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DD National, Sun TV & Zee Biskope see viewership growth across genres

BENGALURU: Week 13 of 2020 was a peak week in terms of television viewership which had climbed to an all-time high. Viewership fell in week 14 of 2020, but seems to have recovered a bit in week 15 of 2020 (Saturday, 11 April 2020 to Friday, 17 April 2020, week under review). Towards the mid-end of Week 12 of 2020 was when the Indian COVID-19 lockdown happened (25 March 2020), but events such as the Janta curfew happened at the start of week 12. Hence, week 12 can be considered the first week of the Indian COVID-19 lockdown. Television viewing habits and viewership have changed completely during the lockdown period in the country.

Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) data for week 15 of 2020 reveals that only one of the nine channels that were present in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms, on pay platform and free platform in weeks 13, 14 and 15 of 2020 have seen viewership growth in week on week (w-o-w) to week 15 as compared to the peak week. Pubcaster network Doordarshan’s (DD) flagship channel DD National saw viewership grow 21.4 per cent in week 14 of 2020 as compared to week 13 and saw it grow further in week 15 by 38.2 per cent vis-à-vis week 14 in BARC’s weekly across genres lists on all platforms. The most widely available terrestrial channel in the country saw viewership grow 68 per cent in week 15 as compared to week 13 in BARC’s weekly across genres lists on all platforms. The rerun of the mythology shows Ramayan and Mahabharat and a number of classics from the 80’s and 90’s of the previous century have helped two channels of DD grow viewership tremendously.

Top 10 channels across genres on all platforms

Nine channels have appeared in BARC’s weekly across genres lists on all platforms during all the three weeks under consideration here. The only exception was the Sun Network’s Tamil movies channel KTV, which exited in BARC’s weekly across genres lists on all platforms in week 14 of 2020, to be replaced by Viacom18’s Kids channel Nick.

Sun TV Network’s flagship Tamil channel Sun TV saw viewership decline in week 14 by19.4 per cent as compared to week 13 of 2020, but then climb again strongly in week 15 by 48 per cent as compared to week 13.

Two channels, each from DD, Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) and one channel each from Enterr 10 Television, Star India, Sun Tv Network and Viacom18, were present in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 25 of 2020. Five of the channels were Hindi GECs; there were two Hindi movie channels and there was one channel each from the kids, Tamil and Telugu genres present in the list in week 15 of 2020.

Please refer to the chart below

Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres

In BARC’s weekly lists of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres for weeks 13, 14 and 15 of 2020, DD National was the only channel that saw w-o-w growth in weeks 14 and 15 as compared to week 13 of 2020.

Nine of the channels in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres have been the same in weeks 13, 14 and 15 of 2020 with a shuffling of ranks. The only change was when KTV exited the list in week 15 of 2020 to be replaced by its network’s sibling Telugu GEC Gemini TV.

Three channels each from the Hindi movies and Telugu genres, two channels from the Hindi GEC genre and one channel each from the kids and Tamil
genre made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 15 of 2020. Two channels each from SPN, Star, Sun and Viacom 18 (one from Viacom18 and one from Eenadu TV group in which Viacom18’s majority owner Network18 has a stake) and one channel each from DD and Zee were present in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres.

Please refer to the charts below:

Top 10 Free-to-Air Channels Across Genres

In the case of BARC’s weekly lists of Top 10 Free-to-Air Channels Across Genres, it was again DD National that maintained its w-o-w growth in weeks 14 and 15 as compared to week 13 of 2020. Further, Zeel’sBhohpuri cinema channel Zee Biskope also showed growth during week 15 vis-à-vis week 13, but it had seen a viewership drop in week 14 as compared to week 13 of 2020.

Four Hindi GECs’, three channels from the Hindi Movies, two channels from the Bhojpuri genre and one channel from the Youth genre comprised BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free-to-Air Channels Across Genres in week 15 of 2020. There were three channels each from Enterr 10 Television and Zeel and two channels each from B4U and DD networks in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free-to-Air Channels Across Genres during the week under review.

Here also, nine of the channels were present during the three weeks under consideration in this paper, but again with some shuffling of ranks. The India Today group’s Hindi News channel AajTakexited the list in week 14 to be replaced by DD’s Hindi GEC DD Bharati.

Please refer to the charts below:

April 24, 2020
DD Bharati viewership grows by 43% in urban market

MUMBAI: DD Bharati has grabbed its position among the top five Hindi GEC channels list. According to the fourth edition of BARC-Nielsen – TV+ smartphone consumption, as India braces for lockdown 2.0, the re-airing of Mahabharat helped the channel to enter the urban market. In NCCS A the viewership contribution by the show grew by 43 per cent.

The channel is being co-watched. 25 per cent of Kids (2-14 years) are watching the show with their grandparents/ senior person at home.

In the week 14 of BARC India ratings, DD Bharati grabbed third position with 323,674 weekly impressions (000s). On pay platform, the channel has grabbed the fourth position.

In week 13, DD Bharati was seen at the tenth position on pay platform with 221,511 weekly impressions (000s) while in urban market the channel was seen at sixth position with 189,077 weekly impressions (000s).

