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 YTD 2015
Total funding in Media & Entertainment Y-o-Y (in $M)
# of players
funded
6 13 24 23 19 18
Notable deals
TV9
($11.4M)
AvitelPost
Studioz
($60M)
Hathway
($72M)
DEN
($108M)
DQ
Entertainment
($50M)
Saavn
($100M)

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50% y-o-y increase in number of start-ups founded
from 2013 to 2014
21
32
31
34
51
32
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 YTD 2015
Number of companies
Founded year
Media and Entertainment companies founded between 2010 and July, 2015
Note: Includes ~200 companies including ~25 funded and remaining unfunded

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MSO, Digital Distribution & Post Production
Services are top funded segments
$40M
$50M
$73M
$79M
$100M
$133M
$146M
$148M
$224M
$250M
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
Motion Pictures Production
Television Production
Motion Pictures Exhibition
Print Media
Digital Media
Broadcast Media
DTH
Post Production Services
Digital Distribution
Multi System Operator
Segment wise funding
# of funded
players
4
17
5
2
7
1
9
2
25
4
Top funded player
Hathway($109M)
Saavn($126M)
Prime Focus ($63M)
DishTV($100M)
Neo Sports ($52M)
JagranPrakashan($51M)
PVR ($66M)
DQ Entertainment ($50M)
DailyHunt($58M)
PVR Pictures ($28M)

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Digital Media & Distribution witnessed growth in
number of companies in recent years
MSO
Digital Distribution
Post Production Services
DTH
Broadcast Media
Print Media
Motion Pictures Exhibition
Television Production Digital Media
Motion Pictures Production
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
Funding in $M
Average founding year
Segment cluster by total funding, average founding year & number of companies

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Interesting segments: Digital Distribution & Digital
Media
$1M
$9M
$24M
$20M
$54M
$130M
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Funding in Digital Distribution Y-o-Y
Over The
Top
$171M
Multi
Channel
Network
$40M
Magazines
$13M
Funding in Digital Distribution sub-segments
$4M
$0.6M
$4M
$20M
$66M
2010 2011 2012* 2013 2014 2015
Funding in Digital Media Y-o-Y
News
Aggregator
$82M
Alternative
Media
$18M
Funding in Digital Media sub-segments
*Note: In 2012, 3 companies viz, Glamrs, MissMalini& Silicon India raised
undisclosed amount of funding. 2015 funding is till July.

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Media & Entertainment India –Market Map
Market Map of top level business models
DIGITAL MEDIA
(using internet as a medium of
distribution)
ALTERNATIVE
ScoopWhoop, Glamrs
NEWS AGGREGATOR
InShorts, DailyHunt
MAINSTREAM
Firstpost, Moneycontrol
BROADCAST MEDIA
(using satellite and radio technology for
broadcasting)
SERVICES
Amagi, PK Online
SATELLITE
NDTV, Sun TV
RADIO
Fever 104, Radio One
ENTERTAINMENT
(Offline & digital entertainment content
production & distribution)
PRODUCTION
DQ Entertainment, Balaji
Telefilms, YRF
DISTRIBUTION
PVR, Hathway, Saavn
PERFORMING ARTS
East India Comedy, Evam
Entertainment
PRINT MEDIA
(using print as medium of distribution)
ALTERNATIVE
Swarajya, Amar ChitraKatha
MAINSTREAM
HT Media, JagranPrakashan
$79M $100M$133M $1.1B
HORIZONTAL
TheViralFever, Reliance BIG
Entertainment, Eros

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MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LIST
DETAILS OF 400+ COMPANIES (100+ Funded companies )
PrintMedia Digital Media Broadcast Media Entertainment
COVERS THE FOLLOWING SECTORS

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Media & Entertainment India –Company list
Sub-segments of top level business model
MAINSTREAM MEDIA
(traditional media)
ALTERNATIVE MEDIA
(alternative view point to the traditional
media and niche content)PRINT MEDIA
(using print as medium of distribution)
ALTERNATIVE
Swarajya, Amar ChitraKatha
MAINSTREAM
HT Media, JagranPrakashan
$79M
$28M
OPINION
$51M
COMICS
BUSINESS
LEISURE
SPORTS
PARENTING

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Company Details Funding Investors
Mainstream
JagranPrakashan[Kanpur, 1942]:JagranPrakashanLtd. is a mass media company with interests in news
production and newspaper publishing and radio broadcasting. It publishes Hindi and English language
newspapers DainikJagranand Mid Day. Apart from these it also publishes 7 other newspaper titles in 5 different
languages. Its newspapers have a combined number of around 100 editions from 15 states. In 2010 it acquired
Mid Day Infomediawhich publishes Mid Day (English Tabloid) for INR 200 crores and in 2012, it acquired Nai
Dunia(Hindi broadsheet daily) based in MP. In December 2014 it acquired Radio City.
$50.6M Blackstone Group
Mainstream
Bennett, Coleman and Company [Mumbai, 1838]:Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd. (aka The Times Group) is a
mass media company with interests in print, digital and satellite and radio broadcast. Its oldest and flagship
product is the English broadsheet daily newspaper The Times Of India which the company claims is the world's
largest read English newspaper. It also publishes a business daily The Economic Times and a host of vernacular
language newspapers. Its companies -Times Television Network broadcast TV channels like Times Now, ET
Now and Zoom. Its subsidiary Entertainment Network India broadcasts FM radio channel Radio Mirchi. It also
publishes periodicals and magazines like Filmfare, Femina, etc. The company is also into digital media with news,
entertainment and social networking portals and epapereditions.
Mainstream
The Statesman [Kolkata, 1875]:The Statesman Ltd. publishes an Indian English-language broadsheet daily
newspaper with the same name. Its first edition was published in 1875 and today it has 4 editions published
simultaneously from its printing centersin Kolkata, New Delhi, Siliguriand Bhubaneswar. The company claims
that the newspaper has an average weekday circulation of 180,000 copies. The company also started publishing
a Bengali language broadsheet daily DainikStatesman in 2004 . The publication is owned by Nachiketa
Publications Pvt.Ltd.
Mainstream
Kasturi& Sons [Chennai, 1878]:Kasturi& Sons is a mass media company that publishes English language
broadsheet daily newspaper The Hindu. The Hindu published its first edition in 1878 and today is printed from 16
cities and claims readership of 2.26M. The company also publishes Business Line which is an English language
broadsheet daily dealing with business news. Recently it started publishing a Tamil language version of The
Hindu from Chennai. The company also publishes magazines Frontline and Sportstar. The company also
maintains digital portals and epapereditions for the above publications.
Mainstream
Hindustan Media Ventures [Delhi, 1918]:Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd. was started as The Behar Journals
Ltd. in 1918. Its name was changed to Searchlight publishing House Ltd. in 1987 and subsequently to HMVL in
2008. It publishes a Hindi broadsheet daily newspaper Hindustan which is its flagship product and claims to have
a readership of 36.6M. It covers the region called Hindi Heartland comprising of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, etc. It
also maintains a digital platform and epaperedition for the same. It also publishes periodicals Nandantargeting
children and Kadambini.
Print Media (1/18)
Print Media DigitalMedia Broadcast Media Entertainment

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Print Media (2/18)
Company Details Funding Investors
Mainstream
Mathrubhumi[Kozhikode, 1922]:MathrubhumiPrinting and Publishing Company publishes a Malayalam
language daily newspaper with 15 editions -10 in Kerala and also in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai
and Dubai. It claims to have a circulation of 1.5M copies per day. The company also runs FM broadcast radio
channels under the brand name Club FM in the cities of Thrissur, Kannur and Trivandrum. It also has interests in
music and news distribution through its satellite broadcast TV channels Kappa TV and MathrubhumiNews.
Mainstream
ABP Group [Kolkata, 1922]:ABP Group is a mass media company that started publishing in 1922 with its
flagship Bengali language daily newspaper AnandabazarPatrikafrom the city of Kolkata. The company claims
that its is the highest read Bengali newspaper. The company also publishes English language broadsheet daily
The Telegraph with editions in East and Northeast India. The company also prints periodicals and magazines.
The company has diversified into television broadcast with the acquisition of Star India's news channels which are
now ABP News (Hindi) and ABP Majha(Marathi) and ABP Ananda (Bengali).
Mainstream
The Sandesh[Ahmedabad, 1923]:The SandeshLtd. is a listed company that publishes broadsheet Gujarati
daily newspaper. It has 7 main editions along with district regional news supplements covering cities in Gujarat as
well as Mumbai. The newspaper circulation is around 59 lakhs (as reported by 2010 IRS). It also runs Agro
Sandesh, which gives agriculture related news targeted at audience in rural areas.
Mainstream
HT Media [Delhi, 1924]:HT Media is an Indian mass media company that engages in printing and publication of
newspapers. Its flagship English broadsheet daily newspaper Hindustan Times started publishing in Delhi in
1924. It has grown to 10 editions and claims to have a readership of 3.7M. Its subsidiary Hindustan Media
Ventures Ltd. publishes Hindi broadsheet daily Hindustan which claims to have a readership of 36.6M. HT Media
also publishes a berlinerEnglish business daily Mint. The company has also forayed into digital space by
maintaining online news portal and epapereditions for the above newspapers. The company also broadcasts FM
radio channel Fever 104 from 4 cities. It reported digital revenues of INR 26.65 crore in Q3-FY15.
Mainstream
Free Press Journal [Mumbai, 1928]:The Indian National Press publishes The Free Press Journal, a
contemporary englishnewspaper being published from Mumbai since 1928. The newspaper currently has 4
editions that include Indore, Bhopal and Ujjain apart from Mumbai. It also publishes Navshakti, a hindilanguage
daily from Mumbai. It also maintains daily epapereditions in partnership with Readwhere.
Print Media DigitalMedia Broadcast Media Entertainment

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Print Media (3/18)
Company Details Funding Investors
Mainstream
Gujarat Samachar[Ahmedabad, 1932]:Gujarat Samacharpublishes a broadsheet Gujarati daily newspaper
with the same name from 9 locations including 7 editions in Gujarat, and other from Mumbai and also distributes
in New York. The newspaper claims an average readership of 4.5M as of 2012. The company also has plans to
start a satellite broadcast TV news channel.
Mainstream
SakalMedia [Pune, 1932]:SakalMedia is a mass media company that publishes a Marathi language broadsheet
daily newspaper Sakal, which has editions from 17 cities in Maharashtra and Goa. It also publishes English daily
SakalTimes in Pune and some periodicals and magazines in Marathi. It also maintains digital news portals and
epapereditions of the same. It also broadcasts a satellite television news channel SaamTV in Marathi.
Mainstream
The Indian Express [Mumbai, 1932]:Indian Express Limited is a mass media company with multiple brands and
a special interest in news content production and newspaper printing. The company publishes 4 newspaper titles
viz. The Indian Express-English language broadsheet daily, The Financial Express-English language broadsheet
business daily, Loksatta-Marathi language broadsheet daily, Jansatta-Hindi language broadsheet daily. Its
entertainment tabloid weekly magazine Screen was acquired by Star India. Its flagship daily The Indian Express is
published from nine centersin India. The company split, making way for Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd.
which controls the south Indian editions of the newspaper. It plans to shift to the digital platform for mainstream
revenue. It runs digital news portals for all its newspapers and also has their epapereditions.
Mainstream
The Assam Tribune [Guwahati, 1939]:The Assam Tribune is an English language broadsheet daily published
from Guwahati in Assam. The newspaper recorded an average issue readership of 0.25M according to IRS 2011
Q1. The newspaper directly competes with The Telegraph's Northeast edition that is published from Guwahati.
The newspaper also has a sister newspape Dainik Asam which is an Assamese language broadsheet daily.
Mainstream
Delhi Press [Delhi, 1939]:Delhi Press, established in 1939, is publisher of magazines/periodicals in multiple
genres. The company claims to be printing 36 brands of magazines in 10 different languages. Some of the
famous brands include Champak, Grihshobha, Motoring World, Sarita, Satyakatha, Women's Era, The Caravan
(its first magazine), Farm n Food, Alive, etc. It claims that the magazine Saritahas a readership of 9.7M and
Grihshobha7.7M. The company has 12 regional offices in India and has a distribution network of 3000 agents. It
claims to be printing 4M magazines per month.
Print Media DigitalMedia Broadcast Media Entertainment

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Print Media (4/18)
Company Details Funding Investors
Mainstream
Deccan Chronicle Holdings [Hyderabad, 1940]:Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd. is publishing company with
interests in print and digital. The company publishes its flagship English language broadsheet daily newspaper
Deccan Chronicle from 15 cities in states of Telangana, Andhra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala and claims a
circulation of 1.45M. It also publishes English business newspaper Financial Chronicle and English newspaper
The Asian Age with editions in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and London. It operates Odyssey, a leisure store for
games, music, stationery, etc.
Mainstream
Daily Thanthi[Chennai, 1942]:Daily Thanthiis a Tamil language broadsheet daily newspaper being published
since 1942. It claims a circulation of 14,94,539 copies daily on an average and over 16,27,120 copies on Sunday.
The first edition was published in Madurai and now 15 editions are published covering Tamil Nadu, Puducherry,
Bangalore, and Mumbai. 4. It also broadcasts a news channel ThanthiTV.
Mainstream
The ShillongTimes [Shillong, 1945]:The ShillongTimes is an englishbroadsheet daily newspaper being
published from Shillongin Meghalaya state of India. It was started as a weekly tabloid in 1945, and shifted to daily
in 1987, converted to offset printing in 1991. It also maintains an epaperedition.
Mainstream
SaritaMagazine [Delhi, 1945]:Saritais a fortnightly magazine published and printed by Delhi Press. It is a Hindi
language magazine that covers news and op-ed articles across general verticals like politics, current affairs,
business and economy, sports, etc. First edition was published in 1945 and the company claims that the
magazine has a readership of 9.7M and is the highest read magazine in India.
Mainstream
The Printers (Mysore) [Bangalore, 1948]:The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd. publishes English language
broadsheet daily Deccan Herald and Kannada language daily newspaper Prajavani. Deccan Herald has 12
editions printed at 5 centers in Karnataka with its zoned editions covering all the districts in the state.
Print Media DigitalMedia Broadcast Media Entertainment

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Print Media (5/18)
Company Details Funding Investors
Mainstream
DinamalarPublications [Chennai, 1951]:Dinamalaris a Tamil language broadsheet daily newspaper published
from Thiruvananthapuram, Tirunelveli, Tiruchi, Erode, Vellore, Nagercoil, Salem, Madurai, Chennai, Coimbatore
and Pondicherry. The publisher claims to be circulating 5,82,000 copies per day. It also maintains a digital news
portal in Tamil language and also the epapereditions.
Mainstream
Lokmat[Mumbai, 1953]:LokmatMedia Pvt.Ltd. is a mass media company that has diversified interests in print
media, digital media and broadcast media. The company publishes Marathi newspaper Lokmatwhich has 11
editions and has more than 50 lakh readers as claimed by Indian Readership Survey 2012. It also publishes Hindi
newspaper LokmatSamacharand English daily LokmatTimes. It has a joint venture with Network 18 and
broadcasts satellite television news channel IBN-Lokmat. The company's printing press in Nagpur runs
completely on Solar power and it plans to do the same at Aurangabad.
Mainstream
Rajasthan Patrika[Jaipur, 1956]:Rajasthan PatrikaPvt.Ltd. is a publisher of Hindi language broadsheet
newspaper Rajasthan Patrikawith editions in Rajasthan and Delhi and Patrikawith editions in Madhya Pradesh,
Uttar Pradesh, and the Hindi heartland. Overall both the newspapers have 36 editions printed from 8 states with a
company claimed circulation of 1.73M. Apart from print the company also maintains digital portals and epaper
editions of the newspapers.
Mainstream
DB Corp [Bhopal, 1956]:DB Corp Ltd. is a mass media company that publishes Hindi language newspaper
DainikBhaskarwhich is printed predominantly in the state of Madhya Pradesh and presence in Rajasthan,
Maharashtra, Bihar, etc. The company also publishes Marathi daily DivyaMarathi and Gujarati daily Divya
Bhaskar. It also operates DilligentMedia in association with Zee Media which publishes English daily DNA in
Mumbai. It also broadcasts FM radio channel My FM 94.3 in 17 cities. Company reported revenues of $250M at
the end of 2012-13.
Mainstream
Express Publications Madurai [Chennai, 1959]:Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd. is a news media
publishing company. It split from the mother company that involved Indian Express Ltd. and accordingly controls
the south Indian business of the company. It publishes The New Indian Express which is its flagship English
language broadsheet daily newspaper. The New Indian Express has 24 editions published from the states of
Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra, Karnataka, Telangana and Odisha. It also publishes Dinamani, a Tamil language
broadsheet daily. It also runs digital news portals and epapereditions for these newspapers.
Print Media DigitalMedia Broadcast Media Entertainment

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Print Media (6/18)
Company Details Funding Investors
Mainstream
Punjab Kesari[Jalandhar, 1967]:Punjab Kesariis a publisher of a broadsheet daily newspaper in Hindi
language with circulation predominantly in Punjab and other parts of Northern India. It has 9 editions and 1 weekly
supplementary edition. The Punjab Kesarigroup also publishes other newspapers NavodayaTimes, Hind
Samacharand Jagbani. As of April 2012, it was planning to raise PE funding to the tune of INR 150 crore.
Mainstream
Swati Publications [Vijayawada, 1970]:Swati Publications Pvt. Ltd. publishes a Telugu language weekly
magazine with the same name that covers op-ed content on politics, business and economy, cinema and
entertainment, sports, etc. with a focus on the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Mainstream
Udayavani(ManipalMedia Network) [Manipal, 1971]:ManipalMedia Network publishes a Kannada language
broadsheet daily newpapernamed Udayavani. The newspaper has 5 editions printed from Bangalore, Manipal,
Hubli, Gulbarga and Mumbai. It directly competes with other Kannada dailies Vijayavaniand Vijay Karnataka. As
per audit bureau of circulations July-Dec 2012 report, the newspaper has a circulation of over 300,000 copies per
day. The company also publishes 4 magazines viz. Taranga, Roopatara, Tunturuand Tushara.
Mainstream
Dharitri[Bhubaneshwar, 1974]:Dharitriis an Oriya language broadsheet daily newspaper published from
Bhubaneshwar. The newspaper has 6 editions published from Bhubaneshwar, Sambalpur, Rayagada, Balasore,
Berhampur and Angul-Dhenkanal.
Mainstream
Eenadu[Hyderabad, 1974]:EENADU is a mass media company that publishes a Telugu language daily
newspaper with 23 printing centersand circulation spread throughout the states of Telangana and Andhra
Pradesh and also has editions in Bangalore and Chennai and has a circulation of 1.8M as of 2013 (audit bureau
of circulations). The company is a part of the RamojiGroup which has interests in chit funds, packaged food, film
production and distribution. Its sister concern, EenaduTV Network was acquired by Network18 Media.
Print Media DigitalMedia Broadcast Media Entertainment

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Print Media (7/18)
Company Details Funding Investors
Mainstream
Kalakaumudi[Mumbai, 1975]:Kala KaumudiPublications is a magazine publishing house in Kerala with a
portfolio of nine magazine titles including Kala Kaumudi, Vellinakshatram, Muhurtham, Ayurarogyam, Fire,
Snehithaand Bhavanam. It publishes Kala Kaumudi, the oldest Malayalam daily from Mumbai. Recently started
Big News the first midday newsmagazine in Malayalam published from Trivandrum, Kollam, Kochi and
Kozhikode.
Mainstream
India Today Group (Living Media) [Delhi, 1975]:India Today Group is a diversified mass media company which
comprises of the publishing company, the TV Today Network and the radio broadcasting channel OyeFM. The
company started with its flagship magazine India Today in 1975. Today the group comprises of 36 magazines, 7
radio stations, 4 satellite TV channels, 1 newspaper and digital news and entertainment platforms. Its group
company the TV Today Network is listed on BSE and NSE and has a market capitalization of 1328.42 crore.
Mainstream
Business Standard [Delhi, 1975]:Business Standard Ltd. is a niche news content producer and publisher of
printed broadsheet daily newspapers in English and Hindi languages. Its news content deals with business,
economy, finance, markets, technology, etc. and is regarded as a business newspaper. Its first edition started in
Kolkata and later on established editions in Mumbai and Delhi. Today its English edition is published from 12
cities and the Hindi edition is published from 8 cities. It also runs digital news portal business-standard.com,
bshindi.com, bsmonitoring.com and smartinvestor.inand also has an epaperedition. It claims to have a 230
person editorial team.
Mainstream
Dinakaran[Chennai, 1977]:Dinakaranis a Tamil language broadsheet daily newspaper published from
Chennai. It has 12 editions printed from the centers at Chennai, Madurai, Bangalore, New Delhi, Mumbai,
Madurai, Coimbatore, Trichy, Salem, Nagercoil, Vellore, Nellaiand Pondicherry. As per Indian readership survey
2010, Dinakaran'saverage issue readership per day was around 16.7M making it second largest read after Daily
Thanthiin the Tamil print market.
Mainstream
AajKaal[Kolkata, 1979]:AajKaalis a Bengali language broadsheet daily newspaper published from Kolkata,
North Bengal and Tripura.
Print Media DigitalMedia Broadcast Media Entertainment

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Company Details Funding Investors
Mainstream
Bartaman[Kolkata, 1984]:BartamanPvt. Ltd. publishes Bengali language daily newspaper with 5 editions, 1
each from Kolkata, Siliguri, Burdwan, Maldaand Midnapore. Its daily circulation is 558, 465 (ABC Dec 2013). It is
the second largest Bengali daily after AnandaBazarPatrika.
Mainstream
Neutral Publishing House [Ranchi, 1984]:Neutral Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. is a news content producer and
publisher of newspaper. It runs a Hindi language broadsheet daily newspaper PrabhatKhabarwhich is circulated
with 10 edition across cities in Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal; the company claims a readership of 9M. The
company also manages a digital news platform prabhatkhabar.com which is in Hindi and also maintains epaper
editions of the newspaper in association with Readwhere. The company also broadcasts FM radio station named
Radio Dhoomin Jharkhand.
Mainstream
Eastern Chronicle (SankhaPress) [Delhi, 1988]:SankhaPress Pvt. Ltd. publishes an English language
broadsheet daily newspaper with the name Eastern Chronicle. The newspaper has 5 editions printed from
Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Shillong, New Delhi and Silcharand predominantly caters to the readers in Northeast India.
Mainstream
Prajavani[Bangalore, 1989]:The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd. publishes the Kannada language daily newspaper
Prajavaniand the English newspaper Deccan Herald. Prajavanihas 12 editions printed at 5 printing centers
including Bangalore, Mangalore, Hubli, Belurand Gulbarga.
Mainstream
PunyaNagari[Mumbai, 1991]:Shree AmbikaPrinters and Publications PvtLtd publishes PunyaNagariwhich is
a Marathi language daily newspaper, from 15 centers across the state of Maharashtra in India.
Print Media DigitalMedia Broadcast Media Entertainment
Print Media (8/18)

