In an interesting session on Day 1 of FICCI Frames 2018, the future of Television was discussed. Among panelists were Ajit Mohan, CEO, Novi Digital, Mr. Raj Nayak, COO, Viacom18, Mr. M K Anand, MD & CEO, Times Network, Mr. Anuj Gandhi, CEO, Indiacast, Mr. Ashesh Pherwani, Partner EY, Mr. Amit Khanna, Industry Veteran and Mr. Partho Dasgupta, CEO, BARC who also delivered the keynote address, while the session was moderated by Mr. Paritosh Joshi, Principal Provocateur Advisory.
“The future of India depends upon the choices of the urban and rural population. While rural crowd likes watching daily soaps and sports like wrestling, the urban crowd is attracted towards talent search, reality shows and only one major sport that is Cricket. Inspite of different choices what stays common for both the classes is likeability towards drama. High drama content in television gives high TRP ratings.” Said Mr. Partho Dasgupta.
“The economics is majorly reliant on advertising and rich content.” Added Ajit Mohan.
“If Distribution is king; Content is queen and the future of TV is very bright for sure”, concluded Raj Nayak.
Frozen directed by Chris Buck (Tarzan) and Jennifer Lee(Wreck-It Ralph - screenplay by), and produced by Peter Del Vecho (Winnie the Pooh, The Princess and the Frog), shared never-before-seen film footage, introduced by Frozen stars Kristen Bell, voice of Anna, and Josh Gad, voice of Olaf.
Phenakistoscope (1831) A phenakistoscope disc by Eadweard Muybridge (1893).The phenakistoscope was an early animation device. It was invented in 1831 simultaneously by the Belgian Joseph Plateau and the Austrian Simon von Stampfer. It consists of a disk with a series of images, drawn on radii evenly spaced around the center of the disk. Slots are cut out of the disk on the same radii as the drawings, but at a different distance from the center. The device would be placed in front of a mirror and spun. As the phenakistoscope is spun, a viewer would look through the slots at the reflection of the drawings which would only become visible when a slot passes by the viewer's eye. This created the illusion of animation.
