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  • BARC week 38: Hindi News ratings fall as AajTak continues dominance

    BARC week 38: Hindi News ratings fall as AajTak continues dominance

    BENGALURU: Hindi News ratings continued their decline in week 38 of 2019 (Week 38: Saturday, 14 September 2019 to Friday, 20 September 2019, period or week under review). After the big jump in ratings in week 21 0f 2019 when the opinion polls followed by results of the national elections, Hindi News ratings had witnessed a steep decline. The abrogation of Article 370 and the formation of the new union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on 5 August 2019 during week 32 of 2019 saw ratings peak a bit once again, only to gradually climb down. Weekly data of Top 5 Hindi News channels sourced from Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) reveals that the combined total of ratings of the top 5 Hindi News channels in the combined urban (U) and rural (R) Hindi speaking market (HSM) dipped 13 percent in week 38 of 2019 as compared to the previous week. Ratings of the Top 5 Hindi News channels in the urban market – HSM (U) declined 14 percent as compared to a 11 percent fall in the case of HSM (R) during the period under review. BARC data has more weightage for the urban markets as compared to the rural markets.

    AajTak from the India Today Group continued its unimpeded and uninterrupted dominance of the Hindi News genre in HSM (U+R), HSM (U) and HSM (R). Please refer to the figures below for the combined ratings of the top 5 Hindi News channels in HSM (U+R), HSM (U) and HSM (R) respectively.

    Top 5 channels of the Hindi News genre in week 38 of 2019 in HSM (U+R)

    The combined weekly ratings of the Top 5 Hindi News channels in HSM (U+R) declined 13 percent to 511.897 million impressions in week 38 of 2019 as compared to 587.374 million weekly impressions in week 37. While the same channels were present in BARC’s weekly list in HSM (U+R), there was some shuffling in ranks between the two weeks. All the channels witnessed decline in ratings in week 38 of 2019 as compared to week 38.

    AajTak at rank one, witnessed a 16 percent decline in ratings during the period under review in HSM (U+R) to 114.016 million weekly impressions from 134.965 million weekly impressions in week 37. India TV jumped up two places to second rank in week 38 of 2019 with 101.656 million weekly impressions despite a 7 percent decline in viewership from 109.803 million weekly impressions and fourth rank in week 37.

    Zee News slipped a place to third rank in week 38 of 2019 with 100.993 million weekly impressions, a drop of 17 percent as compared to 121.535 million weekly impressions and second rank in the previous week. News18 India also dropped a place to fourth rank in week 38 of 2019 with 99.771 million weekly impressions, a 10 percent decline from the 111.695 million weekly impressions and third rank in week 37. ABP News retained its rank 5 in the list in week 38 of 2019 with 95.261 million weekly impressions which was 13 percent lower than the 109.376 million weekly impressions in week 38. 

    Top 5 channels of the Hindi News genre in week 38 of 2019 in HSM (U)

    The combined weekly impressions of the top 5 Hindi News channels in HSM (U) declined 14 percent to 294.229 million weekly impressions in week 38 of 2019 from 340.308 million weekly impressions in the previous week. The five channels in the list for both the weeks – weeks 38 and 37 of 2019 were the same, however, with a shuffling in ranks. 

    Continuing on at rank 1 in week 38 of 2019, AajTak witnessed a 15 percent drop in ratings in HSM (U) to 65.773 million weekly impressions as compared to 77.704 million weekly impressions in week 37. Climbing up a place to second rank, News18 India saw its ratings decline 11 percent to 61.067 million weekly impressions in week 38 of 2019 from 68.636 million weekly impressions and third rank in the previous week. Zee News dropped a place to third rank and saw its ratings decline 19 percent in week 38 of 2019 to 58.824 million weekly impressions from second rank and 72.467 million weekly impressions in week 37. India TV retained rank 4 in week 38 of 2019 with a decline of 9 percent in viewership to 58.101 million weekly impressions from 64.100 million weekly impressions in week 37. ABP News retained fifth place in week 38 of 2019 with a 12 percent decline in ratings to 50.464 million weekly impressions from 57.401 million weekly impressions in week 37.