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Print Media (9/18)
Company Details Funding Investors
Mainstream
Asomiya Pratidin [Guwahati, 1995]:Asomiya Pratidin is an Assamese language broadsheet daily newspaper
published from Guwahati. The newspaper has recorded an average issue readership of 1.1M according to IRS
2011 Q1 and is the highest selling newspaper in the Northeast India market.
Mainstream
Outlook Group [Delhi, 1995]:The Outlook Group is a mass media company that publishes magazines in India.
Its flagship magazine Outlook India deals with news content on current affairs, politics, sports, etc. and also has
opinion columns. Other magazines published by the group include Outlook Business, Outlook Money and Outlook
Traveller which cater to the respective content as in their names. Available primarily in print, the company also
publishes digital editions of these magazines.
Mainstream
Rashtriya Sahara [Noida, 1999]:Mass media arm of Sahara India Group with interests predominantly in print
media. The company publishes a Hindi daily broadsheet newspaper Rashtriya Sahara from Kanpur and has 6
other editions. It also publishes urdu daily newspaper Roznamsahara and entertainment magazine Saharatime
and digital news portal samaylive.com. It is a part of Sahara One Media and Entertainment (earlier Sahara India
Mass Communication).
Mainstream
Amar UjalaPublications [Delhi, 2001]:Amar UjalaPublications is a publisher and printer of newspapers. Its
flagship daily "Amar Ujala" is a Hindi broadsheet newspaper with editions spread across Northern India,
extending 7 states (Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab and
Haryana). It claims a cumulative readership of around 2.96 crore. It also runs a news portal amarujala.com.
D. E. Shaw India Software Private
Limited
Mainstream
MalayalaManorama[Kottayam, 2002]:MalayalaManoramaCo. Ltd. is a mass media company that publishes a
Malayalam language broadsheet daily newspaper with the same name. It has 14 editions in Kerala and the
company claims a circulation of 2.2M copies. The company also publishes an English news weekly The Week
and a niche content magazine The Man. It also publishes some periodicals in Malayalam and vernacular
languages. Apart, the company also maintains digital portals and epapereditions for its newspapers and
magazines. IT also has interests in broadcast news media with its TV channel ManoramaNews.
Print Media DigitalMedia Broadcast Media Entertainment

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Company Details Funding Investors
Mainstream
DakshinBharat Rashtramant(New Media Co) [Bangalore, 2005]:New Media Co., publishes a newspaper
"DakshinBharat Rashtramat" that provides news content in Hindi language targeting the migrant population in
Southern India. Currently publishes 2 editions in broadsheet format from Bangalore and Chennai and claims to
have circulation for the same across Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and parts of Andhra Pradesh. It also maintains the
epaperedition for the same.
Mainstream
Diligent Media Corporation [Mumbai, 2005]:Diligent Media Corporation is a joint venture between ZEE Group
and DB Corp. It publishes English language broadsheet daily newspaper DNA (Daily News and Analysis). The
newspapers currently publishes from Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Jaipur. It earlier had editions in Bengaluru, Pune
and Indore but all the three were discontinued. The newspaper has relaunched its edition in Mumbai in a new
question and answer kind of format. The company also runs a digital news portal and maintains epapereditions.
Mainstream
AajSamaaj[Chandigarh, 2007]:AajSamaajis a Hindi language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the
Information Television Group (ITV Network). The newspaper is simultaneously published from New Delhi,
Gurgaon, Hisar, Ambala and Faridabad.
Mainstream
The Sunday Guardian [Delhi, 2010]:The Sunday Guardian is a weekly newspaper published in Delhi on
Sundays. The newspaper was founded by noted journalist MJ Akbar and is owned by the Information Television
Group (ITV Network) which operates TV news channels India News and NewsX.
Mainstream
Orissa Post [Bhubaneshwar, 2011]:Orissa Post is an English language broadsheet daily newspaper published
from Bhubaneshwar. The company also maintains digital news portal and epapereditions for the same.
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Mainstream
Vijayavani(VRL Media) [Bangalore, 2012]:VRL Media is a sister concern of the public company VRL
(VijayanandRoadlinesLtd.). It publishes a Kannada language daily broadsheet newspaper Vijayavani. The
newspaper has 9 editions printed from the cities of Bangalore, Mangalore, Hubli, Gangavati, Chitradurga, Bijapur,
Mysore, Shimogaand Gulbarga. The company claims that the newspaper is the largest circulated Kannada daily
based on the audit bureau of circulation figures for Jan-June 2014.
Mainstream
Sri Sai Media (Swadesh News) [Pathankot, 2012]:Sri Sai Media Pvt.Ltd. is a mass media company that
publishes Hindi language daily Satya Swadesh in Pathankot. It also operates 3 digital portals where news content
is published in English and Hindi languages and epaperedition of the newspaper is maintained. As of May 2015,
the company had obtained permit from I&B Ministry of India for launching a satellite broadcast TV news channel.
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Company Details Funding Investors
Alternative -
Opinion
Swarajya[Bangalore, 2014]:Swarajyais a publisher of a magazine with the same name in digital as well as
print format. The company derives its name from the Swarajyamagazine first started in 1956. The magazine
which was started in digital format in 2014 is now being published in print also with the first issue being out in
February, 2015. The magazine claims to represent the views and opinions of the Liberal-Right in India. The
magazine serves opinionated content and analysis on current affairs and affairs and events of national and
international importance.
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Opinion
Tehelka [Delhi, 2001]:Tehelka is an alternative media that publishes a weekly magazine that offers news and
opinionated content which the company claims is a result of its investigative journalism. The circulation as claimed
by the company stands at 1,75,000.
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Opinion
OPENThe Magazine[Delhi, 2009]:Open Media Network Pvt.Ltd. is a part of the RP Goenkagroup. The
company publishes the English language weekly magazine with the same name. The magazine contains articles
based on news analysis/opinion on current affairs, politics, international features, social, etc. The magazine is
divided in 3 sections: Small World, Features and MindSpace. The magazine is targeted at a relatively younger
audience.
Alternative -
Opinion
The Caravan [Delhi, 2010]:The Caravan is a magazine that carries opinionated and/or investigated articles on
politics, culture, etc. It is a monthly magazine available in print as well as digital editions. The magazine was first
published in 1939 and deadpooled in 1988. It was then relaunched in 2010. It is published by the Delhi Press.
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Comics
Amar ChitraKatha [Mumbai, 1967]:Amar ChitraKatha produces content and publishes it in the form of printed
comics. Its creations include printed pictorial stories on Indian mythology, history, literature, oral folktales, etc. It
has printed more than 400 comics in more than 20 languages and has sold more than 90M copies till date. It
records annual sale of over 1.5M copies. It plans to launch these stories in animated format on digital platform.
$15.5M
Elephant Capital, Future Ventures
India Ltd
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Comics
Graphic India [Bangalore, 2011]:GRAPHIC INDIA is a character entertainment company focused on creating
leading characters, comics and stories for the Indian youth market through mobile, print and digital platforms.
Some of its creations include Ramayana 3392 AD, The Leaves and The Sadhu, etc. It has also launched digital
animated series based on its comics in a partnership with YouTube. Graphic India Pvt.Ltd. is owned by Liquid
Comics LLC and CA Media LP, the Asian investment arm of The CherninGroup, LLC (TCG).
$2.8M CA Media, Start Publishing
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Comics
Diamond Comics [Noida, 1907]:Diamond Comics India Pvt.Ltd. is a publisher of character oriented pictorial
series in printed comics. Some of its character creations include ChachaChaudhary (44 comics in series),
Shaktiman(72), VikramBetal(21), etc. The company has produced 22 such series till date. The company started
in 1907 in Pakistan and moved to India post-Independence after exporting its products to India for while in
between. The company plans to launch a multi-linguistic satellite TV channel -Diamond Comics TV.
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Comics
Raj Comics [ , 1984]:Raj Comics publishes comics and pictorial stories in print format. The content is original
and character oriented printed in paperbacks. The company also has a digital store for sale of its publications.
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Comics
KalyaniNavyugMedia [Delhi, 2007]:KalyaniNavyugMedia Pvt.Ltd. publishes character oriented pictorial
stories in comics under the brand name Campfire Graphic Novels. The company has published proprietary
content as well as adopted western classical novels for re-publishing in India. The company has an e-shop for
directly ordering the publications in print as well as digital.
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Comics
VimanikaComics [Mumbai, 2008]:VimanikaComics is a publisher of comic books (print) with character
oriented pictorial stories. It has published series like Shiva, Moksha, Dashaavatar, The sixth, The Legend of
Karna, Kalki, etc. The company has won the Golden Cursor Award. It also makes apparels depicting the
characters in its stories.
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Comics
Level 10 Entertainment [Bangalore, 2010]:Level 10 Entertainment Pvt.Ltd. is a privately held Indian
entertainment company engaged in production of printed comics. The company's services include character
design, concept realization, logo design, storyboarding, customized comic strips and magazine illustrations. The
company intends to offer faster and more cost-effective solutions to meet the needs of any visual media projects
such as movies, television series, animated films, video games and print/digital magazines. Level 10 Comics is a
division of Level 10 Studios focused on creating world-class, indigenous comic book content. It has recently
launched an 80-page monthly comic anthology magazine called ‘Comic JUMP'.
Blume Ventures
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Comics
HolyCowEntertainment [Mumbai, 2011]:HolyCowEntertainment is an Indian comic book publisher with
pictorial character oriented stories. Its flagship series is the Ravanayan. The series consists of 10 chapters
published in 7 issues.
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Sufi Comics [Bangalore, 2012]:Sufi Comics is a creation of Sufi Studios which publishes comics and graphic
novels that are related to religion. Their range includes 40 Sufi Comics, Wise Fool of Baghdad & Rumi, etc. The
content is available in multiple languages. It also runs a store for online retailing the comic books.
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Comics
AayumiProductions [Mumbai, 2013]:AayumiProductions is a publisher of comic books with character oriented
and multi-character stories. The two stories that it has published include Item Dhamaka-Godsmackand Kaal1 &
2 which is to be launched at Bangalore's Comic Con.
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Business
Dataquest magazine [Gurgaon, 1982]:Dataquest is a niche magazine published by Cyber Media India Ltd. It
carries articles related to the Information Technology and the BigData industry. Started in 1982, the magazine is a
fortnightly. It has 2 special sections on GreenIT and eGovernance.
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Saffron Media [Mumbai, 2000]:Saffron Media Pvt.Ltd. publishes magazines and operates digital news portals
covering industrial verticals like pharma, healthcare, food and beverage, travel and hospitality, etc. Its print assets
include two magazines viz., Chronicle Pharmabizand Food & Beverage news. It claims to be supported by
editorial teams spread across 12 cities. Its digital assets include pharmabiz.com and fnbnews.com. The target
audience are the professionals, CEOs and businessmen from the respective industries.
Alternative -
Business
Moneylife[Mumbai, 2006]:Moneylife, started publishing in 2006, is a magazine that provides content related to
personal finance, investment risks, finance opinion and analysis, etc. The magazine is available in print as well as
in digital.
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Business
Media Five Publications [Hyderabad, 2012]:Media Five Publications Pvt.Ltd. publishes a monthly magazine
The Global Analyst that provides news analysis/opinionated content on business, economy, finance, markets,
corporate strategy, etc. The company claims to be targeting corporates, MBA/Engineering students, and general
business personnel with this magazine. The magazine is available in print and in digital.
Alternative -
Business
Startup360 Magazine [Chennai, 2014]:Startup360 is a magazine that publishes news content related to
startups, hot sectors, investment activity, etc. It profiles startupsincluding founder interviews. The magazine is
available in print and digital format. The first issue came out in January 2015.
Alternative -
Business
DalalTimes [Mumbai, 2014]:DalalTimes reports news and analysis content related to Indian stock markets and
news from the world of business, economy, finance, etc. The content is available on its digital portal and also in
the form of print magazine-monthly. The digital portal also provides live coverage of Indian stock markets,
currency and commodities markets.
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Leisure
New Horizon Media [Chennai, 2004]:New Horizon Media is a publishing house based in Chennai. It publishes
books in print and audio (digital) medium. The books are predominantly in Tamil language and the company
claims to have published around 1100 titles with over 30 titles being published every month. It has raised 2 rounds
of funding till date. In October 2011, Sridhar Vembutook over Beacon India's stake in the company.
$1.5M
Emergic Ventures, Beacon India
Private Equity
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Leisure
Magna Publishing Company [Mumbai, 1972]:Magna Publishing Co. Pvt.Ltd. is a publisher of entertainment
and leisure magazines (in print and digital) Stardust (its flagship magazine), Society, Savvy, Society Interiors,
Health and Nutrition, Starweek, Mandate and Citadel. The company claims that the total reach of these
magazines is 20M readers.
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Leisure
DSA MEDIA PUBLICATIONS [Vizag, 2010]:DSA Media Publications publishes a monthly magazine Yo! Vizag
which carries content related to local news, trends, culture and lifestyle of Visakhapatnam. The magazine is in
English and claims to have a readership of around 50000.
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Movies
Select Media [Mumbai, 2004]:Box Office India is a digital and print magazine from Select Media Company that
monitors and publishes stories on Box office performances of movies released in India along with the statistics.
There are editorial and guest opinion columns, movie and music reviews and news analysis columns as well. The
magazine is weekly, published every Saturday.
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Sports
Sportstar(Kasturi& Sons) [Chennai, 1978]:Sportstaris a sports magazine weekly published by Kasturi&
Sons, publishers of the newspaper The Hindu. The magazine initially started in a berlinerformat which was
converted to a generic magazine format. The magazine publishes news, opinionated and analytical content on
sports in India and Worldwide. It also supplies a complimentary poster of a sportsperson with every copy.
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Parenting
ParentCircle(Shri HariniMedia) [Chennai, 2010]:Parent Circle is a digital content sharing and aggregating
platform operated by Shri HariniMedia Pvt.Ltd. The content is targeted at parents and is regarding child care and
upbringing. Initially started as a monthly print magazine and now also in the digital space. The print magazine is
available in English and Tamil languages.
Alternative
9.9 Media [Noida, 2007]:9dot9 Media is content production and distribution-through-print company. It develops
content and publishes it through magazines. It owns magazine brands like CFO, Inc., Think Digit, CTO Forum,
etc. which deal with niche content like growth, personal technology, professional gaming, enterprise IT,
manufacturing, logistics, etc. It also has digital communities like consumermate.com and createonlinebuzz.com.
$8.6M
TVS Capital Funds, Helion Venture
Partners
Alternative
Business India Group [Mumbai, 1978]:Business India Group publishes niche content magazines in print and
digital. Its flagship magazine -Business India is a business news and analysis magazine. Other magazines are
Inside Outside (interior decor-lifestyle) and Auto India (auto reviews).
Alternative
Cyber Media (India) [Gurgaon, 1982]:CyberMediaIndia Ltd. is a listed company with interests in media
services, content production, research and publishing in print as well as digital. The company publishes many
magazines including its flagship DataQuestwhich deals with content related to Big Data, PCQuest, etc. Its digital
properties include CIOL.com, a technology news and research content portal. The company claims that its
properties cater to a community of 1.5M people. The company also hosts over 100 events annually.
Alternative
PlanmanMedia [Delhi, 2005]:PlanmanMedia Pvt.Ltd. is a part of PlanmanConsulting. It publishes print
magazines like Business & Economy, 4Ps Business & Marketing, The Sunday Indian, etc. The content is
simultaneously published in 14 different Indian languages.
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Alternative
Infomedia18 [Delhi, 2011]:Infomedia18 is a publishing arm of the Network18 group. It publishes magazines like
Better Photography, Overdrive, Better Interiors and Forbes India (in partnership with Forbes magazine). It is
planning to build a digital yellow pages directory. It also has an eshop where it sells single copy archives and
annual subscription of these magazines.
Alternative
The Progressive Teacher Magazine [Delhi, 2014]:The Progressive Teacher (TPT) is a bi-monthly magazine
targeted at school teaching community in India. The first print issue was published in July, 2014. The company
also maintains a digital edition of the magazine. The magazine is a publication of the S-Media group which
engages in B2B publications.
Alternative
TechplusMedia [Delhi, 2001]:TechplusMedia Group is a media publishing house based in Delhi. It owns both
print and digital properties across verticals. These includes the printed monthly magazine Beauty that publishes
content related wellness, makeup, style and leisure and the digital news portal itvarnews.in that covers the news
across the information technology industry. It claims to be organising 50 media events in the verticals of IT and
lifestyle every year.
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Sub-segments of top level business model
MAINSTREAM MEDIA
(content across broad verticals with
traditional view points targeted at
masses)
ALTERNATIVE MEDIA
(content across niche verticals
targeted at a particular set of
audience)
STARTUPS
ENTERTAINMENT
NEWS
MARKETING
PARENTING
HEALTHCARE
DIGITAL MEDIA
(using internet as a medium of
distribution)
ALTERNATIVE
ScoopWhoop, Glamrs
NEWS AGGREGATOR
InShorts, DailyHunt
MAINSTREAM
Firstpost, Moneycontrol
$100M
NEWS AGGREGATOR
(aggregate news across verticals from
mainstream or alternative media
outlets)
$82M
CURATED
ALGORITHMIC
TOPICS & TIMELINES
$18M
SOCIAL CONTENT
CONTENT FOR WOMEN

