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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

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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.

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What differentiates ZEE5 from other OTTs in the market?The biggest differentiator for ZEE5 will be its unrivalled content catalogue. The sheer depth and the breadth of our content offering is overwhelming and is significantly ahead of all the OTTs present in India.

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Finance background

How was ZEEL's financial performance in FY18?In FY18, ZEEL delivered yet another year of industry leading growth. During the year, advertising revenue growth was negatively impacted on account of implementation of GST.

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BUSINESSOVERVIEW

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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DOMESTIC BROADCAST

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STRATEGY ANDBUSINESS MODEL

  • Evolve

    To satisfy consumer's varied and ever-changing preferences for entertainment content across different formats, languages and platforms

  • Build

    An entrenched position in content eco-system by partnering with the best talent both internal and external

  • Lead

    By building a strong competitive position in all our businesses

  • Sustain

    Through inclusive growth by managing our operations in a way that benefits all our stakeholders

  • 01

    Strong content creation capabilities

    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 produce 500+ hours of content every week
    • We produce original content in 12 languages
    • We own the IP rights of all the content we produce
  • 02

    Synergies

    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.

    • All 39 channels in International markets and 2 channels in India run on content produced for other channel
    • Digital platform hosts content from TV, Movies. Music and Live Businesses
  • 03

    Reach

    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.

    • 700mn+ individuals reached in India every month
    • 570mn+ reach outside India
    • 3,000+ brands connected with their consumers through our network, in India

STRATEGIC ASSETS

  • Library

    Intellectual Property rights of over 250,000 hours of content

  • Strong brand

    Built over 25 years

  • People

    Extraordinary Together

  • 01

    Advertising

    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.

  • 02

    Subscription

    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.

  • 03

    Syndication

    Syndication revenue comes from licensing of our content to other players, primarily in international markets.

  • 04

    Theatrical

    Theatrical revenue represents our share of box-office collections of the movies produced by us

  • 05

    Music licensing

    Revenue from the licensing of our music catalogue to music streaming platforms and from any other events/platforms where our music titles are utilised

  • 06

    Others

    Movie distribution: Revenues earned from the distribution of movies

    Ticketing and Sponsorships: Revenue from events, live shows and theatre

  • For audiences

    By providing engaging, inspirational and uplifting content to audience’s satisfaction.

  • For advertisers

    By offering brand building solutions to our advertisers to connect with consumers through multiple touch-points

  • For distribution partners

    By providing content which is an integral part of our distribution partners’ offerings

  • For talent

    By providing unparalleled reach to our content partners and giving a platform for new talent

  • For shareholders

    By delivering a strong and consistent operating and financial performance

  • For our people

    By providing enriching experience at the work place, work life balance, adequate learning and growth opportunities.

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