ITV

Category: GECs

  • Star Maa hosts gala evening at KPHB colony

    Star Maa hosts gala evening at KPHB colony

    MUMBAI: Star Maa network hosted a gala evening in KPHB colony area. In the cool winter evenings when children are enjoying their holidays, Star Maa presents an opportunity for families to come and spend a fun and exciting evening meeting their stars and favorite actors. Anchored by the Bigg Boss Telugu 3 fame Shiva Jyothi, the event had a spectacular turnout of nearly 4000+ people.

    Top show actors of the dramatic serial “Manasichi Choodu and Siri Siri Muvvalu” at the event took the entertainment quotient even higher. The singers, dancers and loads of banter kept the audience enthralled.

    Shiva Jyothi also shared with the viewers a glimpse into Star Maa Movies & Star Maa Gold – the leading movie channels of Telugu.

    Co-host Srikar kept the audience in splits with some entertaining interactions and he along with Shiva Jyothi also informed viewers about the brand new Star Maa Music which is seeing a steady growth and becoming an exciting youth destination.

  • Fakt Marathi’s ‘Gokuldhamchi Duniyadari’ premieres on 24 Dec

    Fakt Marathi’s ‘Gokuldhamchi Duniyadari’ premieres on 24 Dec

    MUMBAI: New daily soap Gokuldhamchi Duniyadari is all set to entertain the masses. The show will premiere on 24 December, 2019. Gokuldhamchi Duniyadari is the Marathi dubbed version of popular Hindi sitcom Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashmah, one of India's most popular and longest running television shows produced by Neela Tele Films. The fans of this popular serial couldn't resist cheering to this news after the airing of Gokuldhamchi Duniyadari's promo on Fakt Marathi.

    Gokuldham society is a fictional residential society in Powder Galli, Goregaon East, Mumbai with four wings.The show primarily revolves around the lives of residing families. Jethalal, Dayaben, Taarak Mehta, Bhide Mastar, Dr Hathi, Roshansingh Sodhi, Patrkar Popatlal, Tapu and his sena are some of the popular characters of this show. The quirks of the individual characters seek to enhance the humour quotient of Gokuldhamchi Duniyadari. Whatever the nature of the problem that a member of the society encounters, all the other members stand by them to extend every possible help. At the end of every episode, the solution of the problem that a character faces is usually followed by a moral message by Taarak Mehta, which is meant for all the characters as well as the viewers.

    Fakt Marathi business head Shyam Malekar says, “Fakt Marathi, which is a part of Enterr10 Network having bouquet of Indian popular television channels like Dangal Tv, Enterr10, Bhojpuri Cinema etc. is now changing in to GEC genre from movie channel with a strong content line up. We are excited to announce 'Gokuldhamchi Duniyadari', Marathi version of India's most popular television show Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma. We are sure that the audiences across all the segments of the society will enjoy this entertaining treat on their favourite  channel Fakt Marathi. Accordingly, we are delighted to associate with Asit Modi –  Neela Telefilms who has produced this milestone content". It will be interesting to see, how the Marathi dubbed version of ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashmah’ scores on the Rating charts."

  • South Korea sees growth in pay TV numbers

    South Korea sees growth in pay TV numbers

    MUMBAI: This is one market that  is bucking the OTT trend and pay TV is actually looking strong here. South Korea has seen a growth in its pay TV subscriber base to 33 million in the first six months of the year, up 540,000 or 1.67 per cent over the second half of last year. The numbers include subscribers to system operators, satellite services and IPTV services. The most buoyant of these three has been IPTV services.

    Amongst the leaders figure fixed-line and telco services provider KT with a market share of over 21.4 percent or just under 7.1 million subscribers, followed by SK Broadband with 14.7 percent and LG Uplus with 12.4 percent. These three offer IPTV services to their subscribers and have been showing healthy growth.

    At the No 4 and No 5 spots are CJ Hello and KT Skylife with market shares of 12.3 percent and 9.9 percent, respectively.

