EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

"Nokia Music Connects - a joint venture between Music Matters, Hong Kong and leading Indian media company Indiantelevision.com's radioandmusic.com – had its fourth edition on 6-7 November 2012 at the ITC Grand Central, Parel, Mumbai. And by all yardsticks it was the best ever, considering that we had a full house even during the last session on Day 2 of India’s leading music industry get together.

The phenomenal success of the conference dedicated to the business of music surprised our own expectations and is demonstrated in the numbers below: Over 800 attendees65 Speakers27 Sponsors16 Corporate Partners4 Media Partners70 Press25 Artistes 8 bands from India and Australia over two nights (5 courtesy Sounds Australia and 3 courtesy Artist Aloud)

TESTIMONIALS

I want to thank you for putting up such an awesome show at Nokia Music Connect. And thank you for making me and Hummra M, a part of it. Cheers!

--Dicky (Vikas Varma), Dicky "Speak" Pvt Ltd. Launch Pad Pvt Ltd.

Well done Anil and your entire team. It was unanimous : this edition was the best yet. More power to you.

--Atul Churamani (OnMobile)

It was a lovely event. Thank you. Look forward to it next year.--Richa Anand (Disney UTV)

Great Going as we spoke yesterday : all strength to each of your elbow’s Jasper & Anil and here’s to the 5th Edition :) Cheers!!!

--VjLazarus & the IMI/PPL/IPRS/MMX Family.

Thanks Guys. Really loved the entire conference and the quality of the panels. Appreciate your support. Best wishes & a Happy Diwali too. Cheers!

--Vijay Basrur, Founder - OK Listen

Music business professionals came in droves and stayed engrossed over two days of Nokia Music Connects 2012. They networked, they exchanged notes, and they learnt and went back an enriched lot.

DAY ONE

The first day of the 4th Nokia Music Connects consisted of a total of 14 sessions including 3

keynotes and 6 panel discussions.

The day commenced with a Skype hook up with Bollywood actor-turned singer Priyanka

Chopra who was in a Los Angeles recording studio. She had a conversation with Viral Oza

and Devraj Sanyal. Nokia VP- Entertainment Jyrki Rosenberg gave the first keynote of the

day and was followed by an opening address from one of India’s most influential music men,

IMI chairman Vijay Lazarus.

DAY ONE

Mobile entertainment guru Ralph Simon then gave the audience a Global Music Industry Overview. This was then followed up by a Panel Discussion on the The New Music Ecosystem.

The session tried to cover the following issues: Music has become an extremely dynamic medium. How is music being delivered and consumed worldwide? What are the trends? Where does India stand today on the consumption of music versus the world? Access to the web on computer has been overtaken by access on mobile. Globally, 26-27 per cent of the music business is digital; in India it is 65 per cent.

Putting the Indian music industry in perspective, juxtaposing it against the global music industry with trends and analysis was a panel of industry leaders. which included: Brian Tellis, Chairman, Fountainhead, Hungama MD & CEO Neeraj Roy, Universal Mus ic MD Devra j Sanya l , Nok ia Entertainment Operations Director James Bradbury, YouTube Head of Music APAC, Anthony Zameczkowski, EMI Music India MD T. Suresh.

The day continued with a Hungama Industry Preview: Great Gigs In the Sky. With services such as, iTunes Match, Amazon Cloud Music, MSpot, etc. consumers are now getting access to all the music they own on their digital devices anywhere, anytime. To bring the new Smart Cloud Solution to life - Hungama Smart Cloud, a JV between Hungama and US based Catch Media Inc. introduced to the Indian music industry this unique product that not only makes for an extraordinary music experience, but also uses technology to monetise the consumers’ private libraries that have been accumulated through various means.

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The 2nd Panel Discussion of the day The Emerging Online Streaming Services was moderated by Indian Television Dot Com Groups CEO – Anil Wanvari. The session attempted to understand the promise of online streaming services, the business models, their investability, the problems they are facing, and what is needed to help them deliver on the promise. The esteemed Panelists included: Co-founder of Dhingana.com, Swapnil Shinde, head of digital at Saregama, R. Madhusudan, Artist Aloud AVP Soumini Sridhara Paul, VP of Lightspeed Venture Partners Anshoo Sharma, Head of Digital at Maxus South Asia Unny Radhakrishnan, Head of Partners and Alliance at Qanawat Taj Yargatti, and Founder & CEO of Infibeam Vishal Mehta.

