Detailed Project Report on tv news channel

TV NEWS CHANNEL
[CODE NO.3476]


Television is the audio-visual media of communication. It offers a window to the outside world. Among all the mass media, television attracts the largest number of viewers. It is the most popular and has the greatest potential. This is because it is able to attract the audience of all age groups, literate and illiterate and of all the strata of the society. It is becoming increasingly available. Notar says People who never would have had access to important cultural events now with a flick of button may enjoy opera, concerts, dance and theatre performed by great artists. They may take trips to faraway places or learn about many wonders of our universe. They may watch historical landmarks when they happen; the moon walk, successful and aborted space explorations, triumphal events or disastrous news flashed from around the globe.

A TV Channel is by definition a physical or virtual channel over which a televisionstation or television network is distributed. But for most people it is the network on which one gets to see different television programs. There are thousands of TV channels around the world.

Over-the-air television channels are divided into two bands: the VHF band which comprises channels 2 through 13 and occupies frequencies between 54 and 216MHz, and the UHF band, which comprises channels 14 through 83 and occupies frequencies between 470 and 890 MHz.

The youngest of all the media in India is the Television and it is one of the major mass media in India. It is a huge industry which has thousands of programmes in many languages. The small screen has produced numerous celebrities, some even attaining national fame. TV soaps are extremely popular with housewives as well as working women. Approximately half of all Indian households own a television.

According to the reports of 2010, the country has a collection of free and subscription services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are over 515 channels of which 150 are pay channels According to Pioneer Investcorp, the Indian cable industry is worth 270 billion and is the third largest in the world after television in the People's Republic of China and television in the United States. The number of TV homes in India grew from 120 million in 2007 to 148 million in 2011. Cable reaches 94 million homes with 88 million analog connections and 6 million digital ones, while DTH has commanded 41 million subscribers.

COST ESTIMATION

Plant  Capacity                                                   :     200.00 SECOND ADVERTISEMENT/day                        
land & Building  (5000 Sq.Mtr)                         :    Rs. 6.04  Cr
Plant & Machinery                                              :    Rs. 47.50 Lacs
Working Capital for 2 Months                          :    Rs. 1.42  Cr
Total Capital Investment                                   :    Rs. 8.68  Cr
Rate of Return                                                     :    34%
Break Even Point                                                :    62%


INTRODUCTION    
CHARACTERISTICS OF TELEVISION CHANNEL    
(1) AUDIO VISUAL MEDIUM    
(2) LIVE MEDIUM    
(3) DOMESTIC MEDIUM    
(4) POPULAR MEDIUM    
(5) TRANSITORY MEDIUM    
(6) EXPENSIVE MEDIUM    
(7) AIR WAVE DELIVERY    
(8) GOOD FOR DOCUMENTARY INFORMATION    
SCOPE    
LIMITATIONS    
TV NEWS CHANNELS    
HINDI NEWS CHANNELS    
WORKING OF TV NEW CHANNELS    
(1) REPORTING & WRITING TELEVISION NEWS    
NEWS IS DEFINED AS    
BULLETINS    
QUALITIES OF NEWS FOR TELEVISION INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING     
WRITING TELEVISION NEWS    
THE STRUCTURE OF SUCH NEWS WILL BE AS FOLLOWS;    
NEWS BASED ON STATEMENT    
(2) EDITING THE TELEVISION NEWS    
(3) THE LANGUAGE OF TELEVISION NEWS    
LATEST TECHNOLOGIES IN TELEVISION NEWS BROADCASTING    
(1) ELECTRONIC NEWS-GATHERING (ENG)    
(2) DIGITAL SATELLITE NEWS GATHERING (DSNG)    
(3) THE OB VAN FOR NEWS CHANNELS    
(4) VIDEO CONFERENCING    
(5) VERY-SMALL-APERTURE TERMINAL (VSAT) TECHNOLOGY    
(6) MARITIME VSAT    
THE WORKING OF A TELEVISION NEWS ROOM    
THE MODERN TELEVISION NEWSROOM    
A LITTLE ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN THE NEWSROOM    
(1) NEWS ANCHOR    
(2) REPORTERS    
(3) BROADCAST METEOROLOGIST    
(4) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, ASSOCIATE PRODUCER & OTHER PRODUCERS    
(5) NEWS DIRECTOR    
(6) NEWS WRITER/EDITOR    
(7) CAMERA OPERATOR    
(8) AUDIO ENGINEER    
MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT REQUIRED FOR TV PROGRAMME PRODUCTION    
(1) CAMERA    
(2) LIGHTS    
(3) MICROPHONE    
(4) SOUND RECORDER    
WITH A SOUND RECORDER, YOU CAN    
(5) VIDEOTAPE RECORDER    
(6) POST PRODUCTION EDITING MACHINE    
MARKET POSITION    43
WHY ARE INDIAN NEWS CHANNELS SO DISAPPOINTING?    
THE PRICE CAP TRAP HAS HURT MORE THAN JUST NEWS.    
FUTURE OF TV IN INDIA    
THE PANELLISTS WERE UPBEAT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF TV IN INDIA.    
PARTHO DASGUPTA    
AJIT MOHAN    
RAJ NAYAK    
MK ANAND    
KUNAL SINHA    
LINK TO WARC NEWS    
HISTORY OF TELEVISION    
THE MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF TELEVISION INDUSTRY ARE AS FOLLOWS    
IN INDIA TODAY'S TELEVISION WORLD HAS BEEN DIVIDED INTO
THREE DOMAINS    
TELEVISION'S GOLDEN AGE    
TELEVISION INDUSTRY IN INDIA    
MAJOR CHALLENGES    
PLANS FOR INDUSTRY GROWTH    
SWOT ANALYSIS FOR THE TV INDUSTRY IN INDIA    
STRENGTH    
WEAKNESSES    
OPPORTUNITIES    
THREATS    
CONCLUSION    
SOME KEY TRENDS AND CHALLENGES THAT LIE AHEAD ARE    
PLANT LAYOUT    63
SUPPLIERS OF PLANT AND MACHINERY    
SUPPLIERS OF FM RADIO STUDIO EQUIPMENTS    
SUPPLIERS OF FM RADIO TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENTS    
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENTS    
AIR COMPRESSORS    
FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENTS    
SUPPLIERS OF SUBMERSIBLE WATER PUMP    

        
APPENDIX – A:

 1.      COST OF PLANT ECONOMICS      
 2.      LAND & BUILDING                                      
 3.      PLANT AND MACHINERY                                  
 4.      FIXED CAPITAL INVESTMENT                             
 5.      RAW MATERIAL                                         
 6.      SALARY AND WAGES                                     
 7.      UTILITIES AND OVERHEADS                              
 8.      TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL                                
 9.      COST OF PRODUCTION                                   
10.      PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS                               
11.      BREAK EVEN POINT                                     
12.      RESOURCES OF FINANCE                           
13.      INTEREST CHART                                       
14.      DEPRECIATION CHART                                   
15.      CASH FLOW STATEMENT                                   
16.      PROJECTED BALANCE SHEET