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  • TV Today Q2 net jumps 40% to Rs 106 mn

    TV Today Q2 net jumps 40% to Rs 106 mn

    MUMBAI: The early signs of revival from the last fiscal’s economic downturn are visible now. Showing recovery is TV Today Network, the holding company of news channels including Aaj Tak and Headlines Today.

    The company has posted a net profit of Rs 106.12 million for the quarter ended 30 September, up 40.06 per cent, as compared to Rs 75.77 million in the prior year period.

    Income from operations, however, dropped marginally by 3.51 per cent to Rs 645.45 million in the quarter under review.

    TV Today has limited its expenses to Rs 561.11 million, down 4.72 per cent from the year-ago period.

  • TV Today Q1 net zooms 81% to Rs 166 mn

    TV Today Q1 net zooms 81% to Rs 166 mn

    MUMBAI: TV Today Network, which operates a clutch of news channels including Aaj Tak and Headlines Today, is showing signs of recovery from the economic downturn.

    Net profit in the first quarter has surged 81.35 per cent to Rs 166.44 million, after falling over two consecutive quarters.

    Total income rose 10.76 per cent to Rs 710.41 million in the quarter.

    The company also managed to curtail its expenses to Rs 561.32 million, compared to Rs 551.69 million a year ago. 

    Shares of TV Today closed Thursday at Rs 93.55 on the BSE, up 5.41 per cent from its previous close.

  • TV Today to close buy-back of shares on 25 July

    TV Today to close buy-back of shares on 25 July

    MUMBAI: Aroon Purie-promoted TV Today Network announced Monday it would close the buy-back issue of its equity shares of Rs 5 each with effect from 25 July.

    No order for the buy-back shall be placed after 22 July.

    TV Today also said the company has already bought back 244,884 equity shares for an aggregate amount of Rs 19.73 million.

    TV Today Network, part of the India Today group, operates TV news channels Aaj Tak, Headlines Today, Tez and Delhi Aaj Tak.

  • Aaj Tak, CNN IBN win poll endgame ratings

    Aaj Tak, CNN IBN win poll endgame ratings

    MUMBAI: Though the verdict of the 2009 general election was far from what the news channels expected or projected, the endgame drama on 16 May certainly drew in peak viewers.

    The Hindi TV news genre jumped almost three-fold to 14.87 per cent on the counting day, up from the previous week’s standing at 5.08 per cent. This, however, remained lower than what the genre enjoyed as a share percentage last time round, according to Tam data for C&S 15+ in the Hindi speaking market. In 2004, the counting day on 13 May saw the share of the genre surging to 24.25 per cent from its previous week’s draw of 5.06 per cent.

    Aaj Tak led the pack with 27 per cent of channel share, followed by Star news with 19 per cent and India TV 13 per cent. IBN7 remained fourth in the viewership ladder with a 10 per cent share, while Zee News took a share of 9 per cent and NDTV India 7 per cent.

  • Hindi news channels fall from record viewership

    Hindi news channels fall from record viewership

    MUMBAI: During the week following the live terror strike coverage in Mumbai, viewership of news channels have seen a dip as audiences have migrated back to Hindi general entertainment channels to watch fresh content of their popular shows. The genre has seen a 7.3 per cent drop in share to end the week ended 6 December at 9.6 per cent (Tam, HSM, 4+, C&S).

    The 60-hour coverage of the high voltage drama had pulled the Hindi news genre to a record high of 16.1 per cent in genre share from an average of 6.7 per cent in the prior four weeks (26 October to 22 November).

    In the Hindi news genre, Aaj Tak is the top-rated channel with a 20 per cent market share for the week ended 6 December (according to Tam data, C&S, 15+, HSM). Next in the pecking order are Star News and India TV with a share of 16 per cent each. Zee News has a 11 per cent market share, while IBN7 has garnered 10 per cent and NDTV India 8 per cent. News24 and Samay have got 5 per cent each while Tez held a 3 per cent share.

    India News and Live India pocketed 2 per cent each.

    Among the English news channels, Times Now rules the roost with 33 per cent market share (Tam, C&S, All India, 4+). Following next is CNN-IBN with 30 per cent, while NDTV 24X7 has captured 26 per cent. Headlines Today holds a 10 per cent share.

  • I&B officials to meet news broadcasters on 10 December

    I&B officials to meet news broadcasters on 10 December

    NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting officials will be meeting news broadcasters tomorrow in the afternoon to discuss the way the television media has covered the Mumbai terror attack.