The third Keynote was delivered by The Hon Simon Crean MP – Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government and Minister for the Arts who gave the perspective on how and why the Australian government is promoting its music globally. He highlighted that the racial incidents in Australia have forced the government to promote its culture even more aggressively in India to soften the image blow that it received.

The day’s 3rd Panel Discussion was moderated by Atul Churamani the Content Head of OnMobile and addressed the issue of some savvy film producers who have begun retaining the rights to their own music and not signing them away to labels. Among these figure: UTV, YRF and Eros. The Panelists on The New Breed session were: Director, Audio & Music of DisneyUTV Lavina Tauro, the CFO of Eros Kamal Jain, Music Business Head of Saregama, Adarsh Gupta, and MD of Universal Music Publishing Achille Forler

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The day carried on with Ralph Simon interviewing Michael Chugg

IT’S ONLY ROCK ‘N ROLL

A pioneer of the Australian music industry and one of the world’s most prominent rock promoters, Michael Chugg shared his experiences working with the world’s biggest acts, discussed the current state of the international touring market, and expounded on the future of live music in the Asian region.

The issue of falling VAS revenues and ways to revive them was then discussed by an eminent panel which was moderated by Anil Wanvari.The Panelists were: COO, Hungama Mobile Albert Almeida, Head of Digital and Business Development for India & SAARC for Universal Music Group, Ashish Joshi, MD of Unisys Group Shelley Chaudhary, CEO of PPL Vipul Pradhan, Director of Operator Channel for Nokia, Nikhil Mathur, Director Strategy and Innovation of IMI Mobile Siva Sivaramakrishnan

The Next Panel Discussion of the day was a Country Focus on Australia

Six and Not Out!

Australia is a large country with a small population who love music! Australians love it live and they love digital. The panel shared their tricks and tips on how to navigate and active opportunities in Australia – now the sixth largest recorded music market in the world and growing. The Panelists included International Director of APRA | AMCOS Scot Morris, Director of the AU Review Larry Heath, Artist/Tour Manager of Fidelity Corp – Tank, A&R Manager of EMI Australia and Director of Stage Mothers Glenn Dickie, and Executive Producer of Sounds Australia Millie Millgate.

DAY ONE

The last Panel Discussion of the day was focused on Electronic Dance Music: Living it up. Electronic dance music has long been a live music phenomenon, but this genre has recently become main stream. The panel was moderated by Soumini Sridhara Paul - AVP - Artist Aloud, with the Panelists being the Head of Digital Strategy, Development & Operations of Ultra Music – Dan Ghosh-Roy, MD of Incentive Music Nick Halkes, Founder and Director of Milton Archer Andrew Jackson.

The day ended with an electrifying Artiste Keynote delivered by Adnan Sami, who sportingly sang one of his romantic singles when requested to do so by the attentive audience.

DAY TWO

The second day of Nokia Music Connects 2012 commenced with a Keynote from Guy Fletcher Chairman, Performing Rights Society (UK).

This was then followed by a very insightful discussion on the live business between Vijay Nair, CEO, OML Entertainment and Anil Wanvari.

This was followed by an extremely interesting Panel Discussion: Lessons from Publishing moderated by Atul Churamani. Churamani had some of the world’s leading publishers to discuss what the Indian publishing industry can learn from their international counterparts and vice-versa. The Panelists on this session were: EVP Asia Pacific Region and Industry Affairs of Universal Music Publishing International Andrew Jenkins, SVP - International Legal and Business Affairs for Warner Chappel Music (UK) Jane Dyball, SVP – International for Sony/ATV Music Publishing Guy Henderson, Director of Business Affairs for Nokia Jonathan Dworkin.

