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Adlabs: Another spin off play.

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Topic: Adlabs: Another spin off play.
Posted By: basant
Subject: Adlabs: Another spin off play.
Date Posted: 01/Jan/2007 at 8:58am

Adlabs: Another spin off play.

 

Adlabs (CMP Rs 430) is a ADAG group company having interests in film processing, exhibition, media content development and Radio. Recently the company approved a plan to demerge its radio business into a separate company . The total market cap of Adlabs is around Rs 1725 crores. ENIL trades at a market cap of Rs 1254 crores so after the demerger Adlabs could be available at a market cap of 725 crores assuming BIG 92.7 FM to list at round Rs 1000 crores. (around 75% of ENIL’s market cap).

 

 

If we are to go by radio stations ENIL is surely ahead of Big 92.7 FM. While I am sure that in the longer run both these companies would exist the revenue of Big 92.7 FM should start showing momentum by Fy 09 once it has rolled out all its stations.

 

Many might argue whether the marathon Ambani is as dependable as the recklessly diversifying Ambani but the sheer demerger trigger of  the radio business in Adlabs makes me bullish on this stock. Now let us assume that the radio business which is not contributing anything to the profits right now gets listed at Rs 1000 crores market cap. That means that the other businesses of Adlabs would be available at a market cap of Rs 725 crores or a PE of 12 times FY 08.  

CMP

Rs 433

Number of shares

3.98 crores

Market capitalization

Rs 1725 crores

Market capitalization of ENIL

Rs 1254 crores

EPS FY 07 (E)

Rs 14.00

RoE

15.2%

EPS FY 08(E)

Rs 18.00

Sustainable growth (3 years)

35% plus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                           * Brokerage estimates

 
The company’s RoE is low compared to its better peers across the media space. This is because the fresh infusion of funds through preferential allotment to promoters is yet to be effectively deployed.

 

There are a few fundamental pros and cons running for the radio business the biggest advantage is that a radio set can be bought for Rs 250 only and hence is the best way to penetrate at the bottom of the pyramid. Compared to a TV broadcasting company a radio company does not have subscription revenues and will have to rely on advertisement revenues only. SO that is a draw back.

 

Adlabs also plans to convert some 150 single screen halls into multiplexes over the next one year. Additionally the company’s film processing business should see increased activity because of the flood of multiplexes across the country.

 

Even without the spin off trigger the company remains a good bet but it is just that the spin off makes the investment case more attractive. Shareholders of Adlabs shall get two shares of the radio company for each held. The capital structure of the radio company is not known but going by what Anil Ambani does it should not be small.

 



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Posted By: nikhil090
Date Posted: 01/Jan/2007 at 10:18am
Dear Basantjee,
I have my doubts about the 75% value tag for Big FM. They have recently started operating radio stations, but I think they will take time to turn in positive numbers.Also as fixed costs are high(including license fees) they may even report losses for some quarters.
Besides radio, Adlabs is venturing into film distribution and production also and the multiplex business besides the steady film processing business. Over a period of time Adlabs multiplex busines may compete effectively with PVR (50 vs 78 screens). Also they own one property, own 50% in 5 multiplex while the rest are on lease. In case of PVR they have only one property which they are owning. So in due course of time Adlabs will become more attractive than the radio business.


Posted By: basant
Date Posted: 01/Jan/2007 at 10:39am
I have mentioned that Radio will become effective in Fy 09 only but markets are never patient with fast growing companmies in emerging sectors Though this is not the only reason to invest it does create a trigger.

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Posted By: nikhil090
Date Posted: 01/Jan/2007 at 10:57am
Can we put it above PVR in the priority list?


Posted By: basant
Date Posted: 01/Jan/2007 at 11:11am
For the short term yes, the triggers are more in Adlabs. But over a period of time difficult to choose one between the two.Look Adlabs has a market cap which is 3 times PVR so valuations are discounting something.

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Posted By: RAKESH
Date Posted: 01/Jan/2007 at 11:32am
so for short term adlabs is good like htmt playing for demerger story........


Posted By: deveshkayal
Date Posted: 02/Jan/2007 at 12:06pm
Adlabs is managed by Manmohan Shetty and his daughter.It is at an initial stage of growth.Recently,ET reported that Ambani Jr was ready to pay Rs 58/share for buying out Shringar Cinemas while the promoters agreed the major shareholder Temasek was not ready to pull out.If this deal materialises someday,Adlabs will have huge synergies.It has bagged 45 licences for radio,largest by any player.We will have to wait for profitability but Tarun has indicated that they intend to break-even by April.
 I am posting an article from Hindu Business Line which sums it all:

We are re-initiating coverage on Adlabs Films with a `buy' on the stock. With strong financial backing from its promoter, the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group (ADAG), Adlabs has the makings of a media conglomerate. It is making the transition from being a company focused on film processing and a budding interest in film exhibition to one that is involved in everything from production and distribution of films to multiplexes.

Scope for growth

Forays into providing television content, animation and home videos provide the company scope for broadening the revenue profile. ADAG's aggressive entry into the media space, which includes plans in the Direct-to-Home (DTH) and cable network spaces, is likely to provide an impetus to Adlabs' own growth plans. The de-merger of the radio business will free up Adlabs' balance sheet from the heavy investments in this space, besides unlocking value for the shareholders, who will get to hold a direct stake in the radio business.

Over the next two years, revenue and earnings growth is likely to be driven by rapid expansion of multiplexes. The stock now trades at about 30 times its annualised FY-07 earnings, on a fully expanded equity base (post conversion of foreign debt). This is at a discount to peers, such as PVR and Inox Leisure. 

The commercial risks of the new segments such as production and theatre exhibition are, however, higher than that in film processing(where Adlabs has a stronghold), asthe revenue stream is more dependent on the box office success of films. Earnings could, as a result, display a lumpy pattern. This makes it an investment option for those with an appetite for risk. However, as film processing is likely to continue to be a source of steady cash flow, the company remains a less risky alternative to pure-film or pure-exhibition plays in the sector. Exposures can be considered from a two-year perspective.

Good show in Q2

Adlabs turned in a spectacular performance in the second quarter and also in the first half. Revenues more than doubled, and profits expanded three-fold in the September quarter.

There was a massive expansion in operating margins from 46 per cent to about 60 per cent. It has been a blockbuster year for the Indian film industry. A series of box office hits buoyed revenues of its exhibition business, which witnessed a rapid addition of properties over the past year. Revenues from the segment expanded three-fold. Adlabs is investing heavily in building multiplexes in metros and the smaller cities and towns. It expects to have more than 100 screens by 2008, thus retaining its size advantage, even as its competitors are putting through heavy expansion plans.

With the onset of the multiplex era, the success of a film is decided in the first couple of weeks of screening. This has increased the demand for more prints.

Hence the continued buoyancy in its processing business, which, till FY-06, contributed more than 60 per cent of the revenues.

Changing revenue mix

With the scaling up of the multiplex business, however,Adlabs' revenue mix has undergone a change. Revenues from the exhibition segment accounted for a third of revenues in the first half of the fiscal, while the share of processing fell to about 30 per cent. Production, content and distribution accounted for the remaining third, where Adlabs is a recent entrant.

Adlabs has set up offices in the UK and the US for overseas distribution . Overseas markets now contribute at least 10 per cent to a film's revenues, and offer better margins to distributors. Adlabs also has plans to expand its distribution presence in the domestic market.

Umrao Jaan and Jaan-e-man mark its entry into the domestic distribution market. The initial response to these films at the box office has been lacklustre. But the heavily marketed Umrao Jaan appears to have had a warmer reception overseas . The distribution segment is likely to act as a captive source of content once the exhibition business assumes scale.

