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  • Samsung TV Plus adds B4U’s blockbuster channels to its Fast lineup

    Samsung TV Plus adds B4U’s blockbuster channels to its Fast lineup

    MUMBAI: Samsung TV Plus, India’s top free ad-supported streaming television (Fast) service, has amped up its entertainment play by onboarding four of B4U Network’s most popular channels — B4U Movies, B4U Music, B4U Kadak and B4U Bhojpuri.

    The tie-up boosts Samsung TV Plus’s tally to over 125 Fast channels, adding heft to its bid to dominate the connected TV (CTV) landscape. The platform continues to court the country’s digital-first viewers with a curated smorgasbord of films, music, and regional hits — all at zero cost.
     
    “Our mission is to deliver unmatched access and exceptional value to both our audiences and advertisers on the Samsung TV Plus platform. By introducing new Fast Channels from the house of B4U, we aim to enhance access to the latest from the world of entertainment. This collaboration with B4U underscores our dedication to this vision,” said Samsung TV Plus India head of partnerships Kunal Mehta.

    B4U, a stalwart in Indian broadcasting with reach across more than 100 countries, brings to the table a rich trove of Hindi cinema, chart-topping music and vibrant regional fare.

    “Connected TV (CTV) has emerged as a significant force in the Indian media landscape, revolutionizing how audiences consume content,” said B4U chief revenue officer Johnson Jain.“In line with this, our approach has pivoted on reaching a broader and more diverse audience base. We are delighted to announce our collaboration with Samsung TV Plus, bringing our curated set of channels to their platform. Through this partnership, we aim to engage viewers with high-quality entertainment — featuring top-tier movies and the best in music — delivered seamlessly on a premium CTV experience.”

    As the race to capture eyeballs in India’s connected homes intensifies, the Samsung-B4U alliance serves up a potent mix of nostalgia, pop culture and mass appeal — positioning the Fast service as a go-to destination for free, high-quality entertainment.

  • BHOJPURI STARS CELEBRATE HOLI WITH B4U BHOJPURI AT VARANASI GHAT

    BHOJPURI STARS CELEBRATE HOLI WITH B4U BHOJPURI AT VARANASI GHAT

    Mumbai: B4U is one of Bharat’s oldest & leading entertainment networks with bouquet of 5 popular channels across 3 genres (B4U Music, B4U Movies, B4U Kadak, Dhamaka Movies & B4U Bhojpuri). Spanning across 3 Decades the network is dedicated to deliver quality & entertaining content to its viewers.

    The network recently organized a mega Holi event at the pious & famous Assi ghat of Varanasi, which saw the presence of almost all popular Bhojpuri stars. Eminent personalities like Hon’ble MP Shri Manoj Tiwari, Hon’ble MP Shri Dinesh Lal Yadav, Shri Khesari graced the event with their presence. The event was one of its kind wherein a beautiful set was created on the theme of Bhojpuri Holi at the ghats of revered river Ganga.

    All Bhojpuri stars performed and created magic through their singing & dancing performances. The event also saw some Impromptu singing performances by stalwart of Bhojpuri industry Shri Manoj Tiwari ji, which he is famous for.  

    On this occasion, Pawan Kumar Sharma (Business Head-B4U Network) said “B4U brand has always believed in providing quality & entertaining content to its audience. We strongly believe that as content provider, we owe a great responsibility towards our viewers and society at large and that’s visible through the type of content we’ve been producing for our leading channel-B4U Bhojpuri. We won’t shy away to admit that we’ve been the initiator & flag bearer of producing family content for Bhojpuri Market, which has worked really well and we are happy to see other players also adding great value by contributing to this trend. We carry a vison of not only setting new benchmarks for our product (B4U Bhojpuri), but contributing to the lives of each and every member of Bhojpuri cinema industry too.” He further added, “talking of about this mega event, I can proudly say that this event will definitely reverberate as one of the biggest ever Holi event done on Bhojpuri Landscape. We intentionally chose Varanasi as a Venue, being a strong Bhojpuri stronghold (being epicenter of Purvanchal) and most importantly the cultural and spiritual relevance attached with the place too.