    Top 5 channels of the Hindi News genre in week 38 of 2019 in HSM (R)

    The combined weekly impressions of the Top 5 Hindi News channels in HSM (R) declined 11 percent to 219.734 million weekly impressions in week 38 of 2019 from 247.066 million weekly impressions in week 37. The first four channels in the week under review were the same as in the previous week, while the ArnabGoswami-associated Republic Bharat re-entered BARC’s weekly list of Top 5 Hindi News channels in HSM (R) as News18 India exited it. There was a shuffling of places between ranks three and four in week 38 of 2019.

    AajTak, at rank one, saw its viewership decline by 16 percent to 48.244 million weekly impressions in week 38 of 2019 from 57.261 million weekly impressions in week 37. ABP News at second rank saw its ratings drop 15 percent to  44.797 million weekly impressions from 51.975 million weekly impressions and second rank in week 37. India TV climbed a place to third rank in week 38 of 2019 despite a decline of 5 percent to 43.554 million weekly impressions as compared to fourth rank and 45.703 million weekly impressions in the previous week. Zee News dropped a place to fourth rank in week 38 of 2019 with a 14 percent reduction in viewership to 42.169 million weekly impressions from third rank and 49.068 million weekly impressions in week 37. Republic Bharat re-entered BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Hindi News channels in HSM (R) with 40.970 million weekly impressions.
     

  • KYC imperative to curb smuggling of DTH STBs outside India: IBF

    KYC imperative to curb smuggling of DTH STBs outside India: IBF

    MUMBAI: Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) has shared its view on the consultation paper by TRAI on ‘KYC of DTH Set Top Boxes’. The association is of view that there is an absolute and an imminent need for introduction and proper enforcement of meaningful KYC or e-KYC stipulations of DTH STBs.

    The association believes that the step is necessary to curb smuggling of DTH STBs outside India and to bring in some level of threshold checks to counter the menace of piracy.

    “It is submitted that DTH STBs get rampantly smuggled to territories outside of India where they get used for illegal and unauthorised reception and/or retransmission of signals of channels. Due to such piracy, broadcasters face huge / irreparable revenue losses. Hence, there is a need for mandating KYC or e-KYC for DTH STBs to avoid smuggling of STBs overseas,” said IBF in its comments to TRAI.

    The association further informed, “DTH platforms in India are permitted to have subscribers only within the territory of India however, numerous unauthorised STBs of Indian DTH operators are reported to be active and functioning beyond the Indian territory due to the satellite footprints overspill. (For example – signals of DTH operators intended for Indian audience are also available in Middle-East, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Maldives, Nepal, Myanmar etc.).”

    “In case DTH STBs are found to be in use at a location other than the one specified at the time of installation, then KYC or e-KYC will enable the applicable DTH platform operator to directly approach the customer to investigate why and how such DTH STB was shifted / moved to the unauthorised premises / location. This will also quicken the process of nabbing the perpetrator in case of misuse of DTH STBs,” IBF suggested.

    The association also suggested that that initially the KYC or e-KYC should be completed at the time of installation. Post initial verification, random verification can be done on a periodic basis to ensure that STB is not moved from its installation address. Periodicity of such inspection can be at such reasonable intervals as may be decided basis discussion and consultation with relevant stakeholders however, with a gap of at least three months between each visit.

    The association has also supported incorporation of LBS in the existing DTH STBs. It also believes that the same should be mandated for all new STBs of all DPOs to track location and facilitate verification.

    “Keeping in view the growing penetration of DTH STBs and other DPOs, the security of the broadcasters’ content is of paramount importance and this will also help the DPOs to minimise their own revenue loss,” said IBF.

    ABP News, Sony Pictures Network and Times Network also shared their comments on the consultation paper. Agreeing to IBF’s view, all three broadcasters also feel that there is a need for KYC and e-KYC of set top boxes to prevent illegal use of STBs in India.

    Times Network suggested, “The KYC process should be designed in such a way that it is driven by technology and causes minimum disturbance to the users while at the same time achieves its desired purpose. If it is too cumbersome, it may deviate a part of subscriber to other modes like cable etc., where the KYC norms are not applied, thereby affecting the DTH business prospects in India.”

  • Hindi news & religious are top gainers in Chrome DM week 32

    Hindi news & religious are top gainers in Chrome DM week 32

    MUMBAI: In week 32 of Chrome Data Analytics and Media data, Hindi news and religious were the two top gainers with 0.53 per cent and 0.12 per cent respectively in HSM excluding less than 1 lakh markets

    OTS is the actual census-based percentage connectivity of a channel spread across 81 million homes, as reported by Chrome DM, across analogue cable, digital cable, and DTH.