    The division between IPTV, system operators, and satellite TV is 47.6 percent, or 16 million people; 41.5 percent and 9.9 per cent respectively.

  • ZEEL clarifies all its TV channels in Tamil Nadu are fully operational

    ZEEL clarifies all its TV channels in Tamil Nadu are fully operational

    MUMBAI: Recently, many consumers from the south market have complained of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) channels blackout on social media platforms. In thewake of the controversy, ZEEL has clarified that all of its television channels in Tamil Nadu are fully operational across leading cable and DTH operators, including Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation Ltd., SCV and V K Digital.

    The broadcaster also clarified that channels are also available across all leading DTH operators viz. Airtel Digital TV, Tata Sky, Dish TV, d2h, and Sun Direct and there has been no change in the consumer price (MRP) of the individual channels or channel packs whatsoever. Zee Prime Tamil SD pack is priced at Rs 10 only.

    It has also been mentioned that ZEEL has issued all the required communications to its esteemed viewers informing and urging them to approach their respective cable operators with a request to reactivate the channels, for which they have already paid Rs 10, as part of their monthly subscription.

    ZEEL had received several complaints and requests through emails and social media platforms, wherein the consumers mentioned that their cable operators have removed the ZEE Bouquet from their channel packs, without any communication or reason.

  • Star Plus’ ‘Yehh Jadu Hai Jinn Ka’ tops viewership list in BARC week 50

    Star Plus’ ‘Yehh Jadu Hai Jinn Ka’ tops viewership list in BARC week 50

    MUMBAI:  Adding another feather to its cap, Star Plus’ new show Yehh Jadu Hai Jinn Ka has topped the viewership charts across all shows on television, as per BARC India’s week 50 ratings.

    Within a short span of nine weeks of its launch, the show has garnered a dedicated fan following especially amongst younger women, who have loved the narrative, characters depicted in the show.

    Producer Gul Khan of 4 Lions Films said, “We are thrilled that our show has reached the top. We risked a clutter-breaking format that has a mix of love-story and visual-effects. This kind of audience response encourages us to do even better.”

    “Having mounted the show on a lavish scale, the team is heavily invested in technology and music which has resonated beautifully with our viewers,” Khan added.

    The show has been the fastest one to reach the number one spot amongst fictions shows in 2019 with around 28 million total impressions.

    The star-cast of the show comprising Vikram Singh Chauhan, Aditi Sharma, Smita Bansal along with others, has won the adulation of audiences from all over. 

  • Fakt Marathi to launch ‘Gokuldhamchi Duniyadari’ in the last week of December

    Fakt Marathi to launch ‘Gokuldhamchi Duniyadari’ in the last week of December

    MUMBAI: Neela Film Productions has announced the introduction of its flagship TV show – Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah in Marathi. To be aired from the last week of December 2019 on Fakt Marathi channel as ‘Gokuldhamchi Duniyadari’, the show will be a dubbed version of the original.  

    On the back of its popularity in the States of Maharashtra and Goa, the production house aims to offer Marathi speaking audiences a flavour of India’s most loved comedy show in the regional dialect. Despite the language switch, the family oriented show will retain all aspects of comedy and entertainment as is in its original presentation. Gokuldhamchi Duniyadari will be telecast every day at 9pm from Monday to Saturday. 

    Fakt Marathi is a 24/7 Marathi General Entertainment Channel owned by Mumbai based firm Enterr10 Television Private Limited and commands top viewership across urban and rural households. Its broadcasting area is Maharashtra, India. “We are delighted to announce the launch of our show in Marathi. Fakt Marathi is one of the most popular regional TV channels in Maharashtra. Prior to this, Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah has enjoyed a good run in Telugu as Taarak Maama Aiyyo Rama which aired 600 plus episodes over two years. Given that the show’s substantial viewer base is Maharashtrians, we feel confident that the regional format will be appreciated by its viewers,” says  Neela Film Productions managing director and creator of the show Asit Kumarr Modi. 

    Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah made its first appearance on 28th July 2008 and has telecast over 2800 episodes making it the longest running comedy show in the world. 

    “Fakt Marathi is part of Enterr10 Television which offers a bouquet of popular Indian television channels including Dangal, Enterr10, and Bhojpuri Cinema, among others. Originally launched as a movie channel, Enterr10 Television is now moving in to the GEC genre with strong content line up. We are excited to announce the launch of 'Gokuldhamchi Duniyadari', Marathi version of India’s most popular television shows Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah,” says  Fakt Marathi co-promoter Manish Singhal. 

    “We are sure that the audiences across all the segments of the society will enjoy this entertaining treat on their favourite channel Fakt Marathi. Accordingly, we are delighted to associate with Asit Kumarr Modi – Neela Film Productions who has produced this milestone content,” says Fakt Marathi  co-promoter Shirish Pattanshetty. 

    Founded in the year 1998, Neela Film Productions  formerly Neela Tele Films is one of India’s renowned creative production houses that is managed and owned by Asit Kumarr Modi. Over the years, the production house has produced a number of fiction and non-fiction shows for various channels, providing wholesome entertainment to the audiences.

    “Neela Film Productions with Asit ji at its helm has produced a number of successful properties for top broadcasters over the years and was the first production house in the entertainment industry to have managed to retain the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) to its show. We own the rights to the show's characters, its format and also its language versions and, we intend to fully capitalise on the show’s success. There is a ton of ripe potential waiting to be explored, and we are now consolidating our strengths to leverage our IPRs and make new inroads in the existing and emerging markets. Launching the show in Marathi is a step in that direction and we're certain about its success with the Marathi viewers,” says  Neela Film Productions International Business, IP & Brand Licensing head Ridhimaa Bhasin.  

    “Our vision is to create family entertainment shows that are clean and wholesome, which can be enjoyed by everyone together. The genre of family comedies has a lot of scope with the regional audiences as well as globally. Besides taking our flagship show to audiences across the world, we are fully focused on creating exciting and innovative content in OTT, feature films and animation. For now, we are excited about the show becoming available to our Marathi speaking viewers and hope that they will enjoy watching Gokuldhamchi Duniyadari as much as they have loved it as Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah,”concludes Modi.

  • Star Bharat is dismayed by some reactions regarding a change at Savdhaan India

    Star Bharat is dismayed by some reactions regarding a change at Savdhaan India

    MUMBAI: Star India today issued its perspective in the form of a release on the exit of Sushant Singh as its anchor of the show Savdhaan India. Singh has raised doubts about his being evicted from the crime show because he participated in rallies against the Citizenship Amendment Act or because of budgetary constraints. 

    The release goes as follows:

    “Savdhaan India has frequently experimented with formats and has given a platform to different presenters in its 7 year journey. The existing presenter was brought back in October, 2019, with the contract ending in January, 2020. The next format of Savdhaan India did not require a presenter, and hence a new contract was not signed. The channel has no political views, nor does it seek to influence the political views of its contracted talent.”
     

  • Endemol Shine India to create original series on ‘Trial By Fire: The Tragic Tale of the Uphaar Fire Tragedy’

    Endemol Shine India to create original series on ‘Trial By Fire: The Tragic Tale of the Uphaar Fire Tragedy’

    MUMBAI: Endemol Shine India today announced that they will be creating an original series based on Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy’s book Trial By Fire: The Tragic Tale of the Uphaar Fire Tragedy. The series will be helmed by Prashant Nair whose 2015 film, ’Umrika’, is the only Indian feature film to ever win an award at the Sundance Film Festival and who recently directed ‘Made in Heaven’. Mumbai-based company- The Story Ink put together the project and its founder Sidharth Jain will be a producer on the series.