    Sandeep Singh (Head Programming; B4U Bhojpuri) said that “ We at  B4U Bhojpuri are always eager to explore new possibilities in Bhojpuri genre. We ventured into home Production of Movies  and the same has done phenomenally well, breaking all records. Movies such as Badki didi, Saas Anadi Bahu Khiladi, Bahu Rani Saas Maharani, are ruling the TRP Charts. We followed the same excellence while designing Holi event also, which saw participation from all mega stars of Bhojpuri Industry and certainly a unique event in this genre. Look forward to create more magic

    Johnson Jain (CR0-B4U) said that our Holi extravaganza in Varanasi serves as a testament to our commitment to connecting with our audience at the grassroots level, while simultaneously diversifying revenue streams. Through this initiative, we leverage our expertise not only for our own benefit but also to offer innovative solutions to our partners in pursuit of growth

    We want to thank our partners @ITC @Coca Cola @P&G and @Adani for being part of this celebrations and showing trust in the brand. We stand committed together to cater to our consumers and provide best quality products.

    The said event will be telecasted on the day of Holi on 24th March 2024 at 6Pm and on 25th March 2024 at 10am on leading Bhojpuri channel-B4U Bhojpuri. 

  • Manoj Tiwari inaugurates B4U’s new North office

    Manoj Tiwari inaugurates B4U’s new North office

    Mumbai: B4U Network comprises of popular Channels B4U Music B4U Movies B4U Kadak B4U Bhojpuri & recently launched Dhamaka Movies. The channels are entertaining millions of viewers on FTA platforms and are one of the eminent players on the said platform.

    B4U is an iconic brand and has been a significant player in Movies, Music and Regional genres. As a Mass Specialty Entertainment Network, the network has been entertaining viewers for over two decades with diverse high-quality content.

    Growing significantly the network has acquired a swanky new Office at Windsor Grande a prominent & upscaled commercial address in Noida.

    The office was inaugurated by the eminent personality Shri Manoj Tiwari.  BJP MP from Delhi who is also a renowned actor and singer. He was gracious enough to spend time with the team and made the inauguration a very special event.

    On this occasion, Pawan Kumar Sharma (CRO-B4U) commented that Manoj Tiwari ji apart from being an eminent political leader, is also a stalwart in Bhojpuri Cinema, his immense experience & insights will be extremely valuable for not only B4U Bhojpuri, but Industry as whole. We are extremely grateful to him for sharing his creative wisdom with us.

    B4U Bhojpuri launched in 2019 has seen robust growth and is currently amongst the top channels in the Bhojpuri Regional movie space.

  • B4U Kadak celebrates a year full of Entertainment, Entertainment, Entertainment!

    B4U Kadak celebrates a year full of Entertainment, Entertainment, Entertainment!

    Hindi Movie Genre in the Television Space has seen an influx of South Indian movies dubbed in Hindi. With larger-than-life stories the south Indian industry has spurted to a new high in the past few years and played a major role in the content mix of all the top movie channels of the country as they have a positive power ratio over Hindi Movies and deliver better ROI.

    B4U Television Network launched a new Hindi movie channel B4U Kadak on 1st June 2019. Heralding the performance of South Indian dubbed movies on television it formed an integral part of the content mix, grabbing the eyeballs of the viewers and claimed the No. 1 spot in the Hindi movie space within weeks of the launch. The channel bestowed their audiences with 101 World television premieres, most of them being, “Original blockbusters” and “Award Winning films”.

    The vision of the channel was to ensure meaningful and mindful cinema viewing experience to the audience throughout the year and with premieres and fresh content library, B4U Kadak has been sampled by almost 500 Million Unique Viewers comprising of both Urban & Rural sections. Marking its 1st Anniversary today, B4U Kadak is showcasing entertaining Bollywood Movies featuring Shahid Kapoor, Sonu Sood, Priyanka Chopra, Ileana D’cruz etc. They also plan to go all out with the campaign ‘We Arrived, We Got The Love, We Got The Entertainment’ across multiple communication mediums.

  • BARC week 47: Few changes in Top 10 channels across genres; entertainment viewership falls

    BARC week 47: Few changes in Top 10 channels across genres; entertainment viewership falls

    BENGALURU: There was not too much change in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India’s (BARC) weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms for week 47 of 2019 (Saturday, 16 November 2019 to Friday, 22 November 2019, week or period under review) as nine of the channels were same as in week 46. Even the ranks of the first eight channels in week 47 of 2019 were the same as in the previous week. One channel – Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd’s (Zeel) free to air (FTA) Hindi GEC Big Magic exited the list in week 47 of 2019 to be replaced by Zeel’s Tamil GEC Zee Tamil as compared to the previous week.