    In Hindi news genre, ABP news gained highest OTS with 99 per cent in in HSM excluding less than 1 lakh markets. In religious genre, Aastha gained highest OTS with 95.9 per cent in HSM excluding less than 1 lakh markets.

  • BARC week 29: Rural drives Hindi news viewership up

    BARC week 29: Rural drives Hindi news viewership up

    BENGALURU: The combined viewership of the top 5 Hindi news channels across the urban and rural Hindi speaking markets or HSM (U+R) grew 4.7 per cent in week 29 of 2019 (Saturday, 13 July 2019 to Friday, 19 July 2019, week or period under review) as compared to the previous week according to Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) data. Combined weekly viewership of the top 5 Hindi news channels for week 29 of 2019 was 476.727 million weekly impressions as compared to 455.410 million weekly impressions in the previous week. Viewership growth in week 29 of 2019 was led by the rural Hindi speaking market or HSM (R), which grew by 8.9 per cent from week 28. Urban viewership in the Hindi speaking markets grew by 1.5 per cent during the week under review as compared to the previous week. The combined weekly impressions of the top 5 Hindi news channels in HSM (R) was 200.340 million weekly impressions as compared to 183.955 million weekly impressions in the previous week. Combined viewership of top 5 channels in HSM (U) was 277.783 million weekly impressions in week 29 of 2019 was compared to 273.724 million weekly impressions in week 28.

    Viewership growth could be attributed to the fact that only the final match of the ICC World Cup was played during the week under review. Since India was not involved in the final of the premier global cricket tourney, interest and hence viewership must have petered out. Earlier, cricket did eat into the viewership of many genres because of overlap of timings with primetime in India. Viewership could climb further with improved weather across the country. All the Hindi news channels in the three BARC weekly lists – HSM (U+R), HSM (R) and HSM (U) in week 29 of 2019 were the same as in week 28 with a slight shuffle in ranks in HSM (R). All three lists were led by Aaj Tak.

    Hindi news viewership in HSM (U+R)

    All the five channels in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Hindi news channels in HSM (U+R) witnessed growth in viewership. The list and ranks of channels in week 29 of 2019 were the same as in week 28.

    Aaj Tak at rank 1 in week 29 of 2019 witnessed a growth of 3.5 per cent at 123.173 million weekly impressions as compared to 118.957 million weekly impressions in week 28. At second rank, News18 India saw viewership grow by 8.3 per cent to 96.403 million weekly impressions in week 29 of 2019 as compared to 88.974 million weekly impressions in week 28.

    India TV, ranked three, saw a growth of 2.6 per cent in viewership in week 29 of 2019 at 90.012 million weekly impressions as compared to 87.736 million weekly impressions in week 28. At fourth rank, ABP News witnessed a growth of 6.1 per cent in viewership in week 29 of 2019 at 89.531 million weekly impressions as compared to 84.397 million weekly impressions in the previous week. At fifth rank, Zee News saw viewership grow by 3 per cent in week 29 of 2019 at 77.608 million weekly impressions as compared to 75.346 million weekly impressions in the previous week.

    Hindi news viewership in HSM (R)

    All the five channels in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Hindi news channels in HSM (R) witnessed growth in viewership. The list and ranks of channels in week 29 of 2019 saw a slight shuffling of rank as compared to week 28.

    At rank 1, Aaj Tak witnessed a growth of 7.6 per cent in viewership at 53.977 million weekly impressions in week 29 of 2019 as compared to first rank and 50.149 million weekly impressions in week 28. Continuing on at second rank, ABP News saw a growth of 12.9 per cent in week 29 of 2019 to 41.047 million weekly impressions in HSM (R) as compared to 36.355 million weekly impressions in week 28.

    News18 India climbed a place to third rank in week 29 of 2019 with 20.1 per cent viewership growth to 38.136 million weekly impressions as compared to fourth rank and 31.751 million weekly impressions in week 28. India TV climbed down a place in week 29 of 2019 to fourth rank with a growth of 4.1 per cent at 36.078 million weekly impressions as compared to third rank and 34.671 million weekly impressions in the previous week. Retaining fifth rank in week 29 of 2019 was Republic Bharat with a growth of 0.2 per cent at 31.102 million weekly impressions as compared to 31.029 million weekly impressions in week 28.