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Mainstream
Moneycontrol[Mumbai, 1999]:Moneycontrolis a digital portal that publishes news related to stock markets,
listed companies' activity, analyst views, social stock ratings and opinions, etc. It is operated by CNBC TV18
which is a part of Network18 group.
Mainstream
GreyniumInformation Technologies [Bangalore, 2006]:GreyniumInformation Technologies develops and
operates online content portals. Its internet properties include OneIndia.com, which is an internet mass media
portal catering to news and entertainment content in multiple Indic languages and English. Other properties
include DriveSpark.com (Auto reviews), BoldSky.com (Lifestyle & Leisure), Gizbot.com (Gadget reviews),
ThatsCricket.com (Cricket news and updates), etc. The company's revenue model depends on advertising on its
portals. It also operates online classifieds portal click.in. In 2010, it was acquired by NetCoreSolutions.
Mainstream
Firstpost[Delhi, 2011]:Firstpostis an Indian digital portal that publishes news, editorial and opinion content. It
also conducts reader's debates and publishes ebookson current affairs. Started as a blog, it was converted to full
fledged news portal in 2011. It is a part of Network18 group.
Mainstream
Scroll.in [ , 2012]:Scroll.in is an independent news, information, and entertainment venture run by US-based
digital publishing company Scroll Media Inc. Has collaborated with Quartz to produce regional-specific content for
Quartz India. Raised an undisclosed amount in funding in July 2014 from OmidyarNetwork, the philanthropic VC
firm set up by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, with participation from New York-based Media Development
Investment Fund. Founded in 2012 by MIT, Harvard and Cambridge University alumni.
Omidyar Network, Media Dev Inv
Fund
Mainstream
Newsroom Media [Delhi, 2013]:Newsroom Post is an online news portal publishing news articles across
verticals like politics, sports, business, technology and entertainment. It also has an opinion section where noted
journalists write columns. It appears to be monetizing through advertisements for now.
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Mainstream
NewsMobile[Delhi, 2013]:World Mobile News Network Pvt.Ltd. is a digital media company that operates
NewsMobilea digital platform where content covering news across politics, business, world, sports, lifestyle, etc.
is published. The content is produced in-house as well as acquired from news agencies. It also has mobile apps
for Android and iOS platforms. Appears to be monetizing through advertisements.
Mainstream
Nyooz[Noida, 2013]:Nyooozis an online news content publisher with a focus on local/regional news. The
content is aggregated from various community members. It also provides the community with the ability to search
and navigate a news event by location and category, to share and to have a discussion around it. The portal is
available in English and Hindi.
Mainstream
Indilens[Guwahati, 2013]:Indilensis a digital only news content publisher based in Guwahati. The company
covers news from all the verticals including current affairs, business, science and technology, sports and also has
editorial and opinion columns. The range of news is restricted to India for now. The company has a team of 40
reporters spread across India and has an editorial team of 8 members.
Mainstream
Fourth Point News [Delhi, 2014]:FourthPointis a digital news portal that publishes news content from broad
categories covering India's current affairs and politics, global exclusives, sports, entertainment, leisure, etc. The
content is self produced as well as aggregated from readers under the citizen journalist program. It also publishes
a weekly newspaper in print from Delhi and mainly focuses on Delhi's current affairs and also runs editorials. It
has advertisements on its portal which appears to be the main source of revenue.
Mainstream
The Quint [Noida, 2014]:The Quint, part of Quintillion Media Pvt Ltd, is a mobile-focused digital news platform.
Offers stories across various categories like current affairs, politics, entertainment and technology among others
with a mixture of both wire stories and stories created by an in-house editorial team. The site went live in March
2015. Founded by RaghavBahl, founder and former CEO of Network 18, which was acquired by Reliance
Industries Ltd (RIL) in May 2014.
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Mainstream
DailyO[Delhi, 2015]:DailyOis a part of the India Today Group. It is a digital portal that publishes news and
opinion articles related to politics, arts & culture, business, technology and sports. The content as of July 2015
appears to be produced by contributing journalists but the platform has an option for users to sign up and add a
story indicating that readers might be allowed to share news and opinion articles in future. Currently appears to be
monetizing through advertisements at the end of the articles. The content on home page appears to be organized
based on trends on social networks. Whenever the user clicks on a hashtag, articles from past related to the topic
are listed.
Mainstream
The India Herald Group [Hyderabad, 2015]:The India Herald Group is a coterie of digital news portals. It
publishes news content across various verticals including current affairs, politics, international news, business,
technology, entertainment and sports and has separate portals for these respective verticals. Its digital properties
include indiaherald.in, newsherald.in, filmyherald.in, cricherald.in, technologyherald.in, healthherald.in,
autoherald.in and apherald.in. Most of the news is aggregated from other media portals except apherald.in where
entertainment news is self produced.
Mainstream
The Times of World [Bangalore, 2015]:The Times of World is a digital news portal which publishes news
articles related to current affairs, politics, technology, sports, entertainment, etc. with the entire world as its
domain. According to the portal, the company has an editorial team of 12 who churn out all the articles.
Mainstream
Catch News [Delhi, 2015]:Catch News is a digital news portal operated by the Rajasthan PatrikaGroup. The
content, though mainstream is presented in the new media format and is targeted at the next generation of news
consumers. The content is produced by journalists employed by the company as well as syndicated from other
news agencies. The portal also has video content which is aggregated from Youtubeand has text excerpts with it.
The portal also has Your Wire section where fast readable news items from across categories are published.
Alternative -
Social Content
Instamedia [Shimla, 2006]:Instamedia is an online content network which produces content in niche verticals.
Instamedia also has an online SaaS based content platform, Instapress. It implements workflows to streamline
collaboration between various content contributors, with objective measurement tools to track effectiveness. The
network runs internet sites in verticals like lifestyle, luxury, green living, health, autos and technology.
$4M Bennett, Coleman and Company
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Social Content
ScoopWhoop[Delhi, 2013]:Social news & entertainment content platform that curates and creates stories
relevant to India. Company's revenue model comprises of native advertising and sponsored stories. Some of their
clients include Pepsi, Godrej, HUL, Budweiser, MakeMyTripamong others. Currently among the top 150 sites on
Alexaas of Sep 2014. Received an undisclosed round of seed funding from VC firm Gravy Partners in December
2013. In Nov 2014, Bharti Softbank announced they had invested $1.6M for a 36.5% equity stake.
$1.6M BSB
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Social Content
POPxo[London, 2013]:Rebranded from estylister.com, POPxois a lifestyle and fashion content platform
targeting Indian/South Asian women. Users can browse through various categories of lifestyle, health & beauty
topics to stream company/user generated content. Users can contribute to the platform on related topics. The
company publishes 8-10 stories a day, which are mobile optimized and fill the non-news, non-gossip content
vacuum. The company is based in London, with few editors/writers in Mumbai and Delhi, India. Claims 1M
engaged readers every month. Raised INR 3 crores in Nov 2014, from Hussein Kanji, RajanAnandan,
CaratLane’sMithunSancheti, to ramp up operations.
$0.5M
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Social Content
Bluegape[Delhi, 2011]:Bluegapeis an online content publishing platform. Offers content in categories including
Entertainment, Relationships, Health and Fitness, Life Hacks, Future, Career and Education. Has monthly
revenues of INR 1 crore as of Sep 2014. Launched feature for users to create and publish photo stories on its
platform and earn money, claims 200+ such listicles created every day on its platform. Claims 4M+ pageviewsper
day. Raised angel funding in Jan 2014 on LetsVenture, looking to raise $8-$10M by Nov 2014. Shut down its
merchandise business in Dec 2014, due to copyright issues and pivoted to Content Publishing Platform. Raised
$200k in angel round led by Rudy Gopalakrishnanof Fidelity and ah! Ventures three months after pivot.
$0.5M TLabs, ah! Ventures
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Social Content
Faking News [Mumbai, 2008]:Faking News is an Indian news satire and humorwebsite. It contains cutting edge
satire on political and social scenario of India. The website publishes fake news reports with incisive sarcasm,
satire and humor. The content can be created by readers and curated and then published by the editors and also
written by the in-house team of journalists. It was acquired by Firstpostin May 2013.
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Social Content
TopYaps [Delhi, 2010]:TopYaps is a digital platform for social news and entertainment content. The content is
tailor made based on latest trends in social networks on verticals like news, culture, entertainment industry, etc.
One of the niche content includes articles on top 10 things in a particular category. Also has a section on videos
aggregated from Youtube channels. It is built and run by TechMonkey. The primary model is to produce content
that can be made viral through users sharing it organically on their social networking sites and messengers.
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Social Content
Lighthouse Insights [Pune, 2010]:Lighthouse Insights analyzesand publishes content related to social media
news, activity and overview of the industry backed with insights. It mainly focuses on Indian social media news but
also has case studies, app reviews and other analysis accompanied by expert views. The target audience
consists of social media campaigners and industry enthusiasts. Mentioned in top 10 social media blogs of 2013 by
Social Media Examiner.
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Social Content
Fuccha [Delhi, 2011]:Fuccha is a digital platform that publishes content across entertainment, food, travel,
campus, politics, etc. which is self produced as well as crowdsourced. It claims tie ups with students across 100
prominent colleges in India. It also claims to have reached 90000 subscribers in 2 years since its foundation.
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Social Content
Social Samosa [Mumbai, 2011]:Social Samosa is a digital portal where news content related to social media
network activity is published along with pieces of digital-social-marketing analysis and other media trends. Started
in 2011, the company claims to be clocking a revenue of INR 70 Lakhs and was acquired by unknown investors in
May 2015. It has won The Blog of The Year award at the WATA awards in 2013.
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Social Content
Luxpresso[Mumbai, 2011]:Luxpressois a venture by Times Internet (Bennett, Coleman & Co.) which publishes
lifestyle, fashion, leisure, trends, gadgets and gizmo related articles with pictorials and the presentation is done in
a way to target the premium audience.
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Social Content
The UnRealTimes [Chennai, 2011]:The Unreal Times is a digital portal that publishes fictional news content
that invokes humor/sarcasm and is presented in a satirical way. It has a production team of 18 regular
columnists. It also accepts content produced by readers and other users of the portal and publishes it on the basis
of its merit.
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Social Content
Youngisthan[Mumbai, 2013]:SantoshiMedia & Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. operates a digital media platform
Youngisthanwhere news content related to cinema, technology, lifestyle & leisure, sports, etc. is published. It is
primarily targeted at youth and is presented in new media style. It also has a section named YouthTubewhere
content (videos) on social issues & trends are shared.
Alternative -
Social Content
The Next Meme [Bangalore, 2013]:Web based entertainment content platform posting updates on trending
news, torrents, music, funnies, gifs, memes, viral videos, documentaries, tech news and gadgets.
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Social Content
Derailed Douchebaggery [Delhi, 2013]:Derailed Douchebaggery is a digital content publishing portal. The
content is related to social news and social media trending topics, pop culture, fashion, cinema, etc. that are
represented in a way to induce entertainment, humor or sarcasm and/or mirror the reality. The content is
opinionated and has graphic imagery which makes it a part of the new media vertical. The founders are doing
engineering at Vellore Institute of Technology.
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Social Content
That Scoop [Mumbai, 2013]:Online entertainment channel providing users with articles and videos. Employs
freelance writers and pays them for every article published. Allows users to submit their own content, which is
published post-moderation. Allows brands to advertise on its channel. Currently has 150K+ social media
followers, 2M+ monthly page views and daily reach of 100K+ as of Jan 2015.
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Social Content
HookedUp [Hyderabad, 2014]:HookedUp is a digital media company that publishes social news and content
related to science, entertainment, sports and lifestyle. The content is aggregated from the readers who are
allowed to contribute through its contribute page. The content related to trending topics on social networking sites
is chosen to be published.
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Snowy Duck [Delhi, 2014]:SnowyDuck is a digital platform for social content publishing across broad categories
including entertainment, business, technology, politics, sport, etc. The content is presented in a way that it can be
made viral by sharing across social networking sites and through messengers to attract more unique visitors.
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WittyStory [Mumbai, 2014]:WittyStory is a digital social content platform which aggregates stories/content from
readers and other contributors and presents in the format that can be made viral through link sharing on social
networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and messengers like Whatsapp, etc. Currently appears to be monetizing
through ads.
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Emlii [Kolkata, 2014]:Emlii is an online portal publishing entertainment content. Aims to collect and publish
stories that are trending across various social networking sites. Also lists stories submitted by other genuine
users.
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Social Content
AkkarBakkar [Mumbai, 2014]:AkkarBakkar is an online platform where users can discover content across
various categories. Curates content in various categories like cinema, video, news, politics etc. Users can also
share their stories on the portal.
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DailyPooper [Delhi, 2014]:Daily Pooper is a social news, networking and entertainment content digital portal
with three sections editorial, article and content sharing and ranking forum. The portal is in beta stage.
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ViralStories [Mumbai, 2014]:ViralStories is an online source of articles and videos, particularly humour and viral
content. Other categories include social experiments, pranks and fails, bollywood, sports, music etc. Sources
content from other content platforms, publishes own content and allows users to submit stories.
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Hourdose [Noida, 2014]:Hourdose is an internet media company. Hourdose creates and curates India specific
stories. Curates content in various categories like life, cinema, video, news, politics etc. Monetization is through
advertising from brands and companies.
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Storypick[Pune, 2014]:Social entertainment news and media company that caters to the young online Indian
audience. Stories & videos based on celebrities, movies, humour along with categories such as business, politics,
sports etc.
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Social Content
TheBinNews [Mumbai, 2015]:TheBinNews is a digital portal that publishes social content related to
entertainment, food, travel, lifestyle, etc. It has content writers who do part time content writing across verticals for
the portal. It also allows readers to contribute articles to the portal.
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Social Content
Firefly Daily [Mumbai, 2015]:Firefly Daily is a News/Media company that publishes digital general news content
and content related to humor, social media activity, entertainment, sports, etc. in a new media style. The content
is created by contributors to the website. The portal was operational in January 2015 and according to Alexa it
has grown by 997,445 positions in the first 3 months to 50000.
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Gluebomb[Delhi, 2015]:GlueBombis a digital publisher of social news content in the new media style. The
content is related to humour, women interests, food, travel, sports, etc. It plans to act as a marketing agent for
brands by producing content for them and publishing on the portal. The portal also has a section in Hindi.
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Social Content
Mental Masala [Mumbai, 2015]:MentalMasalais a digital blog which publishes social content related to lifestyle,
humor, food, travel, entertainment, etc.
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Entertainment
ChakpakMedia [Bangalore, 2007]:Chakpakoffers south Indian movie enthusiasts information on movies and
movie personalities. Some of the site offerings include wallpapers, videos, news, discussion forums and quizzes.
It offers users the ability to discuss, evaluate, rate, review and preview movies and movie personalities through its
open forum. In 2011, Flipkart acquired the content from Chakpak.com and in 2012, ChakpakMedia was acquired
by TrivoneDigital Services.
$5M Accel Partners, Canaan Partners
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FilmySphere[Bangalore, 2013]:Filmysphereis a social movie platform to follow favoritecelebrities, movies and
discover upcoming talents and jobs in entertainment. It helps users discover feature, short and independent films
and get recommendations from their social network on the platform. Also, it connects young artists and film
fraternity via its marketplace model. It allows production houses to post jobs and requirements for a particular film
while assignment seekers (artists) create their profile and search jobs via a marketplace model. Also available on
iOS and Android mobile platforms. The company has 700+ registered users and claims to be adding 200+ users
every month.
$100k
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Glamsham[Mumbai, 1999]:Glamsham.com is a digital portal where entertainment content including celebrity
gossip and film updates are published. It also has a broadband section where users can download wallpapers,
photos, and view cinema trailers, etc. It partners with motion pictures production houses for online film marketing
and digital content distribution. It is operated by Fifth Quarter InfomediaPvt.Ltd.
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MovieTodayEntertainment [Kochi, 2009]:Movie Today is an online magazine that publishes cinema/celebrity
news and gossip in Malayalam language. It partners with various Malayalam motion pictures production houses
for online film promotion and marketing. It is a subsidiary company of SciWizTechnologies Pvt.Ltd.
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MissMalini[Mumbai, 2011]:MissMaliniPublishing Pvt Ltd is a Bollywood, Fashion and Lifestyle blog. Provides
Bollywood news & gossip, fashion trends and lifestyle entertainment news on a global scale. Has 230k+ followers
on Facebook and 320k+ followers on Twitter. The founder has also started a TV Show 'MissMalini'sWorld', a
reality entertainment show that covers movie premieres, celebrity interviews, fashion weeks. Launched a limited
edition DIY Charms bracelet under the name 'MissMaliniLoves Pipa+Bella', sold exclusively at Pipabella.com. Its
YouTube channel has 3M+ views. Raised initial angel round funding in 2012 from RajanAnandanof Google
India, the founders of Chegg.com, Match.com, SherSingh.comandExclusively.in.
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The Big Indian Picture [Mumbai, 2012]:The Big Indian Picture is a digital magazine that publishes content
related to Indian cinema including opinion, news/gossip, art, interviews, etc.
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FilmyPakode[Pune, 2013]:FilmyPakodeis a digital portal that lists movies and related info including cast, plot,
directors, etc. It has a separate page for each movie. It also aggregates critic reviews from various media portals
and allows users to share their own experience. It also embeds trailers and video songs from the movie from
YouTube.
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MyMovieMatrix[Bangalore, 2014]:MyMovieMatrixlets users rate movies, tvshows and books on various
parameters and also allows them to write reviews as well as shows critic's reviews. Based on predictive analytics
it then recommends the items to the users. It plans to create an integrated platform where people would be able to
read and write reviews, rate them, and also be able to watch (stream online) the movies and tvshows on OTT
(over the top) model. The platform is being developed and operated by RecosenseInfosolutionsPvt.Ltd.
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TheatreAdda[Delhi, 2014]:TheatreAddais an online listing portal for theatre plays, stand up comedies and
other theatre related events and workshops. Artists can also upload their portfolios and showcase their talent to
employers in theatre industry. Generates revenue through ads. Planning to launch booking for events through the
website.
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Entertainment
FilmiBeat(Greynium) [Bangalore, 2014]:Filmibeatis an online entertainment content portal that publishes
news related to cinema and cinema gossips in vernacular Indian languages. It is a part of the OneIndia
Entertainment brand of GreyniumTechnologies.
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Philmy[Delhi, 2014]:Philmyis a social movie discovery platform focused on the Indian market. Aids in movie
discovery by matching users to movies that they might like using taste-based recommendation algorithms and
human social recommendations. Analyses key elements of Indian movies (e.g. typical story lines, mood, music)
and creates hashtags to aid discovery by uncovering hidden relationships among movies. Also provides
aggregated critic reviews, ratings, trailers and custom-written synopsis etc. and allows users to send personalized
recommendations to their social circle. Aims to perform advanced analytics on the underlying data for
stakeholders to identify and target local KOLs, provide detailed insights on user feedback, identify new geographic
opportunities, online focus screenings etc. Founding team are alumni of Cambridge University, Georgia Tech and
UC Davis.
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BollyHollyMedia [Mumbai, 2014]:BollyHollyMedia runs a digital portal that publishes content related to
Bollywood and Hollywood gossip, news, analysis, etc. It also runs a store at store.bollyholly.net that sells movie
merchandise and collectibles.
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Mirab[Bangalore, 2015]:Mirabaggregates Indian movie reviews from various reviewing sites like Bollywood
Hungama, etc. and puts them together for a single movie on a single page. It also plans to facilitate online ticket
booking for movie shows at various cinema theatersin India.
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Filmy Filmy[Mumbai, 2015]:Filmy Filmyis an Indian entertainment news and gossip portal. The portal
publishes news related to latest movies, box office collection results, press releases, movie trailers, events,
celebrity gossip, downloadable content like photos, etc.
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Marketing
Banyan NetFaqs[Noida, 2000]:Afaqs! (which stands for Agency Frequently asked questions) is a digital content
publisher. The content is mostly niche news related to all types of marketing and advertising media companies. It
is a brand of Banyan NetFaqsPvt.Ltd. which is engaged in online publishing, online classified, online networking,
print publishing, tech solutions, etc.
$3M SeedFund
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Marketing
Indiantelevision.com [Mumbai, 2000]:IndiaTelevision.com is a digital news content portal targeted at media
professionals, cable TV operators, media advertisers, etc. The content mostly deals with the activity in the Indian
broadcast television market and updates from the media and entertainment industry. It also operates 2 other
portals Tellychakkar.com which publishes content related to Indian tele series and celebrities,
AnimationExpress.com which publishes news content related to the animation and VFX industry and
RadioandMusic.com which publishes content related to the radio broadcast industry. Apart, the company also
publishes many newsletters.
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Marketing
Exchange4Media [Noida, 2000]:Exchange4Media publishes digital news and opinionated content on activities
in the Indian marketing, media and advertising industry. The group also publishes magazines viz., Pitch, Impact,
Franchise Plus and Realty Plus targeting niche audience in the industry. The company claims the digital portal
reaches 60000 industry professionals per day. It has 5 offices based one each in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata,
Bengaluru and Chennai.
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Marketing
BestMediaInfo[Mumbai, 2009]:Best Media Info is a digital news portal that publishes news and opinion articles
covering the marketing, advertising and the media industries. As of July 2015, it appears to be monetizing through
advertisements.
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Mediavataar[Pune, 2011]:Meidavataaris a digital news portal operated by SinValMedia Communications Pvt.
Ltd. It publishes news and opinion articles by noted personalities from the marketing, media, advertising and PR
industries. The target audience is working professionals from these industries and the marketing enthusiasts. It
also publishes interviews and lists relevant events. Currently looks like monetizing through advertisements put at
strategic locations on the page.
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Marketing
Digital Insights [Pune, 2013]:Digital Insights is a niche digital portal (sort of blog) that publishes news and
opinion content related to social media marketing and digital media innovations. As of July 2015, it has a team
size of 13, including the editorial team. It also allows readers to contribute their own articles.
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Marketing
TelevisionPost(Indian Media Biz) [Mumbai, 2013]:Television Post (Indian Media Biz Pvt.Ltd.) is an online
portal where news content related to activity in the media and entertainment sector is published. Content related
to company information from historical perspective and stock market news along with a satellite tracker is
published. The content is available in English and Hindi languages. The portal also has a facility to enable users
to compare DTH and cable TV packages.
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Mosaic Media Ventures [Noida, 2005]:Mosaic Media Ventures Pvt.Ltd. (VCCircleNetwork) runs niche news
content portals VCCircle.com, Techcircle.in, VCCEdge, etc. It publishes news related to venture capital, private
equity, M&A and other investment activity in India and emerging ventures. The company also has a conference
division conducting conferences across industry verticals and themes. The network has conducted about 100
conferences in the last seven years hosting over 15,000 delegates and 1,500 speakers.
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EagleEyeResearch & Media [Mumbai, 2008]:Eagle Eye Research and Media Pvt.Ltd. runs a digital portal
dealcurry.com that publishes news articles related to startup/company growth, IPOs, private equity/venture capital
investment activity, mergers and acquisitions, etc. It has recently started a DataBoardthat contains all the above
information/numbers and statistics data categorized according to industrial sectors, region, etc.
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Yourstory[Bangalore, 2008]:YourStory.com is a digital portal that publishes news content related to Indian
startups, interviews with startupfounders and other entrepreneurial and investment activity. It claims to have
profiled 14000 entrepreneurs, provided business networking opportunity to 50000 entrepreneurs and is accessed