    A first-hand account of the Uphaar Cinema fire in Delhi in 1997, the book has been written by Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy who fought for justice for 19 years for their children, Unnati and Ujjwal, who were amongst the 59 people killed in the incident. The book, written in the voice of Neelam, follows the lives of the couple after the Uphaar tragedy as they wage a never-ending battle against the owners of the cinema. In their quest to get justice for the Uphaar victims, the Krishnamoorthy’s end up playing different roles researchers, legal assistants to their attorney and, finally, activists. The book also glimpses into their moments of weakness, their anguish, anger and mourning and most importantly their persistence.  Trial by Fire also makes a strong argument that public spaces are still vulnerable to such tragedies and that another Uphaar could happen today.

    Endemol Shine India CEO Abhishek Rege said, ‘We at Endemol Shine India are always on the lookout for stories and characters that will touch an audience at its core. At the heart of this story is the Krishnamoorthys’ determination to fight in memory of their children and lays bare their personal loss and struggle for closure. The loss of a child and the anguish of the parents who are fighting for justice on behalf of their children are difficult emotions and Prashant Nair was the perfect choice to bring this authentic, sensitive and hard-hitting real-life tragedy to screen.”

    “The premise of this book is every parent’s worst nightmare. Fifty-nine people lost their lives that day because the institutions we rely on for our safety and well-being every day failed across the board. The Krishnamoorthys’ wrote their book because they wanted to make sure this never happens again and I’m honored they and Endemol Shine have entrusted me with the responsibility of bringing this devastating story to screen.” said Prashant Nair, director and showrunner for Trial by Fire.

    Authors and parents Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy said, "When we first met Sidharth for taking our story to screen, we were certain that he would find the right team to tell this story. We look forward to collaborating with Endemol Shine India, The Story Ink and Prashant for bringing to screen our two-decade old battle. We hope that this series is an apt ode to our children and the fifty-seven other victims, as it brings to light to a wider audience the horror of the Uphaar Cinema fire and our struggle for Justice.”

    “When I discovered the book and met the Krishnamoothys’, I was so moved by their journey that I promised them that telling their story to global audiences, would be a personal mission for me. Endemol Shine India and Prashant were my first choices to collaborate with on this project and I am delighted that it is coming together just as I had envisioned. This is one of the several projects that we are developing and producing together with Endemol Shine India and am very excited to collaborate with them in creating a compelling slate of projects across formats,” said The Story Ink founder and Chief Storyteller Sidharth Jain.

    Trial by Fire is not just about the Krishnamoorthys’ personal loss and struggle to get justice, but the heart of the story is the Krishnamoorthys’ determination to fight in memory of their children

    Endemol Shine India is currently creating Bombay Begums –- written and directed by Alankrita Shrivastava for Netflix in India. The company is also joining forces with Shekhar Kapur and UK production company Tiger Aspect to develop The Ibis Trilogy for the international market.

  • ZEEL to launch another regional channel – Zee Punjabi on 13 January, 2020

    ZEEL to launch another regional channel – Zee Punjabi on 13 January, 2020

    MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) is all set to launch its another regional channel Zee Punjabi, the Punjabi General Entertainment Channel on the auspicious day of Lohri, 13th January, 2020. The channel has a strong content line up of fiction, non-fiction and movies with storylines familiar to the land.  

    With its unique brand promise, 'Jazba Kar Vakhon Da' – the spirit to make the Vadde Sapne come true, Zee Punjabi's full range of robust content endeavours to be the jazbaa that pole vaults people to their extraordinary dreams. The legendary singer Gurdas Mann who has been associated with the channel says, "Zee Punjabi laa raha hai Punjabiyon ki kahaani, Punjabiyo ke liye, Pehli baar Punjabi mein. I am always happy to give back to my land and I am even happier that a network like Zee is taking this initiative. I am looking forward to the launch of the channel and being associated with it!"

