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Annual Report 2017-18
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Dear Shareholders,In a journey, there are moments when one should pause and celebrate the accomplishments and failures. Standing on the cusp of a spectacular twenty-five-year journey is certainly one such moment
Dear Shareholders,FY18 was a special one in several ways. The year marked the completion of 25 years of our flagship TV channel - Zee TV, and also saw the launch of our enhanced digital platform, ZEE5.
The business that started with the beaming of a Hindi language television channel, watched by less than 10 million people in India, has grown into a truly global M&E conglomerate with a reach of over 1.3 billion. We entertain our audiences with content in 21 languages through almost every platform that is available today.
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To satisfy consumer's varied and ever-changing preferences for entertainment content across different formats, languages and platforms
An entrenched position in content eco-system by partnering with the best talent both internal and external
By building a strong competitive position in all our businesses
Through inclusive growth by managing our operations in a way that benefits all our stakeholders
Over the last two and a half decades, we have built strong in-house content creation expertise and developed an eco-system that seamlessly delivers engaging content at a competitive cost. We have long-standing partnership with the artist fraternity and our strong market position makes us their preferred partner. While we work with multiple production houses, with an in-house TV studio, movie production and distribution company and a music label, we are uniquely positioned to offer a range of content for diverse audience.
We realize significant revenue and cost synergies due to our presence across markets and platforms. Content created for a market or platform seamlessly travels to another, enhancing its monetisation potential. We leverage our diverse presence to manage the content creation and acquisition costs and use it for all round promotion.
Our five businesses cover the entire spectrum of consumers’ entertainment needs. This enables us to reach almost every consumer of entertainment content in India and one in ten in the rest of the world. This strong reach makes us the default partner for brand building.
Intellectual Property rights of over 250,000 hours of content
Built over 25 years
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It is an important revenue stream for our domestic broadcast, international and digital businesses. Consumer staples, consumer durables, telecom, auto and e-commerce are our key advertisers. Advertising revenue is primarily driven by viewership of our content.
Domestic broadcast, international and digital businesses generate subscription revenue. Our domestic and international broadcast business receive subscription income from our distribution partners - DTH and Cable. Digital business generates subscription revenue from consumers and telecom operators.
Syndication revenue comes from licensing of our content to other players, primarily in international markets.
Theatrical revenue represents our share of box-office collections of the movies produced by us
Revenue from the licensing of our music catalogue to music streaming platforms and from any other events/platforms where our music titles are utilised
Movie distribution: Revenues earned from the distribution of movies
Ticketing and Sponsorships: Revenue from events, live shows and theatre
By providing engaging, inspirational and uplifting content to audience’s satisfaction.
By offering brand building solutions to our advertisers to connect with consumers through multiple touch-points
By providing content which is an integral part of our distribution partners’ offerings
By providing unparalleled reach to our content partners and giving a platform for new talent
By delivering a strong and consistent operating and financial performance
By providing enriching experience at the work place, work life balance, adequate learning and growth opportunities.
"Zee and Balaji Telefilms started their journey almost at the same time. In fact, our first two shows, Mano Ya Na Mano and Hum Paanch aired on Zee TV. Over the years, we have collaborated for several projects and have had the pleasure of creating some of the ..."
Ekta KapoorJoint Managing Director, Balaji Telefilms
"Over the last 25 years, Zee has changed the face of entertainment. The scale of its shows has become bigger and better. With content that is vibrant, intriguing and bold, Zee is a leader and dominates the living rooms of South Indian households..."
Priya RamanActor (Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam - TV and movies)
"Zee Studios has shown new dreams to Marathi cinema - dreams of growth, dreams of fame and dreams of prosperity. It has become a name which audience trusts for quality content. Zee Studios gives opportunities to new talent as well as ..."
Ravi JadhavDirector and Producer of Marathi movies (Natrang, Balgandharv, Time Pass and Nude)
"Partnering with Zee Telugu opened up new avenues for Annapurna Studios. The creative freedom that a partner gets from Zee is what helps them deliver best results. Hoping that we will continue to work together and garner mutual success in the time to come."
Supriya YarlagaddaMD, Annapurna Studios
"I credit Zee for making me a household name by casting me as the lead in their show Pavitra Rishta. That was a big move for me which acted as the stepping stone for my Bollywood journey."
Sushant Singh RajputActor (Hindi movies)