Adlabs is also stepping up funding of films through co-production deals with reputed filmmakers such as Mr Ram Gopal Varma and Mr Prakash Jha. Its investments in production are not expected to exceed 15 per cent of its networth and will be spread over four to five films at least. Upcoming productions include Sarkar 2 and the Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Nishabd. It recently entered into a deal with Mr Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment — this marks its foray into Hollywood productions. While these are high-growth businesses, they expose the company to box office performances to a greater degree.

With multiplexes likely to lead revenue growth over the next couple of years, these risks are higher. Moreover, given the scale of expansion across multiplex-operators, there can be overcrowding in some pockets, and this can affect occupancy rates and therefore, profitability. Adlabs might be able to reduce some of these risks through the sale of satellite TV rights and the proposed entry into the home video segment.

Other ventures

The company is also trying to diversify into television content. It recently acquired a majority stake in Mr Siddharth Basu's Synergy Communications, the creators of the famous Kaun Banega Crorepati, and the popular reality-dance, Jhalak Dhikla Jha.

Given the significant resources at its disposal, Adlabs is likely to make forays into other segments as well.

It is likely to snap up some of the small fish in the business, which could fast-track growth across segments.  



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Posted By: vnstks
Date Posted: 02/Jan/2007 at 12:48pm
Originally posted by basant

 Shareholders of Adlabs shall get two shares of the radio company for each held.

 
Basantji - Has demerger ratio been finalized?


Posted By: vivekkumar_in
Date Posted: 02/Jan/2007 at 2:21am
Basantji,
    The other 2 spinoff candidates HTMT & Zee are more of a spinoff play, rather a hold. 

Does Adlabs classify for a Spinoff & hold?

With the recent rise of Educomp.. can one consider switching Educomp to Adlabs ?

Regards,
Vivek


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Posted By: India_Bull
Date Posted: 02/Jan/2007 at 3:38am

Basantji,

One humble request... before putting your analysis on the forum pls send all the boarders a private email . 
 
Due to the effect of your analysis and coincidence and the current market trend and  the popularity of TED amongst fans , this one has gone up almost by 5 %  !!!(and I cdnt add it at lower price though I dont consider it as most imp criteria,would have prefered so !!)
 
 


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Posted By: basant
Date Posted: 02/Jan/2007 at 6:50am
Originally posted by vivekkumar_in

Basantji,
    The other 2 spinoff candidates HTMT & Zee are more of a spinoff play, rather a hold. 

Does Adlabs classify for a Spinoff & hold?

With the recent rise of Educomp.. can one consider switching Educomp to Adlabs ?

Regards,
Vivek
 
HTMT and Zee suffer from poor management problems. Otherwise they are as good as any other media company to play the media (CAS/DTH) boom. The problem is that after the spin off all the entities become fairly valued and hence the potential for immediate gains become minimized. Adlabs is a good stock to hold for the moment but in case the spin off adds value as we envisage it could become fairly valued again.


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Posted By: basant
Date Posted: 02/Jan/2007 at 7:08am
Originally posted by SANDEEP

Basantji,

One humble request... before putting your analysis on the forum pls send all the boarders a private email . 
 
Due to the effect of your analysis and coincidence and the current market trend and  the popularity of TED amongst fans , this one has gone up almost by 5 %  !!!(and I cdnt add it at lower price though I dont consider it as most imp criteria,would have prefered so !!)
 
 
 
It is all co-incodental. Just that we are able toi write it before the stock is to move up rather then the other way around.


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Posted By: deveshkayal
Date Posted: 02/Jan/2007 at 11:16am
Adlabs can be played as an all-round entertainment company, an substitute for Zee.I already bought it at 350 levels.Its FM station in Mumbai has got very poor response,this is the worry.How it emerges out of competition will test its creativity.

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Posted By: catcall
Date Posted: 03/Jan/2007 at 8:18pm
While the FM story for Adabs will play up in the long run, it's entry in the 'Filmi duniya" looks more promising to me. The way films are raking in the dough outside india from the current Hindi films is noteworthy....

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Posted By: basant
Date Posted: 03/Jan/2007 at 9:09pm
The best benefit that any company can get from its movie library is the steady generation of income from re-runs. With DTH coming in and video on call will become a very important money generating scheme for many of these movie content producers. Generally people do not want to watch serial re-runs as much as they enjoy movie re-runs maybe because movies finish off in 3 hours!

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Posted By: PrashantS
Date Posted: 03/Jan/2007 at 9:15pm
Howmuch can Adlabs radio list at....AB BABy junior is the brand ambassador............for BIG


Posted By: deveshkayal
Date Posted: 03/Jan/2007 at 11:17pm
Hidden value though not much:Adlabs holds 4.66% stake in Prime Focus,a digital production company whereas RJ is holding 8.5% stake in it.Prime Focus current market cap is 448 crores.  

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Posted By: deveshkayal
Date Posted: 03/Jan/2007 at 10:51am
Anil Ambani plans foray into TV channel business
 
Anil Ambani is planning to make an entry into the broadcasting business, the final piece in the media chain where he had so far stayed out.

On his radar is the launch of an entertainment business channel through Adlabs Films, the listed company where he acquired a majority stake in mid-2005.

"We are considering it and have given the proposal for the launch of an entertainment business channel. But the board has to approve of it," Adlabs chairman and managing director Manmohan Shetty tells Indiantelevision.com.

The idea is to capitalise on the contacts that Shetty has with the film industry and synergise content with Adlabs' film production business. The channel would also provide information on the gross earnings from box office collections and other financial data.

Shetty, however, did not wish to talk on the content front, saying "it was too early to talk about anything" till the go-ahead signal was given for launching the channel.

Adlabs has ambitious plans for animation. In the pipeline is a 3D feature film, Superstar, with Southern actor Rajnikanth's Ochre Studios which is slated for release in April 2008. The second animation project is a feature based on the characters Gini & Jony, who represent one of the top brands in children apparel in India.



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Posted By: basant
Date Posted: 03/Jan/2007 at 11:01am

That was a very important news. Adlabs does look like finally getting ready to run like marathon AMbani.



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Posted By: nikhil090
Date Posted: 06/Jan/2007 at 9:14pm

If Anil Ambani actually makes Adlabs the vehicle for entry into entertainment space, and if he does it will reasonable honesty, then Adlabs can also go anywhere in the next 3-5 years. The thing with Ambani duo is that their ambition is almost unlimited. They keep on getting into interesting areas and generating wealth.



Posted By: nikhil090
Date Posted: 07/Jan/2007 at 1:20pm
http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k6/dec/dec149.htm - http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k6/dec/dec149.htm
Reliance DTH foray is coming from Reliance energy. I can't fathom what Anil Ambani is upto? Why reliance energy?


Posted By: basant
Date Posted: 07/Jan/2007 at 1:29pm
Now I know why Anil Ambani is so energetic!!! He would like to use his reliance energy customer database to tap the DTH market is what I could think.

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Posted By: deveshkayal
Date Posted: 08/Jan/2007 at 1:27pm
This is completely baseless.How can board of Reliance Energy understand DTH market.It will come either from Adlabs or their gaming division known as Reliance Entertainment.Reliance energy have customers only in some parts of Mumbai.

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Posted By: pradoshbasu
Date Posted: 12/Jan/2007 at 11:31am
What is the effective date of De-merger?Has it been announced?


Posted By: basant
Date Posted: 12/Jan/2007 at 11:57am
SHould be sometime in February - not yet announced.

