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  • BARC India unveils individual ratings; Zee TV claims third spot

    BARC India unveils individual ratings; Zee TV claims third spot

    MUMBAI: Week 21 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) ratings, for the first time, highlighted data at an individual level.

     

    The latest week witnessed Zee TV emerging as a clear winner by securing its long lost ‘third’ position with 232395 (000’s sum). Life OK moved back to the fourth position with 224480 (000’s sum).

     

    Star Plus further strengthened its top position with 406152 (000’s sum) followed by Colors at number two with 361133 (000’s sum).

     

    On the other hand, Sab stayed put at number five with 187228 (000’s sum).

     

    Coming to the three shows, Star Plus’s Saath Nibhaana Saathiya continued to rule the charts with 7430 (000’s). Zee TV’s Kumkum Bhagya perched at number two with 4971 (000’s) and Colors’ Sasural Simar Ka stood at number three with 4930 (000’s).

     

    In the news broadcasting space, Aaj Tak continued to hold on to its numero uno position with 26410 (000’s sum) followed by ABP News with 22898 (000’s sum), whereas India TV secured the third position with 22487 (000’s sum).

     

    Times Now continued its dominance in the English News broadcasting space with 497 (000’s sum) followed by India Today Television (erstwhile Headlines Today) with 175 (000’s sum). CNN IBN at number three registered 155 (000’s sum).

     

    With absolute no change in the pecking order of sports category, Sony Max and Sony Six, official broadcasters of the Indian Premier League (IPL) were placed on the first and second slot with 256640 (000’s sum) and 51286 (000’s sum) respectively. Ten Sports at number three noted 41773 (000’s sum).

  • Sachin Tendulkar all set to return to World Cup 2015

    Sachin Tendulkar all set to return to World Cup 2015

    MUMBAI: The fight for the World Cup 2015 is getting bigger and better. And gearing for the same are news channels Aaj Tak and Headlines Today that have roped in cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar for their World Cup 2015 coverage.

     

    India Today Group chairperson and editor in chief Aroon Purie said, “He is the master who redefined the sport for the world’s most passionate cricketing nation. A World Cup without him is nothing but unimaginable. His presence on the shows will help fill the void in cricket since his last match. It is an honour for the group to have the legend himself on our channels.”

     

    Commenting on his association, Tendulkar said, “The shows that I will be doing on Aaj Tak and Headlines Today are quite impressive and interesting. This is the first time that I am doing something of this sort and it will be a completely new experience for me. What makes this all the more special, is the fact that, I will get to share my experience of the last six world cups with the youngsters, cricketers and budding talent.”

     

    He added, “Obviously World Cup 2015 is going to be a lot more competitive and important. The rules having changed, and with 20 -20 changing the norm in cricket, new and innovative batting styles are coming to the fore. We have discussed these and more in the programmes and am really excited that we could do so many shows of this kind. Most importantly, I would like to wish the very best to Team India to win the world cup. Along with the Aaj Tak and Headlines Today teams, the whole nation is with Team India.”

    Cricket and Tendulkar are synonymous and this World Cup too, the legacy will continue with him bringing his insights and more on Aaj Tak and Headlines Today.

     

    For the first time Tendulkar will also interact with the audience directly on the shows and take questions. The legend, who has given 25 years of his life to cricket, is taking care of his team but from a different pitch. His presence will ensure that the World Cup 2015 will only be bigger, better and more inspiring.

     

    From his lifting the trophy in 2011 to his experience on and off the field, viewers on both the channels will get a first-hand view of the game from the legend himself.

  • India Today Group to hold 3rd India Today Global Roundtable

    India Today Group to hold 3rd India Today Global Roundtable

    MUMBAI: From New York to New Delhi and from PM Modi’s trip to the US to President Barrack Obama’s trip to India, the third edition of The India Today Global Roundtable is poised to be the highpoint in the meeting of the two world Leaders. After the landmark events at New York and Kathmandu coinciding with PM Modi’s foreign trips, the third edition of the Roundtable at New Delhi running parallel to President Obama’s India visit is all set to raise the bar.