by 3M niche readers from India and worldwide. Also has a job listing platformfor startups.
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MediaNama[Delhi, 2008]:MediaNamapublishes news & analysis content for Telecom, Internet, Media and
Gaming market in India. Founded by journalist Nikhil Pahwa, MediaNamagives an independent perspective on
the convergence of Media and Telecom for decision-making executives within India, and those looking to invest in
India’s emerging Telecom and Media market.
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NextBigWhat[Bangalore, 2009]:Started as Pluggd.in, NextBigWhatis a digital platform that publihesnews and
investment activity content related to Technology startupswith a focus on Online/Digital startups, Consumer Tech,
Internet of Things (IoT) and news from the world of Tech life and design. It organises Unpluggd, an annual startup
conference currently in its 9th edition
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iamWire[Gurgaon, 2011]:IamWireis a digital niche content publisher. The content is news related to business,
technology and culture. It aims to connect the dots in the digital ecosystem by presenting how Business
movements and Technological innovations are shaping the Culture across the globe. The company also acts as a
startuplaunch/feature platform through its "submit your startup" initiative and claims to have featured over 1500
startups.
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Inc42 Media [Delhi, 2013]:Inc42 publishes a digital magazine that caters to niche news content related to
featured startups, startupactivity news, entrepreneurial statistics, technology and updates. It also plans to develop
a platform for aspiring entrepreneurs to interact and form a community.
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The Startup Journal [Bhubaneswar, 2014]:The Startup Journal is a digital platform that publishes news related
to startup activity in India and covers stories on early stage startups. It allows startups to list internship
opportunities on its platform. Also allows budding entrepreneurs and readers to submit a startup to be covered.
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Startups
Techstory[Pune, 2014]:TechStoryruns a digital portal that publishes news and analysis/opinion content related
to early stage business ventures, entrepreneurs and the modern technology space. It aims to establish a platform
for resource exchange between the investors, existing entrepreneurs and budding entrepreneurs.
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Chatterpillar [Bangalore, 2014]:Chatterpillar is a digital monthly magazine from Carma venture services Pvt.
Ltd. It publishes stories on startup founders and their entrepreneurial journey. It plans to create a community of
aspiring entrepreneurs and create an inventory of startup journey content that can act as a DIY manual for them to
build a business around their ideas. The first issue was out in September 2014.
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Women
Glamrs[Mumbai, 2012]:Web based platform offering curated content related to beauty including reviews, expert
tips, ratings, how-to videos and demos created by beauty experts. The platform offers content across genres like
beauty, health and style as well as experts that provide advice. The company also partners with brands to create
native content and engaging digital campaigns. Received a response of 3M page views in the first month after
launch and 500k+ unique users. Crossed 480k likes on Facebook as of Oct 2014. 8M views and 72k subscribers
as of June 2015. Founder earlier co-founded Cleartrip.
$1M Blume Ventures
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Content for
Women
StyleCraze[Hyderabad, 2011]:StyleCrazeis an online site that provides information on beauty and wellness for
Indian women. Members get access to articles, blog posts and reviews on beauty products and advice written by
experts and beauty bloggers. The company provides latest trend updates, makeup and beauty advice, eye
makeup or lip makeup tutorials, nail art tutorials, and hairstyle tutorials; advice on common issues, such as acne,
dandruff, hair fall; and tips and tricks on makeup, skin care, hair care, hairstyles, health, and fitness. The company
also operates momjunction.com, along with a fast growing Youtubechannel. Claims to have over 12M monthly
visitors. Has an Android app. The parent company, IncNutDigital was reportedly raising Rs25 Cr ($4M) in its first
round of funding as of May 2015.
Ventureast
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Women
Menstrupedia[Ahmedabad, 2012]:Menstrupediais a resourceful guide about menstruation which helps girls
and women to stay healthy and active during their menstruation. Along with the web based comic series to
understand menstruation & puberty for girls, it offers quick guide in the form of articles to understand hygiene &
debunk myths associated with it. Users can even ask queries related to the subject on the platform.
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Sports
Sportskeeda(Absolute Sports) [Bangalore, 2010]:Sportskeeda(Absolute Sports Pvt.Ltd.) is a digital
publisher of sports news and analysis and opinionated articles aggregated from 200 sports enthusiast
writers/bloggers who also form the members of the Sportskeedacommunity. The company claims to be
publishing content on 50+sports with a reach to 2.5M readers. The company has raised 2 rounds of seed funding.
$1.2M SeedFund
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Sports
Cricbuzz[Bangalore, 2004]:A cricket news website that started as the provider of ball-by-ball commentary for
every major cricket match. Apart from commentary it also publishes statistics, analysis, photos, videos and news
related to cricket and covers matches worldwide. It was acquired by Times Internet (Bennett, Coleman & Co.) in
Nov, 2014 for an undisclosed amount.
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Sports
The Players Diary [Delhi, 2015]:The Players Diary is a digital platform planning to publish stories in first person
perspective from day-to-day activities of sports players. Not yet launched, as of July, 2015.
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News
ManasInformatics [Mohali, 2007]:ManasInformatics Pvt.Ltd. is a niche content publishing company that
produces news content related to business, stock markets, forex, BFSI activity and updates on the portal
topnews.in. It also has a section -Analyst view, where professional market analysts' recommendations on
investments are given. It also had a print edition for the magazine Top News which has been discontinued. The
company raised seed funding in 2008.
$0.2M
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The Better India [Bangalore, 2008]:The Better India is an online news website providing positive news from
across India. Content includes narratives of unsung heroes, change makers, innovations, educators, women
empowerment, etc. Has over 100 writers from across the country, with over 500,000 visitors on its website every
month as of March 2015. Raised INR 1 crore in funding from InetllecapImpact Investment Network (I3N).
Mohandas Pai, Former CFO of Infosys has also invested an undisclosed amount.
$0.2M
Intellecap Impact Investment
Network
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News
LittleBlackBookDelhi(IluminarMedia) [Delhi, 2013]:IluminarMedia Pvt. Ltd. operates the digital portal
LittleBlackBookDelhiwhere digital curated content related to Delhi's and Gurgaon's local culture, lifestyle, food
review, events, etc. is published. It also organizes 2 events a month that include food workshops, etc. The
company raised seed funding from a group of angel investors including Google India's RajanAnandan, Outbox
Ventures'sNirajSingh, MakeMyTripco-founder SachinBhatia, Singapore Angel Network and VadehraArt
Gallery’s AseemVadehra.
$0.2M Singapore Angel Network
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News
Newslaundry[Delhi, 2011]:Newslaundryis a venture by India Today's founding editor MadhuTrehanand 3
other associates which publishes content that is critical of and mirrors the mainstream media in India. It also
publishes alternate views, op-ed articles on current affairs and gives information regarding the mass media
groups in India. It also produces talk shows.
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News
NitiCentral [Bangalore, 2012]:NitiCentral is a digital news platform operated by NitiDigital. It publishes news,
analysis and opinionated content covering Indian current affairs, politics, business, and other verticals. The
company claims that it takes Right of the Centereditorial line compared to the contemporary Left leaning
mainstream media.
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News
The Indian Economist [Delhi, 2013]:The Indian Economist is an Indian online magazine that publishes news
and opinion articles on business, economy, policy, politics, culture, foreign affairs, etc. It has noted professionals
from respective backgrounds authoring the relevant articles. It also has a section "For the curious Mind" where
content that is unique and not seen before is shared in the form of a forum. It was rated no.1 blog in Policy and
Economics by IndiBloggerin 2014.
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AchhiKhabre[Chennai, 2014]:AchhiKhabreis a crowd sourced e-newspaper which brings positive news and
stories of all the inspiring people, organizations, events and things around you that make the world a better place.
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News
Factly[Hyderabad, 2014]:Factlyprovides news content on Indian politics, business, lifestyle, etc. Sources
information from publicly available sources (like different government websites) and from responses to RTI (Right
to Information) applications. Accepts contributions from people on its site.
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News
Indians News [Hyderabad, 2014]:Indians News is a digital news portal that publishes news across categories
like business, entertainment, technology, politics, lifestyle and events. The news is sourced from mainstream
media portals and is made concise removing all the storytelling part. It is then broken into 3 points to make it
easily understandable.
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News –Social
WittyFeed[Indore, 2014]:WittyFeedis a platform where users can share small stories and articles. The content
can be related to various verticals like photography, humour, social media trends, etc. and is presented in the new
media style. The company has a trending section where the most read articles are presented. Claims to have 8M
monthly unique visitors and 20M monthly page views.
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News
SocialReach(Sunmarg) [Ahmedabad, 2014]:SocialReachis a digital news content aggregator. The content is
aggregated from contributors, other mass media sources and also through syndication. The content is related to
general news, entertainment, sports, politics, technology and social media trends. It is operated by Sunmarg
Media which is a part of SunmargFoundation.
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The News Minute [Bangalore, 2014]:The News Minute runs a digital platform which publishes news articles that
are produced by aggregating information from various media outlets and syndication services. It also has
freelance journalists and analysts writing opinionated articles for it. The portal is currently in beta stage. Founded
by ex-UN correspondent ChitraSubramaniam.
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LocalPress[Mumbai, 2015]:Building a mobile app that will provide users with crowd sourced local news and
events based on their location. Users can report as well as validate local news. Users providing accurate reports
earn a positive trust score and can become trusted source in their neighbourhood. Not yet launched as on May
2015.
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News
Citispotter[Indore, 2015]:CitiSpotteris a citizen journalism platform for instant news content crowdsourced from
the users, who can share it instantly on the platform. The news should be limited to 140 words. Based on users'
verification votes, the news gets point to scale upwards or downwards. Yet to launch publicly, is available on
email invitation. Claims to have garnered 20000 members on Facebook.
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News
The Wire [Delhi, 2015]:The Wire is a digital news media platform which publishes news and opinion articles
taking the alternative path as compared to the traditional and mainstream news. Founded by noted journalists
SiddharthVaradarajanand SidharthBhatia. The platform has blogs which cover domains including politics,
economy, science, law and culture.
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News
Nearfox[Mumbai, 2015]:Nearfox(Formerly Zipnews) is an online media company started by IIT Bombay alumni
helping people to know their neighbourhood by giving them the required information on latest news, stories,
events and things happening around a locality. Operates from Mumbai as of June 2015 and plans to launch an
app for mobile.
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SiliconIndia(InfoconnectWeb Technologies) [Bangalore, 1997]:SiliconIndia(InfoconnectWeb Technologies
Pvt.Ltd.) is an online portal that publishes niche news related to business and technology. It earlier started as a
print magazine in 1997 in New York, but now functions out of Bangalore as a digital only platform. The company
also provides a platform for a community of user generated and expert curated content. It claims to have a
network of 5M Indian working professionals in its community.
SRI Capital
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TelecomTiger[Delhi, 2005]:TelecomTigeris a digital portal that publishes news content covering the telecom
sector and therein the mobile technology, internet & cyber security verticals. It is operated by AT Data Process
Pvt.Ltd.
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iGyaanNetworks [Delhi, 2010]:iGyaanNetworks runs digital portal iGyaan.in that was launched as a gadget
review blog in 2010. Since then it has diversified into Tech and social media news content. The primary activity of
the portal though remains to review gadgets like mobiles, tablets, etc. and publishing digitally (text on portal and
video reviews on Youtube). Apart, it also operatersAutoGyaan(auto news) and TrendPolice(New Media) portals.
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All Things Apple [Pune, 2012]:All Things Apple is a digital portal (sort of blog) which publishes content
including news, reviews and insights on Apple Inc.'s products, software and ecosystem. Before deciding the
content the team browses through other sources and identifies trends which might be appealing to the users in
India. As of July 2015, the site lists 3 authors.
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ScrollStory[Bhubaneswar, 2013]:ScrollStoryis an online platform which publishes articles on analysis of
trending stories, reviews of products & services, life hacks, tutorials and guides, technology and lots of
miscellaneous stuffs.
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BlueBoxMedia [Jaipur, 2014]:BlueboxMedia is a digital media company which has established online
blogs/portals like The Tech Portal, SpringTide, Gadget Centre, Finance Online, etc. which publish news, opinion,
leisure related content. In 2014, it raised angel funding from Rajasthan Angel Network.
Rajasthan Angel Investor Network
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Leisure
Luxurylaunches[Mumbai, 2006]:LuxuryLaunchesis a luxury lifestyle website providing curated content on art,
gastronomy, gadgets, travel, cars, fashion, watches etc. Provides reviews for luxury items. Featured on
"Technorati" as one of the top 100 lifestyle blogs. Claims to have published over 16,000 posts as of August, 2015.
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Leisure
LuxuryFacts[Delhi, 2010]:LuxuryFactsis an online luxury magazine which publishes content on luxury
launches, premier indulgences and the means to get them, but doesn't facilitate the sale themselves. Currently
focuses on the Indian market besides some update from around the globe. The target audience is millionaires and
self made rich professionals apart from the aspiring ones. Readers can look at their intended purchases and
gauge their pros and cons before actually buying the product. Users can also register to get the latest updates on
categories across wines, wearables, accessories, travel, etc. Currently free, the magazine has plans for paid
subscriptions in future. It claims to have a team of 30 professional contributors residing across the globe.
Alternative -
Leisure
TinpaharCulture [Kolkata, 2012]:Tinpaharis a digital magazine that publishes cultural content like poems,
short stories and scholarly articles on topics like photography or cinema. The articles are sourced from
contributors attached to the magazine and are not crowdsourced. The first issue was launched in September
2012 and as of July 2015, has thirteen issues. The magazine frequency is bi-monthly and it doesn't have any print
edition. The content is available in English and Bengali mediums.
Alternative -
Auto
WheelsUnplugged[Bangalore, 2007]:WheelsUnpluggedis a digital portal that publishes news content related
to the auto industry. The content includes latest auto launches, vehicle reviews, expo live coverages, interviews
with experts from the industry etc. Founded as an independent portal, it was acquired by TrivoneDigital Services
in 2011.
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Content for Men
MensXP[Gurgaon, 2007]:MensXP.com is an online lifestyle content portal for Indian men. Features content
across segments like health, relationships, fashion, technology, money etc. MensXP'sparent company, Xpert
Media, raised a round of angel funding in September 2008. Acquired by Times Internet Ltd, the digital media arm
of the Times Group, for an undisclosed amount in Nov, 2012. Post acquisition, Times Internet merged the site
Guylife.com, a portal already owned by Indiatimes, with MensXP.
Alternative -
Healthcare
mDhilNetworks [Bangalore, 2009]:mDhilcreates and distributes basic healthcare information for the Indian
user via text messaging, web, and online video. Core topics include reproductive health, family planning,
diabetes, women's health, exercise, diet & nutrition. Its partners include leading online companies, mobile
carriers, consumer goods companies and pharmaceutical manufacturers.
Alternative -
Healthcare
The India Medical Times [Delhi, 2011]:The India Medical Times is a digital news portal operated by AlaTimes
Media. It publishes news articles, opinion, research and insights related to medicine and healthcare and the
primary audience is doctors, Heads of departments/Deans of Medical colleges, hospital management, policy
makers, etc.
Alternative -
Healthcare
Homeveda[Mumbai, 2011]:HomevedaMedia Labs offers an online platform that provides instructional videos
for common health conditions. Its content platform covers home remedies for chronic health conditions, beauty &
wellness, children's health and parenting. The natural home remedies and other useful information including the
symptoms, causes and prevention tips for all ailments are presented in short 2-3 min videos. It raised an
undisclosed amount of funding from Blume Ventures.
Blume Ventures
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Parenting
Zen Parent [Bangalore, 2014]:Zen Parent is an online platform generating and curating content related to
parenting for kids with in 3-14 yrs. age. ZenParent’scontent is customised to suit 80-odd combinations of
characteristics like working parent + mother or stay-at-home dads etc. Planning to launch a mobile app too. Plans
to monetise its product through value-added services to customers and child care providers. ZenParenthopes to
reach over 1M users by April 2016.
$0.5M
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Parenting
MomJunction[Hyderabad, 2014]:MomJunctionis an online content site for parenting. Publishes content in
various categories like pregnancy, baby care, development, safety, health, behaviour and education of toddlers,
pre-teens and early teens. Also features content aimed at new parents, single parents, and adoptions. Claims that
all posts on the website go through rigorous checks by experienced editors. As of May 2015, the site claims to
have 2M unique visitors with over 60 per cent of the traffic from the US, the UK, Canada and Singapore. Has
approx. 40k likes on Facebook. The parent company, IncNutDigital was reportedly raising Rs25 Cr ($4M) in its
first round of funding as of May 2015.
Ventureast
Alternative -
Social Impact
SaddaHaq[Hyderabad, 2012]:SaddaHaqis a social eco-system with focus on Indian current affairs. Through its
Social Journalism model, SaddaHaqhelps build micro-communities around news topics and issues. Within these
community spaces, users can read latest news, publish their stories/opinions/analyses about issues and service
providers can engage these users through tailored applications and campaigns. The context-driven social news
platform helps users discover, join and engage with communities that suit them the most. Offers web apps on the
platform for execution of social events, petitions app to launch and support causes and a Q&A forum called
Townhall. Promoted by VivenInfomedia.
Alternative
Oijo Media [Mumbai, 2012]:Oijo Media is a digital media company with interests across alternative media
verticals including cinema/entertainment, music, politics, etc. The company has created digital media assets that
include BalconyTV for independent music, The Big Indian Picture -a digital magazine on cinema, etc. The
planned asset includes Political Magazine, an alternative opinion magazine on politics.
Trak.in [Pune, 2007]:Trak.in is a digital portal operated by ArmoksInteractive. Started as a blog in 2007, it is
now a multi-authored news site with coverage across business and technology verticals including internet, mobile,
telecom and startups. Currently appears to be monetizing through on page ads.
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News
Aggregator -
Curated
InShorts[Delhi, 2013]:InShorts, rebranded from Newsinshortsis a mobile app which publishes crisp content
within 60 words. Expanded from providing news in text format to videos, infographics, podcasts and blogs and
enable content discovery on a wide range of topics including Opinion, Analysis, Lifestyle, Personal Finance, and
Career. Manually curated and written content. 10K+ downloads in first three months. TLabsgraduate. Available
for Android and iOS, downloaded over 100k times as of Feb 2015, with 10k downloads per week. Received
funding from Tiger Global, RebrightPartners, Times Internet, Flipkart founders and AnkushNijhawan, Gaurav
Bhatnagarand Manish Dhingra. Valued at $90-100M after the latest series B round of funding.
$24M
Times Internet, TLabs, Tiger
Global, Rebright Partners
News
Aggregator -
Curated
TechNewsLite[Mumbai, 2015]:TechNewsLitecurates tech and startupnews, reduces it to a 70 word long
concise form and sends weekly email digests of the same to its subscribers. Aggregates news from social media
and news portals.
News
Aggregator -
Curated
NewsBytes[Gurgaon, 2015]:NewsBytesis a news aggregator app providing concise and contextual news to
readers. Enhances readability by images and bullet points. Lets users dig in further to read the whole contextual
ConnectLine. Has an intelligent back-end engine and editorial team who work in tandem to provide concise and
contextual news along with logic-driven sentiments.
News
Aggregator -
Curated
Way2News [Hyderabad, 2015]:Way2News is a mobile app offering short and crisp news summaries. Has a
team of editors summarizing news in 400 character from various sources in local Indian languages. Also has an
internal news bureau. Available in English, Hindi and Telugu as on August 2015. Planning to add 8 other local
languages in next 1 month. Part of Way2Online group. Currently available for Android platform, has plans to
introduce on iOS soon.
News
Aggregator -
Curated
NewsToss[Pune, 2015]:NewsTossis a digital platform (an epaperof sort) where authors publish short news
articles based on the news sourced from mainstream media portals, which the company claims expunges all the
hullabaloo and presents only the news that is to the point. One article at a time is presented in a way that it
appears as if it is tossed to the reader. The company has launched an Android app which is in beta and is
planning an iOS app too.
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Algorithmic
Veooz[Hyderabad, 2011]:Veoozis a mobile news app which sources news from local/global media, blogs and
social media sources using patented algorithms. Earlier used to be social media search & analytics tool, pivoted
to new model and launched in Aug 2015. Provides real-time content for 40 countries, 2000 cities, 100k topics
across 10 languages (Aug 2015). Available for Android and iOS devices. Selects relevant stories using heuristics
based on news and social signals. Users can select headlines only, quick summaries or full story mode for
viewing news.
News
Aggregator -
Algorithmic
NewsBrewer[Rajkot, 2015]:NewsBrewerworks on an algorithm which generates highlights of news content
sourced from various renowned sources. Also figures out related topics and terms to each news. Launching
mobile app soon.
News
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Topics &
Timelines
Pipes News [Mumbai, 2014]:Mobile app to help users find and follow any topic. Provides feeds of popular
articles on the subject matter at hand, as well as tweets, and even the item’s Wikipedia page, for reference. Pipes’
backend crawls data from over 10,000 sources every hour. Backed by Doodle Creatives. Free download for both
iOS and Android. Has over one lakh users globally in 46 countries, with close to 95,000 of them from the Indian
sub-continent. Company has monetised it by leasing out its API ‘Toast’ to 3 clients.
News
Aggregator -
Topics &
Timelines
Current [Bangalore, 2015]:Current is an online search engine for news. Finds and curates text content from the
internet. Categorizes content into different sub-categories.
News
Aggregator -
Topics &
Timelines
Cruxtor[Delhi, 2015]:Cruxtoris an online news aggregator. Gives a timeline summary for every news in just 10-
15 headlines, helping users to see the past and track the future of any news. Previously known as StoryLine. IIM-
A, IIT-D founders.
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Aggregator -
Topics &
Timelines
Ella Labs [Bangalore, 2015]:Ella aggregates news articles from various mainstream media sources and
organises them into topics and provides the timeline of events supplemented with relevant information. Has a
chrome extension which enables users to get related articles. Yet to launch their product as of July 2015.
News
Aggregator
DailyHunt[Bangalore, 2010]:Dailyhunt(earlier NewsHunt) is a mobile application for news in regional
languages in India. It aggregates news from 100+ publications in over 12 languages. App available on J2ME,
Symbian, Blackberry, Android, iOS and Windows platform. Developed by EternoInfotech, acquired by Verse
Innovation in 2012, which is backed by Matrix Partners, Darby Investments and OmidyarNetworks. Has over 75M
downloads across all platforms (Feb 2015), 1.5B monthly page views. Also has an eBook marketplace for
publishers which has processed over 10M downloads by over 2M users (40% paid users). It ‘acqui-hired’ analytics
and mobile platform company Vauntzin Mar 2015 and acquired price comparison and product discovery portal
Buytin July 2015.
$58M
Falcon Edge Capital, Sequoia
Capital, Matrix Partners, Omidyar
Network, Darby Technology
Ventures
News
Aggregator
Plash Digital Labs [Bangalore, 2012]:Plash is a personalized news aggregator delivering the latest news and
information from thousands of newspapers, blogs, and magazines. Presents news in a readable format. Enables
personalized content discovery with semantic analysis and proprietary algorithms. Available on cell phones,
tablets and other mobile devices. Launched at NextBigWhat'sbigMobilityConf2014.
$0.2M
News
Aggregator
CheckDeck[Ahmedabad, 2012]:CheckDeckallows users to discover personalized news based on user-defined
topics. Location based preference to news. Also provides personalized National and International Stories
sections. Allows following news sources including CNN, TechCrunch, WSJ, New York Times, Times of India.
Building android app. Currently in beta
News
Aggregator
Tenreads[Chennai, 2014]:Tenreadsis a web based platform where users can pick topics that they like and
discover curated content everyday on those interests. Users get the ten best results, selected by algorithms,
delivered through an email. Also available for mobile on Android and iOS (private beta). Started off as a product of
LikewyssTechnologies, but Likewyssdomain and name are now discontinued. Claims to have raised seed
funding.
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News
Aggregator
Newsforme[Ghaziabad, 2014]:Newsformeis an online news aggregator gathering articles from various news
dailies and social networking websites. gathers news across politics, science, business, entertainment and sports.
Also gathers trending photographs and videos online.
News
Aggregator
Awesummly[Bangalore, 2015]:Awesummlyis an automated interface which fetches news from different
sources and summarizes them in less than 5-6 sentences and displays the summary in the news listing. Revenue
through ads and an API for providing summaries.
News
Aggregator
TheViralShots[Gurgaon, 2015]:TheViralShotsis a mobile app which curates top stories from multiple sources
and delivers them in a summarized, micro news format. Also delivers news in Hindi language. 100k+ downloads
on Play Store.
News
Aggregator
Voyage [Delhi, 2015]:Voyage is a news reading app. Provides content across various genres with a mix of facts
and opinion/research. Currently available in form of APK file. Looking for partner / content editors as of June