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Posted By: johnnybravo
Date Posted: 17/Jan/2007 at 8:43pm
A good link that probably has most of 'our stocks' and seconds our conviction

The 5 hottest lifestyle stocks

http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/jan/17stocks.htm - http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/jan/17stocks.htm



Posted By: ankit18
Date Posted: 20/Jan/2007 at 1:48pm
Adlabs has received the court approval but awaiting govt approval for demerger. Read this:- http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=150927

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Posted By: nikhil090
Date Posted: 21/Jan/2007 at 11:58am
Adlabs has taken over Synergy communications

http://www.bseindia.com/qresann/news.asp?newsid=D5BE3F18-6737-481F-9506-BAF0AC3651EB&flag=I&type=A&scrip_CD=532399
With this they have moved into content space also.


Posted By: deveshkayal
Date Posted: 22/Jan/2007 at 12:25pm

I think u should read this thread from start



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Posted By: deveshkayal
Date Posted: 23/Jan/2007 at 12:48pm
Adlabs has come out with its Q3 result. Its consolidated Q3 net profit was up at Rs 23 crore versus Rs 21 crore, QoQ.Net profit does not seem impressive.May be due to Radio and acquisition of Synergy. The company's consolidated Q3 revenues was up at Rs 105 crore against Rs 62 crore, QoQ

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Posted By: nikhil090
Date Posted: 23/Jan/2007 at 1:09pm
that is why stock is down by 3%


Posted By: nikhil090
Date Posted: 23/Jan/2007 at 9:25pm
Hi,
 
Has anybody seen Adlabs result in detail? There is a big component of 21 cr in OI which is unexplained while on expenses side there is 40 cr charge for amortisation.. any idea where are these 2 numbers coming from?? The results/investor pres etc do not talk about these details..


Posted By: deveshkayal
Date Posted: 27/Jan/2007 at 12:14pm

Key takeaways from Adlabs concall:

  • Adlabs and Synergy to put up 10-12 shows in non-fiction.
  • Adlabs partnered with Ashok Amritraj to produce movies, the firt one is ready and there are more in the process.
  • On the radio front, Adlabs is expecting business from companies who prefer radio to print as its cheaper.
  • Adlabs has 45 licenses and will start 24 stations in the next three months.
  • On the FM radio front, Adlabs projects itself as a contemporary channel with researched music based on the tastes of the local population.
  • Advertising rate on radio is based on a 10 second spot basis and the cost varies from Rs 400-1200 per 10 seconds.
  • Adlabs and Synergy to co-produce shows using Synergy as a platform, owns a 51% stake in Synergy.


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Posted By: hkumar
Date Posted: 28/Jan/2007 at 12:24pm
ADLABS BS runs a risk of Rs. 62 Crores
 
Adlabs Films Ltd has informed BSE that in the limited review report of the company for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, the auditors of the company have made the following observations:

"1. In respect of account receivables and loans and advances as at September 30, 2006 aggregating Rs 3,443 lacs and Rs 2,059 lacs respectively, details of ageing analysis relating to these account balances are not available with the Company and no provision, if any required, has been assessed and made by the management. Accordingly we are not unable to comment on the carrying values of the account receivables and loans and advances as at September 30, 2006.

2. The Company has considered the favourable exchange fluctuation arising on restatement of foreign currency convertible bonds amounting to Rs 874 lacs as premium as construed under section 78 of the Companies Act, 1956. Consequently the same has been adjusted in the securities premium account.

Alternate view could be that the exchange fluctuation on restatement of bonds, a monetary liability, is to be recognised in profit and loss account. If this view were to be adopted profits for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 would be understated by Rs 874 lacs.

We are informed by the Companys management that the matter stated herein above will be referred for expert view in the following quarter."



Posted By: basant
Date Posted: 28/Jan/2007 at 1:11pm
details of ageing analysis relating to these account balances are not available with the Company
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How can these people do this? These guys are running a listed company and they have no records for such a huge balance.


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Posted By: ramki830
Date Posted: 28/Jan/2007 at 2:48pm
Bit reminds one of all those analysts who saw some strange things in Reliance Balance sheet, those days.
 
Balance Sheet Engineering is an art... some companies do it successfully. It is not exactly bad to business, for Reliance like cos may do it to minimise tax outgo.


Posted By: nikhil090
Date Posted: 15/Feb/2007 at 9:54pm
BIG 92.7 FM hits Chandigarh

 

Indiantelevision.com Team

(15 February 2007 7:30 pm)

 

Mumbai: BIG 92.7 FM, the radio initiative from Adlabs Films Pvt. Ltd launched its station in Chandigarh. This would make it ths12 station of the network.

Commenting on the station's entry into Chandigarh, Big 92.7 FM COO Tarun Katial said, "We are very excited about launching in the city of Chandigarh and we want the tunes of BIG 92.7 FM to echo across the length and the breadth of the country. The programming mix of the station has been put together after much research and understanding of our listeners requirements. We are completely geared and are eagerly looking forward to entertaining the city of Chandigarh."

In the first phase of its launches, Big 92.7 FM set up Stations in the cities of Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Mumbai, Jammu, Srinagar, Aligarh, Jhansi & Bikaner. The second phase of launches will take Big 92.7 FM to several mini-metros, taking the total count of stations to 45



Posted By: deveshkayal
Date Posted: 18/Feb/2007 at 3:06pm
Adlabs has inked a deal with MTV for a three film JV aimed at catching the edgy,youth segment with each film costing Rs 2- 4 cr.
Adlabs has plans for expansion in TV content.Does aggressive TV planning include a channel in the future? "A channel is not important for creation of content" says Pooja.
Today,Adlabs is mostly involved in financing movies through its tie-up with well-known directors.Something it plans to do is acquiring 100% IPR by executing the project themselves. "Look at the Disney model.Even after years,their movies are still paying, sometimes more than it ever did in the times of their release," adds Shetty.
 
Source: ET


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Posted By: nikhil090
Date Posted: 04/Mar/2007 at 1:35pm

Adlabs is moving agressively to open new stations while nothing new has been launched by ENIL . Both claim that they would complete the station rollout by July-Sept 2007

- http://www.financialexpress.com/about/feedback.html -

Big FM, Radio Mirchi to invest Rs 550 cr ( http://www.financialexpress.com/latest_full_story.php?content_id=156543 - http://www.financialexpress.com/latest_full_story.php?content_id=156543 )

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Posted online: Friday, March 02, 2007 at 1804 hours IST

NEW DELHI, MARCH 2:  As the radio industry continues to hot up, new entrants and old players alike are on an expansion spree in both rural and urban space.

While ADAG-promoted Big FM plans to invest Rs 400 crore in the next four months on setting up new stations, Radio Mirchi will shell out Rs 150 crore for the same by September. "We will invest Rs 400 crore to open 41 stations to penetrate the rural India," Big FM Human Resource Vice-President Lancelot Cutinha said.

Big FM, already has 12 stations on air and it launched its 13th one at Hisar on Friday.

"There is a big demand from the rural areas and they are welcoming it," he said, adding the company expected to garner more advertising revenues in the near future.

Radio Mirchi, which has ten stations running currently, is also on an expansion mode to consolidate its position.

"Our target is to roll out 25 Radio Mirchi stations by September this year. We have already launched three," Radio Mirchi CEO and MD A P Parigi said.

He said the company would be investing Rs 150 crore for the expansion, which would include the license fee and the installation fee.

In last 18 months, private FM radio industry has invested over Rs 3,000 crore in 91 cities with over 250 radio stations (existing and the ones coming up) among 45 players, Parigi said.

These stations had bagged licenses under the government's second phase of FM radio expansion, including in Delhi and Mumbai



Posted By: tigershark
Date Posted: 05/Mar/2007 at 5:52am
did watch the movie NISHABD and i feel adlabs has done a good job does any teds know how the movie is doing on the box office especially in big cities

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Posted By: deveshkayal
Date Posted: 05/Mar/2007 at 8:52am

Pre-Holi is considered a dull period year after year and this year is no exception. NISHABD and NEHLLE PE DEHLLA, the two biggies that opened this Friday, cut a sorry picture at the ticket window. NISHABD opened to a 20%-30% response, with the word of mouth being negative.