     

     The India Today Global Roundtable has established itself as the definitive global event that has seen the most eminent thought leaders from across the globe having intelligent discourses on issues of international consequence.  The success of the first two roundtables at New York on September 2014 and Kathmandu on November 2014, have clearly put the series on a pedestal as an Industry first and among the most keenly followed event of this stature.

     

     In the backdrop of the first American president’s visit for the Republic Day celebrations, the conclave will make sense of US implications on the subcontinent from trade to defence, nuclear deals to the war on terror and other key aspects of Indo – US significance.

     

     The most respected stalwarts with experience on issues pertaining to Obama’s India mission will debate and share their views on the unprecedented expectation of whether the historic event of the American President’s visit will truly be history in the making.

     

     The sessions at the roundtable will have General V.K. Singh (Retd), Union Minister of State for External Affairs talking on the role of India and the US in the War on terror. While the national and Global issue of Climate change will be taken up by Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister of State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change. Jayant Sinha, Union Minister of State for Finance will share his views on a Successful journey in the Indo US Economic partnership.

     

    The eminent panelists at the roundtable will include the top faces in politics and business who have had a track record as the most respected names in their field.  The distinguished speakers at the event will include Manish Tewari, Former Union Minister, Seshadri Chari, Editor, AGNI & Former Editor, Organiser, and  Abdul Basit, Pakistani High Commissioner to India who will debate on the fragile trust issues between India, Pakistan and the USA.

     

    Nirupama Rao, Former Ambassador to the US will speak on bridging the distance between the two countries. While Hardeep Puri, Former Envoy to the United Nations and Sitaram Yechury, CPI(M) Leader will debate on the road ahead for the Indo – US Nuclear Deal.

     

    On the business front Banmali Agrawala, President and CEO, GE South Asia and Som Mittal, Former president, NASSCOM will share his views on whether Modi will add to the investments.

     

    Rahul Chaudhry, CEO, Tata Power SED, Pratyush Kumar, President, Boeing India and Nik Khanna, Country Director, Raytheon India will speak on Defense related issues in the session Defense of the Realm – Life after Make in India.

     

    The Rise of the NRI and Becoming Part of the American Dream will see insights from Ram Madhav, General Secretary, BJP and Sanjay Puri, Convener, United States India Political Action Committee.

     

    The India Today Global Roundtable promises to be the defining event that will add the real perspective amidst the fanfare of President Obama’s India visit. The Event will be telecast through the day on 23rd January exclusively on Headlines Today.

  • Aaj Tak’s perception driven OOH campaign

    Aaj Tak’s perception driven OOH campaign

    MUMBAI: To showcase its clear dominance in the news category, Aaj Tak has launched an out-of-home (OOH) campaign in the national capital.

     

    The focus of the OOH campaign is to create high visibility and also position Agenda Aaj Tak dominantly. The thought behind having high decibel visibility in the city was to create a massive communication and awareness around the annual event and making it as the destination event that holds the power to set the country’s most important priorities. The OOH creative effectively symbolised the theme of Agenda Aaj Tak with the main element being hand holding the mike in the shape of the torch with LED flames.

     

    “We had taken over 65 OOH sites across key high visibility locations across Delhi/ NCR. The idea was to capture the driving audiences’ per caption and huge impact media i.e. OOH ensured maximum visibility across the city,” says TV Today Network marketing and strategic planning and research VP Vivek Malhotra.

     

    The OOH campaign was backed with a 360 degree marketing plan to have a high recall and respect for the summit.

     

    The campaign was executed through Zenith Outdoors and Alakh Advertising & Publicity.

