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  • Sony SAB’s Baalveer ranks 7th on Google’s most searched TV shows in 2019

    Sony SAB’s Baalveer ranks 7th on Google’s most searched TV shows in 2019

    MUMBAI: Sony SAB’s fantasy drama ‘Baalveer’ which has captured the imagination of audiences across the country with its fascinating storyline, has also earned the distinction of being named as the most searched Indian television show across the world according to Google’s annual trends report ‘Year in Search’ for 2019.

    The report ‘Year in Search’ which was revealed recently by Google comprises of data of the most searched topics globally in 2019. Specifically, Google looked at the biggest trends or search terms that saw the largest spikes in traffic over a sustained period in 2019. Baalveer was the only Indian television show from a Hindi general entertainment channel to be featured in the top searches for television shows across the world.

    Set against the backdrop of the two mystical worlds of Veer Lok and Kaal Lok, Baalveer Returns is India’s most loved fantasy drama show on Indian television. Sony SAB, one of the leading Hindi General Entertainment Channels in India, launched the new season for the show titled ‘Baalveer Returns’ featuring Dev Joshi, Pavitra Punia and Sharmilee Raaj amongst others in September which led to this phenomenal spike in search activity on Google. Baalveer Returns features state-of-art sets, delightful cutting edge VFX and a brand-new script with exciting new characters. Interestingly, Baalveer Returns also emerged as the ‘Breakout’ search term on Google ‘Year in search’ for 2019.

    For viewers of Sony SAB, Baalveer is not just a show; it’s a legend – a landmark show on Indian television where the first season of the show had concluded in 2016 after a thrilling journey that continued for over 1000 episodes. Such was the craze for Baalveer that even after four years since the end of the first season, the show was still one of the most viewed shows on SonyLIV, Sony Pictures Network’s online streaming platform. Owing to the demand and the interest from the fans for a new season Sony SAB decided to bring back the magic of Baalveer to the TV screens in a grand new avatar this year.

    Sony SAB, PAL and Sony MAX movie cluster business head Neeraj Vyas said, “Being the only Indian GEC show in the top 10 most searched TV shows on Google globally is a tremendous achievement and we would like to thank all our fans for their love and support which has seen Baalveer and all our shows scaling new heights in popularity every year along with all the cast and crew who work relentlessly to make Baalveer Returns such a grand success. We have always aimed to be the happiness enablers in people’s life and hence all our offerings have always been light-heart values driven content that is loved by all the members of family and one of the key points that differentiates us from our competition is our ability to create characters that click with the audience – the success of Baalveer Returns is a true testament to that.”

  • Star Sports 1 Hindi tops across-genre list

    Star Sports 1 Hindi tops across-genre list

    BENGALURU: Star India’s Hindi Sports channel Star Sports 1 Hindi topped the Broadcast Audience Research Council of India’s (BARC) weekly list of top-10 channels across genres in week 17 of 2018 (Saturday, 21 April 2018 to Friday, 27 April 2018), replacing Sun TV Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV. Star Sports 1 Hindi is one of the 10 Star India channels that air the Indian mega cricketing bonanza. IPL 11 is broadcast live in six languages—English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Bengali.

    Seven Hindi GECs and one channel each from Hindi sports, Tamil GECs and Hindi Movies made up the top-10 channels across-genre list for week 17 of 2018. Hence, Sun TV was the lone non-Hindi channel on the list. From the networks’ perspective, four channels from Star India, two channels each from Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) and one channel each from Viacom 18 and the Sun TV Network were on the list.

    Star Sports 1 Hindi topped the list in week 17 with 985.930 million weekly impressions during the week under review as compared with 949.032 million weekly impressions in the preceding week. Star Sport 1 Hindi also topped BARC’s weekly list of top-five sports channels. All the top-five sports programmes in week 17 of 2018 were aired on Star Sports 1 Hindi. The match involving two IPL teams from the south—Mahindra Singh Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)—was the top programme with ranking based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) during the week under review.

    Sun TV was second in week 17 of 2018 with a huge drop in ratings (13.7 per cent drop) to 890.534 million weekly impressions as against 1,032.408 million weekly impressions in week 16. Sun TV was the most-watched Tamil channel in BARC’s list of top-five Tamil channels in the Tamil Nadu (TN) and Puducherry markets and all the top-five Tamil programmes in these markets were beamed on Sun TV.