The channel started airing the popular serial Mahabharat from 28 March at 12 noon and 7 pm.

April 16, 2020
Prasar Bharati takes nostalgic ride with new channel DD Retro

MUMBAI: Prasar Bharati is all set to take people on a nostalgic ride after the success of Ramayan and Mahabharat re-runs with its new fourth general entertainment channel DD Retro. The channel will air some of the old iconic shows like Upanishad Ganga, Mahabharat, and Chanakya, among others. Currently, it is available on DD Free Dish which reaches out to almost 30 million people across the country.

In an earlier interview with Indiantelevision.com, Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati said: "After the news of Ramayan made headlines and social media trends were dominated by it, we have had a flood of rights holders themselves approaching us with iconic content that aired in the past on DD."

Last week, two of Doordarshan's general entertainment channels, DD National and DD Bharti entered the top ten channels list in urban as well as pay platforms. DD National grabbed the leading position with the broadcast of old shows like Ramayan, Mahabharat, Shaktiman, etc. DD National also started airing Subhash Sagar's Alif Laila. Prasar Bharati's aim is to ensure that people will get to watch their favourite old shows during lockdown.

April 13, 2020
BARC week 13: Sony Entertainment Television continues to hold position in urban market and pay platform

MUMBAI: In week 13 of BARC India ratings, where most of the GECs were seen losing their position to DD National and slipping down from last week's position, Sony Entertainment Television was the only channel that continued to hold its third position on the pay platform and in the urban market. In fact, the channel has jumped from the seventh position to fifth position in the rural market. This week for the first time DD National grabbed the leading position on pay platform and Urban market.

On pay platform DD National, Sony SAB, Sony Entertainment Television, Colors, Star Plus, Zee TV, Dangal, Star Utsav, DD Bharati and Star Bharat were the top ten channels in the week 13 of BARC India ratings.

Pay Platform

In the urban market, the top ten channels were DD National, Sony SAB, Sony Entertainment Television, Colors, Dangal, DD Bharati, Star Plus, Zee TV, Big Magic and Star Utsav in week 13 of BARC India ratings.

Urban

Dangal, DD National, Big Magic, Sony SAB, Sony Entertainment Television, Colors, Zee TV, DD Bharat, Star Plus and Star Utsav were the top ten channels in the rural market

Rural

On the free platform, Dangal, Big Magic, DD National, DD Bharati, Manoranjan Grand, DD Madhya Pradesh, DD Uttar Pradesh, DD Rajasthan and DD Arunprabha were the top nine channels in week 13 of BARC ratings.

Free Platform

April 10, 2020
I-Day: Carry DD News with sign interpretation, channels advised

NEW DELHI: All television channels have been asked to carry the signals of Doordarshan News/DD Bharati with sign language interpretation for the benefit of differently-abled persons and make the event accessible to them.

Doordarshan News/DD Bharati channels will carry the sign language interpretation of the event to provide access to the people with hearing impairment.

The information and broadcasting ministry said that DD News / DD Bharati will let private satellite TV channels carry the feed of this event free of cost, if they wish to carry the same telecast.

In advisory issued on Monday, the ministry said it has been getting requests from members of the civil society to facilitate access to the people with hearing impairment to the telecast of the Independence Day.

Ceremony/commentary accompanied with sign language interpretation on TV channels so that such people can be a part of this glorious ceremony on this important national Day.

The advisory noted that the media has always been in the forefront to take up such important issues concerning national integration, unity and patriotism, etc.

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August 15, 2017
Doordarshan films’ procurement EoI date extended to 14 July

NEW DELHI: Companies/rights holders of feature films can now send in their Expression of Interest to Doordarshan for supplying a total of 2,754 feature films per year in English and various Indian languages to its various channels by 14 July 2017.

DD had earlier wanted all the EoIs to be sent by 30 June by 2 pm. They can now do so by 14 July by 5 pm.

According to the notice by the pubcaster, the rights holder which should be a company or a partnership firm must have a minimum of three years of experience in providing feature films to a television broadcaster and a minimum of 25 films in its possession.

The Right-holders are required to provide feature films to Doordarshan for a period of two years and this period is extendable for one more year.

Doordarshan presently has seven channels that are uplinked from New Delhi – DD National, DD News, DD Bharati, DD India, DD Urdu, DD Sports and DD Kisan.

Besides these, Doordarshan also operates 14 (24X7) regional language channels. Regional language Channels are area/region specific and due to diversity of language and culture, each Channels is unique in terms of content and viewership.

Films are being telecast on the entire network of Doordarshan – on Channels uplinked from New Delhi (DD National, DD Bharati, DD India, DD Urdu, and DD Kisan Channels). English and Hindi feature film slots have also been created in the soon to be launched DD Arun Prabha Channel. Additionally, regional language feature films are also telecast on all its regional language Channels.

The applicant should not be a defaulter of Doordarshan at the time of submission of the Eol. A black-listing order passed by the Central government or state governments or any PSU should not be in operation against the applicant at the time of submission. The right holder should not be debarred from bidding as per GFR, Rule 151.