  • Aaj Tak brings back ‘Agenda Aaj Tak: The Biggest Platform’ of the Hindi heartland

    Aaj Tak brings back ‘Agenda Aaj Tak: The Biggest Platform’ of the Hindi heartland

    MUMBAI: The ‘Hindi Jagat Ka Maha Manch’ is getting bigger every year, as Aaj Tak the Nation’s News Leader presents the 3rd Edition of the award winning annual event ‘Agenda Aaj Tak – Kitna Badal Gaya Hindustan’, with a theme that is reflective of the changing times in the National landscape. The 2 day conclave scheduled for the 12th and 13th of December is expected to raise the benchmarks of a News event, as the most powerful voices will debate on issues dominating the Indian mindspace.

     With an impressive line-up of the most distinguished stalwarts coming together, the two day conclave will prove to be defining in more ways than one.

    The greatest minds and leaders across various fields will set the mood for the sessions. The Game Changer and modern day Chanakya – Amit Shah, The Master strategist – Arun Jaitley and The defence minister – Manohar Parikkar, The railway minister – Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, these most powerful personalities from the new political order will share their vision and plan. The Kingmakers of coalition politics Sharad Yadav and Laloo Prasad Yadav are expected to bring fireworks in the session ‘Modi Ke Khilaf Morchabandi’. While the living legend of Bollywood, Amitabh Bachchan will pay tribute to his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan.

    ‘Dilli Ke Dil Main Kya Hai’ will be debated in the race to the Delhi Elections by Arvind Kejriwal, Former CM – Delhi, Satish Upadhyay, President – Delhi BJP and Arvinder Singh Lovely, DPCC Chief.

     Sports, music and entertainment too are part of the agenda, with the superstars of cricket, Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akhtar, Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir debating on the chances of Team India to lift the World Cup again. Musicians Sukhwinder Singh, Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani will add some melody to sessions by reflecting on the rapidly changing music industry and more.

     The Singham of bollywood, Ajay Devgn will bring in his share of action by sharing his views and experience while the young brigade led by the most promising young diva Shraddha Kappoor, dashing star  Arjun Kapoor and the Dabangg girl Sonakshi Sinha will talk about the young spirit and on being role models for the youth.

    The first time MPs, Manoj Tiwari – BJP, Babul Supriyo – BJP and Chirag Paswan – LJP will talk about the responsibilities on their new role.

    Chief Ministers – Devendra Fadnavis, CM – Maharashtra, Harish Rawat, CM – Uttarakhand and Manohar Lal Khattar, CM – Haryana will lay emphasis on the importance of Centre – State relationship in the session aptly titled – Tera Mera Saath Rahe.

     Religious and Spiritual Leaders – Asaduddin Owaisi, President  AIMIM, Swami Ramdev, Yoga Guru and Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati, Hindu Spiritual Leader will share their opinions on the lines of religion and spirituality.

     Through the two days well know comedian Raju Srivastav will be sprinkling humour in between the sessions to balance the heated debates with some laughter

     Agenda Aaj Tak is the flagship Hindi News event from the TV Today Network Ltd that has seen the most illustrious and eminent personalities coming together under one roof. The success of the first two editions has clearly established, Agenda Aaj Tak as the definitive News Event in the National Language. The event in its 3rd year will focus on the changing Nation, right from politics, social issues, industry initiatives, culture and more, thus setting the stage for the most crucial national decisions.

     

  • Aaj Tak wins the Best News Channel at the ITA Awards, 14th Year in a row

    Aaj Tak wins the Best News Channel at the ITA Awards, 14th Year in a row

     
    Mumbai: Aaj Tak, the nation’s undisputed No.1 News channel won the most coveted award for the Best Hindi News Channel at the prestigious Indian Television Academy Awards 2014. This is the 14th year in a row that Aaj tak received the top honour establishing that the nation’s trust in Aaj tak is unshakable and ever stronger.

    Commenting on the milestone, Mr. Aroon Purie, Chairman and Editor in Chief – India Today Group said, ‘For the last 14 years, Aaj Tak has built a reputation of being the most trustworthy source of information. This promise is backed by a relentless pursuit to find the real truth and to present it with conviction. I congratulate the team and I respect the excellence in journalism that has made the brand command the loyalty it does.’