2015.
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Sub-segments of top level business model
SATELLITE
(using Satellite medium to broadcast)
RADIO
(using Radio medium, primarily FM,
to broadcast)
SERVICES
(providing broadcasting services
such as channel origination, playout,
etc.)
$26M
BROADCAST MEDIA
(using satellite and radio technologies
for broadcasting)
SERVICES
Amagi, PK Online
SATELLITE
NDTV, Sun TV
RADIO
Fever 104, Radio One
$133M
GENERAL ENTERTAINMENT
CHANNEL (GEC)
NEWS
MUSIC
SPORTS
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Satellite
AsianetNews Network [Trivandrum, 2008]:AsianetNews Network Pvt. Ltd. is a mass media company with a
focus on news broadcasting through satellite medium. Its flagship channels include AsianetNews in Malayalam
and SuvarnaTV in Kannada. It also runs a print edition of newspaper Kannada Prabha. IT also operates FM radio
station Best FM at 95MHz frequency in Kerala. Star TV India and Jupiter Capital hold a majority stake in Asianet.
Satellite
DaVinciLearning [Mumbai, 2015]:DaVinciLearning is a 50:50 joint venture (I&B approved) between DaVinci
Media (Germany) and Quintillion Media (India). It is a satellite broadcast television channel with content focus on
infotainment for kids in the age group of 5-12 years.
Satellite
Best Deal TV [Mumbai, 2015]:Best Deal TV is a satellite broadcast television channel that has teleshopping
shows with products endorsed by Indian celebrities. Started in March, 2015 by a consortium of Indian celebrities
including AkshayKumar, Raj Kundraand SonakshiSinha. The product range showcased on the TV includes
consumer goods ranging from jewellery and clothing to white home utilities. Customers can order products via
telephone to the number showcased during the shows. The channel is available on all platforms free-to-air and
claims to be targeting a revenue of INR 500 crore in FY15. It is also planning to raise a Private Equity funding of
uptoINR 100 crore.
Satellite -News
Associated Broadcasting Company [Hyderabad, 2004]:Associated Broadcasting Company Pvt.Ltd. is a
content producer and satellite broadcaster. It runs TV9 group of satellite TV channels which are in regional
languages such as Telugu, Marathi, Kannada, etc. Apart from the regional language news it also broadcasts TV1
which offers entertainment content. Initially iLabsand SAIF partners owned 80% (65+15) in the company.
$11.4M SAIF Partners
Satellite -News
Independent News Service [Noida, 1997]:Independent News Service Pvt.Ltd. is a producer of news content
and broadcaster through its satellite TV channel India TV. India TV is a 24x7 Hindi news channel run by the
company which was co-founded by RajatSharma and his wife RituDhawanin 2004. The company's broadcast
centre covers an area of 1,28,000 square feet. The company claims to reach an audience of 90M and has a
support staff of 500 including reporters and editors.
$11.3M Fuse Capital
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Satellite -News
Network18 Media and Investment [Noida, 1993]:Network 18 is a mass media company with interests in digital
media, satellite broadcast, motion pictures production, general entertainment content production, etc. Its
subsidiary TV18 has joint ventures with CNBC, CNN, Lokmatmedia, etc. through which it runs a bouquet of
television news channels like CNBC TV18 & Awaaz, CNN-IBN & IBN Lokmat, GEC(general entertainment
channels) like Colors, Nick, Music channels like MTV, VH1, etc. Its subsidiary Infomedia18 is into print media with
magazines like Overdrive, Better Photography, etc. The company also has a venture capital investment arm
Capital18 which has invested in many internet first as well as offline companies. In 2014, it was acquired by RIL
by converting previous loans granted to Network18 to equity.
$11M Nokia Growth Partners
Satellite -News
New Delhi Television [Delhi, 1989]:New Delhi Television (NDTV) Ltd is a production and broadcast company. It
produces news and leisure content and broadcasts through satellite TV channels NDTV 24x7, NDTV India, NDTV
Profit/Prime, NDTV Good Times, etc. NDTV 24x7 is its flagship English news channel, NDTV India is a Hindi
news channel, NDTV Profit/Prime is a business news and leisure channel and NDTV Good Times (in partnership
with Kingfisher (UB Group)) is an entertainment and leisure channel. It also maintains a digital news and
entertainment portal ndtv.com. NDTV raised $5M for its fashion e-retail venture IndianRoots(NDTV Ethnic Retail).
In August 2015, the company has raised an undisclosed amount of funding at a valuation of $80M for its gadgets
ecommerce marketplace venture Gadgets 360 and its auto news venture Fifth Gear Auto from a coterie of
investors that includes InflexionPoint.
Satellite -News
TV Today Network [Delhi, 2000]:TV Today Network is broadcast media company that operates satellite TV
News channels AajTak(Hindi), Tez(Hindi), Headlines Today (English), etc. The company is a part of the mass
media -India Today group.
Satellite -News
ABP News Network [Noida, 2003]:ABP News Network is the broadcasting arm of the ABP Group. It broadcasts
3 24x7 satellite TV news channels in Hindi, Marathi and Bengali languages. The Hindi news channel broadcasts
live national news while the other two channels focus on regional news of Maharashtra and West Bengal. This
business was acquired from Media Content and Communications India Pvt Ltd which was a JV between ABP and
Star India.
Satellite -News
F7 Broadcast [Noida, 2004]:F7 Broadcast Pvt. Ltd. produces news content and broadcasts 5 satellite Television
channels Focus News, Focus Haryana, Focus Bangla, Focus Odisha, Focus NE and an entertainment channel
Focus Hi Fi, which are in Hindi, Oriya, Bengali and Assamese languages. It also broadcasts FM radio channels in
Northeast India. It also webcasts its channels on Youtubeand maintains digital news portal.
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Satellite -News
Zee Media Corporation [Noida, 2004]:Zee Media Corporation Ltd. is a news content production and broadcast
company. It operates its flagship Hindi news channel Zee News. Apart from that it also operates regional
language news channels Zee 24 Taas(Marathi), Zee Punjab-Haryana, Zee 24 Gantalu(Telugu), etc. It also
syndicates content to the international broadcasting business of Zee in USA, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia
Pacific.
Satellite -News
Sahara Samay[Noida, 2007]:Sahara Samayis a news channel broadcast by Sahara India Group. The channel
is also streamed live over the internet and samaylive.com is the digital news portal where latest news across all
the categories including politics, business, sports and entertainment is published. The company also has regional
bulletin news channels for coverage on specific states in India.
Satellite -News
ITV Network (India News) [Noida, 2008]:Indian Television Group (ITV Network) operates and broadcasts
satellite television news channel India News in Hindi language. The company broadcasts separate channels for
national news coverage and state coverage for Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana under the
same brand India News. Apart, it also broadcasts English news channel NewsX(which it acquired in 2012) . It
also publishes broadsheet daily newspapers AajSamaaj(Hindi) and broadsheet weekly The Sunday Guardian
(English). InKhabar.com is a digital news portal operated by the same company that provides news content
covering the Indian geography.
Satellite -News
NewsX(INX News Private Limited) [Noida, 2008]:NewsXis an Indian English satellite television news channel
operated and broadcast by Information Television Group (ITV Network). The channel, earlier a part of INX Media
was acquired by ITV in 2012. The news channel covers news and daily affairs from India and also from the world.
The company also operates a Hindi news channel India News and publishes a weekly English newspaper The
Sunday Guardian in Delhi.
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MauryaTV [Patna, 2010]:MauryaTV Pvt. Ltd. founded in 2010 by Prakash Jha, broadcasts a Hindi satellite TV
news channel focusing on news from Bihar and Jharkhand. The company was acquired by Zee Media which
enabled it to enter the market in Bihar and Jharkhand.
Satellite -News
NewsNationNetwork [Noida, 2010]:News Nation Network Pvt.Ltd. is media broadcasting company that
operates News Nation, a live 24x7 Hindi language news channel. It is a free to air channel. It also webcasts the
channel through its internet portal and also publishes digital news content on it.
Satellite -News
News18 [Delhi, 2013]:News18.com is a digital platform which publishes news in English and Hindi languages
and covers the states of UP, MP, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttarakhand. It is operated by
Network18 Group. In 2013, it had acquired the Hindi news channels from the ETV Network for the above states in
a INR 2053 crore deal. These channels are the source of the news that is published on News18.com.
Satellite -News
Kalinga Media & Entertainment [Bhubaneshwar, 2015]:Kalinga Media & Entertainment Ltd. plans to operate a
satellite news channel KalingaTVwhich focuses on activities in Orissa in particular and India in general. As of
April 2015, the company had obtained broadcasting rights from the Ministry of Information and Broadcast of India.
The medium of the news channel will be in Oriya. It plans to target a revenue of INR 150M in the first year of
operation.
Satellite -GEC
Sun TV Network [Chennai, 1993]:Sun TV Network is a mass media company that owns around 33 satellite
television channels. It produces and broadcasts content which is predominantly in South Indian regional
languages. Its channels are available across 27 countries and claims reach to 95M households in India. It also
has FM radio stations and DTH cable network in India. NalandaCapital which had invested $22M in 2008 for
2.22% stake sold 2% stake in 2010 for INR 286 crore.
$22M
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Satellite -GEC
Sun Group [Chennai, 1985]:Sun Group is a mass media company that owns around 33 satellite broadcast
television channels, 45 FM radio broadcast channels, a DTH distribution network, a newspaper "Dinakaran"
(claims circulation of 1.4M copies), and 5 magazines (print). It produces and broadcasts content which is
predominantly in South Indian regional languages. Its channels are available across 27 countries and claims
reach to 95M households in India. Also has interests in sports (owns IPL franchise SunrisersHyderabad) and
motion pictures productions (Sun Pictures).
Satellite -GEC
EenaduTelevision [Hyderabad, 1991]:EenaduTelevision Pvt. Ltd. is a satellite broadcasting company that
operates a network of TV channels including ETV Telangana, ETV Andhra Pradesh, ETV Telugu and ETV USA.
These are general entertainment channels. It also uploads the content on YouTube. The company is a part of the
RamojiGroup. It also broadcasts Telugu news channel ETV 2, of which 24.5% stake was acquired by Network18
in 2013. The Network18 Media and Investment bought a part of the TV channel network that included the ETV
regional (non Telugu) news channels for the state of Bihar, UP, MP, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab & Chhattisgarh
in 2013 and the remaining channels (GECs) for Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Bangla & Odiyaetc. were
acquired by Viacom18 a JV between Viacom Inc. and Network18.
Satellite -GEC
ZEE Entertainment Enterprises [Mumbai, 1992]:Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. is a media and
entertainment company which engages in content production and satellite broadcast. It runs different types of
satellite TV channels including GECs(general entertainment channels) like Zee TV, Zee Marathi, Zee Telugu, etc.,
movie channels like Zee Cinema, Zee Classic, Zee Talkies, etc. It has penetration in multiple-languages and
multiple verticals of entertainment. It claims to own 1.2 lac hours of content and also claims a reach of 730M
viewers across 169 countries.
Satellite -GEC
BAG Films and Media [Noida, 1993]:BAG Films and Media Ltd. is a listed company. It engages in content
production and broadcast. It runs satellite TV channels News 24, a Hindi news channel and E24, a Hindi
entertainment and gossip channel. It also runs radio channel Dhamaal24 which is broadcast from 10 cities. It also
runs ISOMES, which is a media school in collaboration with Missouri School, USA.
Satellite -GEC
Raj Television Network [Chennai, 1994]:Raj Television Network Ltd is a public company that produces content
and broadcasts through its satellite TV channels. It currently operates 14 TV channels and claims to have
broadcast rights for 2000 films. Headquartered in its 75000 sqftoffice in Chennai, its TV channels cater to Tamil,
Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam languages and span across general entertainment, music, movies and news
verticals.
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Multi Screen Media [Mumbai, 1995]:Multi Screen Media Pvt.Ltd. is an entertainment company that broadcasts
satellite TV channels including Sony Entertainment Television, Set Max, Sony Pix, SAB, Sony Six, Sony Mix, etc.
which cater to general entertainment, movies music, live and recorded sports coverage, etc. It also produces
motion pictures and operates Sony Liv which is a digital broadcasting/webcasting platform for all of its content. It
had reported a revenue of $160M at the end of FY10. It is owned by US based Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Satellite -GEC
Sahara One Media and Entertainment [Delhi, 2000]:Sahara One Media and Entertainment is engaged in the
business of content production and broadcast and production of motion pictures. It broadcasts 3 satellite TV
channels viz. Sahara One (GEC), Filmy (movies) & Firangi(international GEC in Hindi). Sahara One Motion
Pictures is a film production arm of the company and has produced movies like No Entry, Wanted, EMI, etc. The
company also does film distribution covering areas of Mumbai , East Punjab, Mysore, etc.
Satellite -GEC
MAA Television Network [Hyderabad, 2001]:MaaTelevision Network Limited is a broadcasting company that
operates satellite TV channels like MaaTV ( GEC), MaaMusic, MaaGold and MaaMovies. The content medium
is in Telugu and the target audience is predominantly in the states of Andhra and Telangana. In Feb 2015, Star
India signed a deal (FIPB approved) for the acquisition of the broadcasting business of the company for INR 2500
crore.
Satellite -GEC
Viacom 18 Media [Mumbai, 2007]:Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd. is a 50/50 joint venture operation in India between
Viacom Inc. and the Network18 Group. It produces content and satellite broadcasts TV channels like MTV,
Colors, VH1, Comedy Central, Nick, Sonic, etc. It also has interests in motion pictures production and its
distribution. Viacom18 also runs Viacom's consumer products business in India and also a brand solutions
offering -Integrated Network Solutions (INS). In 2013, Viacom18 acquired the non-Hindi, non-Telugu GECs of the
ETV Network and rebranded them as Colors Marathi, Gujarati, Odiya, Bangla and Kannada. As of July 2015, it
was planning to launch an English channel Colors Infinity in both SD and HD.
Satellite -GEC
SarthakEntertainment [Cuttack, 2008]:SarthakEntertainment Pvt.Ltd. operates SarthakTV, an Odia language
general entertainment TV channel broadcast through satellite and mainly focusing on content as well as audience
from Orissa. The company was acquired by Zee Entertainment Enterprises for INR 115 crore. The company is
also involved in music production, recording and distribution. It claims to have released 400 audio and 300 video
albums till date.
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Epic Television Networks [Mumbai, 2012]:Epic Television Network Pvt. Ltd. runs Epic TV which is a general
entertainment television channel, broadcast both in SD and HD. Its shows focus on Indian mythology, general
entertainment shows based on fiction/non-fiction, folklore stories and travel. The company produces shows and
broadcasts. In 2013, it raised funds through PE by offloading stake to MukeshAmbani, AnandMahindra, et al.
Satellite -Sports
Neo Sports Broadcast [Mumbai, 2006]:Neo Sports Broadcast Pvt.Ltd owns and operates two sports satellite
television channels -NEO Prime and NEO Sports. The network offers sports coverage on live, recorded and
edited events of Cricket, Football, Tennis, Golf, Badminton, Hockey and Mixed Martial Arts, etc. Some of the
signature events it covered include Asia Cup Cricket, German Bundesliga, French Open Tennis, ITF Davis Cup
and Fed Cup, US PGA TOUR Golf, BWF Super Series, World Series Hockey, etc.
$51.7MOman Investment Fund, 3i Group
Satellite -Music
Perfect Octave Media Projects [Mumbai, 1991]:Perfect Octave Media Projects is a production and broadcast
based company. It runs a satellite broadcast television channel called INSYNC, which focuses on niche content
like classical music. It also releases classical music albums in digital and CD formats. It was acquired by New
Bombay Printing & Dyeing Mills in 2010 and change the entire company's name to Perfect Octave Media
Projects.
Satellite -Music
9X Media [Mumbai, 2006]:9X Media Pvt. Ltd. is a production and broadcast based entertainment company. It
owns satellite TV channels 9XM, 9X Jhakaas, 9X Tashan, 9X Jalwa, 9X O. These channels play English,
Bollywood and regional movies' music videos and also solo music videos and other entertainment content
produced by the company.
New Silk Route
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Next Mediaworks[Mumbai, 1989]:Next MediaworksLtd. is a listed company. It was earlier Mid-Day Multimedia
Ltd. which runs the English daily tabloid Mid-Day. The print business was sold to JagranPrakashanin a share
swap deal with a ratio of 2:7. Next MediaworksLtd. is now into production and broadcast through its FM radio
channel Radio One which is a joint venture with BBC Worldwide. As of June 2015, Rakesh Jhunjhunwalawas
said to be investing close to INR 105 crore through a mix of debt and equity financing.
Radio
Music Broadcast [Mumbai, 2001]:Music Broadcast Pvt.Ltd. runs Radio City (FM) radio channels which are
broadcast in 20 cities in India at 91.1 MHz frequency. The company claims leadership position in FM radio
channels for Mumbai and Bengaluru markets. The company also broadcasts digital radio channels for various
Indian and international genres through its portal planetradiocity.com. The company was recently acquired by
JagranPrakashan. Music Broadcast had a revenue base of Rs161.8 crore in 2013-14.
Radio
Entertainment Network India [Mumbai, 2001]:Entertainment Network (India) Ltd. is a subsidiary of Times
Infotainment Media Ltd. and operates in the radio broadcasting segment, out-of-home media segment and
experiential marketing segment. It operates Radio Mirchi, FM radio channel with 32 stations spread across 14
states in India. It claims that Radio Mirchigarners 41M listeners across India. Its subsidiary Alternate Brand
Solutions Ltd. operates the experiential marketing, 360 degrees and out-of-home marketing and has its own
brands such as Spell Bee, Gadget Awards, Design Warzand Teen Diva. It raised $44.1Mthrough IPO in 2005.
Radio
Digital Radio Broadcasting (Delhi) [Mumbai, 2002]:Digital Radio Broadcasting (Delhi) Ltd. runs Red FM which
is an FM radio channel that is broadcast in 40 cities across India. The company is co-owned by the Sun Group
which own 48.9% (bought from Living Media in 2007) stake while the remaining is owned by a consortium of
ValueLabs, NDTV & other minority holders. The content of the programs broadcast by stations is predominantly in
Hindi and some regional vernacular languages for those stations located in Southern India. In August, 2009 radio
channel S FM which had presence in 38 cities was rebranded as Red FM which was earlier broadcasting only in
Mumbai and Delhi after its acquisition by the Sun Group which originally owned S FM. S FM now runs 6 stations
in Tamil Nadu.
Radio
Hello FM [Chennai, 2005]:Hello FM is a radio channel run by Malar Publications group of Daily Thanthi. The FM
channel is broadcast in 6 cities in Tamil Nadu and the content is predominantly in Tamil language. The company
claims a reach to 30Mpeople in the state.
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HIT95FM (Clear Media) [Gurgaon, 2006]:HIT 95FM is a brand of Clear Media (India) Pvt.Ltd. It is an FM radio
broadcasting channel with programming and music completely in English. The channel therefore directly
competes with 94.3 Radio One.
Radio
Fever 104 FM (HT Media) [Delhi, 2006]:Fever 104 FM is a brand of HT Media Ltd., the mass media company
that publishes newspapers including Hindustan Times and Mint. It is a collaboration between HT Media and Virgin
Radio. It broadcasts FM radio channel in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata.
Radio
ChennaiLive[Chennai, 2006]:ChennaiLive104.8 FM is a radio station based in Chennai that broadcasts
information on local happenings, current affairs and issues related to the city. It also hosts talk shows and debates
pertaining to local leaders and issues. The channel also broadcasts urban music and the medium of
communication is in English.
Radio
Radio One [Mumbai, 2006]:Radio One is a joint venture between Next Mediaworksand BBC Worldwide. It
operates FM radio stations in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Pune, Ahmedabad and Chennai. It has recently modified
the stations in Mumbai and Delhi to international music with RJs speaking in English while the stations in other
cities are in Hindi and regional languages.
Radio
Friends 91.9FM [Kolkata, 2007]:91.9 Friends FM is an FM radio channel operated by the Ananda Bazaar
PatrikaGroup (ABP Pvt.Ltd.) which also publishes the broadsheet newspapers Ananda Bazar Patrika(Bengali)
and The Telegraph (English). The radio channel is currently operational in the city of Kolkata. The content is a mix
of Hindi, Bengali and English genres.
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Indigo 919 [Bangalore, 2007]:Indigo 91.9 is an FM channel broadcast in Bangalore and Goa at 91.9 MHz
frequency. It is an international music station with programming genres from rock/jazz to hip hop and 40s and the
medium being English.
Services
AmagiMedia Labs [Bangalore, 2008]:Amagipartners with TV networks, cable and DTH operators and enables
advertisers to show location targeted ads on National TV channels. Local advertisers can also buy ad spots.
Currently available for 10 channels in 100 cities in India. The company also offers TV networks channel
origination, cloud based content playout, media asset management and channel branding, subtitling, traffic and
scheduling services. Claims 2500+ advertisers using its platform. Raised series C in Jan 2015 from PremjiInvest,
the personal investment arm of Wipro Chairman Azim Premjiand existing investor Mayfield, plans to expand into
UK, Singapore, Japan and US.
$26M
Mayfield Fund, Ojas Venture
Partners, Nadathur Holdings
Services
Gensoft[Delhi, 2000]:GenSoftis engaged in providing rendering and broadcasting solutions to live media
companies. The services include 2D/3D animation, rotoscoping, non-linear editing, visual effects, audio post
production, fiber channel storage, net broadcasting and streaming solutions, news room services, etc. The
company also offers digital media asset management and archiving.
Services
SRSG Broadcast [Delhi, 2006]:SRSG Broadcast Pvt.Ltd. is a broadcast enabler. The company provides
services for production automation, play-out automation, news room automation, post production set up, SAN
storage, graphics system, digital asset management solution, archiving and encoding solution. It caters to end-to-
end needs of GECs, news and sports channels. It also provides for turnkey requirements like Studio set-up, CAR
room setup, MCR and PCR setup, etc. Clients include Times Television Network, NDTV, National Geographic,
etc.
Services
Beehive Systems [Noida, 1989]:Beehive Systems is a provider of broadcast software solutions. Beehive
Systems has developed solutions in the areas of automated data graphics, digital video systems, and custom
software solutions for broadcasters. Its products include Liveburst, TxLog, VidlinkMobile and WASP3D. WASP3D
is a networked workflow based interactive, real-time 3D graphics solution developed specifically for television
broadcasters who are looking at presenting their content in a rich and engaging way. Beehive Systems has over
400 installations at television stations across 40 countries globally. The company has a delivery centerin India,
with offices in Middle East and Europe.
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Kohinoor Broadcasting [Chandigarh, 1994]:Kohinoor Broadcasting Corporation Ltd. provides setting up of
production and satellite uplinkingand broadcasting infrastructure. It has set up an earth station in Punjab that is
capable of up-linking 8 TV channels. The company is also engaged in production of TV content including current
affairs, music, serialized drama and other entertainment programmes. The company is listed on BSE.
Services
EshaMedia Research [Mumbai, 1984]:EshaMedia Monitoring Company provides media monitoring services
for over 140 television channels. Its services include tracking a company and/or its product(s) and giving feedback
on content that is being circulated regarding the tracked products, its reputation, public sentiment, etc. It also
helps in tracking the advertisement sequence broadcast on the channels that it monitors.
Services
PK Online [Bangalore, 2007]:PK Online (earlier Percept Knorigin) is a media services company that provides
content storage and distribution solutions for digital media. Its content services include content store platform
which is targeted at wireless operators, ISPs and cable TV operators, video distribution platform (Cinecurry) which
is targeted at content producers, broadcasters and distributers, multiscreen TV platform, content management,
etc. Apart from these it also has services for advertising like Audience buying, mobile video monetization, etc. Its
brands include Cinecurry, AdChakra, HelloTVand Hello1.in.
Vision Corporation [Mumbai, 1995]:Vision Corporation is a mass media company with interests across motion
picture production and distribution, print publishing, music production, satellite broadcast, etc. verticals. It
publishes print magazines Films Today and Eye Opener. It runs TV channels Vision TV (music) and Vision
Shiksha. It has produced (old Bollywood) movies like Loha, YaarMeri Zindagi, Patanga, etc. It also publishes
music albums on different types of media like CD, DVD, cassette, etc. In September 2006, Morris Trading
acquired a stake in the company for $0.2M.
Reliance Broadcast Network [Mumbai, 2006]:Reliance Broadcast Network Limited is a mass media
entertainment company with diversified interests across radio, television, intellectual properties, out of home and
television production. It is part of the Reliance Group and specializes in creating and executing integrated media
solutions for brands. Its brands include FM broadcaster 92.7 BIG FM, BIG CBS –A joint venture with CBS
Studios International, USA, Spark Punjabi and BIG MAGIC, a general entertainment channel. Its production
division BIG Productions is engaged in production of soaps, reality and award shows.
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Sub-segments of top level business model
PRODUCTION
(production of entertainment content
like films and TV series)
DISTRIBUTION
(distribution of entertainment content)
PERFORMING ARTS
(companies that provide offline
entertainment including standup
comedy, drama, etc.)
$90K
TELEVISION
MOTION PICTURES
POST PRODUCTION
SERVICES
ANIMATION STUDIOS
$406M
ENTERTAINMENT
(Offline & digital entertainment
content production & distribution)
PRODUCTION
DQ Entertainment, Balaji
Telefilms
DISTRIBUTION
PVR, Hathway, Saavn
PERFORMING ARTS
East India Comedy, Evam
Entertainment
$1.1B
HORIZONTAL
TheViralFever, Reliance BIG
Entertainment, Eros
Multi System Operator (MSO)
Direct To Home (DTH)
Motion Pictures Exhibition
DIGITAL
Over-The-Top (OTT) Multi Channel Network (MCN)
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Nimbus Communications [Mumbai, 1987]:Nimbus communication is an Indian sports event organization and
coverage production and broadcasting company. It specializes across the entire value chain from origination
(Event companies) to intermediary (Management & Marketing of Rights, Production Services, Advisory Services,
Media Services, Event Management & sponsor services) to delivery (TV Channels/IPTV/Internet Portals). It owns
two satellite sports channels viz., Neo Sports and Neo Prime. In April 2009, the company raised $125M funding
from a consortium of 3 investors. In the same month its subsidiary Neo Sports Broadcast raised a funding of
$50M. In March 2010, The Times Of India Group acquired an undisclosed stake in Nimbus.
$125M
Brand Capital, Oman Investment
Fund, 3i Group, Cisco
Production
Percept [Mumbai, 1992]:Percept Ltd. is an entertainment, media and communications company. It has two
verticals: asset light, which involves brand marketing, advertising, social media communications, out of home, etc.
and the assets vertical which involves content production that includes content for brands, motion pictures,
television, content aggregation and distribution, etc. The company also has digital and non-film offline properties
including various events and services.
$36M Brand Capital, Everstone Capital
Production
CreoptimumCommunications [Delhi, 2014]:CreoptimumCommunications Pvt. Ltd. is a media production
company that creates story-driven content across a variety of media and platforms, from digital media and
commercials to ad films, corporate films, training films, documentaries, e-learning media, audio visual
presentations, feature films, music videos, viral videos and short films, TV shows: non-fiction and fiction, etc. on
turnkey basis. The clients include news channels like IBN7, CNN IBN, IBN Lokmat, CNBC TV18, Sahara One,
etc.
Production
Yellow-Lemon Productions [Bangalore, 2014]:Yellow-Lemon Productions is an alternate media production