    Entertainment viewership falls in week 47 of 2019 as compared to the previous week

    Though overall entertainment viewership seemed to have dropped according to BARC’s weekly data for TV+OOH viewership, there was not too much impact on the combined viewership numbers of the Top 10 channels across genres lists on All Platforms, on the Pay TV platform and the FTA platform as is obvious from the charts that follow. TV viewership dropped to 14 billion weekly impressions in week 47 of 2019 from 14.4 billion in week 46. An analysis of the rough data furnished by BARC, OTT viewership seems to have fallen by almost 50 percent during the week under review as compared to the previous week. Simple mathematical calculations show that OTT viewership in week 46 was 0.2 billion weekly impressions, which fell to about 0.1 billion weekly impressions in week 47 of 2019.

    Please refer to the figure below for TV and OTT viewership numbers for weeks 46 and 47 of 2019.

    Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms

    Six Hindi GECs, two Tamil channels and one channel each from the Kannada and the Telugu genres made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms for week 47 of 2019. From the network’s perspective, there were three channels from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel), two channels each from Sony Pictures Network India (SPN), Star India and one channel each from Enterr 10 Television, the Sun Tv Network and Viacom18.

    One channel – Enterr 10 Television’s Hindi GEC Dangal was FTA, while the other nine channels were Pay TV in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 47 of 2019.

    Please refer to the figure below:

    Top 10 Pay TV channels

    BARC weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres had three channels from Zeel, two channels each from SPN, Star and Viacom18 and one channel from the Sun Tv Network in week 47 of 2019. There were five channels from the Hindi GEC genre, two channels from the Tamil genre and one channel each from the Kannada, Kids and Telugu genres which made up BARC’s weekly list of Top Channels Across Genres on the Pay Platform in week 46 of 2019.

    As mentioned above, the first eight channels were same in rank and file in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 47 of 2019 as compared to week 46. There was one change in the list – Star India’s Tamil GEC Star Vijay (ranked 10 in week 46) exited it in week 47 to be replaced by Zee Tamil at rank 9. Viacom18’s kids channel NICK moved down to rank 10 in week 47 from rank 9 in week 46 of 2019.

    Also, as has been the case over the past few weeks, the most watched pay channels were not Hindi GEC – they were Tamil and Telugu GECs at ranks one and two respectively in the list.

    Please refer to the chart below

    Top 10 Free to Air channels

    The weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres was the same in rank and file in week 47 of 2019 as in the previous week.Four channels from Enterr 10 Television, three channels from the B4U Network, two channels from Zeel and one channel from SkyStar made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres for week 47 of 2019. Four of the channels were from the Hindi movies genre, three were from the Bhojpuri genre, two were Hindi GECs and one channel was from the Marathi genre in week 47 of 2019.

    Please refer to the chart below:


     

  • BARC week 46: 3 Zeel channels among top 10 in across genres once again

    BARC week 46: 3 Zeel channels among top 10 in across genres once again

    BENGALURU: Three channels from the Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel), two channels each from Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and Star India, and one channel each from Enterr 10 Television, the Sun Tv Network and Viacom18 were present in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 46 of 2019. Zeel earlier had three channels in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres on all platforms in week 42 of 2019. Zeel’s Kannada GEC Zee Kannada joined the acquired Hindi GEC and free to air (FTA) Big Magic and flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV in week 46 of 2019 (Saturday, 9th November 2019 to Friday, 15th November 2019, week or period under review).Over the past few weeks, only one channel from the Zeel stable was present in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms.

    Seven of the channels were Hindi GECs, and there was one channel each from the Kannada, Tamil and Telugu genres in the list in week 46 of 2019. All the channels (including the non-Hindi ones) in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels on All Platforms Across Genres were general entertainment channels or GECs. Eight of the channels in the list were pay TV, two, both Hindi GECs, were FTA.

    Two channels – Enterr 10 Television’s free to air (Free or FTA) Hindi GEC Dangal and the Sun Tv Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV having been vying for the top slot in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly lists of Top 10 Channels across genres as mentioned by us earlier, Ultimately, Dangal retook the numerouno mantle in BARC’s Across Genres on all platforms weekly list. In general, Dangal has been the most watched channel across genres on all platforms also as mentioned by us earlier.