    Mr. Ashish Bagga, Group CEO – India today Group added, ‘The award stands testimony to the faith that the Nation holds in Aaj Tak. It is the consistent focus and the unwavering commitment towards our mission that has kept Aaj tak at the numero uno position, and constantly living upto its promise of being Sabse Tez’.  

    The other awards won by Aaj Tak’s team at the ITA Awards 2014, include Anjana Om Kashyap for the Best News & Current Affairs Anchor, Rahul Kanwal for Best Talk Show Host on Seedhi Baat, the Best Interstitial filler for the ‘So Sorry’ series, and Shams Tahir Khan for the Best News & Current Affairs Show – Jeetega Bhai Jeetega.

    Aaj Tak, the nation’s most trusted and the most awarded News Channel continued with the winning streak of being the No. 1 in terms of viewership too. The latest week saw Aaj tak complete 77 uninterrupted weeks of being the no.1 in ratings. Aaj tak has been the clear choice of the viewer week on week, unchallenged in perhaps, the most news heavy period of recent times. The general elections, the change in government, to the more recent PM’s historic speech from Madison Square, New York, the nation has been following News on Aaj Tak.

    Supriya Prasad, Managing Editor Aaj tak mentions, “Being No.1 for 14 years is a matter of pride but being the viewer’s choice in an election year is even more encouraging. A 60 million viewers followed their most trusted source in the Counting Week. It is very motivating to see when the efforts win the viewer’s appreciation…The maximum reporters on the  ground, the most innovative use of technology,  holograms and teleportation, power of maximum LIVE sources, focus on ground visuals, the use of drone cameras….. We are very happy that our viewers noticed this most definitive edge and continued to trust us the most”

     

  • Aaj Tak brings together a historic panel- 7 World Cup Champions on 1 platform

    Aaj Tak brings together a historic panel- 7 World Cup Champions on 1 platform

    MUMBAI: The Legends come together on 18th Oct 2014, when India’s No.1 News channel Aaj Tak celebrates Cricket with the mega event – Salaam Cricket. As the countdown to the World Cup 2015 begins, 7 World champions and 14 Captains converge on one stage to usher in the battleground 2015.
     
    Be ready to witness the historic union of legends to salute a game that’s nothing short of a religion – Cricket.
     
    Never before have so many great legends joined a conclave to debate the road ahead. Ever since team India lifted the trophy at the last World Cup after a gap of 18 years, the expectations are high. With eyes set on the trophy, the Conclave aptly titled ‘Kaise Jeetenge World Cup’ will be the biggest meeting point of top cricketing minds
     
    Speaking ahead of the event, Supriya Prasad – Managing Editor – Aaj Tak said, “Aaj Tak will bring together the greatest legends of the game in this definitive event. The inspiring discussions and expert opinions from the stalwarts will surely have the cricket viewers asking for more.”
     
    Ashish Bagga, Group CEO – India Today Group added, “The India Today Group is a leader in the space for creating benchmark News Events. Salaam Cricket with its inspiring line-up of legends on one platform is an Industry first that is a reflection of Aajtak’s commitment to being Sabse Tez.”
     
    The World Cup winning captains who will be part of the daylong event are – Clive Lloyd, 1975 & 1979 Champion, Kapil Dev, 1983 Champion, Allan Border, 1987 Champion, Imran Khan,  1992 Champion, Arjuna Ranatunga,  1996 Champion, Steve Waugh, 1999 Champion, Ricky Ponting, 2003 & 2007 Champion. The greatest Indian Captains including Sunil Gavaskar, Saurav Ganguly, Bishen Singh Bedi, Mohammed Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja will also be part of the event. Key members of the Indian World Cup winning squad including Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla and Ashish Nehra will be among the many superstars who will take centre stage.
     