    Speaking to indiantelevision.com, a senior official of the I&B Ministry said, “We will be meeting representatives from the television news channels tomorrow to discuss about how the Mumbai terror attack was covered by them.”

    Earlier the Ministry had issued issued advisories and an oral warning to the Indian Broadcasting Federation (IBF) expressing concern over some parts of the coverage. The MIB asked all the private news channels to exercise restraint while airing news related to Mumbai terror attacks and the subsequent developments.

    The advisories were sent to the channels to ask them to be a bit more considerate in their coverage of the incident, despite all of them showing a lot responsibility.

    The Ministry had issued show cause notices to India TV for airing a telephonic conversation with two terrorists involved in the terror attack and to Aaj Tak for creating public panic.

    Meanwhile, the ministry is also working towards tightening laws governing cable television broadcast, for which it is planning to introduce changes in Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995.

  • I&B issues notice to Aaj Tak on Mumbai terror coverage

    I&B issues notice to Aaj Tak on Mumbai terror coverage

    NEW DELHI: Even as news broadcasters are still to react on advisories issued earlier this week on the continual coverage of the terrorist attack in Mumbai, notice has now been sent to the Aaj Tak to the effect that the channel’s coverage was creating public panic.

    According to the notice, which is presently being considered by the management of Aaj Tak, the channel has been accused of acting in a manner that may affect ’the integrity of the country’. Sources in the channel confirmed receipt of the notice, but refused to say anything else.

    News broadcasters seem divided on their reaction to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry’s advisory to all news channels not to carry on with the coverage of the Mumbai attacks by showing the same clips which were now several days old and which only created panic.

    As of now, the News Broadcasters Association have failed to send any reply to the Ministry’s advisory and a meeting slated for this purpose yesterday did not take place. While some channels feel that this is necessary to report fresh news breaks, others feel a confrontation with the Government on this issue should be avoided.

    In its advisory, the Ministry said: “Repeated visuals and stories pertaining to the attack, which would make the perpetrators feel their attack was a ‘success’, should, therefore, now be avoided.”

    It further said if the ‘unbalanced reporting’ by TV channels continued, “it may be treated as coverage against the interest of the nation in the circumstances and attract appropriate action as per rules and as per terms and conditions of the permission granted for uplinking and downlinking of TV channels in India.”

    The advisory said that television news channels were devoting almost 100 per cent news coverage time to “replay the attack, general criticism, display of shocked public reaction, eyewitness accounts, multimedia reconstruction of the attack, display of blood and gore’ and appeared to be ignoring all other news of national and international significance.”

    Meanwhile, Rajat Sharma of India TV told indiantelevision.com he was not free to discuss the reply sent by his channel early this month to a notice received from the Information and Broadcasting Ministry late last month.

    The Ministry is understood to have objected to the telecast soon after the attack commenced of the telephonic conversation with two terrorists hiding in the Nariman House and Oberoi-Trident.

  • News channels hit record viewership in terror week

    News channels hit record viewership in terror week

    MUMBAI: As the deadly terror attacks struck Mumbai on 26 November, Indians all over the country stayed glued to news channels. Providing regular updates and a rigorous 60 hours of live TV coverage, the news genre gained immensely during this period.

    Hindi news channels occupied 22.4 per cent of the entire TV viewing share for the four days (26 to 29 November) of terror coverage, the highest the genre has ever recorded in Indian television. Hindi general entertainment channels, which enjoy maximum TV viewing, had a share of 19.5 per cent while Hindi movie channels took away a 15.1 per cent share, as per Tam data (C&S, 4+, HSM).

    For the week ended 29 November, Hindi news channels have seen a 10 per cent surge in market share to 16.1 per cent, from an average of 6.7 per cent in the prior four weeks (26 October to 22 November).

    Hindi general entertainment channels, which were not showing any fresh content due to the dispute between TV producers and workers, were hard hit, with the genre share sliding to 22 per cent for the week, from a previous four-week average of 32.4 per cent.

    The high-voltage drama has fetched Aaj Tak the highest number of viewers among the Hindi news channels. Aaj Tak has gained 6 per cent to enjoy a market share of 23 per cent for the week ended 29 November. The next big gainer in the Hindi news genre is Zee News, with a 3 per cent rise to 11 per cent.

    In the pack, Star News is at 16 per cent (gained 1 per cent) while India TV and IBN7 has seen no change which stand at 16 per cent and 11 per cent respectively.