    Retaining its third rank in the list in week 17 of 2018 was Zeel’s free-to-air (FTA) Hindi GEC Zee Anmol with 774.763 million weekly impressions as compared with 717.079 million impressions in week 16. Zee Anmol also topped BARC’s weekly list of top-10 Hindi GECs in the Hindi-speaking urban and rural or HSM—(U+R) and in HSM (R). Zee Anmol was ranked ninth in HSM (U). Balaji Telefilms-produced family drama Kumkum Bhagya, which airs on Zee Anmol, was the second most-watched show during prime time in HSM (U+R) and was the most-watched show on HSM (R). Two other shows, Ganga and Mahek that were also aired on Zee Anmol, were the third and fourth most-watched shows during prime time in HSM (R).

    Climbing up a rank in week 17 of 2018 was Viacom18 FTA Hindi GEC Rishtey with 677.772 million impressions as compared with 631.658 million impressions in week 16. Rishtey was ranked second in BARC’s list of top-10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R) while it was ranked eighth in HSM (U).

    Dropping down a rank to fifth place in BARC’s across-genre list was Star India’s FTA Hindi GEC Star Bharat. The channel gained 1.2 per cent ratings in week 17 of 2018 to reach 664.618 million impressions as against 637.080 million impressions in week 16. Star Bharat was ranked third in BARC’s weekly list of top-10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) and was ranked fifth in HSM (R). Daily soap Jiji Maa, which was aired on Star Bharat, was the fifth most-watched Hindi GEC programme during prime time in HSM (U+R).

    Also retaining its previous week’s rank of sixth in week 17 of 2018 was SPN’s women focused Hindi GEC Sony Pal. The channel had 610.822 million impressions in week 17 as compared with 606.067 million weekly impressions in week 16 of 2018. Sony Pal was ranked fourth in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in HSM (U+R), third in HSM (R) and was ranked seventh in HSM (U). Two Sony Pal programmes—Tarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashma and Baalveer—were ranked as the second and fifth-most watched Hindi GEC programmes during prime time, respectively, in HSM (R).

    Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV was ranked seventh in week 17 of 2018 with a huge 14.1 per cent increase in ratings to 609.069 million weekly impressions (533.901 million impressions in week 16). The channel was also ranked seventh in week 16. Zee TV was the fifth and sixth most-watched Hindi GEC in BARC’s list of top-10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R), respectively. Zee TV was the most-watched Hindi GEC in HSM (U). Three shows aired on Zee TV—Kundali Bhagya, a spinoff of Kumkum Bhagya, Ishq Subhan Allah and Kumkum Bhagya—were ranked first, third and fourth watched Hindi GEC programmes during prime time, respectively, in HSM (U+R). The shows were also the first, second and third most-watched Hindi GEC programmes during prime time in HSM (U).

    Another Star India FTA Hindi GEC, Star Utsav, was ranked eighth in BARC’s list of top 10 channels across genres in week 17, the same rank as in week 16. Star Bharat lost 2 per cent in ratings in week 17 at 522.110 million impressions as compared with the previous week’s 532.947 million weekly impressions. Star Utsav was ranked sixth in BARC’s weekly list of top-10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R), fourth in HSM (R) and tenth in HSM (U) in week 17 of 2018.

    Re-entering BARC’s list of top-10 channels across genres in week 17 was SPN’s Hindi Movies channel Sony Max. The channel garnered 519.052 million weekly impressions during the week under review. Sony Max was the most watched Hindi Movies channel inn HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) and was ranked fifth in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi Movies channels in HSM (R). Hindi feature films (HFF) Bahubali: The Beginning and Kanchana 2 were among the top-five most-watched Hindi movie programmes during prime time in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U). Hindi-dubbed feature film Son of Satyamurthy, which aired on Sony Max, was the fourth most-watched Hindi movie programme during prime time in HSM (U). Bahubali: The Beginning was also the fifth most-watched Hindi movie programme during prime time in HSM (R).

    Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC Star Plus also re-entered the across genres list in week 17 of 2018 at tenth rank with 484.387 million weekly impressions. Star Plus was ranked seventh in HSM (U+R); ninth in HSM (R) and second in HSM (U) in week 17 of 2018.