DAY TWO

The day carried on with its 3rd Keynote: Lessons from Gaming where Vishal Gondal – MD – DisneyUTV Digital delivered a presentation which spelt out how the gaming industry reinvented itself in the face of the digital challenge. His view was that the music industry can take a few tips from gaming and emerge stronger than ever. This was closely followed by a discussion between him and Anil Wanvari.

Following which we had an electrifying interview of Steve Lillywhite conducted by Ralph Simon. Having produced albums for U2, The Killers, Jason Mraz, Dave Mathews Band, the Rolling Stones and many more, Grammy Award winning producer Steve Lillywhite discussed his illustrious career producing some of rock’s greatest artistes.

The 2nd Panel Discussion of the day endeavored to answer the question: Is the Media Segmenting Music? It was moderated by Soumini Sridhara Paul - AVP - Artist Aloud and its endeavour was to try and gauge whether radio, TV, and other media were providing adequate platforms to niche music genres.

The Panelists for the session included: the CEO of Dicky "Speak" Pvt Ltd and Partner of Think Tank Launch Pad Vikas Verma, SVP & Business Head of Digital Media & New Business for Radio City Rachna Kanwar, Head of Programming for 9XO - 9XMedia Luke Kenny.

DAY TWO

The next Panel Discussion of the day was The Creative View on the Copyright Act moderated by Atul Churamani.What is the perspective of the various creative communities on the recent Copyright Act amendments and what are their expectations from it?

The Panelists included: CEO of PPL Vipul Pradhan, CEO of IPRS Rakesh Nigam, Media & Entertainment Lawyer from Anand and Anand Rahul Ajatshatru, Executive Director - Writer and Publisher Relations, Europe & Asia of BMI Brandon Bakshi, and Music Composer Ram Sampath.

The last Panel Discussion for NMC 2012 was: The Emerging Retail Outlet moderated by Atul Churamani. What is retailing music going to be like in the future, keeping in mind developments as far as physical and digital outlets are concerned? What are the trends? These questions were answered by the Panelists amongst whom figured MD of Rhythm House Mehmood Curmally, Business Head of Sony DADC Home Entertainment Rajat Kakar, Director of Giri Trading, T.S. Ranganathan Giri.

The next Keynote of the day was Monetising Piracy delivered by The IMI Secretary General Savio D’Souza where he highlighted how an untapped resource like pirate retailers can be licensed to deliver revenues for music labels and how internet piracy is being tackled.

DAY TWO

PARTIES & NETWORKING

The day ended with an extremely informative interview of Talvin Singh conducted by Anil Wanvari entitled Taking India To The World.

There were plenty of networking opportunities at NMC2012 where guests partied with zeal and gusto, be it the opening night at Shiros, the performances at the ITC Grand courtesy Artist Aloud, or the closing party held at Hard Rock Caf where Australian bands gave electrifying performances courtesy Sounds Australia.

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PARTIES & NETWORKING

COUNTRY FOCUS: AUSTRALIA

The country focus this year at Nokia Music Connects was on the land Down Under: Australia.

Not only did we have The Hon Simon Crean MP – Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government and Minister for the Arts give us his take on the role of government in music and culture and how the Australian Government is working to help promote music from Down Under across the globe, but we also had an Australian panel “Six and Not Out!” with a lively discussion on the various opportunities that lie in the Australian Music Industry which is the sixth largest recorded music market in the world and growing.

We also had the pleasure of having Michael Chugg - a pioneer of the Australian Music Industry and one of the world’s most prominent rock promoters - in an interview with Ralph Simon where he shared his experiences of working with some of the worlds biggest acts and also gave his insights into how the Indian live music space can progress to new horizons.

COUNTRY FOCUS: AUSTRALIA

A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSRS, PARTNERS AND MEDIA

The 4th edition of Nokia Music Connects saw an array of Australian bands giving electrifying performances at the Hard Rock Cafe on the 7th of November (courtesy Sounds Australia).

The bands included Karnivool, Big Scary, The Aston Shuffle, Jinja Safari and Sheppard.

Arts Minister Simon Crean said the concert brought music lovers from Australia and India together in a new level of cultural exchange and cooperation. “It will strengthen our creative bonds and provide a focus for cultural diplomacy and people-to-people links to build on our longstanding relationship with India.”, highlighted Crean.

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