    Hindi news viewership in HSM (U)

    All the five channels in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Hindi news channels in HSM (U) witnessed growth in viewership. The list and ranks of channels in week 29 of 2019 were the same as in week 28.

    At rank 1 in HSM (U), Aaj Tak saw growth of 0.6 per cent in week 29 of 2019 to 69.196 million weekly impressions as compared to 68.808 million weekly impressions in the previous week. News18 India was ranked second in week 29 of 2019 with a 12.9 per cent growth in viewership to 58.266 million weekly impressions as compared to 57.223 million weekly impressions in the previous week.

    At third rank, India TV witnessed a growth of 1.6 per cent to 53.934 million weekly impressions in week 29 of 2019 as compared to 53.065 million weekly impressions in week 28. Ranked four, ABP News saw growth of 0.9 per cent in viewership in week 29 of 2019 to 48.484 million weekly impressions as compared to 48.042 million weekly impressions in week 28. Completing the quintet at fifth rank was Zee News which saw growth of 2.8 per cent in week 29 of 2019 to 47.903 million weekly impressions as compared to 46.586 million weekly impressions in week 28.

  • Zee Media MD Ashok Venkatramani resigns

    Zee Media MD Ashok Venkatramani resigns

    MUMBAI: Zee Media Corporation Ltd (ZMCL) announced that its managing director Ashok Venkatramani has resigned, effectively immediately from 9 July. "Ashok Venkatramani has decided to pursue interest outside the company and has accordingly resigned as Managing Director of the company with effect from close of business on July 9, 2019," said ZMCL in a notice to the BSE.

    Venkatramani joined ZMCL on 2 July as MD for a period of three years. However, he has decided to quit the post within a year of appointment.

    Venkatramani is an almunus of IIM Ahmedabad and Harvard Business School. He has over three decades of experience in the FMCG and broadcasting sectors. In his last stint he was associated with ABP News Network as CEO since 2008 before joining ZMCL. He was instrumental in rebranding Star News into ABP News.
     

  • ABP Ganga, news channel for UP/UK, set for 15 April launch

    ABP Ganga, news channel for UP/UK, set for 15 April launch

    MUMBAI: The ABP News Network appears set to launch ABP Ganga, a 24-hour Hindi news channel for Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, on 15 April.

    In February, the ABP News Network had received four new TV channel licenses from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) in February under the names ABP Andhra, ABP Ganga, ABP Kannada, and ABP Tamil.

    Currently, the ABP News Network operates four news channels ABP News (Hindi), ABP Majha (Marathi), ABP Asmita (Gujarati) and ABP Ananda (Bengali), in addition to a digital news channel ABP Sanjha.

    Altering its strategy under TRAI’s new tariff regime, the formidable news network has converted its pay channels to free to air (FTA).

    Earlier, the news network bolstered its national editorial team with the elevation of Pankaj Jha to senior editor national and political affairs. 

  • ABP News’ Desh ka Mood survey projects NDA short of majority

    ABP News’ Desh ka Mood survey projects NDA short of majority

    MUMBAI: Desh Ka Mood, leading election programming of ABP news, today released the survey results done by CVoter. The timeline of the survey was from 1st Week Feb 2019 to 1st Week March 2019 spread across PAN India. The survey finding showcased that the Balakot strikes have made BJP’s core voters happy and repositioned the party for neutral voters, putting other opponents on defensive position. This entire episode has helped BJP consolidate its position just before the general elections with Prime Minister taking a central role as a protagonist. Survey result also shows that PM Modi is the first PM after Indira Gandhi to attack sovereign Pakistani territory.

    Mr. Avinash Pandey, CEO, ABP News Network said, “We at ABP News Network have pioneered the art of bringing well researched and thoroughly analyzed facts that provide a holistic perspective to the viewers. The trends presented by this edition of ‘Desh Ka Mood’ highlight the changing dynamism in the pitched political battle for the impending union elections 2019. The paradigm shift shows rhetorical hoopla and the changing mood of the nation after the Pulwama attack and the Balakot air stikes on POK by the Indian Air Force. This ‘Desh Ka Mood’ offers the current clear image of the political scenario within the country and the intricacies that are indicative of a hotly contested election.”