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Top 10 Channels Across Genres on Pay Platform

    Sun TV has been ruling BARC’s weekly list of Top Channels Across Genres on the Pay Platform and it continued its dominance at the pole position in week 46 of 2019. BARC weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres had three channels from Star India, two channels each from SPN, Star, Viacom18 and Zeel and one channel from the Sun Tv Network in week 46 of 2019. There were five channels from the Hindi GEC genre, two channels from the Tamil genre and one channel each from the Kannada, Kids and Telugu genres which made up BARC’s weekly list of Top Channels Across Genres on the Pay Platform in week 46 of 2019.

    One channel, at rank 10, was replaced in BARC’s weekly list of Top Channels Across Genres on Pay Platform in week 46 of 2019. Star Vijay re-entered the list at the cost of SPN’s Hindi Movies channel Sony Max. The other nine channels in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 46 of 2019 were the same as in week 45, with some reshuffling of ranks.

    As has been the case over the past few weeks, the most watched pay channels were not Hindi GEC – they were Tamil and Telugu GECs at ranks one and two respectively in the list.

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres

    Four channels from Enterr 10 Television, three channels from the B4U Network, two channels from Zeel and one channel from SkyStar made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres for week 46 of 2019. Four of the channels were from the Hindi Movies genre, three were from the Bhojpuri genre, two were Hindi GECs and one channel was from the Marathi genre in week 46 of 2019. The FTA channels in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Free channels during week 46 of 2019 were the same as in the previous week with a slight shuffling in ranks.

    Please refer to the figure below:


     

  • BARC week 44: Top 10 pay channels lost & FTA channels gained ratings across genres

    BARC week 44: Top 10 pay channels lost & FTA channels gained ratings across genres

    BENGALURU: Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) data for week 44 of 2019 (Saturday, 26 October 2019 to Friday, 1 November 2019, week or period under consideration) for Top 10 Channels Across Genres revealsthat the combined ratings of Pay TV were lower as compared to the previous week. At the same time, Free to Air of FTA channels gained viewership in week 44 of 2019 as compared to the previous week in terms of combined weekly ratings of the Top 10 channels of each platform. The channels, genres and rankings in the respective weekly lists were not all the same for both weeks – week 44 and week 43 of 2019 in the case of BARC Across Genres on All Platforms and Across Genres on Pay Platform lists.

    Combined weekly impressions of the Top Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 44 of 2019 at 6,824.793 million were 3.1 percent lower than the 7,043.023  million weekly impressions for week 43. Combined weekly impressions of the Top Pay Channels Across Genres in week 44 of 2019 at 6,322.534 million were 1.8 percent lower than the 6,437.237 million weekly impressions in week 43. Combined weekly impressions of the Top 10 Free channels in week 44 of 2019 at 2,594.861 million were 4.1 percent higher than the 2,491.909 million weekly impressions in week 43.

    Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms

    The Network18/Viacom18 associated Telugu GEC re-entered ETV Telugu BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 44 of 2019 while Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) Kannada GEC Zee Kannada exited the list. The rest of the channels in the list for week 44 of 2019 were same as in the previous week with a some shuffling in ranks. 

    Six Hindi GECs’, two Telugu channels and one channel each from the Kids and Tamil genres made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 44 of 2019. From the network’s perspective there were three channels from Network18/Viacom18, two channels each from Star India and Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and one channel each from Enterr10 Television, The Sun Tv Network and Zeel. Nine of the channels in week 44 were on the pay platform, while one was on the Free platform. 

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres

    Nine of the channels in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 44 of 2019 were the same as in the previous week. The one change was the entry of ETV Telugu and the exit of Zeel’s Telugu GEC Zee Telugu. Five Hindi GECs’, two Telugu and one channel each from the Kannada, the kids and the Tamil genre made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 44 of 2019. From the network’s perspective, there were three channels from Network18/Viacom18, two channels each from SPN, Star India and Zeel and one channel from the Sun Tv Network. As has become almost a norm, the two most watched pay channels were not Hindi GECs’ – they were Tamil (Sun TV) and Telugu (Star Maa).

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres

    The list of channels in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres during the week under review was the same as in the previous week (week 43 of 2019) with a slight shuffling in ranks. Four Hindi Movies channels, three Bhojpuri channels, two Hindi GECs’ and one channel from the Marathi genre made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres for week 44 of 2019. From the network’s perspective, there were four channels from Enterr10 Television, three channels from B4U, two channels from Zeel and one channel from Skystar.