company which engages in production of non-mainstream commercial/non-commercial motion pictures. It also
engages in the production of advertising content for third parties and personalized / family videos.
Production
All India Bakchod [Mumbai, 2012]:All India Bakchod is an alternative media and entertainment company that
produces niche entertainment content catering to the comedy/humor/sarcasm vertical and podcasts it over its
digital channel on YouTube. It also performs live shows.
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The Grid India [Chennai, 2011]:The Grid is a boutique media production company in India. It creates 2D & 3D
elements for film, broadcast, web and mobile platforms. It produces customized solutions for each project based
on the client requests.
Production
SwaranjaliMedia Productions [Lucknow, 2005]:SwaranjaliMedia Production is an Audio Video Digital
Workstation that specializes in music composition, arrangement, mixing, balancing, mastering, sequencing,
background scoring for film / drama / documentary / animation series, music consultation, album production and
other software services. Clients include ETV, All India Radio, etc.
Production -
Motion Pictures
PVR Pictures [Mumbai, 2007]:PVR Pictures is the film production and distribution arm of the PVR Group, India.
The company has made films like Taare Zameen Par (India's official entry into the Oscars, 2008), Jaane Tu Ya
Jaane Na, etc. The company has established relationships with Hollywood studios such as Miramax, Summit,
Newline, Focus Features, MGM and GK Films. Some of the movies distributed by PVR Pictures include Don,
Blue, Ghajini, Golmaal Returns, Sarkar Raj, August Rush, Eastern Promises, The Twilight Saga, The Hurt Locker,
Step Up 3D, etc. In 2011, it was merged with PVR Ltd.
$28.3M
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Motion Pictures
TalentubeEntertainment [Mumbai, 2011]:TalentubeEntertainment Pvt.Ltd. is an online launch and discovery
platform for the entertainment industry. Along with the discovery platform, Talentubeis also a production house
that plans to make movies and TV shows by casting fresh talent discovered from talentube.com. It has raised a
funding of around $12M in cash.
$12M
Production -
Motion Pictures
Bohra Bros Productions [Mumbai, 1948]:Bohra Bros Productions Pvt.Ltd. is an Indian motion pictures
production company that has produced / co-produced movies like Gangs of Wasseypur, Shaitan, etc. It also
distributes films. Recently it has forayed into television production with the series Crime and Bollywood.
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Annapurna Studios [Hyderabad, 1955]:Annapurna Studios is an Indian real action motion pictures production
company and studio based in Hyderabad. It predominantly produces Telugu language commercial films. Some of
its films include PremaKatha, Satyam, Super, etc. The company has also diversified into television series
production and has produced 5 series in partnership with satellite television channels MaaTvand Zee TV.
Production -
Motion Pictures
YashRaj Films [Mumbai, 1962]:Founded by noted Indian Film producer YashChopra, YashRaj Films (YRF
Studios Pvt Ltd) is a film production, motion pictures and music distribution house. It owns a film production studio
and auditorium in Mumbai and has produced top box office earning films in India. The company has end-to-end
operations in film business including scripting, casting, production, post processing and distribution. It has offices
in London, New York, and Dubai apart from HQ in Mumbai. The company also has interests in television software,
ad films production and has private label for music.
Production -
Motion Pictures
GeethaArts Digital [ , 1972]:GeethaArtsis an Indian motion pictures production company producing movies
predominantly in the south Indian film industry. It has produced movies in the Telugu, Tamil and Hindi languages.
It was founded by noted Telugu films director Allu Aravind. The company has also diversified into physical film
distribution, exhibition and digital content management.
Production -
Motion Pictures
Eros International Media [Mumbai, 1973]:Eros International Media Ltd. is an India motion pictures production
house based in Mumbai. Eros co-produces, acquires and distributes Indian language films in multiple formats
worldwide, including theatrical, television syndication and digital platforms. The group distribution network
includes over 50 countries, with offices in India, UK, USA, Dubai, Australia, Fiji and the Isle of Man. Eros has over
1,900 films in its library, plus an additional 700 films for which the group hold digital rights only. In 2006, Eros
International Plc, the holding company of the Eros Group, became the first Indian media company to list on the
Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange. In 2010,
Production -
Motion Pictures
PentamediaGraphics [Chennai, 1976]:PentamediaGraphics Limited is a production company that engages in
end-to-end production and post production of 2D/3D animated motion pictures, live action motion pictures and
visual effects. It also imparts training for the same. It has produced 7 live-action and 7 animated motion pictures till
date. Some of its animated creations include Buddha: The Enlightened One, Jai Vigneshwara, Son of Alladin,
Sinbad, Pandavas: The Five Warriors, Alibaba and Forty Thieves, etc. In December, 2000, it acquired Kris
SrikkanthSports and Entertainment.
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MuktaArts [Mumbai, 1978]:MuktaArts Ltd. is involved in the production, distribution, and exhibition of motion
pictures, television serials and entertainment software; equipment hiring; and generation and distribution of
contents for the entertainment industry. Some of its productions include Pardes, Taal, Yuvraaj, etc. The company
is listed on BSE and NSE.
Production -
Motion Pictures
UTV Software Communications [Mumbai, 1990]:UTV is an Indian motion pictures production company. It has
produced/co-produced movies like P.K., Race 2, Rajneeti, Delhi 6, etc. through its subsidiary UTV Motion
Pictures. It also caters to the distribution of the films. Apart from film production, the company also produces TV
special shows and series. Disney India acquired a controlling stake in UTV in 2012.
Production -
Motion Pictures
PritishNandyCommunications [Mumbai, 1993]:PritishNandyCommunications Ltd. is an Indian motion
pictures production company listed on BSE and NSE. It has produced / co-produced movies like Chameli, Kaante,
ShaadikeSide Effects, Mumbai Matinee, etc. The company produces movies targeted at urban audience. The
company claims that global funds Soros, Oppenheimer, Alliance and Lloyd George hold a significant stake.
OppenheimerFunds
Production -
Motion Pictures
K Sera Sera[Mumbai, 1995]:K Sera SeraLtd. is an Indian production house that produces motion pictures and
takes care of its distribution too. The company claims to have produced and distributed over 100 films till date. Its
subsidiary KSS Digital Cinema Pvt.Ltd. is a digital distributor of films. Its digital signals give a full HD (1080p) of
output through its SkyCinextechnology which uses satellite as a medium of communication with the multiplex
screens. The company claims to be using this technology for 200 screens in India.
Production -
Motion Pictures
Excel Entertainment [Mumbai, 1999]:Excel Entertainment is an Indian real action motion pictures production
and distribution company. It has produced Hindi language (Bollywood) films like DilChahtaHai, Lakshya, Luck By
Chance, Talaash, Don, etc. and also distributed the film to motion pictures exhibitors. It was founded by
actor/director Farhan Akhtar and producer RiteshSidhwaniin 1999.
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Shree AshtavinayakCine Vision [Mumbai, 2001]:Shree AshtavinayakCine Vision Ltd. is a listed production
house in India that produces Hindi motion pictures. It has produced movies like Golmaal, Rockstar, Dabangg, Jab
We Met, etc. It is also into the business of film distribution. It has distributed films like Om Shanti Om, Main Hoon
Na, PhirHera Pheri, etc.
Production -
Motion Pictures
AamirKhan Productions [Mumbai, 2001]:AamirKhan Productions Pvt. Ltd. is a motion pictures production and
distribution company founded by Indian actor AamirKhan. It produces motion pictures in India and has produced
movies like Lagaan, TaareZameenPar, Talaash, Rang De Basanti, etc.
Production -
Motion Pictures
Green Gold Animation [Hyderabad, 2001]:Green Gold Animation Pvt.Ltd. is a production studio which focuses
on production of animated movies and series. Its works include ChhotaBheemseries (174 episodes) and movie,
Krishna Balram(52 episodes), ChorPolice (41 episodes), Luv Kush (28 episodes), etc. With target audience
made up of kids, the company claims to have produced content worth 10000 minutes that include 350 TV
episodes and 50 movies. It syndicates/merchandises content to kid TV channels. It has also developed IPTV and
e-commerce applications for iTunes, Windows, Android and games on DTH platforms.
Production -
Motion Pictures
Percept Pictures [Mumbai, 2002]:Percept Pictures is the film production and distribution arm of Percept Ltd. It
has produced movies like Dhol, MalamaalWeekly, etc. and has distributed movies like Rush. The company was
founded in 2002 and it also has interests in ad content production and other media services.
Production -
Motion Pictures
AshutoshGowarikerProductions [Mumbai, 2004]:AshutoshGowarikerProductions Pvt. Ltd. is a motion
pictures production company that produces Hindi films and TV shows. Some of its productions include Jodhaa
Akbar, Swades, WhatsYour Rashee, KheleinHum JeeJaanSey, etc. It has also produced television series
Everest and MohenjoDaro.
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BIG Animation [Pune, 2005]:BIG Animation Pvt.Ltd. is an animation studio located in Pune that produces
animated motion pictures. It has produced titles like Krishna aurKans, Shaktimaan, Little Krishna, BIG Bees Jr.,
etc. Apart from motion pictures it also produces animated ad content. Its production Little Krishna won it FICCI
Best Animated Content award in 2007.
Production -
Motion Pictures
KrayonPictures [Pune, 2007]:KrayonPictures is a production company that produces animated motion pictures
and has produced movies like Delhi Safari, Kamluand Auli. It has the capacity to produce end to end including
script writing to post production. The company also engages in 3D animation. Its movie Delhi Safari has won
National Award for Best Animation Film, 2013. In 2010, Rakesh Jhunjhunwalabought 30% stake in Krayon.
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Motion Pictures
iRockFilms [ , 2008]:iRockFilms is a producer and distributor of Indian motion pictures and other entertainment
content falling under pop culture and edgy films vertical. It has earlier done distribution of films like RaginiMMS
and produced graphic-motion-picture Zombie Talkies. The company has Kill the Rapist and Disco Valley films
under production. The focus of the company would be on technology enabled content like graphics, animation and
visual effects. AdlabsFilms founder Manmohan Shetty has seed funded iRock.
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Motion Pictures
AnticlockFilms and KahwaEntertainment [Mumbai, 2009]:KahwaEntertainment / Anticlockfilms is a joint
motion pictures production company started by actor Sanjay Suri and film director Onir. It has produced movies I
Am, My Brother Nikhil and Sorry Bhai. Other movies under production/post production are My Birthday Song
(Kahwa), Chauranga(Anticlock), Shab(Anticlock), Heaven on Earth (Kahwa), etc. In 2012, its movie I Am won
National Award for Best Hindi Film.
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Phantom Films [Mumbai, 2011]:Phantom Films is an India motion pictures production company that produces
Hindi movies. It has produced / co-produced movies like Bombay Velvet, NH10, Queen, Ugly etc. The company
was started by noted Indian film director Anurag Kashyap, who has directed movies including the Gangs of
Wasseypurfranchise.
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Ethos Entertainment [Kochi, 2011]:Ethos Entertainment produces animated motion pictures and television
series with content and stories related to religious values, Gods, Mythology, etc. The company claims to have
produced 14 films with 1100 minutes of audio-video content and a sale of 800000 DVDs. Some of its creations
include The Story of Jesus, David and Goliath, The Adventures of St. Paul, etc. It also distributes films.
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Maya Digital Studios [Mumbai, 2011]:MAYA (established in 1996) is engaged in production of computer
animation and digital visual effects in India. It was founded by film maker –KetanMehta and film actress,
producer and director –DeepaSahi. American computer animation & VFX veteran, Frank Foster is the president
of MAYA, and oversees the studio’s daily operations. The studio has specialized in stereoscopic 3D and offers
services for 3D visual effects, 3D CG rendered animation, left and right camera live action cinematography and
2D to 3D conversion. It has worked with global clients including BBC, Disney, Google, Sony, Electronic Arts,
Ragdoll Inc, Rainbow, Mike Young Productions, Activision, Brown Bag Films, VGI Entertainment. Maya’s work
has won several international honours & awards including the IFTA, BAFTA, Pulcinella, FICCI and GDC. It also
had an education centerfor animation (Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics) which it sold to Aptechfor INR
100 crore. As of August 2013, it was in talk with PE investors to raise $10M. In 2011, SubhashGhaihad acquired
a minor stake in the company the amount for which is undisclosed.
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DravidaProductions [Bangalore, 2012]:DRAVIDA Productions is a motion pictures production company that
makes short films. The company has released 1 short film titled 4th Pillar on YouTube and its other project
Aathmamis under production. Its production 4th Pillar was an official entry at DadasahebPhalkeInternational
Film Festival.
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Eye Spice Productions [Bangalore, 2014]:Eye Spice Productions is an alternative motion pictures production
company with a focus on on-screen depiction of real world stories. It has produced a movie titled Barsaat-e-
saamirand has another movie under production.
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RajshriMedia [Mumbai, 1947]:RajshriMedia Pvt.Ltd. is an entertainment company with interests in multiple
verticals including motion pictures production, television / home entertainment production, film distribution,
entertainment news production and digital media distribution. The company claims to have produced 56 films till
date and distributed more than 1000 films physically. It also claims to have produced 25000 hrs of digital content,
7000 TV series episodes, movie rights for 2500 titles, 2 billion YouTube views through its multiple channels. Its
content is in Hindi and other vernacular Indian languages. The company also engages in digital distribution of its
content.
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Big Synergy [Mumbai, 1988]:Big Synergy is an entertainment content production company. It has produced TV
shows like KaunBanega Crorepati, KBC Telugu, KonHoelMarathi Crorepati, Spell Bee, etc. The company's
show model is question, answer and win money. It has also produced shows like JHALAK DIKHHLA JAA, Simi
Selects-India's Most Desirable, DuskaDum, etc. The company claims to have produced 4000 hours of content. It
has allied with Reliance Mediworkssince 2007 and has operations in Mumbai and Chennai.
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Cinevista[Mumbai, 1993]:CinevistaLtd. (ex-CinevistaasLimited) is a public company that engages in
production of series for television. Some of its productions include Ssshhhh...Koi Hai (Star Plus), Daag(Star
Plus), D3 DilDostiDance (Channel V), etc. It has produced shows in multiple languages including Hindi, Marathi,
Tamil, Gujarati, Kannada and Malayalam. It has own studios with house, hospital, cafeteria, etc. setup, shooting
equipment and post production resources. It has also produced commercials for brands like IndiaBulls,
Panasonic, Coca Cola, etc.
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BalajiTelefilms [Mumbai, 1994]:BalajiTelefilms Limited is a listed company engaged in the business of movies
and TV series production. It produces content in multiple languages like Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, etc. Some
of its famous productions in the past include KyunkiSaasBhiKabhiBahunThi, KasautiZindagiKay, Kaahin
KissiiRoz, etc. Some of its famous motion pictures includes Kyunki...Main JhoothNahinBolta, Once Upon A
Time in Mumbaai, etc. Its subsidiaries include BalajiMotion Pictures and Bolt Media. In August 2004, Star India's
arm Asia Broadcast had acquired 26% stake in Balajifor an undisclosed amount. In August 2015, it sold the entire
stake for INR 108 crore. This stake was bought by a coterie of existing promoters and new investors. The
transaction happened on Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India.
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Sri AdhikariBrothers Group [Mumbai, 1995]:Sri AdhikariBrothers Television Network Ltd. is a content
production company that produces television series for various satellite TV channels in various languages like
Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. It broadcasts satellite TV channels including MastiiiTV,
DhamaalTV & DabanggTV. It also publishes a print magazine Governance Now.
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Undercover Productions [Mumbai, 2010]:Undercover Productions is an entertainment content production
company. It has produced entertainment shows like JayHind, Better Late Than Never and co-produced movie
Sacred Evil with Sahara One. The company online streams its entertainment content through its own portal and
through YouTube. The company is also into publishing books and has partnered with Amazon and eBay for the
distribution and sale of the same.
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DQ Entertainment [Hyderabad, 2000]:DQ Entertainment Pvt Ltd is a motion pictures company that has
produced/co-produced animated motion picture series with own and global intellectual properties. The works
include The Jungle Book, Peter Pan, 5&IT, The New Adventures of Lassie, Suraj, etc. Apart from motion pictures
it also has diversified interests in gaming, live action entertainment, etc., its production and distribution. It has a
work force of over 2700 production associates and has 35 awards in its kitty including Emmyfor "Tutenstein"
animated series. In December 2014 it raised $50M from convertible bonds sanctioned to OCP Asia.
$50M
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Prime Focus World [Mumbai, 1997]:Prime Focus is a global Visual Entertainment Services group that provides
creative and technical services to the film, broadcast, commercials, internet and media industries. The group
offers an end-to-end solution from pre-production to final delivery -including visual effects, stereo 3D conversion,
video and audio post-production, digital intermediate, equipment hire, digital asset management and distribution.
Prime Focus serves the key markets of North America, the UK and India. Prime Focus is a public stock company
with shares traded in the Mumbai and National Stock exchanges in India (Symbol –PFOCUS).
$63M AID Partners, Macquarie Bank
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AvitelPost Studioz[Mumbai, 2000]:AvitelPost StudiozPvt. Ltd. specializes in providing post production
services to content production companies for commercial/non-commercial films, advertising companies, etc. Its
services include telecine, editing, motion control, visual effects, graphics and animation, restoration and archiving,
etc. It has 2 studio facilities located in India and Dubai. Its portfolio includes films like Fashion, Elaan, God Tussi
Great Ho, etc. and clients include Eros Entertainment, MuktaArts, Percept Pictures Co., etc.
$59.6M
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MogaeMedia [Gurgaon, 2008]:MogaeMedia is a content production and distribution company that creates
content for creative and value added services for mobile, digital and DTH operators. This content helps the clients
in monetisation of their services. Its clients and partners include Airtel, Star Network, ESPN, TOI group, etc. Its
services are deployed for its clients across various categories like apparel, auto, FMCG, BFSI etc.
$18.5M
Multiples Alternate Asset
Management
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Production
VenSatTech Services [Hyderabad, 2009]:VenSatTech offers creative services for the international motion
picture, television, home entertainment, gaming, and mobile entertainment markets. It additionally makes
investments, and develops co-production arrangements, linked to the Company’s animation, visual effects, and
2D-to-3D conversion services. The company claims to have catered to 200 live-action motion pictures and more
than 50 animated motion pictures, episodic TV programs, and DVD titles, for clients globally. VenSathas
executive offices in Hyderabad, Los Angeles, and New York City. VenSatProduction Studios are in Chennai, and
the company maintains strategic alliances with leading animation, VFX, and 2D-to-3D conversion studios in the
United States.
$5M IndoUSVenture Partners
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ColosceumMedia [Mumbai, 2007]:Colosceumprovides the content production and post production services
that start from budgeting consultation, production design, line producing, location scouting, production equipment
(camera, props, lighting, etc.), talent sourcing, transportation and accommodation, content editing, etc. and go up
to insurance and legal services. It provides creative services for reality shows, regional shows, branded content
and films. It has all the big budget clients like Star TV, Zee Media, Colgate, Sun Network, Sony Entertainment,
etc.
$2.1M Capital18
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Prasad Group of Companies [Chennai, 1956]:Prasad Group is a production services company that provides
post production and additional product development services for motion pictures producers and broadcast media.
The company helps in digitization, digital film restoration, digital archiving, visual effects, digital asset
management, outdoor equipment, BluRaypublishing, 3D production, digital cinema/telecine broadcast and
sound/stereoscopic conversion services. It also runs a multiplex for motion pictures exhibition in Hyderabad. Its
clients include Dharma Productions, Sony Pictures, YashRajFilms, etc.
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Reliance MediaWorks[Mumbai, 2006]:Reliance MediaWorksLimited is a listed Indian company that provides
post production services to motion pictures production companies. It provides solutions from origination to
playout, including studios/equipment rentals, motion pictures processing / editing, digital imaging, audio
restoration, visual effects and animation. In December 2014, Reliance MediaWorkswas merged with Prime Focus
Ltd. and delisted from BSE and NSE.
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Fresh Television [Mumbai, 2007]:Fresh Television Pvt. Ltd. (FreshTV) is a media and entertainment production
services company. Its clients include broadcast media and motion pictures production houses. It offers content
development and value addition services, with a major work force going towards subtitling, dubbing, promo
production, metadata, post production, web & other digital services including infographics creation. The clientele
includes Dharma Productions, MTV, BalajiTelefilms, Viacom18, etc.
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Pineapple Expression Studios [Pune, 2013]:Pineapple Expression Studios is an event management, studio
management and film services company. Its services include in-film branding, conceptualization, direction, script
writing, film editing, indoor shooting studio, location hunting, dubbing and voice over studio and artists, media
assistance, etc.
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Dock Productions [Ernakulam, 2013]:Dock Media Productions is a production services company that helps
media houses produce content. The company has worked with Media One TV and has produced automobile
video reviews TV shows. Apart, the company offers services for production of corporate videos, advertisements,
news stories, etc.
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Production
Big Shark Studio [Lucknow, 2014]:Big Shark Studio is a company based in Lucknow that provides post
production rendering services to motion pictures. The services include rotoscopy, paint, wire removal and
matchmove. The company has worked on Hollywood blockbusters like The Expendables, Sin City 2, Hercules,
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, etc. and many Indian movies.
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Studio
AccelAnimation Studios [Chennai, 2006]:AccelAnimation Studios is a part of AccelTechnologies as it
diversified into animation and motion pictures. The studio is into production of animated content for motion
pictures as a part or in full, commercials, etc. The company has two studios located in Chennai and Trivandrum. It
has produced the South India Fables and claims to have a team of 250 animators. It plans to diversify into 3D
animation/visual effects and plans to produce full fledged motion pictures.
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Studio
XentrixStudios [Bangalore, 2010]:XentrixStudios is an animation studio based in Bangalore that provides CG
animation services including character sets, prop assets, mobcap data cleanup, pre-rendered cinematiceto
motion pictures and television series production houses and gaming studios. It has worked with international
production houses like Dreamworks, Splash Entertainment, Platinum Films, etc. It also creates 3D content for
virtual theme parks.
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Studio
DigitalesStudios [Mumbai, 2011]:DigitalesStudios is the full service studio division of KarishmaStudios Pvt.
Ltd. specializing in creative storytelling solutions with animation and interactive gaming solutions for brands as
well as content creation for Film, TV, games and web in the form of TVC, Virals, TV Series, Corporate Ads, Direct
to DVD features and Feature Films. The studio is located in Mumbai and has worked on projects like Octonauts
(Brown Bag Films), Alpha and Omega 3 (Lionsgate), Wendy (August Media Holdings), etc.
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Studio
ArthaAnimation [Mumbai, 2013]:ARTHA Animation is an animation and VFX studio. The studio provides
animated motion picture services to brands for developing commercials and other advertising content. It is also
involved in production of short and feature animated films. The company has also worked with Indian actors Ajay
Devgnand Kajolon the animated film project ToonpurkaSuperhero. Apart, the company has also provided
production services to Disney's animated motion pictures Planes and Tinker Bell. Some of the clients on the
advertising side of the business include ITC, Kellog's, etc.
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Studio
D2D Entertainment [Bhopal, 2013]:D2D Entertainment provides animation services for motion pictures
production houses with its team of 20 full time artists and claimed capacity to go up to 100 artists. The services
include 2D, 3D rendering. Its clients include BIG Animation, Aura Cinematics, SidefxEntertainment, Phoebus
Media Creation, etc.
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MAD Studios [Mumbai, 2012]: MAD Studios Pvt.Ltd. provides a bouquet of production services for film
producers and crew. The services offered include specialized shooting equipment, lighting, studio, set
construction, props, hospitality and green make up rooms/celeb vans, etc. The company has provided its services
in production at over 500 locations across 29 countries and has worked with blockbusters like Paa.
$6M Ambit Pragma
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UFO Moviez[Mumbai, 2005]:UFO MoviezIndia Limited is a digital cinema distribution network and an in-cinema
advertising platform. Its digital cinema distribution is run through satellite network which is then approached by the
cinema exhibitor. As of October, 2014 it catered to 6,611 screens worldwide of which 4,912 screens were in India.
It also streams live cricket matches in cinema theatres in HD. The company is listed on BSE and NSE.
$28.5M
Distribution
WhatsOn India Media [Mumbai, 2006]:WhatsOn India Media offers products like EPG, which indexes TV
programmes/content across more than 1,300 channels and enables search and selection of digital TV content on
set top boxes. The product is provided to digital TV operators, device manufacturers and app developers on
platforms such as smartphones, tablets and IPTV. Provides EPG data and TV search products for 16 countries,
including India, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, Bahrain, Indonesia, Kenya and Sri Lanka. Has
raised Series A & B funding rounds totalling to $13.5M. Acquired by US-based Tribune Digital Ventures in July
2014. Will continue to operate in Mumbai.
$13.5M
Sequoia Capital, Nexus Venture
Partners, Intel Capital
Distribution
KauphyTalkies [Hyderabad, 2012]:KauphyTalkies Pvt.Ltd. is a physical film distribution company. It also
engages in film promotions/marketing and acquisition of rights for distribution of audio and content syndication.
The company has a special division for handling the audio assets named KauphyMusic. Currently handles film
assets in the Telugu film industry.
Distribution
Qube(Real Image) [Chennai, 2009]:Qubeis a digital cinema distribution technology of Real Image
Technologies. Qubedistributes films in digital format through satellite link which connects the motion pictures
exhibitors to the servers where the content is stored in digital format. Also the digital content can be centrally