    The day will start with session – “Winning the World Cup – Start of a Revolution” by world cup winning captains- Kapil Dev & Clive Lloyd. This will be followed by the session “Thunder Down Under” addressed by the former Australian World Cup Winning Captains- Allan Border, Steve Waugh and Ricking Ponting. The next session will have Yuvraj Singh sharing his thoughts in – Story of a Winner.
     
    A special session will also see Indian Cricketers rom the 2011 World Cup squad  – Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra and Piyush Chawla wishing the Indian Team for the upcoming World Cup.
     
    Emotions will run high around the session- India V/s Pak which will witness former Indian and Pakistan captains like- Sourav Ganguly, Kapil Dev, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Inzmam-Ul-Haq & Aamer Sohail discussing the excitement and the high expectations when the two cricketing rivals go on to play.
     
    The day will close with the World Cup winning captains sharing the stage in the “Seven Wonders: All WC Winning Captains on One Platform”. The session will have Clive Lloyd, Kapil Dev, Allan Border, Imran Khan, Arjuna Ranatunga,  Steve Waugh & Ricky Ponting sharing their views.

  • Vinay Tewari joins Headlines Today as managing editor

    Vinay Tewari joins Headlines Today as managing editor

    MUMBAI: Taking charge of TV Today Network’s English news channel Headlines Today as the new managing editor is Vinay Tewari.

     

    Confirming the news to indiantelevision.com, Tewari said that he would be joining the organisation from 1 October. His role would be to build the brand of Headlines Today. He will report to India Today Group chief creative officer and India Today Group digital chief operating officer Kalli Purie.

     

    Tewari will take charge of a position that was vacated by Nalin Mehta early this year. Prior to this, he was with Network 18 as managing editor of CNN-IBN. He was also assigned the responsibility of IBN7.

     

    This will be his second stint with the company. He was earlier Hindi channel Aaj Tak’s Delhi bureau head and also had the responsibility of bringing synergy between the Hindi and English news channel.

     

    He had started his two decade long career in 1993 with the Pioneer before moving to The Times of India. 

  • Rajdeep Sardesai joins India Today Group as consulting editor

    Rajdeep Sardesai joins India Today Group as consulting editor

    MUMBAI:  After a hiatus of three months, former editor-in-chief of IBN18, Rajdeep Sardesai has decided to move to India Today Group as consulting editor.

     

    Indiantelevision.com was the first to report that he would be looking at joining TV Today in August.

     

    Sardesai announced his new assignment via a tweet “Delighted to be joining TV Today network, India’s largest news network, as consulting editor. Looking forward to working with a great team.” He will be contributing to the revamp of the channel and its alignment with digital assets of the group. 

     

    At first, he will be doing a prime time show on its English channel Headlines Today. On his appointment, India Today Group chairman and editor-in-chief Aroon Purie said, “Rajdeep has been an asset to whichever team he has belonged to, including the cricketing ones. Great to have him with us. I know he will hit the ball out of the park for team India Today.”

     

    Recently, the network saw Shekhar Gupta move out of his full time role into a consulting position. The network also saw Karan Thapar and Boria Majumdar join earlier this year. 

     

    Sardesai has worked with NDTV and CNN-IBN. Prior to this, he was working with Times of India in Mumbai. Recently, he just concluded writing a book on Indian elections while simultaneously launching his own website ‘Breaking Views’.

  • IBN7 ropes in Sumit Awasthi as deputy managing editor

    IBN7 ropes in Sumit Awasthi as deputy managing editor

    MUMBAI: IBN7 has appointed Sumit Awasthi as deputy managing editor. Prior to this, he was resident editor at Zee News.

     

    He will make a comeback on the channel with a special show on ‘100 Days of Modi Government.’ Awasthi has not only covered political news but also cricket and international affairs. Awasthi has worked with IBN7 earlier as well as with Aaj Tak.

     

    Meanwhile, Akash Soni also joins the channel as anchor. He has over 18 years of experience across TV, radio, print and online media including BBC World Service, London. His expertise is across various fields including Indian politics and international affairs.

     

    The channel will enhance its political coverage with the two of them.