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  • Four Star India channels among top ten in across-genre list

    Four Star India channels among top ten in across-genre list

    BENGALURU: Four channels from the Star India Network made it to the Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) top 10 channels across genres list–all India: 2+ in week 14 of 2018: Saturday, 31 March 2018 to Friday, 6 April 2018. Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) had three channels, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) had two channels and Sun TV Network had one channel in the list of top 10 channels. Six of the channels were Hindi GECs, two were Hindi movie channels and there was one channel each from the Tamil GEC and the Telugu GEC genres.

    The combined ratings of the top 10 channels across genres reduced by 2.3 per cent in week 14 to 6,476.274 million impressions from 6,629.826 million impressions. The first six ranks and order in week 14 were the same as in week 13 of 2018. One channel moved up the list while three channels re-entered the list during the week under review.

    Sun Networks’ flagship Tamil GEC occupied its numero uno position as usual in week 14 with 990.432 million weekly impressions as compared to 985.490 million weekly impressions in week 13 of 2018. Also, as is usual, Sun TV topped BARC’s list of top 5 Tamil channels in the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry markets. All the top 5 Tamil programmes during primetime in these markets were also aired on Sun TV.

    Star Bharat continued to hold its second place overall and first among the Hindi GECs in the across genres list in week 14 of 2018 with 739.935 million weekly impressions as compared to 756.655 million weekly impressions in the previous week. The channel also held the top rank in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GECs in the Hindi speaking urban and rural markets or HSM (U+R). Star Bharat was ranked second in HSM (U) and ranked fourth in HSM (R). The programme Kya Haal Mr Paanchal was among the top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R).

    Also holding on to its third place was Zeel’s free-to-air (FTA) Hindi GEC Zee Anmol with 712.667 million weekly impressions in week 14 as compared to 739.830 million weekly impressions in week 13 of 2018. Zee Anmol was ranked second in HSM (U+R), first in HSM (R) and ninth in HSM (U). The Balaji Telefilms-produced Kumkum Bhagya topped BARC’s list of top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). Another soap Ganga that was aired on Zee Anmol was the third most watched programme during primetime in week 14 of 2018 in HSM (R).

    At fourth place was SPN’s women focused Hindi GEC Sony Pal with 679.1716 million weekly impressions in week 14 as compared to 712.094 million weekly impressions in week 13 of 2018. Sony Pal was ranked third in HSM (U+R) and second in HSM (R). CID aired on Sony Pal was in the list of top five Hindi GEC programmes in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). Furthermore, the channel’s sitcom comedy Taarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah and Balveer were in the list of top five Hindi GEC programmes in HSM (R).

    Continuing on at fifth rank was another Star India FTA Hindi GEC Star Utsav with 612.184 million weekly impressions in week 14 as compared to 641.729 million weekly impressions in week 13 of 2018. The channel was ranked fourth in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R), third in HSM (R) and was eighth in HSM (U).

    Also holding onto its sixth place was SPN’s Hindi movies channel Sony Max with 594.882 million weekly impressions in week 14 as compared to 587.930 million weekly impressions in week 13 of 2018. Sony Max also topped BARC’s list of top five Hindi movies channels in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) and was ranked fifth in HSM (R). Hindi feature films (HFF) Tiger Zinda Hai and Sarrainudo were the five most watched Hindi movie programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U).

    Catapulting from the previous week’s tenth rank in the list to the seventh place was Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV with 562.387 million weekly impressions in week 14 as compared to 539.770 million weekly impressions in week 13 0f 2018. Zee TV was ranked fifth in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) and was ranked eighth in HSM (R). Kundali Bhagya, a spinoff of Kumkum Bhagya, aired on Zee TV was the second most watched programme during primetime in HSM (U+R) and the most watched Hindi GEC programme during primetime in HSM (U).

    Entering BARC’s list of top 10 channels across genres was Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC Star Plus at eighth rank with 539.231 million weekly impressions in week 14. Star Plus was ranked eighth in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R), fourth in HSM (U) and was placed ninth in HSM (R).

    Also, re-entering the list was Star India’s flagship Telugu GEC Star Maa with 528.125 million weekly impressions in week 14 of 2018. The channel topped BARC’s list of top five Telugu channels in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana markets, while three of its programmes were amongst BARC’s list of top five programmes during primetime in the same markets.

    Another SPN Hindi movies channel, Sony Wah, also re-entered BARC’s list of top 10 channels across genres in week 14 of 2018 with 516.716 million weekly impressions. Sony Wah was ranked second in BARC’s list of top five Hindi movies channels for the week in HSM (U+R), first in HSM (R) and fourth in HSM (U). HFF Rowdy Rathore was the second most watched Hindi movie during primetime in HSM (U+R) and the most watched Hindi movie during primetime in HSM (R).

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  • ErosNow to showcase SET and Sab TV shows

    ErosNow to showcase SET and Sab TV shows

    MUMBAI: Eros International Media’s on-demand entertainment portal ErosNow has added shows from Sony Entertainment Television (SET) and Sab to its catalogue. The content will be available to members at no extra subscription costs.

     

    Since most of the shows are currently on-air, archived content will be made available on the platform as well. Shows like CID, Taarak Mehat Ka Ooltah Chasmah and Balveer will be made available to subscribers on the platform.

     

    ErosNow CEO Rishika Lulla Singh said, “We are very excited to have partnered with one of India’s leading entertainment player Sony for providing premium television content on ErosNow platform. This strengthens our library with prime television programming from Sony and Sab and helps deliver our subscribers with wide range of soaps, serials and reality shows. With this, we are offering extensive content from four leading entertainment channels and are confident this content will be enjoyed worldwide on ErosNow.” 

     

    Multi Screen Media EVP & head digital business Uday Sodhi added, “We’re always looking to associate with leading entertainment portals to syndicate our content and expand our audience base. Digital syndication is a key focus for us and it’s important for us that we work with established and quality players in this space and from that perspective, ErosNow was a perfect fit.”

  • All GECs gain in week 44 of TAM TV ratings

    All GECs gain in week 44 of TAM TV ratings

    MUMBAI: In the week 44 of TAM TV ratings, Sony Entertainment Television’s (SET) sister channel, Sab, has retained its fourth position on the ratings chart. It saw a significant growth and delivered 306985 GVTs, up from 287,091  GVTs in the previous week.
     

    The channel’s offerings like Balveer and Chidiya Ghar have witnessed a significant growth in the viewership. They recorded 2300 TVTs, up from 1934 TVTs and 2127 TVTs, up from 1859 TVTs. On the other hand, its chart topper Taarek Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah has seen a huge rise in the ratings and noted 6317 TVTs, up from 4,966 TVTs.

     
    All the other general entertainment channels (GECs) witnessed a growth in the ratings as well. Thus, Star Plus continues to lead the pack with 655032 GVTs, up from 594,825 GVTs. Its fiction offering – Diya Aur Baati Hum continued to rule the chart with a huge leap gaining 10798 TVTs up from 8,819 TVTs, Saathiya Saath ranks number two with 594,825 TVTs, up from 6,895 TVTs, and at number three stood Ye Hai Mohababtein which got 8908 TVTs, up from 6,732 TVTs.

     
    Colors continued to occupy second position with 456890 GVTs, up from 432,194 GVTs. In the week 44, Sasural Simar Ka ranked number one with 6447 TVTs, up from 5695 TVTs. Udann came second with 6021 TVTs, up from 5002 TVTs, Comedy Nights with Kapil scored 5863 TVTs, down from 6,393 TVTs and Balika Vadhu reported 4818 TVTs, up from 4,426 TVTs.

     
    Zee TV at number three observed 404572  GVTs, up from 393,512 GVTs. The channel’s historic property Jodha Akbar garnered 8234 GVTs scoring high from 6,667 TVTs, Kumkum Bhagya recorded 7080 TVTs, up from 6,338 TVTs, and Jamai Raja observed 6744 TVTs, up from 5528 TVTs.

     
    Life OK moved to number five with 305165  GVTs, up from 256,529 GVTs. Savdhan India noted 2189 GVTs, up from 1,992 TVTs, Mahadev scored 2050 TVTs, up from 1,548 TVTs and Dare to Dance jumped up with 1852 TVTs, up from 1244 TVTs.

     

     SET garnered 285159 GVTs, up from 247,590 GVTs. CID topped with 3218 TVTs, KBC got 3040 TVTs, up from 2780 TVTs. Its fiction show Maharana Veer Pratap got 2835 TVTs, up from 2322 TVTs.

     
    Big Magic registered 56061 GVTs, down from 59,042 GVTs. Zindagi grew well with 31302 GVTs, up from 26,614 GVTs and Sony Pal stood at 31405  GVTs, up from 26,215 GVTs.