located at a multiplex so that various movies can be screened on a single screen. QubeCinema Network claims
that 3,399 screens in India are connected to it.
Distribution
Digital Cinema and Technology [Mumbai, 2010]:Digital Cinema and Technology (I) Pvt.Ltd. (DCAT) is an
Indian distributor of motion pictures in the digital format. The movies are filmed and converted to digital format or
directly shot in digital format. The content is recorded on to encrypted physical medium like hard disks and
distributed to motion pictures exhibitors. Another methodology deployed is to uplink this content to satellite which
is then approached by the exhibitors. As of March 2015, K Sera Serawas in talks to acquire this company.
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Biscoot(ShotFormatsDigital) [Mumbai, 2012]:Biscoot.com is a digital entertainment and media content
distribution portal operated by ShotformatsDigital Productions Pvt.Ltd. It offers online music and video streaming,
gossip news and videos, etc. It also streams Hindi, and vernacular language movies. Biscoothas over 7000 brick
and mortar mobile app stores for distribution of apps and content targeted at those people with smart phones sans
access to internet. The company plans to take the number to 12000 by the end of 2015.
Matrix Partners
Distribution
Madhouse Media [Delhi, 2004]:Madhouse Media Private Limited operates as a media and entertainment
content distribution company in India. It offers movie rental services through Web, SMS, phone, and kiosks. The
company was founded in 2004 and is based in Delhi, India. The company initially served customers in Delhi-NCR
and Chandigarh with a network of 50 movie points and 150 drop points. As of June 4, 2007, Madhouse Media
Private Limited is a subsidiary of SeventymmServices Pvt.Ltd.
Distribution
Valuable Group [Mumbai, 2004]:Valuable Group is a media and entertainment company with interest in
physical/digital/satellite motion pictures distribution, video on demand service, hospitality, premium movie
exhibition services, etc. Some of its companies include UFO Moviez, QwikEntertainment, Club X, Moviebeam
Hospitality, etc.
Distribution
QwikEntertainment [Mumbai, 2010]:QwikEntertainment Ltd. is a part of the Valuable Group. It provides video
on demand and other value added services in collaboration with the MSOs(multi system operators) and DTH
providers and other distribution networks. Its video-on-demand service provides Hollywood, Bollywood and
regional Indian language movies, soaps, series, kids entertainment, karaoke music, etc.
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HathwayCable & Datacom [Mumbai, 1995]:HathwayCable & Datacom Private Limited is a part of the Rajan
RahejaGroup. Hathwayis an MSO (multi system operator) for distribution and support infrastructure for Cable
TV, Digital Cable TV, Broadband Internet, etc. Through its cable TV network it also offers localized content
(produced in-house). It claims to have its network presence across 140 cities for cable TV and across 21 cities for
broadband internet and claims to have 1.4M internet subscribers.
$109M
Goldman Sachs, Providence Equity
Partners, Macquarie Bank,
SteadviewCapital Management
LLC
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DEN Networks [Delhi, 2007]:DEN Networks Ltd. is a MSO (multi system operator) for cable TV. It claims to
have subscription of 11M households spread over 150 cities across 13 states in India. DEN is present in Delhi,
Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Kerala, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar,
Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand. DEN sources set-top boxes from leading international manufacturers like
Cisco, Skyworth & Kaonand EPG & CA Systems from Cisco and NDS (now part of Cisco). DEN formed a 50-50
JV with News Corp's Star TV Group called Star DEN in 2008. In May 2011, Star DEN formed a 50-50 JV with Zee
Turner called MediaPro, which is the exclusive distributor of over 75 leading pay channels from Star, Zee, Turner
and NDTV in India.
$108M Goldman Sachs
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AsianetSatellite Communications [Trivandrum, 1993]:AsianetSatellite Communications is a MSO (multi
system operator) for distribution of cable TV, digital TV, broadband internet service, video on demand and other
value added services. Its broadcasting arm ACV owns six satellite TV channels. Its network is predominantly
based in the state of Kerala. Its broadband internet service provider arm claims to have a subscriber base of over
1,25,000. Rajeev Chandrashekhar'sJupiter EV had picked up 51% stake in Asianetin 2006 for INR 150 crore.
Star India had formed a JV with Jupiter to create Star Jupiter, which was further broken into 4 companies. Star
India completed the acquisition of Asianetin March 2014.
$33.3M
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Universal Cable Network (UCN) [Nagpur, 1991]:Universal Cable Network (UCN) Pvt. Ltd. is an MSO based in
Nagpur and serves the market in Nagpur, Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur and entire Vidarbharegion of Maharashtra. Its
service includes distribution for 250 satellite TV channels in SD and HD formats and 12 DTH radio channels. It
has partnered with Cisco for set top boxes and QwikEntertainment for Video on demand service. Apart, it has
recently started internet broadband service in Nagpur.
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IndusindMedia Communications [Delhi, 1995]:IndusIndMedia Communications Pvt.Ltd. is a multi system
operator (MSO) for satellite broadcast cable TV distribution through its fiberoptic cable network. It claims to have
10,000 Kmsof trunk and access HFC networks and 2000 Kmsof underground fibernetwork in cities. It claims to
have 8.5Msubscribers across 36 cities in India and offers 370 TV channels. It also provides broadband internet
services. It is a part of the Hindujagroup.
General Atlantic
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OrtelCommunications [Bhubaneswar, 1995]:OrtelCommunication is a cable TV network and media
distribution infrastructure company. It currently provides cable television, digital television and broadband internet
connections and caters to customers in Odisha. As of Feb 2015, the company was planning for an IPO to raise
INR 240 crore. The company claims ARPU (average revenue per user) for its broadband business per month is
INR 356 (as of July 2015).
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Intermedia Cable Communication [Pune, 1997]:Intermedia Cable Communication Pvt.Ltd. is a multi system
operator (MSO) for distribution of satellite television and internet service. Primarily based in Pune, the company
has network presence in Nashik. The company also operates localized news and entertainment channels and
distributes 205 satellite TV channels. The company provides static and dynamic internet services under the brand
names ICC Netspeedand ICC Broadband Solutions.
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ManthanBroadband [Kolkata, 2002]:ManthanBroadband Services Pvt.Ltd. is a multi systems operator that
runs satellite television channels distribution network with a market focus on eastern India. It claims a subscriber
base of 1Mhouseholds and a distribution network of 650 LCOs and 1500 Km of fibre optic cable network in West
Bengal and Orissa. It also provides broadband internet, IPTV and other value added services in select areas.
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SITI Cable Network [Mumbai, 2006]:SITI Cable Network Ltd. is a multi-system operator (MSO) for the
distribution of satellite TV channels. It is a part of the EsselGroup and is listed on BSE and NSE. Apart from
analogand digital cable TV network it also provides internet broadband service. The company claims to have a
network of 12000 Kmsof optical fibernetwork spread across 60 cities in India, reaching 10M viewers.
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Kerala Communicators Cable [Kochi, 2007]:Kerala Communicators Cable (KCCL) Ltd. is a multi-system
operator cable network for the distribution of satellite broadcast television channels in Kerala. It is based on a co-
operative model made up of many small MSOs / LSOs in Kerala. It claims to have a consolidated turnover of INR
250 crores per annum.
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Fastway Transmissions [Ludhiana, 2007]:Fastway Transmissions Private Limited is a multi system operator
(MSO) for distribution of satellite television distribution. Fastway services are available in areas of Punjab,
Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Union Territory of Chandigarh. Fastway provides both digital and analogcable
TV services. The company claims to be deploying a set-top-box every 16 seconds as a part of its digitization
process. It currently offers 175 digital channels and 20 radio channels. It has recently started 16 HD channels in
select areas. Fastway is a joint venture between Mr. GurdeepSingh and DigicableNetwork India Pvt.Ltd.
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DigicableNetwork India [Mumbai, 2007]:DigicableNetwork India Pvt.Ltd. is an Indian multi-system operator
(MSO) for distribution of satellite television channels. The company has operations across 46 cities in 14 states
with zonal offices located in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Indore and Hyderabad. The company claims to be
distributing 500 TV channels including satellite channels, localised channels and value added ones. The company
also provides broadband internet services through its network in 7 cities.
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GTPL Hathway[Ahmedabad, 2007]:Gujarat TelelinkPvt.Ltd. Hathwayis a joint venture between Hathwayand
Datacom. It is a multi-system operator (MSO) that provides satellite cable TV. It started in Ahmedabad and now
has network presence in 30 cities in Gujarat along with some cities in Vidarbharegion of Maharashtra, Jharkhand
and has a joint venture with Kolkata Cable and Broadband Pariseva, a co-operated service of multiple MSOs in
Kolkata who are also shareholders. GTPL has also started internet broadband service in some cities.
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DigiwinInfotainment [Mumbai, 2011]:DigiwinInfotainment Mumbai Pvt.Ltd. is a multi system operator (MSO)
based in Mumbai, engaged in distribution of satellite broadcast television channels through its cable network. The
company is also an internet service provider and provides broadband services through the shared fiberoptic
cable network.
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Skynet Digital [Allahabad, 2012]:Skynet Digital Services is a multi system operator (MSO) based in Uttar
Pradesh. It distributes satellite broadcast TV channels through its cable network currently spread across
Allahabad and the surrounding areas.
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Bling Ice Network [Muzaffarnagar, 2014]:Bling Ice Network is a mutlisystem operator (MSO) based in Uttar
Pradesh. It distributes satellite broadcast TV channels and FM radio channels through its cable network. It also
provides broadband internet service. Currently offering services in Muzaffarnagarand surrounding areas in Uttar
Pradesh. Recently acquired an MSO license from the I&B ministry of India.
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Dish TV India [Noida, 2003]:Dish TV is a part of Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It is a direct-to-home Television
network service provider with satellite up-linking and distribution services. It claims to provide 250 TV channels
and 21 audio channels. It claims to have 6.5Mregistered subscribers of its services. It has penetration in 11
different languages. It is a listed company. In 2009 it sold 11% stake at $100m to Apollo Global Management. As
of June 2015, Apollo GM has sold a total of 7.4% stake (in 2 instalments 3+4.4) at INR 750 crore. In return,
Citigroup has bought a part of it i.e. a cumulative of INR 320 crore of shares in two instalments.
$100M Apollo Global
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Tata Sky [Mumbai, 2004]:Tata Sky Ltd., the JV between the TATA Group and 21st Century Fox is a satellite
based DTH Television operator. Apart from the satellite broadcast television channels Tata Sky also broadcasts
in-house channels for infotainment. It also provides value added services like video-on-demand, pay-per-view,
interactive services, video recording, etc. In 2007, Temasekhad bought 10% stake at INR 170 crore. In 2013,
Tata Capital partially bought that stake for around $45M.
$45.6M Tata Capital
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Reliance BIG TV [Mumbai, 2005]:Reliance BIG TV Ltd. is a part of the Reliance Communications. It offers direct
to home service for satellite broadcast television channels. It allows customers to subscribe to various packages
and groups of channels and also provides special entertainment packages including games and video-on-
demand.
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Videocon d2h (Bharat Business Channel) [Mumbai, 2003]:Videocon D2H (Bharat Business Channel Ltd.) is a
satellite television distributor through satellite based direct-to-home network. Part of the Videocon Group, the
company claims to be distributing 500 channels through its network. It uses MPEG4 DVBS-2 technology for
encoding the content.
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Saavn[New York City, 2007]:Saavnoffers an ad-supported, digital streaming of music across mobile, tablet,
and the web. The company started in 2006-07 as BODVOD Network and initially had a B2B model partnering with
Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, YouTube etc. for legal streaming of Bollywood films and music in North America. It later
shifted its focus to become a free music streaming service for Bollywood and other Indian music in May 2010
starting with 1.5 lakh songs catalogue. Features include filtering, toggling between songs, albums, and playlists,
metadata searches for artists and music directors etc. Has a paid version, SaavnPro, that allows users to
download songs and listen to them offline without advertisements.
$126M
India Internet Group, Tiger Global,
Bertelsmann, SteadviewCapital
Management LLC
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Apalya[Hyderabad, 2005]:ApalyaTechnologies is a mobile video distribution platform that enables users to
stream TV video content on mobile on-demand. It aggregates premium entertainment content from different
content providers, and then optimizes the content to be suitable for small screen or mobile viewing. It has tied up
with telecom operators and their service is live on BSNL/MTNL’s 3G service and the content is being aggregated
from close to 40 TV channels. Its mobile video delivery platform seamlessly streams video content to consumers,
integrating mobile operators, content owners and mobile advertisers creating new revenue streams. It has
launched Myplexwhich is a direct-to-consumer play offering Live TV, and on-demand movies and TV shows
across genres and languages.
$29M
IDG Ventures India, Qualcomm,
Kalaari Capital, Cisco, Qualcomm
Ventures, IndoUS Venture
Partners, Mumbai Angels, InnoVen
Capital
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Dhingana[Pune, 2007]:Dhinganais an Indian on-demand music service offering a music streaming platform. It
gives access to millions of songs in more than 35 Indian languages and genres with services available for iOS,
Blackberry, Google’s Play Store, Nokia and on its web portal. Its users can share music on Facebook and see
what people are listening to via Facebook’s Open Graph. The portal provides personalized music
recommendations based on music that is already being listened to by users and their social circle. Users
discovering music are able to like, favourite and comment on albums and playlists.
$8.3M
Lightspeed Venture Partners,
Inventus Capital Partners, Helion
Venture Partners
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Pressplay[Delhi, 2013]:Travel entertainment startupthat provides wi-fiservices across Volvo buses in India.
Earlier used to provide tablets in buses and rented them out to travellers for the length of the journey. Has
partnered with various games studios and movie production houses for content. Claims that it has already served
over 100k users in 14 cities. Has also partnered with the state transport operators in Rajasthan and Himachal
Pradesh, besides 50 private operators to provide their service. The company has also partnerships with various
taxi operators. ex-Zomatofounding team.
$2.7M Sequoia Capital
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YuppTV[Atlanta, 2007]:YuppTVInc. runs a digital service that webcasts the Indian satellite TV channels and
shows which can be viewed by anyone globally across platforms like Android, iOS, etc. The company offers a
single subscription for the service to be accessed across all the platforms. The service claims to be distributing
180+ TV channels in 10 Indian native languages. The service is currently in Beta stage. Team in Atlanta and
Hyderabad.
$2.5M
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Digital -OTT
LukupMedia [Bangalore, 2010]:LukupMedia's key product LukupPlayer is a device that delivers content from
multiple sources-TV Channels, VOD platforms and internet services to multiple digital platforms -TVs, music
systems, mobile, tablet/PC and wireless speakers/headsets. Users can create their profiles, personalise content,
share on social networks, record content etcand also access content from Lukupapps on mobile and tablets.
Awarded best digital start-up company in 2012 by IAMAI. LukupMedia also operates and licenses platforms for
interactive advertising on both broadcast satellite and cable TV networks as well as IP/Smart TV platforms and
Mobile devices. As of April 2015, it had applied for an MSO license with I&B Ministry of India.
$2M
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Yogurt Labs, INC [Walnut, 2014]:Yogurt Labs is building a mobile platform that can be used to create & share,
storytelling style videos from a smartphone. Guides user with aspects of video shooting with guidelines as to
where to point the camera, how many seconds remain for a shot, etc. The platform will provide original, user
generated short video content which would be accessible across all mobile platforms. Founded in December
2014, has already made 120+ videos for 10+ customers as of March 2015. Has also raised INR 72 lakh in
convertible notes from a clutch of investors, including Valley-based angel investor Nick Adams, Kiran Bhat and
Family Pot Investments.
$0.1M
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Musicfellas[Delhi, 2011]:Musicfellasis social discovery platform for independent music which enables artists to
sell their music online. The platform allows users to discover, discuss and buy new music via friends. The
company was acquired by Gaana.com in Feb, 2014 and its catalogue will merge with Gaana.com.
MusicFellas.com domain has been acquired by a third part and, as of July 2015 has been converted to a blog that
publishes articles related to cinema and celebrity gossip, lifestyle and leisure.
$20k TLabs
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Tune Patrol [Bangalore, 2012]:TunePatrol.com offers an online platform for musicians, managers and labels to
build, manage, engage, monetize and analyzetheir fan base. The platform enables consumers to discover music
based on various genres and 'moods'. A group of undisclosed music executives have bought the product and are
currently running it with their own team. The founders were bought out but will continue to hold some equity in the
new entity that will run TunePatroland carry on as advisers.
$20k
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TVFPlay[Mumbai, 2015]:TVFPlayis the digital over-the-top content distribution platform of The Viral Fever
Media Labs Pvt.Ltd. Launched with the first episode of TVF's new series Pitchers. The company plans to update
new episodes on this platform first and then on its YouTube channel later on. Users have to create an account
and log in to watch the videos. As of July 2015, the content is free.
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BeamItLive[Bangalore, 2014]:BeamItLiveprovides live streaming of events through the internet. Customers
can create their own channel on BeamItLive'splatform. Revenue through viewer subscription model and
advertising. Viewership of 500 in 5 months since launch.
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MultimediaBus[Ludhiana, 2014]:MultimediaBusprovides entertainment systems for streaming music and
movies on the go while travelling in buses. Currently building product.
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Eros Now [Mumbai, 2014]:ErosNow.com is an over-the-top content distribution platform operated by Eros
International Media, an Indian motion pictures production and distribution company. The platform streams movies,
music and television entertainment content on a freemium model with a paid subscription for premium content.
The content is mostly produced by Eros International or the rights acquired. The content is also syndicated to its
YouTube channel. As of July 2015, it was planning to produce its own TV shows which would be streamed free
exclusively on the platform.
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FilmiFilmy[Delhi, 2015]:FilmiFilmyis a digital platform that aggregates video songs from YouTube and
distributes over-the-top (OTT) to the end consumers. The platform is available on PC, and mobile devices. Its
content is in Hindi language by default, which makes it user friendly for the masses in India. The language can be
changed to English also.
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Musicmonk[Delhi, 2015]:Musicmonkis an ad-free, intelligent radio service that autoplaysmusic to a user's
taste. Categorizes the vast amount of music available on YouTube into several thousand playlists. Listens to
music a user plays and analyses listening behaviorto seamlessly switch between playlists and play the next song
best suiting the mood of user. If the user skips a song then it reorganizes its playlists dynamically based on how
a user listens to each song played.
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ZingReel[Bangalore, 2012]:ZingReeloffers an online movie streaming platform based on three models -First
Day First Show, Pay and Watch and on Subscription basis. Currently offers Telugu, Tamil and Hindi movies.
Offers download and watch feature, which requires a proprietary player to be installed. Supports online payment
through PayPal. Incubated at N S RaghavanCentre for Entrepreneurial Learning at IIM Bangalore.
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ZengaMedia [Gurgaon, 2009]:ZengaMedia Pvt.Ltd. operates ZengaTVwhich is a platform for live streaming
of TV channels and also over-the-top distribution of entertainment content including movies and video songs. The
platform earlier targeted the 2G consumers providing content for internet bandwidths as low as 20Kbps. The
company had earlier bagged rights for live streaming of Indian Premiere League 2009.
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Hotstar(Star India) [Mumbai, 2015]:Hotstaris an India focused over the top digital entertainment content
streaming platform by Star India (a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox). The platform allows users to see Indian (Hindi
and vernacular language) movies, TV serials and live Cricket matches for free with timely commercials in
between. The content that is streamed is produced or the rights are acquired by Star India. The platform is
available for PC through its website and in the form of apps for Android and iOS.
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Zonk [Delhi, 2014]:Zonk Technologies is a startupfounded by IIT Ropargraduates. Provides a wireless
entertainment solution for public transport. Travellers can access media content via their Wi-Fi enabled personal
devices including laptops, tablets or smartphones. Will have movies, TV shows and audio content. Businesses
can partner and advertise their content on the platform. Earn revenue through content marketing.
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ShortFilmWindow[Mumbai, 2014]:ShortFilmWindowis an online portal for streaming (digital distribution) of
short format motion pictures from all over the world. Producers are allowed to submit their films and the best films
are chosen to be presented on the portal. Currently the portal is working on the Over the Top model with no pre-
specified claims. The content is pre loaded and streamed from YouTube.
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GraspBerry[Bangalore, 2014]:GrasBerry'sBurfiiis a Content Delivery Network (CDN) which delivers content to
mobile devices inside buses/cabs and trains. BurfiiCDN delivers the content over Wifi, stored locally within the
device, without the user having to use the mobile internet. The content ranges from news, comics, books, apps,
music to full length movies. The system consists of a software to manage and encrypt the dynamic content and
hardware that supports more than 20 simultaneous mobile device users. Currently in the proof-of-concept stage.
Yet to launch as of Jan 2015.
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YouShorts[Nagpur, 2015]:YouShortsis a dedicated channel for short film enthusiasts to upload and showcase
their works to a wider audience. Viewers can give 'inspiration credits' to the film directors. The top 3 films of the
month based on inspiration credits would be featured on the home page. Reviews films before being hosted on
platform to ensure quality. Currently in beta.
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EDM Hunters [Amritsar, 2014]:EDM Hunters is an online discovery portal for Electronic Dance Music which
ranks the top tracks in various genres based on the upvotesgiven by users. Features top DJs and lists top tracks
in each genre with a option to listen for first 2 min and then redirects to Beatportwhere users can buy the song.
Has over 50,000 users with over 1,10,000 page views per month with an increase of 30% month on month.
Generates revenue from ads and is looking to build strategic partnerships with music companies.
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HelloTV[Mumbai, 2011]:HelloTV, part of PK Online, is an over-the-top (OTT) platform for digital entertainment
and news content. It provides live streaming of TV channels, news video clips, movies on-demand, TV shows, etc.
The platform works on a freemium model, with ad supported premium content as well as subscription based
service. Currently being targeted at mobile users. Has over 5 lakh downloads on Google Play Store.
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Dwingloo[Bangalore, 2014]:Dwingloopartners with long distance travel operators and provides entertainment
content through its Android app and a box via a secure cloud based content distribution network using over the
top model. Its usage does not incur data costs to the end user. It also generates usage analytics and provides
targeted ad campaigns for. The coadvertiserson its network. Its clients include VRL Logistics and SRS Travels'
buses plying between Bengaluru and Mumbaimpanyhas plans to expand to Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
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Ditto TV India [Mumbai, 2012]:Ditto TV, launched by ZEE New Media, is delivering Android, Windows and iOS
apps to watch Live TV channels and video-on-demand content (movies, TV shows etc.) on mobile, PC or tablet
devices. Ditto TV has partnered for content with Sony Entertainment Television, TV Today Network, BBC and
Zee.
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Spuul[Singapore, 2010]:Spuulis an online streaming platform for Indian movies and TV shows. Its service
offers both free and paid content (freemium model) and all the content is advertisement supported. Producers and
content creators can register with the platform and post their content on the site. The company is also offering
offline viewing for Android devices allowing paying subscribers to download up to ten titles to their handset or
tablet and then watch them without any internet connection. The company also offers a smartphone app on both
iOS and Android platforms. The company has partnered with Aspera, an IBM company to expand its library and
reduce the upload time through a speeder transfer of data.
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nexGTv[Delhi, 2010]:Nexgtvis a mobile app to watch Live TV channels and video-on-demand. It uses the
freemium model where in certain content is free and the remaining content is to be paid for. Partners with major
telecom operators and OEMs including BSNL, MTNL, Reliance, Idea, MTS and KarbonnMobiles. Available on
multiple platforms including Android, Symbian, Blackberry, iOS. nexGTvis a product of DigiVive, group company
of Media Matrix Worldwide Limited. Hit 7M downloads in Jan 2013.
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Digitainment[Mumbai, 2013]:Digitainmentis a digital entertainment content distribution company which uses
over the top model for distribution to devices including Windows PCs, Windows Phone, etc. through its app Your
Movies. It also has arrangement with WAP service providers and long distance coaches for shared entertainment.
The company claims to be having a resource base of 2500 movies and 10000 videos and games and a reach to
over 2M customers.
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SkandhaMedia Services [Mumbai, 2013]:SkandhaMedia Services works with MSOs and broadband service
providers to enable them distribution of entertainment content and value added services like video-on-demand
through the over-the-top (OTT) model to their customers on multiple platforms like smartphones, hybrid/smart
TVs, tablets, PCs, etc. with the help of its product called CloudMSOwhich is a cloud video platform.
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Myplex[Hyderabad, 2005]:Myplexis a direct-to-customer over the top (OTT) content distribution service by