The problem is movie is not made for the tastes of Indian audience. Rajeev Masand also gave  Thumbs%20Up.


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Posted By: nikhil090
Date Posted: 07/Mar/2007 at 10:10am
They have opened the Hisar radio station also now. With it they have 13 stations in total operating in different cities, as of now the largest number.

Ambani duo execution skills were never in doubt but the real test would be whether they would be able to make BigFM relevant for advertisers and audience.
Apparently I am not very sure about the audience base for their Hyderabad station..


Posted By: Mohan
Date Posted: 08/Mar/2007 at 9:03pm
Has the de- merger for the radio stations already taken place .

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Posted By: basant
Date Posted: 08/Mar/2007 at 9:06pm
Not to my mind.

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Posted By: PrashantS
Date Posted: 08/Mar/2007 at 10:27am
but i think it is still a good scrip to pick up these levels...


Posted By: Mohan
Date Posted: 08/Mar/2007 at 11:44am
what kind of growth/appreciation can one expect ?


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Posted By: praveenmbd
Date Posted: 09/Mar/2007 at 2:39pm

Anil Ambani is scripting a new story for Telugu cinema. The ADAG-backed http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/stockpricequote/mediaentertainment/adlabsfilms/18/59/pricechartquote/marketprice/AF27 - Adlabs is investing over Rs 300 crore in buying and leasing movie theatres in Andhra Pradesh to boost Adlabs' distribution, reports CNBC-TV18. 

 

The humble neighbourhood cinema hall in Andhra Pradesh will never be the same again. Adlabs has bought or leased more than 200 small theatres in AP and transformed them into Adlabs cinema halls. Adlabs has invested a crore of rupees in each renovation.

 

They are going to develop this as a multiplex, with food court and AC to attract people, which we are not able to do now" says TP Anatham, Manager, Sri Saraswathi Theater. 

 

Besides, each cinema hall will have the latest digital cinema technology. Adlabs has begun work on halls in Guntur, Thenali, Vizag and Vijayanagararam and its multiplex in Hyderabad will be up and running in the next few months.

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Sources say the company plans to build a film studio in Hyderabad and produce Telugu films. At Rs 250 crore a year the Telugu film industry is India's largest regional film industry and last year it produced more movies than even Bollywood did. No wonder Anil Ambani wants a piece of the action.



Posted By: tigershark
Date Posted: 09/Mar/2007 at 2:54pm
any idea which is the largest cinema going state in india is it andhra, tn, karnataka or maha anybody any idea

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Posted By: kulman
Date Posted: 09/Mar/2007 at 6:59pm
which is the largest cinema going state in india is it andhra, tn, karnataka or maha anybody any idea
 
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Posted By: tigershark
Date Posted: 09/Mar/2007 at 7:19pm
thks COOL MAAN thats the way they shall call yu in portofspain now that we r getting in wc mode. it is just a trivia question.

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Posted By: praveenmbd
Date Posted: 21/Mar/2007 at 5:20pm

 

http://www.kashmirobserver.com/index.php?id=2101 - http://www.kashmirobserver.com/index.php?id=2101



Posted By: deveshkayal
Date Posted: 23/Mar/2007 at 11:36pm
The Anil-Dhirubhai Ambani Group (A-DAG)-controlled Adlabs Radio is all set to launch two more Big FM stations in Andhra Pradesh – at Visakhapatnam and Tirupati, by May this year.
 
The company also plans to launch FM services at Mysore, Mangalore, Thiruvananthapuram and Pondicherry around the same time
 
“We are currently in the process of analysing the need gaps of these cities, and we should be freezing on the programming content by early April. We plan to launch our Vizag station by mid-May and in Tirupati by April-end this year,” Ashwin Padmanabhan, station head, Hyderabad, told Business Standard.
 
“We are also in the process of recruiting RJs and other technical staff for these stations, 20 in Vizag and 10 to 15 in Tirupati,” he added
Adlabs, which has earmarked around Rs 400 crore for its FM radio initiative, currently runs 13 FM stations across the country. It plans to take this number to 18 by this month-end
 
"By the end of June 2007, all the 45 stations will be up and running, including those in Mysore, Mangalore, Pondicherry and Thiruvananthapuram, making Big FM the largest FM radio company in the country," Padmanabhan said.
 
According to him, leveraging the extensive expertise of its sales team – Big Connect, Adlabs had forged a sales alliance with Century Communications, which emerged as a major player by bagging licences for eight cities – Mangalore, Gulbarga, Rajahmundry, Trichy, Kannur, Tuticorin, Tirunelveli and Warangal.


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Posted By: deveshkayal
Date Posted: 23/Mar/2007 at 12:12pm
I just heard Manmohan Shetty says Radio will be listed seperately on Indian stock exchanges next month. U can listen him here http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/india/audioplayer2.cfm?audiofile=Shetty_KW_WIEF_India.mp3 - http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/india/audioplayer2.cfm?audiofile=Shetty_KW_WIEF_India.mp3   This interview was given by him at Wharton India Economic Forum at Philadelphia.

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Posted By: praveenmbd
Date Posted: 26/Mar/2007 at 11:17am

 

http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/07/mar/26_yash_raj_ta_ra_rum_pum_salaam_namaste.asp - http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/07/mar/26_yash_raj_ta_ra_rum_pum_salaam_namaste.asp



Posted By: deveshkayal
Date Posted: 27/Mar/2007 at 2:07pm
The above news should be put in the appropriate thread...PVR has already signed with Aamir..that we have discussed in PVR thread...

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Posted By: nikhil090
Date Posted: 27/Mar/2007 at 4:30pm
Big FM teams up with Yash Raj for 'TaraRumPum'
 

Indiantelevision.com Team

(26 March 2007 6:30 pm)

 

MUMBAI: Big FM has tied up with Yash Raj http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k7/mar/mar338.php# - - Films to be the exclusive radio partner for TaraRumPum, directed by Siddarth Anand of the 'Salaam Namaste' fame.

The station will feature all the action around the movie, exclusive rights to song premieres, behind the scenes tid-bits, interviews of the cast and crew as part of the promotion of the film. There will be a week-long build up prior to the launch of the music, on-air announcement of the release of the movie and music, behind the scenes gossip and interviews about the film.

Adlabs getting breaks into exclusivity of content..


Posted By: tigershark
Date Posted: 27/Mar/2007 at 5:09pm
yash chopra prod and chair of ficci entertaiment said that earlier only 200 -300 prints were realised while today 900 are.the film ind which currently is placed at 8400 crs is expected to touch 17500crs by 2011.the indystry is getting increasingly corporatised.we have a film going culture in our country and that is a big plus point

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Posted By: BubbleVision
Date Posted: 27/Mar/2007 at 5:23pm

I had seen the exclusive clipping of TaraRumPum on NDTV over the weekend and I must say.. It looked brilliant and classy. Along the lines of Hum Tum.

TaraRumPum also features Saif and Rani.



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Posted By: deveshkayal
Date Posted: 29/Mar/2007 at 2:08pm
Adlabs to sizzle up screen presence (ET)
BY the time Adlabs releases its first co-production, the Salman Khan starrer, Marigold, or Sarkar 2, or even Ram Gopal Varma’s Sholay, they may be releasing more than three-fourths of the print run across their own screens.

With real estate developers unable to keep pace with the need of India’s cinema exhibition business demands, Manmohan Shetty’s Adlabs has decided to ramp up their screen presence by buying out existing single screens and refurbishing them.


So far, they have signed up 55 properties across the country. The aim is to reach 300 properties and preferably, says Mr Shetty, equip them with two screens each.