    Show line-up of ZEE Punjabi:

    Commenting on the much-awaited launch of its first GEC in the region, ZEEL North, West and Premium Channels Cluster Head Amit Shah said, Zee invests in understanding the pulse of Middle Class India and what drives people across different regions. We have had very successful regional channel launches across the country. With our consumer understanding and the innate ability of creating magic with our stories, we are now looking at the launch of Zee Punjabi. Despite the highest TV penetration (88%) in the country, Punjab has a significantly low Time Spent and that is a factor of not having dedicated Punjabi content that does justice to the region and the culture. 

    He further said, "Zee Punjabi is being launched by understanding the viewer's need gap; for a culture that is so powerful, Punjab definitely needs its own authentic Punjabi channel. Intensive consumer work in the market has helped us understand the potential and craft the strategy for our content and brand. We are certain the audiences will resonate with the stories and fall in love with the characters"

    Speaking of the launch, Zee Punjabi business head Rahul Rao says, "We look forward to bring shows that are inspired from the region and its culture. Punjabis have a jazba and junoon which is very unique to them and our content is a reflection of that spirit. We have a strong line up of stories with themes familiar to Punjab, characters that people will fall in love with and faces like Gurdas Mann, Jazzy B, Jaidev Kumar, Sonu Kakkar and Sara Gurpal who are respected here! With over 20 hours of original content every week and a strong line up of World TV Premieres every month, we are certain of being wholeheartedly accepted by the Punjabi audiences."

    Zee Punjabi will be available across all major cable, DTH, Freedish and digital platforms starting 13th January 2020. The channel will also be available on ZEEL's digital and mobile entertainment platform, Zee5.

  • Sony SAB brings ‘Khushiyon Wala New Year’ contest for viewers

    Sony SAB brings ‘Khushiyon Wala New Year’ contest for viewers

    MUMBAI: Sony SAB has been spreading happiness all across the country. Based on its deep understanding of the pulse of real India, Sony SAB, one of the leading Hindi General Entertainment Channels in India, has steadily created a niche for itself through captivating shows and characters, all geared towards bringing a smile to people’s faces. To add to the Khushiyon Wali Feeling this New Year, Sony SAB is giving 100 fans an opportunity to get closer to their families through their exciting ‘Khushiyon Wala New Year’ Contest starting 25 December 2019. 

    New Year is the time for new beginnings. And to be able to spend this extremely important time of the year with your loved ones, can truly make it an extremely happy one. To participate in the contest, fans need to share their stories on why they want to be with their families this year either by text, audio or video message on Whatsapp number +91 7039883366, out of which 100 most compelling stories will be eligible for return air tickets to their hometown. Sony SAB’s initiative is also the channel’s way of thanking its fans who have loved and supported all their shows year after year.

    Earlier this year Sony SAB launched its new brand proposition ‘Khushiyon Waali Feeling’ which truly reflects the nature of the shows on the channel. To drive this initiative further and take this philosophy to the fans – Sony SAB will run the on-air contest from 11th December to 25th December 2019. Fans seeking to participate can find more details and T&C of the contest here https://sabtv.com/en_in/ .

    Sony SAB business head Neeraj Vyas said, “At Sony SAB we proudly call ourselves ‘happiness enablers’ as our philosophy from the simple insight that when people are happy, it makes the world a better place. We are extremely overwhelmed with the response from fans for our shows and we believe they have been one of the key factors behind our success this year. This initiative will help us connect with our audiences on a much deeper level and spread more Khushiyon Wali Feeling this New Year.” 

    Today, Sony SAB showcases a strong line up of shows such as Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, Aladdin- Naam Toh Suna Hoga, Tenali Rama and Jijaji Chhat Per Hain. Strengthening its programming even further, the channel launched two new path-breaking shows this year: Baalveer Returns and Tera Kya Hoga Alia. Sony SAB has some notable milestones coming up as its super entertainer show Jijaji Chhat Per Hain completed 500 episodes in December this year.

    The year 2019 has been tremendous for Sony SAB with fans showering love for all the shows and the characters on screen, making Sony SAB one of the most watched Hindi General Entertainment Channels in India.