FICCI-FRAMES 2008 will unfold against the backdrop of a 17 per cent growth in the Indian Entertainment & Media (E&M) industry in 2007 over the previous year. The industry reached an estimated size of Rs. 513 billion (Rs. 51,300 crore) in 2007, up from Rs. 438 billion in 2006. In the last four years 2004-2007, the industry recorded a cumulative growth of 19 per cent on an overall basis, according to the FICCI- Pricewaterhouse Coopers-2008 report on Indian Entertainment and Media Industry 2008.

 

Delegates from 17 countries will participate in the event, namely: Australia, Canada, France Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Malaysia, Pakistan, South Africa, Thailand, UAE, the UK, USA, Korea, Switzerland, and New Zealand.

 

With nearly 30 sessions on topical themes, FICCI-FRAMES 2008 will capture the essence of where the industry is positioned today and show the way forward.

 

The topics that will come up for discussion are: Changing face of TV news, Resurgence of the language media, Developing animation content, New age technology and emerging production pipelines in animation, Raising capital, Linguistic diversity in Indian cinema radio for the masses, Scope of international co-productions, Talent crunch in the industry, Film marketing and distribution, Importance of digital cinema, Animation, IP creation, Protection and life cycle, Visual effects, Mobile entertainment, Sports as entertainment, Revenue streams in multiplexes.

 

 According to Dr. Amit Mitra, Secretary General, FICCI, “With FRAMES, we monitor the growth of the entertainment industry on an annual basis. Growth in 2007 has indeed been robust, with expansion of the radio and TV recording a CAGR of 22 per cent and 18 per cent, respectively. We can proudly say that our networking with the government and industry segments is paying rich dividends. It is now for the industry to fan out and have a global out reach. FICCI FRAMES, of course, would handhold the players in their quest for becoming world players.”

 

 The Union minister for Information & Broadcasting, Priyranjan Dasmunsi, will flag off FRAMES 2008 on March 25, 2008. The inaugural session will be addressed by eminent speakers like Viviane Reding, European Commissioner, Information Society & Media, European Commission; Stewart Beck, assistant deputy minister, Investment, Innovation and Sectors, Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada; Dominique Dreyer, Ambassador of Switzerland to India; Asha Swarup, secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Yash Chopra, FICCI, chairman, Entertainment Committee & Chairman, Yashraj Films Pvt Ltd; Kunal Dasgupta, co-chairman, FICCI Entertainment Committee & CEO, Sony Entertainment Television; and Amit Khanna, chairman, Reliance Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.