ApalyaTechnologies that gives the user access to content like movies, TV shows, etc. The content is available
directly on internet through OTT model sans any Multi system operator (MSO) on a subscription basis.
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BrizzTVMedia Labs [Bangalore, 2010]:BrizzTVMedia Labs Pvt.Ltd. is a first screen company, that enables a
television viewer to view the social network updates like tweets, etc. in real time on TV. The company partnered
with Airtel DTH to show live tweets on TV during LokSabha elections of 2014. The company started as an HD
education content over the top (OTT) platform earlier. It was incubated at NSRCEL at IIM B and received seed
fund of INR 25 lakhs. In 2014 it raised undisclosed amount from OjasVentures. In future it plans to focus on TV
analytics.
Ojas Venture Partners
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ReelBoxMedia Entertainment [Chennai, 2013]:ReelBoxMedia Entertainment Pvt Ltd. is a wired and wireless
broadband based over-the-top (OTT), video-on-demand provider of cinema and non-cinema video content to
consumers directly to TV with the help of HDMI dongle that plugs into TV. In addition to cinema the company aims
to diverse portfolio to documentary, stage plays, short films, animation and art films. Currently the content is
available in 4 languages: Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. The company raised undisclosed funding
amount from an undisclosed investor in December 2013.
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Ogle [Pune, 2014]:Web platform that allows users to stream entertainment content online such as videos, music,
TV shows, movies and live events even with a low bandwidth. Uses patent-pending technology. Part of Pritish
NandyCommunications Ltd. Yet to launch. In private beta.
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Times BoxTVMedia [Gurgaon, 2013]:Boxtv.com, operated by Times BoxTVMedia Pte Ltd., which is owned by
Times Internet Ltd. (TIL), a subsidiary of The Times Group, is an online platform allowing users to browse through
and watch movies and TV shows of various languages and genres. The service is available in India, Singapore,
the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States. Freemium pricing model, some content
available on free basis with ad-support and the rest available on a monthly subscription basis. Available across
both web browsers and mobile devices. At the time of launch, Box TV had 12 content partners, and claimed to
have a database of over 3500 full-length movies along with 2000 TV episodes and 500 short films.
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HeroTalkies[Chennai, 2013]:HeroTalkiesis an ad-supported, subscription based, movie website. The website
streams legal and original Tamil movies in SD and HD. Launched with a library of 500+ movies, it offers both free
and paid movie content to users.
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BigFlix[ , 2012]:BigFlixinitiated as a DVD distribution service (in 2008) in India which has been discontinued
and the company pivoted into building an online platform providing on-demand movie service. Claims of having a
collection of 2000+ movies, HD and full-length availability, cross-device compatibility and continuity using a single
ID. Available on a subscription based service at INR 249/month. Also available on iOS and Android. Owned by
Reliance Entertainment.
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Gaana[Delhi, 2011]:Gaanais a commercial music streaming service providing free and licensed music.
Launched in June 2011 by Times Internet. Gaana.com provides both Indian and international music content. The
entire Indian music catalogis available to users worldwide, but only users in India have access to international
music. Gaana.com features music from 21 languages. Acquired Musicfellas, an indie music discovery portal. As
of July 2015, it was planning to raise funds.
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HungamaDigital Media [Mumbai, 1999]:HungamaDigital Media Entertainment Pvt.Ltd. is the developer,
publisher and distributor of Bollywood and South-Asian digital entertainment content. It has partnerships with over
400 content creators, Hungamahas licensed worldwide exclusive digital rights to millions of music and video
titles. HungamaDigital studio owns IP to 600 flash games till date for over 100 brands and has pioneered the
Bollywood genre of gaming Hungamaalso owns BollywoodHungama.com, As of March 2015, the company was
in talks with its existing investor coterie of Intel Capital and Bessemer to raise $100M which it plans to use to
expand into mobile OTT space with an app called HangamaPlay.
Bessemer Venture Partners, Intel
Capital
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Digital -MCN
Culture Machine [Singapore, 2013]:Culture Machine is an Asia-focused video multi-channel network. Has
developed a proprietary technology media platform to help digital video creators, brands and media companies
develop video content across digital video platforms. Also provides analytics to its creator network. Claims 40M+
monthly views with over 80M minutes of content consumed, as of Sep 2014. Culture Machine is a YouTube
certified MCN, also manages content on DailyMotionand syndicates content to VuClipon mobile. Has offices and
studio facilities in Mumbai, Delhi, Pune and Chennai, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Aleph Group,
Singapore. In May 2015, the company launched its Big Data platform, Intelligence Machine, to help content
creators, brands spot accurate trends about audience viewership across platforms such as Facebook and
YouTube, among others.
$22M Tiger Global, Zodius Capital
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Digital -MCN
Fame [Mumbai, 2014]:Fame, by FameboxNetwork, is a digital entertainment network available across several
digital and social platforms including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, WeChat, DailyMotion. Helps brands reach and
engage audiences through customized solutions spanning talent-based content, properties and digital video
services. Raised $10M in Series A round of funding from existing investor and majority stakeholder digital media
firm To The New Ventures (TTN Ventures). It has recently launched a live video streaming app for Android and
iOS platforms.
$13M
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QyukiDigital Media [Mumbai, 2011]:QyukiDigital Media provides creative production services to artists to
create video content and distributes it digitally thereby monetizing the content. The company is a certified
YouTube Multi-channel network (MCN) and offers infrastructure across multiple studios in Chennai, Mumbai and
Bangalore for artists to create content. Went live in Dec 2012 as a “creative social network” for artists to share
their creations and connect with like-minded people and pivoted to a MCN business model in March 2014. Works
with artists like Shraddha Sharma, PurbayanChatterjee, DhruvGhanekar, Big Deal etc.
$5.4M Cisco
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Nirvana Digital [Mumbai, 2011]:Nirvana Digital is a digital distribution enabler for content producers who can
use the service to distribute the audio/video content and monetize through internet, mobile and OTT channels
such as Amazon VOD, NetFlix, iTunes, Hulu, Roku, YouTube, etc. The company works with small, medium and
large content creators to showcase their content through its channels and provides infrastructure such as studio
space, green screens, HD cameras, editors and more to content creators. The company also partners with global
telecom operators to offer the service and distribute content through value added services, licensed applications
and WAP. Claims that its YouTube Multi-Channel Network (MCN) has control of 400+ channels with 2 lakh+
videos as of June 2015.
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DivoTV Private Limited [Chennai, 2013]:DiVois a YouTube multi-channel network and content distributor
across digital and mobile platforms including YouTube, iTunes, Amazon, Google Play. Has tie-ups with major
operators across India, Middle East, South East Asia and TV channels and TV production houses in South India.
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WhackedOutMedia [Singapore, 2009]:WhackedOutMedia provides end-to-end digital marketing solutions
including content creation, branding and distribution for online video content to content makers and celebrities.
MCN Partner of YouTube. Generating revenue through web and mobile platforms. Also manages social media
profiles for 150+ celebrities of South Indian fraternity. Distributing 2000+ movies and 20K+ TV Shows, besides
other genres. Clients include Google, Facebook, Lakshmi NarsimhaProductions, 7 Seas Entertainment, V6
News, etc.
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Ping Network [Mumbai, 2012]:Ping Network is a multi-channel talent platform for digital media and a content
partner with google. Operates close to 150 channels on YouTube across categories like entertainment, fashion,
food, health and fitness with 200+ content creators and maintains a library of 18,000+ videos. Also have a
broadcast services and creative design firm, Ping Tech, that offers real-time support to networks, media
companies & design houses. In Jan 2015, raised an undisclosed amount in funding from a consortium of angel
investors headed by MonishaAdvani, co-founder of Hindi film production house EmmayEntertainment leaving
about 65 per cent stake with the promoters.
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PocketFilms[Mumbai, 2006]:Pocket Films is a distributor of short, animation films and documentaries from
independent, upcoming and novice filmmakers. Started as 1takemedia.com, its parent company. Has a network of
channels currently generating 750k+ views a day with 3,500 plus films (aggregated from 1,000 filmmakers) and
100k+ plus subscribers (Oct 2014). Partnered with NDTV Prime for weekly shows, has another channel, Little
Kids Channel which features animated content for kids.
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YobohoNew Media [New York City, 2008]:YoBoHoproduces original digital content for YouTube and other
digital platforms for the APAC region. Operates over 100 channels focused on the Kids, Entertainment and
Lifestyle segments, and is the largest pre-school and K-12 educational channel on YouTube. Maintains a library
proprietary content comprised of over 28,000 videos. Their kids segment features the Hoopla Kidzbrand,
entertainment features Hollywood, Bollywood and television news and the lifestyle vertical showcases food,
fashion and comedy content.
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Magazines
Magzter[Chennai, 2011]:Digital news-stand/magazine store. Available on tablet and smartphones. Serves
11M+ users from 150+ countries with 2000+ magazines. Planning to expand into books and comics. Magzter
works with top global publishers including Hearst, Time Inc, Conde Nast, Dennis Publishing, Haymarket, Axel
Springer, Media24, India Today Group. Free for publishers and works on a simple revenue share model. Magzter
currently supports more than 17 languages. Offices in India, US and Singapore. Launched an e-store for books
with about 25,000 books in June 2014.
$13M
IndoUS Venture Partners, Kalaari
Capital, S'porePressHoldings
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Readwhere[Gurgaon, 2011]:Readwhere, product of MediologySoftware Pvt.Ltd., is a web based platform that
also offers a mobile/tablet based application that enables users to read and publish digital content such as
magazines, comics, books, journals, newspapers etc. Users can use the app to discover various digital articles
and journals, buy the digital content through the app itself and create clipbooks of their favourite content and
share on social networks. Users can build their online digital library and sync it among all mobile devices.
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Atria Convergence Technologies [Bangalore, 2008]:ACT (Atria Convergence Technologies Pvt.Ltd.) is an
internet service provider and networking infrastructure and IPTV distribution infrastructure provider. ACT's cable
network is spread across the towns & cities of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh (where it operates as Beam Fiber)&
Madhya Pradesh. As of July 2015, IVFA was in process to rollover its stake to a new fund and TA Associates
would acquire some more stake with a total investment of $500M and total stake of 95%. This would be limited to
its broadband business while its IPTV/cable TV business' shareholding will remain unchanged. ACT claims to
have 0.7M subscribers as of Feb 2015.
India Value Fund Advisors Private
Limited
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PVR [Gurgaon, 1997]:PVR Ltd. was incorporated in April 1995 pursuant to a JV between PriyaExhibitors
Private Limited and Village Roadshow Limited, is a chain of multiplexes. As of March 2015, it operates 471
screens spread across 106 cinemas covering 44 cities in India. Its arm PVR Pictures Ltd. is a commercial film
production and distribution company. The company has been growing by acquisition, it has already completed
acquisition of Cinemax from KanakiaGroup. The company announced acquisition of DT Cinemas from DLF
Group in June 2015 for INR 500 cr. The deal is expected to be completed soon. In June 2015, Multiples PE
signed an agreement to buy 10.7 percent additional stake through preferential allotment by investing $54.8M. The
company plans to use these funds to finance the deal with DLF.
$66.4M
ICICI Venture, L Capital Asia, LLC,
Multiples Alternate Asset
Management
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Stargaze Entertainment [Delhi, 2008]:Glitz Cinemas (Stargaze Entertainment Pvt.LTd.) is a motion picture
exhibition and leisure company. It has a chain of multiplex theatres across 8 cities with a cumulative of 5,747
seats. It claims to garner 2M viewers across the entire chain. It exhibits both 2D and 3D motion pictures and has 3
premium offerings viz., Glitz Lounge, Glitz Max and Glitz 3D for ubiquitous viewing irrespective of seat location. Its
screens are predominantly based in tier 2 cities like Jaipur, Ajmer, Raipur, Ranchi, etc. In January 2015, Capital18
sold its stake in Stargaze Entertainment to Carnival Cinemas.
$7.1M Capital18
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Spice Cinemas [Noida, 2009]:Spice Cinemas is a multiplex of theatres for motion pictures exhibition based in
Noida. It has 3 standards Executive, Spice Gold and Spice Studio. It has also launched a mobile app for movie
ticket booking in partnership with BookMyShow.
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WaveCinemas[Noida, 1997]:Wave Cinemas is a chain of multiplex theatres for motion pictures exhibition most
of them being located in the Wave Malls in Northern India including National Capital Region. As of July 2015, it
has a total of 12 multiplexes.
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PriyaEntertainments [Kolkata, 1990]:PriyaEntertainments operates a chain of multiplexes for motion pictures
exhibition and a chain of theatres for performing arts and other entertainment. The multiplex chain consists of 4
multiplexes, 1 each at Kolkata, Durgapur, Haldiaand Jalpaiguri.
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E-Square Entertainment [Pune, 2003]:E-Square is a chain of 2 multiplexes engaged in motion pictures
exhibition. It has 9 screens at two locations in Pune and has deployed digital cinema exhibition, 4K with HFR
technology and 3D projection.
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Urvashi Cinema [Bangalore, ]:Urvashi Theatre is a single screen motion pictures exhibition theatre in
Bangalore. It has 1161 seats and claims an average occupancy of 60% with an average of 84000 tickets sold per
month. It has deployed digital exhibition system based on Christie's 4K technology and also has 3D projection
facility.
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PyramdSaimiraTheatre [Chennai, 1997]:Pyramid Saimirais an entertainment company with business
interests in motion pictures production and exhibition. Mostly catering to the audience in southern India, the
company has produced close to 120 motion pictures and has 55 theatres with a accumulative of 857 screens for
motion pictures exhibition. It also has business interest in television content production. The company Pyramid
SaimiraTheatre Ltd, earlier a public limited one, was delisted from BSE and NSE in 2011. The current status of
the company as per the records of MCA is under liquidation.
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Exhibition
Fun Multiplex [Mumbai, 2001]:Fun Multiplex Pvt.Ltd. (Fun Cinemas) operates a chain of multiplex theatres for
exhibition of 2D and 3D motion pictures. As of June 2015, the strength of the company stands at 83 screens
across 23 locations in 17 cities in India. In January 2015, CinepolisIndia (Indian arm of the Mexico based motion
pictures exhibitor) acquired 100 percent stake in Fun.
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Lost The Plot [Pune, 2014]:Lost The Plots is an open air motion pictures exhibitor which ties up with hotels,
restaurants, and uses their open air properties to screen movies. The movies that are screened are chosen from
cult classic, popular and foreign feature films genre. Initially started with a tie up with Seasons Hotel based in
Aundhin Pune. Though the shows are open for general audience, it also organizes private screening at parties. It
has been doing screenings twice a week at Seasons Hotel and once at Margarita Deck in Pune.
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Popup Talkies [Pune, 2014]:Popup Talkies is based out of Pune. It distributes/exhibits alternative and indie
movies produced by non-mainstream artists at locations like pubs, bar and eateries, etc. by setting up digital
projectors. It has been doing 4 screenings of 2 movies (one Indian and other western) every month at Swig in
KoregaonPark, Pune. The company is planning to build a mobile first movie-on-demand platform for digital
distribution of indie/alternate movies.
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M2K Cinemas [Delhi, 2004]:M2K Cinemas is a cinema theatre operated by M2K Entertainment (part of the M2K
group which has interests in biotechnology and agriculture) for exhibition of 2D and 3D motion pictures. The
company has 2 multiplexes in Delhi.
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SPI Cinemas [Chennai, 1997]:SPI Cinemas Pvt.Ltd. is an motion pictures exhibition company that operates a
chain of multiplex movie theatres in Chennai and Coimbatore. The brand of theatres it operates include Sathyam,
Escape, The Cinema and S2. It operates around 30 screens and plans to increase the number to 50. In 2009 it
diversified into motion pictures production with the Tamil language film ThiruThiruThuruThuru.
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SRS Cinemas [Faridabad, 2004]:SRS Cinemas runs a chain of motion pictures exhibition theatres/multiplex
predominantly in the national capital region and nearby cities. The company runs 17 multiplexes with 48 screens
with 12528 seats across 12 cities. It is a part of the SRS Group.
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BIG Cinemas [Mumbai, 2001]:BIG Cinemas a chain of motion pictures exhibition multiplex theatres. It has
presence in over 12 states in India, in US and Malaysia with a total of 516 screens in operation. In 2009, it
partnered with PathéTheatres to setup 3 screens in Netherlands. In Dec, 2014, Carnival Cinemas acquired BIG
Cinemas for INR 700 crore.
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Carnival Cinemas [Mumbai, 2012]:Carnival Cinemas is a chain of theatres that exhibit 2D and 3D motion
pictures from Bollywood, Hollywood and Indian regional language film industry. It has theatres in Cochin, Kollam,
Ernakulam,Thalayolaparambu, Dindigul, Bangalore. It has acquired HDIL Broadway and has thus added screens
in Ghaziabad, Mumbai(Vasai, Borivali, Bhandup), Kolkata & Indore. It plans to expand to 1000 screens spread
across India by 2016.
Distribution -
Motion Pictures
Exhibition
MayajaalEntertainment [Chennai, 2005]:MayajaalEntertainment Limited is an entertainment zone based in
Chennai. It has a 27 acre campus and 16 screens comprising 2600 seats. It exhibits both 2D and 3D motion
pictures. Apart from movies, it also has bowling and gaming zones, shopping and food courts.
Distribution -
Motion Pictures
Exhibition
Club X Premieres [Mumbai, 2012]:Club X Premieres Ltd. is part of the Valuable Group. It exhibits 2D and 3D
motion pictures for its members, member affiliates and private screenings. Its services are premium and its
content is downloaded through satellite network from Club X media servers and has a catalogue of over 4000
films.
Distribution -
Motion Pictures
Exhibition
DT Cinemas [Delhi, 2003]:DT Cinemas is a motion pictures exhibition and leisure company that exhibits both 2D
and 3D motion pictures through its theatres. It has a chain of 8 theatres with 29 screens and 6200 seats spread
across 3 cities of Delhi, Gurgaon and Chandigarh. The company is planning to add 10 new screens at its existing
properties. Earlier a part of the DLF group, DT Cinemas' acquisition by PVR Ltd. for INR 500 crores was
announced in June 2015.
Distribution -
Motion Pictures
Exhibition
Cinemax [Mumbai, 2000]:Cinemax is a chain of multiplex theatres that exhibit 2D and 3D motion pictures. In
India it has 40 properties, 141 screens and 33,522 seats. It has 14 theatres in Mumbai. It offers luxurious seating
arrangement like The Red Lounge at a premium. In July 2010, it was planning to raise $31.7M through QIP as per
media reports. In Nov 2012, PVR Ltd. acquired Cinemax which was earlier held by the KanakiaGroup for INR 395
crore.
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Company Details Funding Investors
Distribution -
Motion Pictures
Exhibition
INOX Leisure [Mumbai, 1999]:INOX Leisure Ltd. is a chain of multiplex based motion picture exhibition
company. It is a diversification venture of INOX Group into entertainment. It currently operates 91 theatres with
358 screens across 50 cities in India. It acquired Fame Cinemas in 2011 and Satyam Cineplex in July 2014 for
$30.26M. It raised $44M through IPO in 2006.
Distribution -
Multimedia
HMV Saregama[Kolkata, 1901]:SaregamaIndia Ltd. (formerly, Gramophone Co. of India) is an integrated
entertainment company with the music archive, and associations with films, home video, television software and
digital distribution of audio and video content. It records, publishes and distributes music in various formats
including digital, CDs, cassettes, DVDs, etc. The company claims to have archived and distributed about half of
the total music content produced in India. It is a listed company. The company recorded a profit of INR 18.94 crore
for FY14.
Distribution -
Multimedia
ShemarooEntertainment [Mumbai, 1962]:ShemarooEntertainment is a publisher and distributor of home
video content in CDs, DVDs, and digital formats. It obtains exclusive rights for archiving and distribution of the
content from the producers. It claims to have content for about 2800 motion picture titles. Its distribution network
includes satellite channels, physical format and emerging digital technologies like mobile, internet, IPTV and DTH.
The company is listed on BSE and NSE.
Distribution -
Multimedia
Tips Industries [Mumbai, 1975]:Tips Industries Ltd. is a public company listed on BSE and NSE and has
interests in music production, promotion and distribution. Its distribution network includes 1000 wholesalers and
400000 retailers. It has also diversified its interests in motion pictures production and distribution. The company
claims ownership of music for 3500 album titles. It also owns two factories which have a combined capacity of
producing 150000 cassettes per day.
Distribution -
Multimedia
Ultra Distributors [Mumbai, 1982]:Ultra Distributors Pvt Ltd is an entertainment content distribution company. It
acquires copyrights of content/properties from the producers and publishes and distributes the content in various
formats including physical formats like films, CDs/DVDs, etc. and non-physical formats like satellite broadcast,
digital platforms (YouTube), IPTV, OTT, etc. The content is predominantly Indian / Foreign motion pictures,
television series, etc. Apart from distribution it has diversified into post production services including 2D to 3D
stereoscopic conversion.
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Distribution -
Multimedia
T-Series [Mumbai, 1988]:T-Series started as a Indian music recording/publishing and distributing company in
analogformat to later on become a multimedia publishing and distribution company. Today, the company has also
diversified into motion pictures production and has produced/co-produced movies like Roy, Baby, BhoolBhulaiya,
Patiala House, etc. However, the company claims to be focussed on its multimedia business with its music
publishing and distribution arm being worth $90M. The company claims to have 1482 exclusively signed artists,
35000 audio titles, 2000 video titles and rights for the music of 5800 films.
Distribution -
Multimedia
Aditya Music [Hyderabad, 2000]:Aditya Music Pvt.Ltd. is a music company which is predominantly into the
music production/recording, publishing (analog& digital) and multimedia distribution. The company is into
partnership with most of the production houses in the Telugu film industry. It has its own record label, and also
engages in the rights acquisition for other records.
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Company Details Funding Investors
Horizontal
TheViralFeverMedia Labs [Mumbai, 2010]:The Viral Fever (TVF) is an alternative media and entertainment
company that produces niche content related to comedy / humor/ sarcasm and podcasts it over digital platforms
like YouTube. Many of its videos have crossed over a million views each and are targeted at youth. Its flagship
show is Barely Speaking with Arnubwhich does sarcastic interviews of celebrities and debates with
representative artists. Its other series includes Qtiyapawhich takes a sarcastic take at current affairs and society.
Horizontal
Reliance BIG Entertainment [Mumbai, 2006]:Reliance BIG Entertainment Private Limited engages in new
media, film entertainment, and TV broadcasting services. The company produces animated motion pictures. It
also operates movie studios; It runs Bigadda.com, a social networking platform for Web and mobile; FM radio BIG
92.7 FM; The company provides music, sports, and Internet and mobile portals, as well as user-generated
content. The company also runs BIG Flixthat is a digital video-on-demand service. The company is a part of
Reliance Anil DhirubhaiAmbaniGroup.
Virtual Reality
SmaaashEntertainment [Mumbai, 2009]:Spread over 40,000 square feet in the heart of Mumbai, Smaaashis
an interactive experience, bringing a balance between virtual and real. It has set up virtual game studios with the
use of sports simulation technology wherein the visitors can play each other in a virtual environment. Some of the
simulated games it offers include cricket (where a player can play against another or with international legends),
car racer, 10 pin bowling, super sonic goalie, etc. Apart from this it also offers food, music and other leisure and
entertainment. The company also has a centerin Surat.
Brand Capital
Performing Arts
EvamEntertainment [Chennai, 2001]:Evamentertainment is a performing arts company that does theatre-
drama, plays, standup comedy, arts management, etc. It performs in the cities of Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad,
Mumbai, Delhi and Singapore. Some of its creations include Ali J-A political thriller, Evamstandup Tamasha,
Five Point Someone, Bollywood kee-Maa, KaradiRhymes-Once upon a bakbaktree, etc.
$90k
Performing Arts
Nritarutya[Bangalore, 2000]:Nritarutyais a performing arts company that provides on demand live
performances on contemporary India arts and other art forms. It also provides consultation on choreography and
performance conceptualisation for various events, films, advertising, fashion shows, etc.
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Company Details Funding Investors
Performing Arts
East India Comedy [Mumbai, 2012]:East India Comedy Company is an entertainment company that does live
performances of standupcomedy independently and for corporate show. They conduct comedy workshops and
also provide scripting and story writing for television and movie production houses. They have around 9
proprietary comedy shows. It has performed over 18 independent shows since its inception in 2013. Some of the
corporate clients include HSBC, Vodafone, RBS, Essar, Deloitte, etc.
Performing Arts
Modern Melody [Mumbai, 2013]:Modern Melody is an entertainment company that signs up individual artists
through online submission or auditions and provides customized live music gigs at private/public events and
festivals. The company has signed up 37 artists/bands.
Performing Arts
Only Much Louder [ , 2002]:OML (Only Much Louder) is an artist management, event/festival management,
collaboration and booking company. Its divisions include Festivals, The Syndicate, Babblefishproductions, and
NH7. It has conceptualized and curated events like NH7 Weekender, A Summer's Day, etc., and conceptualized
shows like The Dewarists, etc.
CA Media, Zodius Capital
Performing Arts
Teamwork Arts [Delhi, 1989]:Teamwork Arts offers a bouquet of services in the entertainment and event
management industry. The services include event conception and development, festival curation and artist liaison,
integrated communication/multimedia and design, line production and management. It also does original theatre
productions and films, TV and documentary productions. It has curated events like Jaipur Literature Festival,
Sounds of Freedom, etc. Its partners include Aditya Birla Carbon, Coca Cola, Google, Ford, etc.
AmbitPragma
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