    He further added, “Desh Ka Mood not only offers a decisive perspective but also engages the discerning audience. ABP News Network has been steadfast in bringing this entire drama to the people and accentuated their entire comprehension of this political grandeur from the largest democracy in the world.”

  • MIB grants 4 TV channel licences to ABP News Network

    MIB grants 4 TV channel licences to ABP News Network

    MUMBAI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has given ABP News Network four new TV channel licences in the month of February. The company has received uplinking and downlinking licences under the names ABP Andhra, ABP Ganga, ABP Kannada and ABP Tamil.

    One of the licences could be used to launch an Uttar Pradesh centric news channel that the company is planning to launch. The company also operates a Punjabi digital news channel ABP Sanjha, which was then launched as ABP Asmita in 2016. ABP News Network currently owns and operates four news channels ABP News (Hindi), ABP Majha (Marathi), ABP Ananda (Bengali) and ABP Asmita (Gujarati).

    Recently, the news broadcaster had converted its pay channels to free to air (FTA) under the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) new regulatory framework. ABP Ananda and ABP Majha went FTA from 8 February.

    In the month of January and February, MIB gave licenses to other six new channels. The channels were Skystar Bangla, Skystar Telugu, PTC Music, PTC Punjabi, PTC Simran and Zee Classic. All the six channels are under non-news category.

    G-Next Media got the permission for uplinking and downlinking PTC Music, PTC Punjabi and PTC Simran on Intelsat-20 satellite in Punjabi, Hindi, and English on 7 February 2019.

    Zee Entertainment Enterprises got the permission for uplinking and downlinking Zee Classic on Asiasat-7 in Punjabi, Hindi and all regional languages on 13 February 2019. Skystar Entertainment Pvt Ltd got the permission for uplinking and downlinking Skystar Bangla and Skystar Telugu on Intelsat-20 in Hindi, English, all India scheduled languages and world language on 15 January 2019.

  • DD India topples Republic TV from pole spot in week 5 of BARC data

    DD India topples Republic TV from pole spot in week 5 of BARC data

    MUMBAI: DD India in its third week of being in top 5 list climbed up to the number one spot casting aside the likes of Republic TV in English news genre in BARC India week 5. This week all the genres saw a spike in impressions as the seven days consisted of Republic Day and Budget Day. Zee News witnessed some movement in terms of positioning in Hindi news genre rural and urban market.

    English news

    The genre saw a spike in viewership on the back of Republic day and Budget day. DD India’s viewership almost tripled from 596 impressions ‘000 to 1503 impressions ‘000 which assisted the channels to climb at number 1 spot, leaving behind Republic TV which was dominating the genre since its launch in 2017. India Today Television and CNN News18 are at fourth and fifth position after interchanging their positions.

    Week 5: Saturday, 26th January 2019 to Friday, 1st February 2019

    English business news

    The English business news genre saw no changes in terms of position, but the top two players CNBC TV18 and ET Now saw good spike in the impressions.

    Hindi news (U+R)

    The Hindi news genre saw no changes in terms of position, but all the channels witnessed spike in the impressions.

    Hindi news rural

    Zee News and ABP News are at third and fourth positions after interchanging their position compared to last week.

    Hindi news urban

    Zee News and India TV climbed up a slot to second and third position. News18 India dropped two slots to the fourth position but witnessed a slight spike in impressions.

  • ABP news strengthens editorial team ahead of elections

    ABP news strengthens editorial team ahead of elections

    MUMBAI: With the vision to keep #deskkorakheyaagey, ABP News Network is all set to strengthen its national editorial team ahead of the Union Elections. Mr. Pankaj Jha, Senior Editor, Uttar Pradesh Bureau will be elevated as Senior Editor, National and Political affairs with immediate effect.

    Mr. Jha holds vast experience of over 22 years in journalism and has been associated with ABP news for more than 15 years. He has been a star reporter for ground level coverage of UP Assembly elections + Lok sabha elections. He has also hosted a high rating show ‘Narmada Yatra’, a travelogue which assesses the mood of the people along the banks of river Narmada.

    Mr. Avinash Pandey, CEO, ABP News Network said, “Pankaj has been instrumental in shaping and strengthening the Uttar Pradesh bureau at ANN. His services have indeed been of much value to the organization and it’s indeed a pleasure to elevate him to National role as a Senior Editor, National and Political affairs with immediate effect. We wish him boundless success for his new role at ANN Delhi office.”