This would take Adlabs current 55 screens across five states to a straight 180 screens. “We are only covering the Hindi belt and looking at theatres which are first release theatres, which means that in a city which has three theatres, there would be one which would release a Don as soon as it is released, while the other two would wait.

We are looking only at the one which would be releasing first,” explains Mr Shetty. The cost of refurbishing each will
be between Rs 1-3 crore each with a six to eight month time. The signed 55 are expected to roll out in the next 12 months, said Raj Tilak, who is advising Adlabs on this project. “Every developer is taking time over their projects, each having different hurdles to cross, from licences to project completion, while these have no such hurdles to cross,” says Mr Shetty.

With the exponential demand for the big movies, film-makers have increased print orders to multiple of hundreds. A Krrish or a Dhoom 2 release with approximately 700 prints, of which even if a rough estimate of 300 go for foreign market release, there are 400 left for the domestic market. “We are going to trace these and go to the space. With the current 100 multiplexes, there is a huge untapped potential in the market to be tapped,” adds Mr Shetty.
Whether these screens would go digital or analogue would depend. However, the locations these single theatres are presently in would see the ticket prices remain very competitive compared to multiplexes and go up from the present average of Rs 45-50 to around Rs 70, to cover the cost of the refurbishment.


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Posted By: praveenmbd
Date Posted: 29/Mar/2007 at 2:44pm

BIG 92.7 FM, the Reliance ADA Group's radio channel, bets on local retail players to keep its cash box jingling.

"When we finish launching the channel across the country, we hope to see at least 50 per cent of our ad revenues from the bottom rung of every city — from small brands, retailers and FMCG players," said Mr Tarun Katial, Chief Operating Officer, BIG 92.7 FM.

So be ready for more spots from RSK Paradise Developers from Rudrapur, GTM Jewellers in Paschim Vihar, Ashirwad Metropolitan Mall or Stanza Heights in Panipat.

With plans for 45 stations and nine alliances, and 12 live stations, the network is to cover 200 cities and will launch in Bhubaneshwar soon followed by Bhopal, Bareily and Guwahati. "BIG is hugely popular in Jammu," says Mr Katial.

The brand, positioned as `adult-contemporary', is unique, he says, and attracts audience between the age group of 15 and 34 with music of the Eighties and Nineties.

'Our positioning is aspirational; you could say we have a celebrity bias,' says Mr Katial. BIG FM recently signed up sports commentator Harsha Bhogle and actor Shekhar Suman.

'It already has actor Rajeshwari Sachdev (for Delhi) Shweta Tiwari (Mumbai), Kaushik (Kolkata), Mamathi Chari (Chennai), and comedians Vrajesh Hirjee, and Sunil Pal (both Mumbai) hosting shows. It will continue 'to invest in known faces (read voices) with credibility.'

BIG FM would have spent Rs 40 crore before the end of its launch period.

'Using Abhishek (Bachchan) as brand ambassador was a good idea and going forward, we hope to build on our breakfast jockeys,' said Mr Katial. The radio has also built a `short code' property in 5454, already offering `BIG Tune' ringtones.

It hopes to roll out other digital products soon. Focus is on interactivity and co-creation, says Mr Katial, promising to allot an outdoor broadcast van for every city and keep street-level marketing a priority.

The radio channel is already running Ashta Lakshmi, a mid-morning game show that it claims has really caught on with its target audience of women and that received one lakh SMS from Hyderabad alone.

Quiz contests and other formats are being explored by the channel, which recently broadcast Feluda, directed by Satyajit Ray's son Sandip Ray, in Kolkata.

Taken from Business Line

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ - thehindubusinessline.in



Posted By: deveshkayal
Date Posted: 31/Mar/2007 at 9:48am
Namastey London did pretty well worldwide. It collected a gross revenue of 40crs. Good for Adlabs..

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Posted By: praveenmbd
Date Posted: 01/Apr/2007 at 1:46pm
Reality radio is on our agenda”
Big 92.7 FM COO Tarun Katial on the future of FM in India
 
 
Katial also believes that reality shows on radio are “going to be very huge in the near future. Naturally music will be the mainstay of all FM stations, but talent hunts, reality contests will happen in different format and ways. It is on our agenda.”
 
 
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=159728 - http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=159728


Posted By: praveenmbd
Date Posted: 01/Apr/2007 at 3:11pm
Adlabs Films Ltd plans two animated films in 2008 -- one on Tamil superstar Rajnikant and another on children apparel retailing brand, Gini & Jony.
 
 
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200704011121.htm - http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200704011121.htm


Posted By: praveenmbd
Date Posted: 03/Apr/2007 at 10:57am

BIG 92.7 FM hits Airwaves in Bareilly

http://www.moneycontrol.com/mccode/news/searchresult.php?search_str=BIG%2092.7%20FM&datesel=2 - BIG 92.7 FM , the Radio initiative from http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/stockpricequote/mediaentertainment/adlabsfilms/19/30/pricechartquote/marketprice/AF27 - Adlabs Films Ltd ., today, announced the latest edition to its kitty, with the launch of its Station in Bareilly. The launch of BIG 92.7 FM in the city marks the launch of its 14th station of the network.

 

In the first phase of its launches, BIG 92.7 FM set up Stations in the cities of Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Mumbai, Jammu, Srinagar, Aligarh, Jhansi, Chandigarh, Bikaner & Hissar. The second phase of launches will take BIG 92.7 FM to several mini-metros, taking the total count of Stations to 45 and making it the BIGGEST FM network in the country!

 

With the endeavor to create high aspiration and excitement, BIG 92.7 FM has taken aboard several well-known personalities and has created an exciting programming mix that ensures relevant and credible information to their listeners. BIG 92.7 FM promises not only to entertain but to inform and empower the listener with utilities that one may take for granted. The Station has designed utilities such as traffic and weather updates along with time checks and health tips to help optimize the listener’s time management and health. Another important programme offering of the Station is the “Acknowledgement of local Heroes in Society”. BIG 92.7 FM aims to honor the deserving common man who works relentlessly and voluntarily for the betterment of society.

 

Key shows are hosted by personalities like, Vrajesh Hirjee in Mumbai, Rajeshwari Sachdev in Delhi, Rakesh & Pragya in Kolkata, C K Chandru and Dayanand in Bangalore, Mamathi Chari, Dheena & Balaji in Chennai, Krish & Jhansi in Hyderabad and Sachin in Chandigarh. These celebrities will interact with the listeners in their language; as they share their emotions, on a daily basis, adding to the aspirational appeal of the station. In addition to this, we also have a unique spiritual show hosted by Shweta Tiwari.

 

To ensure the highest aspirational appeal and connect, with its listeners, BIG 92.7 FM has signed on none other than Abhishek Bachchan as the Brand Ambassador.

 

Big 92.7 FM is already creating waves in the metros of Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Mumbai and in the cities of Jammu, Srinagar, Aligarh, Jhansi, Bikaner, Chandigarh & Hissar and is all set to entertain the city of Bareilly.

 

Commenting on the station’s entry into Bareilly, Tarun Katial, COO, BIG 92.7 FM, said “We have been receiving very encouraging responses from all the cities that we have launched in this far. We are very excited about launching in the city of Bareilly and it we want the tunes of BIG 92.7 FM to echo across the length and the breadth of the country. The programming mix of the Station has been put together after much research and understanding of our listeners requirements. It is our aim to create content that is relevant, credible and has an aspirational value to the listeners. We are completely geared and are eagerly looking forward to entertaining the city of Bareilly. We are sure the city will welcome us with open arms and will enjoy the programmes on our Station.” Tarun Katial added.

 

With an aim to touch 200 million listeners, which is every fifth Indian across the country; every third urban Indian and every eighth Indian in rural areas, BIG 92.7 FM is on its way to grab the pulse of the Indian populace.