    Please refer to the chart below:


     

  • BARC week 42: Three Zeel channels in across genres on all platforms list once more

    BARC week 42: Three Zeel channels in across genres on all platforms list once more

    BENGALURU: Three channels from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel), two channels each from Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and Star India, and one channel each from Enterr 10 Television, the Sun Tv Network and Viacom18 were present in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 42 of 2019 (Saturday, 12 October 2019 to Friday, 18 October 2019). Over the past few weeks, only one channel from the Zeel stable was present in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms. Zeel’s Kannada GEC Zee Kannada and Telugu GEC Zee Telugu joined its flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV at the cost of Star India’s Star Vijay and Viacom18’s Kids channel Nick.

    Six of the channels were Hindi GECs, two were from the Telugu genre and there was one channel each from the Kannada and Tamil genres in the list.

    Of the 10 channels in the list, nine were on the pay platform, while the lone FTA entrant was from the Hindi GEC genre from Enterr 10 Television Network’s Dangal that managed to retain its numero uno rank in week 42 of 2019, as it has over the past few weeks.

    Two channels – Enterr 10 Television’s free to air (Free or FTA) Hindi GEC Dangal and the Sun Tv Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV having been vying for the top slot in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly lists of Top 10 Channels across genres as mentioned by us earlier. Ultimately, Dangal retook the numero uno mantle in BARC’s Across Genres on all platforms weekly list. In general, Dangal has been the most-watched channel across genres on all platforms also as mentioned by us earlier.

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Top 10 Channels Across Genres on Pay Platform

    BARC’s weekly list of Top Channels Across Genres on Pay Platform had three channels from Zeel, two channels each from SPN, Star India and Viacom18 and one channel from the Sun Tv Network in week 42 of 2019. There were five channels from the Hindi GEC genre, two channels from the Telugu genre and one channel each from the Kannada, Kids and Tamil genres which made up BARC’s weekly list of Top Channels Across Genres on the Pay Platform in week 42 of 2019

    Two channels were replaced in BARC’s weekly list of Top Channels Across Genres on Pay Platform in week 42 of 2019. Zee Kannada and Zee Telugu re-entered the list at the cost of Star Vijay and SPN’s Hindi movies channel Sony Max.

    As was the case in the past few weeks, the most watched pay channels were not Hindi GEC – they were Tamil and Telugu GECs at ranks one and two respectively in the list.

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres

    Four channels from the B4U Network, three channels from Enterr 10 Television, two channels from Zeel and one channel from SkyStar made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres for week 42 of 2019. Four of the channels were from the Hindi Movies genre, three were from the Bhojpuri genre, two were Hindi GECs and one channel was from the Marathi genre in week 42 of 2019. One Sports channel – Star India’s FTA Star Sports First exited BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres in week 42 of 2019, while Enterr 10 Television’s Hindi Movies channel Enterr 10 re-entered the list in week 42 of 2019.

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  • BARC week 40: Dangal most watched channel across genres

    BARC week 40: Dangal most watched channel across genres

    BENGALURU: Two channels – Enterr 10 Television’s free to air (Free or FTA) Hindi GEC Dangal and the Sun Tv Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV having been vying for the top slot in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly lists of Top 10 Channels across genres as mentioned by us earlier.
    During the Indian cricketing bonanza tourney, the IPL, it is Star India Hindi Sports channel Star Sports 1 Hindi that often held onto the numero uno status. Between week 13 and week 40 of 2019, it is Dangal that has held first rank in BARC’s weekly lists for 16 of the 28 weeks. Dangal has held on to first place for four consecutive weeks until week 40. Further, since B4U Movies exited BARC’s weekly list across genres on all platforms in week 38 of 2019, Dangal is the only FTA channel in its fold. The other 9 channels have been pay channels. Dangal retook the numero uno mantle in BARC’s Across Genres on all platforms weekly list.

    It must be noted that BARC had stopped publishing viewership data in the public domain since week 6 of 2019 to allow ratings to stabilise after the implementation of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) New Tariff Order. BARC recommenced putting up ratings in the public domain only in week 13 of 2019.

    BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 40 of 2019

    Six Hindi GECs, two Tamil channels and one channel each from the Hindi Movies and Telugu genres comprised BARC’s Weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres for week 40 of 2019 (Saturday, 28 September 2019 to Friday, 4 October 2019, week or period under review). From the networks’ perspective, there were three channels each from Star India and Sony Pictures Network India (SPN), and one channel each from Enterr 10 Television, Sun Tv Network, Viacom18 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 40 of 2019.

    The list of channels in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 40 of 2019 was the same as in week 39 with some shuffling of ranks. Please refer to the figure below:

    BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 40 of 2019

    Except for Dangal, BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 40 of 2019 had the same nine channels as the above across genres on all platforms list. The tenth channel in week 40 of 2019 was different from week 39 – Zeel’s Kannada GEC Zee Kannada exited the list to be replaced by Viacom18’s Kids genre channel Nick in week 40 of 2019.

    BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 40 of 2019 had five Hindi GECs, two Tamil channels and one channel each from the Hindi Movies genre, Kids genre and Telugu genres. From the network’s perspective, there were three channels each from Star India and SPN, two channels from Viacom18 and one channel each from the Sun Tv Network and Zeel.

    Please refer to the figure below

    BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres in week 40 of 2019

    BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres in week 40 of 2019 had the same channels as in week 39 with some shuffling in ranks. 

    Three channels each from Hindi Movies genre and Bhojpuri genre, two channels from the Hindi GEC genre and one channel each from the Marathi and Sports genres made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres in week 40 of 2019. There were three channels each from B4U and Enterr 10 Television, two channels from Zeel and one channel each from SkyStar and Star India networks.

    Please refer to the figure below.


     

  • BARC week 38: Advantage Dangal in ding dong tussle across genres with Sun TV

    BARC week 38: Advantage Dangal in ding dong tussle across genres with Sun TV

    BENGALURU: Enterr 10 Television’s free to air (FTA) Hindi GEC Dangal was ranked first in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms for the second time in week 38 of 2019 (Week 38: Saturday, 14 September 2019 to Friday, 20 September 2019, week or period under review). The channels in BARC’s weekly lists for both the week were same with some shuffling in ranks. As mentioned by us earlier Dangal and the Sun Tv Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV have each been vying for the numero uno position in BARC’s Across Genres on All Platforms list over the past few weeks. In week 37,Dangal retook the numero uno mantle in BARC’s Across Genres on all platforms weekly list.

    Top 10 channels Across Genres on All Plaforms

    The list of channels in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 38 of 2019 was the same as in week 37, with a small tweak in ranks. Six Hindi GECs, two Tamil GECs and one channel each from the Hindi Movies and Telugu GEC genres comprised BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 38 of 2019. From the network’s perspective, there were three channels from Star India, two channels from Sony Pictures Network (SPN) and one channel each from B4U, Enterr 10 Television, Sun Tv Network, Viacom18 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) in the weekly list of Top 10 channels Across Genres on All Platformsin week 38 of 2019. Eight of the channels in the list were Pay TV, while two – One Hindi GEC and one Hindi Movies, were Free TV in the week under review.

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Top 10 channels Across Genres on the Pay Platform

    There was only one change in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels Across Genres on the Pay Platform in week 38 of 2019 as compared to week 3. The Network18/Viacom18 associated Telugu GEC ETV Telugu re-entered the list while SPN’s Hindi Movies channel Sony Max exited it during the period under review as compared to week 37 of 2019. 

    There were three channels each from Star India and SPN, two channels from Zeel and one channel each from Sun Tv Network and Viacom18 in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels Across Genres on the Pay Platform in week 37 of 2019.  Five of the channels were Hindi GEC, there were two Tamil GECsand one channel each from the Hindi Movies, Kannada and Telugu genres in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels Across Genres on the Pay Platform in week 38 of 2019. Unlike in week 37, the two most watched Pay channels in week 38 were a Tamil GEC at rank one and a Hindi GEC at rank two. In the previous week, the most watched Pay TV channels had been one Tamil GEC and one Telugu GEC ranked one and two respectively. 

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Top 10 channels Across Genres on the Free Platform

    All the channels in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 channels on the Free Platform in week 38 of 2019 were the same as in the previous week, with a slight tweaking in ranks. There were three channels each from the Bhojpuri and Hindi Movies genres, two channels from Hindi GEC and one channel each from the Marathi and Sports genres. There were three channels each from B4U and Enterr 10 Television, two channels from Zeel and one channel each from the Skystar and Star India networks in week 38 of 2019. 

    Please refer to the chart below: