The 6th edition of Broadcast Today 2012 is an International Exhibition for the Complete Broadcast, Production & Post Production Industry scheduled for 27, 28 & 29th July at Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai, India. The objective of the Expo is to enlighten & educate everyone involved in the film industry with the latest updates (encompassing technology, equipment, products & services)

INDIAN BROADCASTING INDUSTRY
The Indian television broadcasting companies (comprising GECs and news broadcasting channels) have reported a healthy revenue growth of 13.2 per cent during 2010-11, according to a study conducted by ICRA.

The number of direct-to-home (DTH) subscribers witnessed a growth of 62 per cent in 2010-11 and the pace of digitization is set to get a fillip by the recent move by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) requiring the four metros in the country to be fully digitized by March 2012, and the rest of the country to be digitized by December 2014

• The total number of TV channels grew from 461 in 2009 to 626 in January 2011 according to FICCI ( Star Network, Sony TV, Zee & Sun Group are among the prominent ones)
• During May 2011, the Ministry cleared 75 channels from among 150
  applications (including  new channels from Discovery, ESPN, Fox, ZEEL, UTV and Star Network)
• India will be Asia's most lucrative Pay TV market by 2015.
• India has emerged as the World's 3rd largest cable TV market in less than 2 decades
• In 2009, India produced a total of 2961 films on celluloid, that include a staggering figure of 1288 feature films.
• The Indian Diaspora consists of millions of Indians overseas ( across South Asia, Europe,  America,  Middle East, Africa)  giving rise to international audiences for Indian films of various languages.
• Post Production of an increasing number of International movies are done in India (Alice in Wonderland, Terminator 4, Kung Foo Panda, Clash of Titans, Golden Compass to name a few)
• Major Indian corporate houses are investing in Hollywood - Anil Ambani as signed deal to investUS$325 million in Steven Spielberg’s Dreamworks
• The provision of 100% foreign direct investment has made the Indian Film market attractive for foreign enterprises such as 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures and Warner Bros

SOUTH INDIA SPLENDOUR

• South India is spearheading the Indian broadcasting industry with nearly 60% contribution (around 650 films are made in the South India languages.
• Houses the largest studio complex in the world - Ramoji Film City (Certifed by Guinness Book of World Records)
• Home  to  one  of  the  largest  production  equipment  rental firms in Asia - Anand Cine Service
• Remarkable number of India's top technicians, noted directors, cinematographers, editors, animation specialists hail from South India, including the Oscar winners, AR Rahman & Resul Pookutty
• Rajnikanth , second highest paid actor in Asia, named one of the most influential persons in South Asia by Asiaweek and named as the most influential personality of the year 2010 by Forbes(India), hails from South India.

IDEA LOCATION CHENNAI

• Chennai, the 2nd largest film centre in India
• The nerve center of South Indian Broadcasting and media industry
• The Media Capital of South India
• 73% of the Country's Broadcast & Film support services done here
• 50% of all South Indian channels based here