 2007-04-03 16:35:46 Source : Moneycontrol.com

With all its offerings put together, BIG 92.7 FM promises lesser clutter and richer reach by offering a super combination of wider coverage and better frequency.



Posted By: deveshkayal
Date Posted: 04/Apr/2007 at 10:26am
Big Bazaar stores to air BIG 92.7 FM radio
Adlabs Films' FM initiative, BIG 92.7, has tied up with Future Group for radio play out in its retail outlets.
As per the tie-up, Future Group's Big Bazaar outlets in cities such as Delhi (4 stores), Mumbai (5 stores), Kolkata (2 stores), Bangalore (4 stores) and two Food Bazaar outlets in Mumbai and Delhi will air the live feed of BIG 92.7 FM.
While the 15 Big Bazaar stores register a cumulative footfall of 27 lakh a month on an average, the footfall in the two Food Bazaar outlets average around a lakh a month.
Through this initiative, we would be able to make lakhs of people, who visit these outlets, sample our station. We are also working on entering into similar tie-ups with the company to play out our station at its Chennai outlets," said Mr Anand Chakravarthy, National Marketing Head, BIG 92.7 FM.
BIG FM has also installed `fixed-frequency' radio sets in autorickshaws in major cities. (HBL)


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Posted By: basant
Date Posted: 04/Apr/2007 at 10:38am
Good news for both parties. I read that Pantaloon is also planning store centric radio channel to be outsourced from any of these radio companies - the content would be exclusively aired in the BB outlets and would combine with the offers that keep running at the stores.

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Posted By: kulman
Date Posted: 05/Apr/2007 at 10:59am
http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?autono=280170&leftnm=8&subLeft=0&chkFlg= - Adlabs plans to launch visual radio services
Vijay C Roy / New Delhi/ Chandigarh April 06, 2007
After FM stations, Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group-controlled Adlabs Radio is planning to start visual radio services.
 
"We are in talks with telecom players for the services and we may start our services by December,” said Adlabs Films (FM radio initiative) head (marketing) Anand Chakravarty.
 
"The service provides users with interactive content while they are tuned into a radio station. Users can receive interactive information and graphics related to the content. They can also download related wallpaper, songs and ringtones,” Chakravarty said.
 
Commenting on FM stations, he said, "Of the 45 for which we have got the licence, 14 are operational and we hope by June, all the 45 stations will be operational."
 
The company will spend nearly Rs 150 crore on operations in the northern region comprising Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. The company has plans to set up 20 FM stations in the northern region.
 
Commenting on advertisement revenue, Chakravarty said, "The total ad spend is about Rs 24,000 crore. The radio share is 3 per cent, quite low compared to western countries, and so there is growth potential."
 
He said FM channels would fuel the growth of FM-enabled handsets, which is currently only 4 per cent of the total handset market.
 
 
 


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Posted By: deveshkayal
Date Posted: 06/Apr/2007 at 1:18pm
Music rights may lead Adlabs to launch label
Anil Ambani-owned Adlabs Films is mulling foraying into music by launching its own music label so that it can control the revenue stream generated through music rights. Adlabs is expected to leverage Reliance’s broadband and telecom value-added services infrastructure for the same.
When contacted Adlabs Films chairman Manmohan Shetty told ET that the proposal is being considered though nothing has been finalised. “Music has the potential of being the content for platforms like cell phone and the internet. Ringtones and music downloads from the net are becoming very popular.”
However, industry sources believe that the company may soon recruit a CEO to head ADAG’s music division. Also, Adlabs is keen on synergising its majority stakeholder’s presence in telecom and broadband for better control of music rights especially when it has signed multi-crore movie deals.
Adlabs Films is also keen on expanding in the regional movies space. “We have decided to launch at least two Telgu movies and two Tamil movies per year,” said Mr Shetty. The regional movies biz is expected to contribute about 10% to the company’s topline.
From 2008 onwards Adlabs would not only produce but also direct its own movies. The company recently entered into a co-production deal with Viacom’s MTV Networks for making youth oriented movies.
As far as the company’s exhibition business is concerned, Adlabs Cinemas is introducing the 6D cinema theatre experience. The exhibition chain in collaboration with Cinema Park Entertainment is building the first 6 D theatre in Agra, which is likely to be launched by the year end. These theatres would target tourist destinations and the content aired would concentrate on showcasing Indian culture


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Posted By: deveshkayal
Date Posted: 06/Apr/2007 at 1:20pm

If this happens then Adlabs Radio will save from paying royalty to music companies.....



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Posted By: praveenmbd
Date Posted: 06/Apr/2007 at 11:29am
Big FM eyes other revenue earning options
 
 
Even though industry estimates claim a 50 per cent per cent growth in radio listenership this year, Adlabs' Big FM is exploring other revenue earning options to push growth.
 
According to Pitch-Madison AdOutlook 2007, the ad market for radio is estimated to grow to Rs 428 crore in 2007 as radio builds on its 70 per cent national penetration level. This is a healthy growth from the 2006 figures of Rs 285 crore.
 
Big FM is expecting to register a turnover of close to Rs 150 crore by June this year. It also expects the turnover to double over the years, on the back of newer regional penetration, tailor-made shows for target regions, as well as introduction of newer revenue earning channels.
 
 
http://www.businessstandard.com/common/storypage.php?autono=280323&leftnm=8&subLeft=0&chkFlg= - http://www.businessstandard.com/common/storypage.php?autono=280323&leftnm=8&subLeft=0&chkFlg=
 


Posted By: praveenmbd
Date Posted: 08/Apr/2007 at 6:52pm
Big FM to air special programme for Abhi-Ash wedding
PANAJI: Adlab's Big FM will host a special programme to greet its brand ambassador - Abhishek Bachchan - on his wedding, officials said here on Sunday.
"We are working out a special programme which will be aired on all our stations," Big 92.7 FM COO Tarun Katial told PTI.
Abhishekh is a brand ambassador of Big FM.
"We wish him (Abhishek) all the best. He has done lot for us in terms of building up the brand," Katial said.
The network intends to develop some interesting and researched content on Abhishek's wedding with Aishwarya Rai scheduled for this month.
"We are doing such programmes for the first time. We planned to do it because he is our brand ambassador," Katial said.
The company intends to open up a new station every week from April 9 for the next two months. "We are starting a station at Jalandhar tomorrow followed by stations at Bhopal, Guwahati, Bhubaneshwar, Baroda and Agra in next 10 days," Katial said.
 
economictimes


Posted By: praveenmbd
Date Posted: 09/Apr/2007 at 3:43pm
Music has the potential of being the content for platforms like cell phone and the internet
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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Cellphone_cos_promise_jazzier_phones_at_low_prices/articleshowcnews/1880248.cms - http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Cellphone_cos_promise_jazzier_phones_at_low_prices/articleshowcnews/1880248.cms


Posted By: tigershark
Date Posted: 09/Apr/2007 at 3:51pm
has the record date for the spin off of the radio business been decided yet

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Posted By: praveenmbd
Date Posted: 09/Apr/2007 at 4:19pm
Originally posted by tigershark

has the record date for the spin off of the radio business been decided yet
 
No, no record date for the spin off of the radio business been decided yet.


Posted By: India_Bull
Date Posted: 09/Apr/2007 at 4:22pm
There are rumours about ADLABS snapping up the much talked abt contract with Hrithik Roshan .. Any clues on this front ?


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Posted By: deveshkayal
Date Posted: 09/Apr/2007 at 11:34pm
If i can recollect, Manmohan Shetty said its a rumour...he dont know anything on this deal....while Akshay Kumar deal is done....

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Posted By: praveenmbd
Date Posted: 10/Apr/2007 at 1:16pm

Archive for April 6th, 2007

http://www.hyderabadi.in/?p=1003 - Big 92.7 FM leading FM in Hyderabad

http://www.big927fm.com/">big-fm-927-logo.jpg Big 92.7 FM has emerged as the leading FM Station in Hyderabad according to a recent survey conducted by Indica Research Consumer Insights Pvt. Ltd. As the leader in the FM segment, BIG 92.7 FM, which launched in November 2006, has received an overwhelming response from the citizens of Hyderabad.

 

http://www.hyderabadi.in/?m=20070406 - www.hyderabadi.in/?m=20070406



Posted By: Mr. V
Date Posted: 10/Apr/2007 at 12:13pm
How many radio station licenses does Adlabs have ? Most news articles state 45 but the following link says 54 cities.
http://www.big927fm.com/pdf/pan.pdf - http://www.big927fm.com/pdf/pan.pdf
 


Posted By: deveshkayal
Date Posted: 10/Apr/2007 at 10:39am
Victorji, Adlabs have licenses for 45 stations and these stations will cover 54 cities.

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Posted By: deveshkayal
Date Posted: 14/Apr/2007 at 10:08pm
ABN AMRO INVESTOR PRESENTATION KEY-TAKEAWAYS (MARCH 07)
 
Investment Plans: Horizon 2006-2008
Uses
Over the next three years invest around US$180 million
 - 40% in film exhibition
 - 15% in film processing and infrastructure creation for production services
 - 20% in content production and distribution
 - Earmark 25% for new initiatives
 
Sources
-Equity infusion of US$ 56 million
-FCCBs of US$ 102 million
-Internal accruals
 
By March09 they intend to have 315 screens
 
Radio(BIG FM)
-Value pick in terms of cost per license: Rs 3 crore per license
-In the process of being demerged from Adlabs Films.


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Posted By: basant
Date Posted: 14/Apr/2007 at 10:48pm
Equity infusion of US$ 56 million
-FCCBs of US$ 102 million
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That is a problem with Anil AMbani he is always eager to raise equity. I do not know why he does not like working on debt. Also raising equity is not an issue as many companies keep diluting it but if that is repeatedly done without any increase in RoE then it would hurt.
 


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Posted By: xbox
Date Posted: 14/Apr/2007 at 7:04am

One of the biggest under-performer of our greatest bull time is REL. Mostly due to aggressive equity dilution.



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Posted By: praveenmbd
Date Posted: 15/Apr/2007 at 5:44pm
Originally posted by SANDEEP

There are rumours about ADLABS snapping up the much talked abt contract with Hrithik Roshan .. Any clues on this front ?
 
Adlabs has chosen not to seal the Rs 35-crore deal with Hrithik Roshan and the Rs 15-crore deal with Akshay Kumar. As Manmohan Shetty, CEO, Adlabs points out: “Stars have face-value but that is not the only thing that makes a film work. At a time when you don’t know how viable a particular star will be a year later, the film deal concept is unwise.”
 
 
 
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=161194 - http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=161194


Posted By: kulman
Date Posted: 15/Apr/2007 at 7:35am
Here's an excerpt http://www.business-standard.com/general/storypage.php?&autono=281247 - from BS article .
 
Aggressive expansion into non-metro markets will turn the wheels of fortune for the multiplex industry. The cinema exhibition segment has traditionally been the dominant contributor to the rising prosperity of Indian film entertainment industry, the size of which is estimated to be about Rs 8,400 crore currently. According to a recent FICCI-Pricewaterhouse Coopers report titled Frames 2007, this industry is expected to grow at a compounded annual rate of 16 per cent over the next five years, roughly doubling to Rs 17,500 crore by the year 2011.
 
With the multiplex boom, the average ticket prices (ATPs) on an all-India basis have grown from Rs 20 to Rs 35 per ticket, and close to Rs 100 per ticket in metro cities.
 
Indeed, for multiplex companies to flourish, it is necessary that they roll-out new multiplexes on a continual basis. Rising interest rates and sky-high real estate prices pose a roadblock to expansion.
Here, companies with experience in developing their own properties will have an edge over the rest.
 
SHOW ME THE MONEY

Rs crore

Revenue Net Profit EPS (Rs) PE(x)
FY08E FY09E FY08E FY09E FY08E FY09E FY08E FY09E
Adlabs Films 365.30 413.00 73.10 82.60 18.40 20.80 23.50 20.70
Cinemax 182.00 206.00 32.60 37.10 11.60 13.20 11.00 9.70
Inox Leisure 185.80 209.90 30.30 34.20 5.10 5.70 23.00 20.60
PVR 195.00 220.40 13.70 15.40 5.40 6.00 32.50 29.30
Pyramid Saimira 131.10 157.30 12.50 15.30 4.40 5.40 68.80 56.00
Shringar Cinema 69.30 78.30 11.40 12.90 3.60 4.00 14.80 13.30
 
Even as there seems to be huge demand for multiplexes, increasing competition is a concern.
 
FRESH BLITZ
  Multiplexes Current
Screens
Seats Projected in
next 5 years
PVR 17 67 16,578 208
Inox Leisure 11 41 12,299 165
Cinemax 9 29 8,260 141
Shringar 7 30 9,051 168
Adlabs 7 26 9,146 225
Source: FICCI-PwC Report: Frames 2007
 
 
Adlabs however has a significant upside potential, in case it hives-off its radio business into a separate unit, thus unlocking value.
 
 
 


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Posted By: deveshkayal
Date Posted: 15/Apr/2007 at 11:10am
Namastey London raked in Rs.62 crores in two weeks. WOW!

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Posted By: Mr. V
Date Posted: 16/Apr/2007 at 3:05am
World Cinema at Adlabs
 
Masterpieces of world cinema that were mostly confined to DVD viewing or film festival screenings in India can now be seen at Metro Adlabs every week starting 13 April with City of God.
 
The Olive Collection includes over 1000 film titles from 20 countries that have cumulatively won over 3000 awards at international forums like BAFTA, Cannes, Pusan, Berlin, Venice and Toronto amongst others.
 
Starting 13 April 2007, Adlabs Cinemas will have two evening shows daily in Metro Adlabs. Similar shows will be there in Gold Adlabs, Pune
 
http://www.businessofcinema.com/?file=story&id=3072 - http://www.businessofcinema.com/?file=story&id=3072
 
It would be interesting to know what the ticket prices are for these screenings.


Posted By: deveshkayal
Date Posted: 18/Apr/2007 at 10:41am
Praveen Nischol, producer - director of the 1996 Shah Rukh Khan starrer English Babu Desi Mem, is currently holding the reins of Adlabs' film production department as its chief executive officer.
 
In your view, how has Adlabs' film production division shaped up since its inception?
It has shaped up very well. Adlabs started off by producing a few small budget films and now we are churning out several big films. We have increased the scale and quantity of films. Compared to two films in 2006, we will have 10 to 15 film releases in 2007.
So, Adlabs' film production is doing well and is profitable as well. Even if a particular film may have not done well at the box office, Adlabs is doing all right. Earlier, we did have a couple of flops, but we have been secured due to the 'pre-Friday' policy I follow, wherein I make my money before Friday. As long as we follow this policy, we are safe business wise.
 
Can you elaborate on the 'Pre-Friday' policy?
In the 'Pre-Friday' policy, we work on minimum guarantee in the distribution system, as per which we do pre-sales. In pre-sales, if your homework is done correctly, then you will know exactly what the estimation of your sales is. If it's correct and your budget is less than that, then you are plus. So whether or not your film does well at the box office, you are at par if you can control your budget versus recovery.
 
In the 'Pre-Friday' policy, there are losers as well, though. Distributors can lose money but distributors have their own working system wherein they distribute 10 films a year. They win some and lose some, but at the end of the year, they have to be profitable and that is what matters to them.
 
