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  • Aaj Tak leads tally with a reach of over 100 million

    Aaj Tak leads tally with a reach of over 100 million

    MUMBAI: The current leader in the Hindi News channels’ genre Aaj Tak has managed to garner a reach over 100 million Hindi Speaking Market (HSM) viewers for four weeks in a row as per Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India analysis (Mkt – HSM (U+R), TG – 4+ Yrs, NCCS All, Wk -46 -49’ 15, Avg Weekly Coverage).

    With this feat, Aaj Tak has managed to widen the gap between itself and the other trailing news channels.

    India Today group CEO Ashish Bagga said, “As the undisputed leader, Aaj Tak is not just the torchbearer of society but also of the news industry in India. The channel has always reached great heights and paved the way with its thought leadership initiatives and journalistic excellence. I congratulate the entire team at Aaj Tak for this milestone.”

    “In addition to Aaj Tak crossing the 100 million mark, the channel also held the distinction of being the clear No. 1 channel across all important TGs during this period (Source: BARC Rating System, Mkt – HSM (U+R), Period: Wk 46 – 49’ 15, Share %),” the channel said in a media statement.

    In terms of cumulative reach, Aaj Tak is followed by ABP News with a reach of 87 million. India TV holds the third position with 85 million while with a reach of 79 million, News Nation is in the fourth position above IBN7, which witnessed a reach of 62 million.

  • BARC week 49: CNBC TV 18 is No. 1 in English Business News genre

    BARC week 49: CNBC TV 18 is No. 1 in English Business News genre

    MUMBAI: ’Twas the week of new leaders! In the English Business News genre, CNBC TV 18 toppled the numero uno channel ET Now to become the No 1 channel in week 49 according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) All India (U+R) (Excluding Tamil Nadu/Puducherry) : NCCS AB : Males 22+ Individuals.

     

    On the other hand, English News channel Times Now saw downfall in ratings but continued to rule the genre.

     

    In the Hindi news segment, Aaj Tak continues to lead the genre, while CNBC Awaaz maintained its leadership position in the Hindi Business News section in week 49.

     

    English News

     

    Times Now saw a drop in ratings but secured its leadership position with 322 (000Sums) as against 471 (000Sums) in week 48 followed by NDTV 24X7 in the second spot with 237 (000Sums), which was number three last week. On the other hand, India Today Television climbed up at number three with 219 (000Sums). 

     

    CNN-IBN dropped to number four with 201 (000Sums), while News 9 with 159 (000Sums) bagged the fifth spot.

     

    English Business News

     

    CNBC TV18 replaced the leader in Business News genre ET Now and grabbed first position with 205 (000Sums). ET Now was in second position with 172 (000Sums), whereas NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime were in the third slot with 70 (000Sums). Bloomberg TV stood at number four with 10 (000Sums). Pertinent to note here is that these numbers are excluding data from the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry markets.

     

    Hindi News

     

    In week 49, Aaj Tak witnessed a fall in ratings but grabbed leadership position with 73666 (000Sums) against 81828 (000Sums) in week 48. India TV bagged second position with 58748 (000Sums) followed by ABP News in the third place with 55667 (000Sums) and News Nation in the fourth slot with 48768 (000Sums). Zee News stood at number five with 46571 (000Sums).

     
    Hindi Business News 

     

    CNBC Awaaz continued as the leader in the genre and was firmly perched in the first position with 1110 (000Sums) followed by Zee Business in the second spot with 876 (000Sums).

  • Aaj Tak’s power packed fourth summit to kickstart on 11 December

    Aaj Tak’s power packed fourth summit to kickstart on 11 December

    MUMBAI: The fourth edition of Hindi heartland’s biggest summit – Agenda Aaj Tak also known as the Hindi Jagat ka Mahamanch will be held this year on 11 and 12 December.

     

    The two day conclave will see the convergence of key names across politics, entertainment and sports.

     

    The event, in its fourth year, will focus on the biggest subjects in the national mind space right from politics, social issues, industry initiatives, culture and more, thus setting the stage for the most crucial national decisions.

     

    The list of speakers include prominent politicians like Arun Jaitley, Nitin Gadkari, Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Smriti Irani along with the likes of Brinda Karat, Akhilesh Yadav, PA Sangma, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Salman Khurshid, Asaduddin Owaisi and Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed.

     

    From the sports background eminent personalities like Imran Khan and Kapil Dev along with stars from the entertainment industry like Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Sonam Kapoor, Sunny Deol, Anupam Kher, Adnan Sami and Annu Kapoor will also be present at the summit.

     

    The conclave will open with the session, Vikas Ka Express Way with Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari and Lok Sabha Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge.

     

    The Congress party leader Anand Sharma and CPI leader Brinda Karat with cabinet minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will discuss the impact of PM Narendra Modi in the session Thehar Gayi Modi Lehar? UP CM Akhilesh Yadav will lay out his plans in the session Akhilesh Ki Agni Pariksha, while CBI director Anil Sinha will answer the big question of Kab Aayega Dawood?

     

    Kiren Rijiju and P.A. Sangma will share their point of view during North East Par Seedhi Nazar. Senior BJP leader and CM of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan will outline his achievements during Dus Ka Dum.

     

    The World Cup winning captains from both sides of the border Imran Khan and Kapil Dev will speak on Sabse Bade Khiladi.

     

    The second day of the conclave will start with finance minister Arun Jaitley explaining his vision and plan to revive Indian economy during Main Hoon Na, while J&K leader Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed will share plans for Jammu Kashmir in Mission Kashmir.

     

    Shayari v/s Smiley will add to the entertainment quotient with poets Munawwar Rana, Kumar Vishwas, author Amish Tripathi and actor & TV presenter Annu Kapoor.

     

    The session of Terror Ka Tension will have discussions on plans to counter terrorism with the police commissioners of Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore, Bhim Sain Bassi, Ahmed Javed and N. S. Megharikh respectively.

     

    Sunny Deol will speak in the session Yamla, Pagla, Deewana while Anupam Kher and Ashutosh Rana will discuss the contentious issue of intolerance.

     

    Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit will share his views in Pakistan Ke Dil Mein Kya Hai, while Bollywood heartthrobs Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone will let their heart out during the session Bollywood Ke Mastaane.

  • BARC week 48: Times Now, ET Now, Aaj Tak, CNBC Awaaz continue to dominate their genre

    BARC week 48: Times Now, ET Now, Aaj Tak, CNBC Awaaz continue to dominate their genre

    MUMBAI: Time Network’s English news channel Times Now continues to lead the genre, while News 9 made an entry in top five channels. In the English business news section, ET Now witnessed a hike in ratings and continues to dominate the genre.

     

    Aaj Tak maintained its leadership position in the Hindi news segment while in the Hindi business news CNBC Awaaz continues as the number one channel according to the week 48 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India, all India (U+R) data.
     

     

    English News

    Times Now has risen up in the week 48’s ratings with 471 (000Sums) against 459 (000Sums) in week 47 followed by CNN IBN in the second spot with 275 (000Sums) while NDTV 24×7 fell to the third slot with 215 (000Sums) against 281 in week 47.
     

    News 9 entered the chart with 169 (000Sums) in the fourth slot and India Today Television with 168 (000Sums) bagged fifth spot.

     

    English Business News
     
    ET Now continues to lead the genre and secured the leadership position with 278 (000Sums) against 264 (000Sums) in the previous week followed by CNBC TV18 in the second spot with 161 (000Sums). NDTV Profit & NDTV Prime with 53 (000Sums) stood in the third spot. Bloomberg TV maintained its position at the fourth spot with 27 (000Sums).

     

     

    Hindi News

    In week 48, Aaj Tak has observed an appraisal in the ratings and secures the pole position with 81828 (000Sums). India TV bagged second position with 71595 (000Sums) followed by ABP News in the third place with 56622 (000Sums) and News Nation shifted to fourth spot overtaking Zee News with 55037 (000Sums). Zee News witnessed a drop in ratings and stood at number five with 52424 (000Sums).

     

     

    Hindi Business News
     
    CNBC Awaaz continues as the leader in the genre and garnered the first position with 1532 (000Sums) followed by Zee Business in the second spot with 1098 (000Sums). 

  • CNBC only exception as all other leaders witness ratings decline: BARC Week 47

    CNBC only exception as all other leaders witness ratings decline: BARC Week 47

    MUMBAI: Time Network’s English news channel Times Now and English business news channel ET Now witnessed a fall in ratings but continued to dominate their respective genres.

     

    In the Hindi news genre, Aaj Tak led the genre while CNBC Awaaz in Hindi business news genre became the number one channel according to week 47 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India, all India (U+R) data.

     

    English News

     

    Times Now saw a fall in ratings this week but led the genre with 459 (000Sums) against 558 (000Sums) in week 46 followed by NDTV 24×7 in the second spot with 281 (000Sums) and India Today Television in the third slot with 233 (000Sums) respectively.

     

    CNN IBN with 224 (000Sums) and BBC World News with 175 (000Sums) bagged fourth and fifth spot respectively.

     

    English Business News

     

    ET Now continued to lead the genre and secured the leadership position with 264 (000Sums) against 381 (000Sums) in the previous week followed by CNBC TV18 in the second spot with 257 (000Sums). NDTV Profit & NDTV Prime with 83 (000Sums) stood in the third spot. Bloomberg TV maintained its position at the fourth spot with 21 (000Sums).

     

    Hindi News

     

    In week 47, Aaj Tak observed a decline in ratings but secured pole position with 77966 (000Sums) against 80873 (000Sums) in the previous week. India TV maintained its second position with 60871 (000Sums) followed by ABP News in the third place with 54566 (000Sums) and Zee News on the fourth spot with 50756 (000Sums). News Nation witnessed a drop in ratings but maintained its fifth position with 49680 (000Sums) as against 57997 (000Sums) in week 46.

     

    Hindi Business News

     

    CNBC Awaaz emerged as the leader in the genre and garnered the first position with 1222 (000Sums) followed by Zee Business in the second spot with 1058 (000Sums). 

  • DD Freedish to acquire ByDesign’s CAS technology for MPEG4 expansion

    DD Freedish to acquire ByDesign’s CAS technology for MPEG4 expansion

    NEW DELHI: Doordarshan’s free-to-air (FTA) direct to home (DTH) service Freedish is planning to acquire Bangalore based ByDesign India’s conditional access system (CAS) so as to increase its channel offerings to 112 from the current 64 by the end of March 2016.

     

    In conversation with Indiantelevision.com, DD Director General C Lalrosanga said that the DTH player will switch over to MPEG 4 from the current MPEG 2 in two phases. “The first phase may begin by early next month,” he informed.

     

    Late last year, the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) approved a proposal by ByDesign India to develop an Indian conditional access system. ByDesign was to receive a support amount of Rs 19.79 crore from DeitY to develop the new system in association with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC).

     

    The ByDesign model is totally indigenous and built for DVB-C setup. This CAS solution will enable broadcasters to control access to their services by viewers, and thereby enabling them to extend their business models to subscription based schemes.

     

    This will mean that the Freedish will become encrypted but will remain FTA. In addition to helping increase the number of channels on the platform, this will enable Freedish to gauge the exact number of households relying on Freedish as encrypted set top boxes (STBs) will only be available with authorised dealers.

     

    Lalrosanga said that collection of rural data by the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India had shown that the claims made by Doordarshan about its reach were not erroneous. He said the BARC ratings had shown that both DD and Freedish had a tremendous reach in semi-urban and rural areas all over the country.

     

    Lalrosanga went on to add that many homes were gradually switching over to Freedish as they could then get their entire entertainment for a one-time fee of purchasing a dish, which cost as low as Rs 700 to Rs 1200.

     

    Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar had said earlier this year that Freedish’s aim was to reach 112 channels within a year or so.

     

    At present, there is no vacant slot on Freedish since all channels that were on the platform and whose licences had expired have come back through the 24 e-auctions conducted over the past year.

     

    Interestingly, the two new entrants on the platform – Aaj Tak and Big Magic – are pay channels, which are being run as FTA on Freedish. DD sources said that the reference interconnect agreement signed by these two channels no longer carries any non-discriminatory clause as it refers to Freedish.

     

    Lalrosanga also added that DD was working towards bringing regional language films to the prime time slots over the weekend. Additionally, the pubcaster was actively thinking on the lines of a dedicated channel for children and young people. 

  • BARC Week 46: Times Now, Aaj Tak , ET Now, Zee Business gains; Ten Sports continues to dominate Sports

    BARC Week 46: Times Now, Aaj Tak , ET Now, Zee Business gains; Ten Sports continues to dominate Sports

    MUMBAI: Times Now continues to dominate the English news genre while Aaj Tak secured the leadership position in Hindi news genre.  ET Now continues to lead the English business news genre. Zee Business emerged as the number one channel in Hindi business news channel. Ten Sports secured the leadership position in the sports genre in week 46, according to the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India all India (U + R) data.

     

    English News

     

    Times Now continues to lead the English news genre with 558 (000Sums) followed by NDTV 24×7 with 304 (000Sums) on second spot and CNN IBN on third with 303 (000Sums).  Indian Today Television and News 9 bagged the fourth and fifth berth with 215 (000Sums) and 212 (000Sums) respectively.

     

    Hindi News

     

    Aaj Tak continues to lead the Hindi news genre with 80873 (000Sums) followed by India TV with 70194(000Sums) on second spot and Zee News on third with 61343(000Sums).  ABP News and News Nation bagged the fourth and fifth berth with 59261 (000Sums) and 57997 (000Sums) respectively.

     

    English Business News

     

    ET Now continues to lead the genre with 381 (000Sums) followed by CNBC TV 18 with 250 (000Sums) on second berth and NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime on third with 151 (000Sums). Bloomberg TV stood at number four with 30 (000Sums).

     

    Hindi Business News

     

    Zee Business garnered the pole position with 1125 (000Sums) followed by CNBC Awaaz with 1060 (000Sums) on second spot.  

     

    Sports

     

    In week 46 of BARC data, Ten Sports continues to led the genre with 99493(000Sums), followed by Star Sports 3 with 73800 (000Sums) in second spot and Star Sports 1 61395 (000Sums) in third place. Ten Cricket grabbed the fourth spot with 34727 (000Sums) and Star Sports 2 held the fifth berth with 34243

  • Bihar Election results, Modi’s visit to UK and serial blasts in Paris propel the news genre

    Bihar Election results, Modi’s visit to UK and serial blasts in Paris propel the news genre

    MUMBAI: According to analysis conducted by S-Group, an Analytical arm of TAM Media Research, week 46 began with the Bihar Assembly Elections, followed by Diwali celebrations, Prime Minister Modi’s visit to the UK and ended on a sad note with the serial blasts in Paris, France.

    TAM data says that Hindi news genre in Hindi Speaking market saw a gain of 28.28 GRPs. In Hindi news section Aaj Tak led the genre with 35.54 GRPs followed by ABP News with 28.45 GRPs and Z News with 24.49 GRPs. India TV bagged fourth place with 23.44 GRPs and News Nation grabbed fifth spot with 18.76 GRPs.   

    IBN 7 with 13.54 GRPs bagged sixth berth. News 24 and TEZ garnered seventh and eighth spot with 11.78 GRPs and 11.18 GRPs respectively. India News stood at ninth place with 10.26 GRPS followed by NDTV India with 9.13 GRPs on tenth spot and DD News with 4.24 GRPs on eleventh spot. Live India and Samay stood on the twelfth and thirteenth spot with 3.68 GRPs and 0.83 GRPs respectively.  

    The English News genre witnessed a total gain of 3.91 GRPs.  Times Now  led the tally with 4.32 GRPs followed by NDTV 24×7 in second place with 2.38 GRPs and India Today with 1.94 GRPs. CNN-IBN  bagged fourth place with 1.40 GRPs and News 9  with 0.73 GRPs garnered the fifth spot in the genre.  News X stood at sixth spot with 0.72 GRPs against 0.75 GRPs in week 45. BBC World News and CNN bagged the seventh and eighth spots with 0.29 GRPs each.

    The News genre saw a rise in viewership this week. The rise was contributed due to the rise in both Reach and Time Spent. Hindi and English News genres saw a 17 per cent and 44 per cent rise with respect to (wrt) the previous week, respectively.

    The major stories this week were the Bihar Assembly Elections, Attacks in Paris and Prime Minister Modi’s visit to the UK etc. These three stories together were given 54 per cent coverage in the Hindi news genre and 63 per cent coverage in the English News genre. Report on Diwali celebrations was also given decent coverage and received average viewership.

    In the contribution of top stories to the news genre, 39 percent of viewership was devoted to results of Bihar Assembly Election, whereas PM Narendra Modi’s visit to UK got 17 percent of viewership. The serial blasts in in Paris received 6 per cent of viewership while others garnered 38 percent of the share in Hindi News genre.

    In the English news genre, 47 percent of viewership was due to the results of Bihar Assembly Election and PM Narendra Modi’s visit to UK got 22 percent of viewership. The serial blasts in Paris received 8 per cent while others garnered 23 percent of viewership.

    Amongst the three top stories, The serial blasts in Paris received higher viewership contribution from higher SECs- A/B, whereas Modi’s visit to the UK had a higher skew from SEC D/E. Also, it was the news on Paris that had the maximum skew from male viewers.

    There was a gradual drop in coverage of the Bihar Assembly Result news throughout the week.   Modi’s visit to UK witnessed the heavy coverage in mid-week. Post the serial blasts in Paris on Friday night, that news was covered heavily on Saturday.