    NDTV India also remains static at 8 per cent, followed by News24 and Samay both at 4 per cent. Tez has slipped by 1 per cent, DD news, Live India have fallen by 2 per cent each.

    In the English news genre, NDTV 24X7, which has gained 5 per cent, has captured the highest market share for the week with 30 per cent (C&S, 15+, All India). Times Now also gained 5 per cent to garner a share of 28 per cent.

    CNN-IBN lost in the numbers game, slipping 6 per cent to have a share of 24 per cent. Down the ladder, NewsX gained marginally to have a 9 per cent share among English news channels while Headlines Today fell from 13 per cent to 9 per cent.

  • News channels spend highest time on crime stories

    News channels spend highest time on crime stories

    MUMBAI:Crime, law and order stories rule the roost on news channels. At least for the period 14 September to 24 October 2008 when news channels dedicated 29 per cent of their coverage time on such kind of content, according to News Content Track (NCT), a monitoring service recently launched by Tam.

    The study conducted by Tam covers Hindi channels Aaj Tak and Star News and English channels Times Now and NDTV 24X7.

    During the period, news channels have spent 513.22 hours of programming on crime, law and order stories. Next in the rung is sports coverage which occupies 13.48 per cent (234.09 hours).

    Top content type
    CONTENT TYPE    Duration in Hour:Min:Secs    % contribution
    CRIME/LAW & ORDER
    513:22:25
    29.54
    SPORTS NEWS
    234:09:29
    13.48
    POLITICAL NEWS/GOVERNMENT NEWS
    217:51:04
    12.54
    ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
    199:30:19
    11.48
    FINANCIAL NEWS
    121:29:59
    6.99
    BUSINESS NEWS
    66:46:40
    3.84
    SOCIAL
    58:49:14
    3.39
    SPIRITUAL/RELIGION
    57:27:32
    3.31
    ASTROLOGY
    57:05:23
    3.29
    MISHAPS/FAILURE OF MACHINERY
    44:38:12
    2.57
    source : News Content Track, Tam
    period : 14 Sept- 24 Oct

    News on politics is still not the favourite with news channels. Political news covers only 12.54 per cent (217.51 hours), followed by entertainment news which is 11.48 per cent (199.30 hours) of the entire programming.

    News channels spent 6.99 per cent on financial news and 3.84 per cent on business news. Humour covers 2.17 per cent of the time while news on sting and scandals contributes 0.02 per cent. News channels spend the minimum time on spoofs (0.01 per cent, 0.08 minutes).

    Top stories
    Story
    Total    %
    DELHI BOMB BLASTS
    115:13:26
    6.63
    BORDER GAVASKAR SERIES 08
    74:03:48
    4.26
    BOLLYWOOD UPDATES
    57:21:48
    3.30
    ZODIAC FORECAST
    57:05:13
    3.29
    SHOOT OUT IN DELHI
    51:34:40
    2.97
    AUSTRALIA TOUR OF INDIA(2008)
    49:41:01
    2.86
    INDIAN MARKET UPDATES
    40:39:20
    2.34
    COMEDY PROGRAM
    37:24:24
    2.15
    MNS WORKERS BEAT UP OUTSTATION CANDIDATES (MUMBAI)
    36:26:22
    2.10
    REPORT ON BLASTS IN INDIA
    34:41:58
    2.00
    source : News Content Track, Tam
    period : 14 Sept- 24 Oct

    The Delhi bomb blast became the top story (6.63 per cent) that was shown repeatedly by the news channels during this period, followed by the India-Australia cricket series (4.26 per cent). In the top story ranking, Bollywood updates covered 3.30 per cent while zodiac forecast was 3.29 per cent.

  • Aaj Tak launches initiative against terrorism

    Aaj Tak launches initiative against terrorism

    MUMBAI: Aaj Tak has launched a special initiative against terrorism called Pucha Hai Aaj Tak, Aakhir Kab Tak. The four-part series will explore the possible solutions of terrorism by looking at the issue through a 360-degree perspective.

    The series will incorporate few short duration news reports, supported by fact sheets, information on past blasts and the respective action taken reports.

    The show will be interactive and viewers can participate by sharing their views through ballot papers, SMS and live call-ins. The show will also be talking to prominent people from various walks of life who will discuss ways in which the country can tackle the menace.

    TV Today Network CEO and executive director G Krishnan said, “Terrorism is emerging as a major threat and we are looking at a 360-degree communication in terms of programming and promotion to involve our viewers and provide them with a credible platform to raise pertinent issues.”