At Adlabs, I mostly follow the 'Pre-Friday' policy unless there are some exceptions - wherein we have a good new script and we have a gut feeling that the film will do well like, for example, Harman Baweja in Love Story 2050, which we will work out on a Post Friday policy, by taking the movie to the audience and waiting for recovery from them.
 
Has Adlabs signed film deals only with directors or will these also be extended to actors in the future?
They might get extended to actors, but so far nothing has happened on that front. Right now, we have signed co-production deals with directors. But for Adlabs' home production department, we may sign deals with actors as well.
 
What is the short term and long term vision of Adlabs in the film production space?
We are doing very well in Bollywood. We have touched the regional and international film markets. Growth in all these areas in what we are going to focus on. We want to emerge successful in regional and international markets. Home productions too will start releasing soon.
 
Source: BusinessofCinema


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Posted By: Rinku
Date Posted: 24/Apr/2007 at 2:35pm
Adlabs will release the most awaited international film of the year Spider Man 3 in the country’s major territories like Mumbai, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi NCR, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab on 4th May, simultaneously to the worldwide release of the film.

In association with Percept Picture Company, Adlabs will release over 250 prints, a major percentage of the total 600 prints being distributed all over India and will also market the film in these territories so fans can look forward to some exciting marketing innovations leading up to the release. Various innovations will be initiated ranging from TV to on ground consumer activation at multiplexes and other consumer outlets. The film will have a multiple language release in English, Hindi and Bhojpuri.

According to Sunir Kheterpal, COO, Adlabs Distribution, “Adlabs is proud to be associated with the release of Spider-Man 3 in India's major territories by partnering with Percept Picture Company. This association highlights our intent to not only release films independently but also partner collaboratively with other leading players in the content acquisition and distribution space".

The release of Spider-Man 3, which is one of the biggest film releasing in India this year, also marks the entry of Adlabs in domestic distribution of Hollywood films. Spider-Man 3 will be followed by the release of Sandra Bullock starrer, Premonition. Having started its domestic distribution business with Mani Ratnam's Guru in January 2007, Adlabs has also released Black Friday (February 2007) and the recent hit, Bheja Fry (April 2007). Adlabs' future releases include Priyadarshan's Dhol, Anubhav Sinha's Cash, Mudassar Aziz's Dulha Mil Gaya and Anurag Basu's Suicide Bomber.


Posted By: Rinku
Date Posted: 24/Apr/2007 at 2:35pm
Adlabs to spin off distribution network.


Posted By: praveenmbd
Date Posted: 24/Apr/2007 at 11:45am

Adlabs Films Ltd will on April 26, 2007 consider the quarterly unaudited financial results for the quarter ended March 31 2007 and also to consider a proposal, for the amalgamation of its wholly owned subsidiary Katch 22 Entertainment Pvt Ltd.



Posted By: vnstks
Date Posted: 25/Apr/2007 at 9:11pm
Originally posted by Rinku

Adlabs to spin off distribution network.
 
Rinkuji - Do we have any dates or share ratios finalized for this spinoff?


Posted By: Rinku
Date Posted: 25/Apr/2007 at 9:18pm
Nope sorry


Posted By: praveenmbd
Date Posted: 26/Apr/2007 at 6:17pm
Big 92.7 FM has announced signing formal agreements with the music industry's top three Bollywood music copyright owners namely Phonographic Performance Limited, T-Series and Yashraj Music. Big 92.7 FM is the only FM Station to have entered into a formal agreement all these three major bodies for all categories of cities for which FM licenses have been given out - category A+, A, B, C & D.
 
 
source Indiantelevision.com


Posted By: deveshkayal
Date Posted: 26/Apr/2007 at 10:35pm
Type UnAudited UnAudited UnAudited UnAudited Audited
Date Begin 01 Jan 07 01 Oct 06 01 Jul 06 01 Apr 06 01 Jan 06
Date End 31 Mar 07 31 Dec 06 30 Sep 06 30 Jun 06 31 Mar 06
Description Value(Rs. million)
Net Sales 861.08 769.09 500.84 510.59 343.33
Other Income 101.9 219.72 95.12 84.26 42.87
Total Income 962.98 988.81 595.97 594.85 386.2
Expenditure -453.95 -302.78 -286.45 -395.22 -260.16
Operating Profit 509.03 686.03 309.51 199.63 126.05
Interest -16.51 -10.13 -2.62 -2.14 -0.26
Gross Profit 492.53 675.9 306.89 197.49 125.79
Depreciation -350.87 -434.16 -91.47 -19.08 -16.09
Profit before Tax 141.66 241.74 215.43 178.41 109.69
Tax -15.54 -22.1 -10.78 -57.79 -28.96
Profit after Tax 126.12 219.65 204.64 120.62 80.73
Net Profit 126.12 219.65 204.64 120.62 80.73
Equity Capital 199 199 199 199 199
EPS 3.17 5.52 5.14 3.03 2.03
Nos. of Shares - Non Promoters 17945750 17945750 17945750 17945750 39800750
Percent of Shares - Non Promoters 45.09 45.09 45.09 45.09 45.09
 Source: BSE
 
Q4 Results does not seem impressive.


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Posted By: Mr. V
Date Posted: 26/Apr/2007 at 10:52pm
Why has depreciation shot up in the last 2 quarters ?


Posted By: basant
Date Posted: 26/Apr/2007 at 11:22pm
Very relevant point maybe the company will write something on this in their notes - at least they should.

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Posted By: tigershark
Date Posted: 26/Apr/2007 at 8:19am
at the operating levels results seem quite okay 50 crs compared to 12 but int and dep charges seem to be on the higher side which has taken a toll on the bottomline.

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Posted By: deveshkayal
Date Posted: 27/Apr/2007 at 12:08pm
All we can hear from management on Radio demerger is "very soon".....but dont know when this "soon" will come.....Spiderman3 distribution should contribute significantly.....

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Posted By: praveenmbd
Date Posted: 27/Apr/2007 at 12:34pm
Originally posted by deveshkayal

All we can hear from management on Radio demerger is "very soon".....but dont know when this "soon" will come.....Spiderman3 distribution should contribute significantly.....
 
1) Management has extended the financial year upto June 07
2) Management claims to launch all radio stations by June 07
 
So June 07 is crucial date around which demerger date should be, I hope.


Posted By: vikram_varma200
Date Posted: 02/May/2007 at 9:56pm
ok finished reading all posts form starting on this spin off play...Tongue
  let me get you some facts now...related to adlabd in hyderabad
 
1.BIG FM is doing very well in Hyderabad with very good audience response...also its leading all charts here in Hyderabad...hyderabad radio waves have increased from 1 station(AIR) to 5 now and more thats a 500% Clapgrowth in 1 year (1.5 year to be precise) and for adlabs to lead is good...
2.Telugu Film industry as many of you may not know produces some of the most costliest films in the country.stars like chiranjeevi,nagarjuna,mahesh get a renumeration of 5-10 croresThumbs%20Up!!!!!!
isn't that high...so telugu film industry is the place to be for AmbaniEmbarrassed.
because when you compare hindi film industry it is largely diversified where as telugu industry brings the ability to concentrate on less regional area...
3.ADLABS gonna launch a multiplex in Ameerpet area (one of the busiest area in HYD.i wonder what will happen to traffic Thumbs%20Downafter adlabs opens).The number of multiplexes in hyd is far low when compared to other ciies like delhi,mubai,banglore...so adlabs will surely get the audiences...
 
 
will get to down points soon...!!!may be tommorow..
 
and basant jee what about reliance communcications which is planning dth and iptv ..i know you dont like large cap companies but stillHug



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