  • BARC week 45: Zee Business and Aaj Tak emerges as leaders; BBC World News makes the cut in English News

    BARC week 45: Zee Business and Aaj Tak emerges as leaders; BBC World News makes the cut in English News

    MUMBAI: Zee Business climbed up to number one spot in the Hindi business channels genre in the All India (U+R) market according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India week 45 ratings. In the Hindi News genre, Aaj Tak sustained its position as leader. BBC world News entered the top five list in its genre.

    In the English News category, Times Now continued to be the undisputed leader. ET Now also continued its leadership position in English Business News genre.

     

    HINDI NEWS
     
    Aaj Tak secured the first place in Hindi news genre with 93917 (000Sums) followed by ABP News which bagged second spot with 89022 (000Sums). India TV slipped to   third berth with 83345 (000Sums), whereas News Nation with 67642 (000Sums) and Zee News with 65510 (000Sums) grabbed the fourth and fifth spots respectively. 

     

    ENGLISH NEWS
     
    Times Now garnered maximum ratings in the genre and continued to be at the pole position with 973 (000Sums) followed by NDTV 24×7  at second position with 467 (000Sums). CNN IBN fell to the third position with 456 (000Sums). India Today Television saw an increase in ratings, though it continued to hold the fourth place with 280 (000Sums) against 152(000Sums) in the previous week. BBC News entered the top five with 174(000Sums) 

     

    HINDI BUSINESS NEWS
     
    Like last week, in the Hindi business news genre, Zee Business regained first spot with 1185 (000Sums) followed by CNBC Awaaz in second slot with 939 (000Sums). 

     

    ENGLISH BUSINESS NEWS
     
    In the English business news channels, ET Now continued to dominate the genre with 273 (000Sums) followed by CNBC TV18 with 231 (000Sums) in the second spot. NDTV Profit & Prime in the third slot scored 91 (000Sums), while Bloomberg TV secured fourth place with 30(000Sums) in week 45.

     

  • ‘Intolerance’ news coverage receives highest coverage and viewership: TAM week 45

    ‘Intolerance’ news coverage receives highest coverage and viewership: TAM week 45

    MUMBAI: With the number of debates and shows increasing the coverage of ‘Intolerance’, news channels are putting every effort to grab a piece of pie in terms of duration and viewership.

    S-Group, an analytical arm of TAM Media Research analysed the news coverage of ‘‘Intolerance’’ by media channels. ‘Intolerance’ received highest coverage and viewership in week 45 on the English News genre with 18% coverage and 24 per cent viewership.

    It received the second highest coverage and viewership in the Hindi news Genre with 13% Coverage and 12 per cent viewership. The Other top stories were on the Bihar Assembly elections and underworld don Chhota Rajan’s arrest.

    In terms of duration, English news channels like News X, Times Now, and India Today gave 

    relatively greater focus to coverage of ‘Intolerance’ News, whereas ABP News, IBN 7, Zee News and India TV were the Hindi News channels who gave more focus to the issue. 

    In terms of viewership Times Now and Aaj Tak led the two genres.Amongthe English news channels, Times now got 63 percent of viewership followed by India Today with 19 per cent. Whereas in the case of

    Hindi news channels like Aaj Tak got 24 per cent of the viewership and ABP followed with 20 per cent.

    Many celebrities have spoken on ‘Intolerance’ and the debate shows focused on few of them like Shahrukh Khan and Anupam Kher. 

    But in the terms of duration and viewership, Anupam Kher received maximum focus in the discussions with 20 per cent share on duration basis, while Shahrukh Khan led with 20 per cent in viewership on English News channels.

    On Hindi news channels, Anupam Kher led both in duration as well as in viewership with 14 per cent and 18 per cent respectively. 

    (Hindi News: TG – CS 15+, Market – HSM; English News: TG – CS 25+ Male AB, Market – All India 1Mn+) 

    The report was sampled by approximately 19 per cent audiences across all markets in India by TAM. Karnataka including Bangalore contributed 36% to the Viewership of Report on ‘Intolerance’ in the English News genre, especially as the murdered writer Kalburgi belonged to Karnataka.

    Rajat Sharma from NDTV and Arnab Goswami from Times Now had the highest viewership with 10 per cent and 41 per cent on Hindi and English News genres respectively.

    The issue of ‘Intolerance’ continues to intensify as people like Minister VK Singh and the Dalai Lama have spoken on it. As to ‘Intolerance’ being of national interest, its stories are engaging people; grabbing more attention as many artists, historians and writer have returned awards given to them by the government.

    News channels are focusing on the subject as it receives heavy amount of viewership. With more comments coming in from politicians and public figures, only time will tell how events unfold in News genre in the future.