Doordarshan retains the right to procure films directly from any individual entity or banner outside this proposal considering programme exigencies. These programme exigencies could be, but not limited to, films on special occasions etc. like Independence day, Republic day, birth or death anniversary of a dignitary etc.

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July 5, 2017

Doordarshan invites by month-end EoIs for 2,754 English & regional films per yr

NEW DELHI: Doordarshan seems to be girding up its loins, especially after the appointment of the Prasar Bharati CEO — Shashi S Vempati. Expressions of interest (EoIs) have been invited by Doordarshan for companies/rights holders for supplying a total of 2,754 feature films per year in English and various Indian languages for its channels.

According to the notice by the pubcaster, the rights holder which should be a company or a partnership firm must have a minimum of three years of experience in providing feature films to a television broadcaster and a minimum of 25 films in its possession.

The right-holders are required to provide feature films to Doordarshan for a period of two years and this period is extendable for one more year. The last date for submission of entries is 30 June 2017 by 2 pm.

Doordarshan at present has seven channels that are uplinked from New Delhi – DD National, DD News, DD Bharati, DD India, DD Urdu, DD Sports and DD Kisan.

Besides these, Doordarshan also operates 14 (24X7) regional language channels. Regional language Channels are area/region specific and due to diversity of language and culture, each Channels is unique in terms of content and viewership.

Films are being telecast on the entire network of Doordarshan – on Channels uplinked from New Delhi (DD National, DD Bharati, DD India, DD Urdu, and DD Kisan Channels). English and Hindi feature film slots have also been created in the soon to be launched DD Arun Prabha Channel. Additionally, regional language feature films are also telecast on all its regional language Channels.

The applicant should not be a defaulter of Doordarshan at the time of submission of the Eol. A black-listing order passed by the Central government I State governments I any PSU should not be in operation against the applicant at the time of submission of the EoI. The right holder should not be debarred from bidding as per GFR, Rule 151.

Tentative requirement of feature films would be according to the table below but iIt may change marginally depending upon the requirement.

SrNo.	Name of the Channel	Language	Tentative Number of films required (per year)
1	DD National	Hindi	200
2	DD Bharati	Hindi	60
3	DD Ind ia	Hindi	60

4	DD Urdu	Hindi & Urdu	160
5	DD Kisan	Hindi	100
6	DD Arunprabha (upcoming)	English & Hindi	104 (52 Eng. & 52 Hin.)
7	DD Bangla	Bangla	360
8	DD Bihar	Bhojpuri & Maithali	100
9	DD Chandana	Kannada	250
10	DD Gimar	Gujarati	60
11	DD Kashir	Urdu& Hindi	100
12	DD Malayalam	Malaya!am	100
13	DD North East (including Assamese)	English, Hindi, regional languages of the north- eastern region	100
14	DD Odia

June 14, 2017

Doordarshan employs German innovator for upgrading news studios

MUMBAI: India’s largest broadcast operation, Doordarshan (DD) reaches around 92% of the population and 81% of its territory. Government-funded, it is also the largest terrestrial network in the world, and among the largest in terms of studios and transmitters with more than 90 studios and relay stations spread across the Indian subcontinent.

In keeping with this standing, Doordarshan does not make equipment investments lightly, as was seen when it included Lawo mixing technology in a recent TV news studio upgrade at its New Delhi broadcast center.

Systems integration for the Doordarshan Central Production Centre (CPC) project is being handled by Sun Broadcast, and has introduced the broadcaster to German technical innovator, Lawo.

“We won the tender with a 40-fader mc²36 with 96+96 DSP channels – the first mc² series mixing console in DD,” confirms Tan Boon Siong, Lawo Sales Director for SE Asia. “As well as price, we won on our ability to meet all the technical requirements laid down by Doordarshan.”

Planning for the work began in mid-2015, with the contract awarded 12 months later. The console order was placed with Lawo in October 2016. Presently, the installation is well underway with completion of commissioning set for the end of March.

Providing national, regional and local programming, Doordarshan currently operates around 21 channels including DD News, DD National, DD Sport and DD Bharati. The refurbished studio will provide fully integrated operation with new and more advanced technology for DD News than DD has previously has at its disposal.

Key to the selection of the mc²36 mixing system for the project was Lawo’s product reputation, customer support and German build quality. “We have complied with all the technical requirements of the studio design technical team,” says Tan Boon Siong. “Now the installation is nearly complete, with parameter verification, performance testing expected to take one year for the approval process.”

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February 25, 2017
Int’l TV Fest: A-Pac Broadcasting Union’s two India teams to participate

NEW DELHI: The ‘Aamad’ group and ‘Sadhya’ group from India will compete in the grand finale of the first edition of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) International Television Dance Festival (AIDF) in the city of the ‘Char Minar’ Hyderabad on 15 January 2017.

Public service broadcaster Prasar Bharati is hosting the first edition of this mega event at Shilpakala Vedika in the hi-tech part of Hyderabad.

AIDF will showcase traditional and contemporary dance performances by artistes of more than ten counties across the Asia- pacific region. The Dance Festival is conceptualised to bring the cultural diversities from across the world into limelight, by breaking cultural barriers. It will unveil the sacred occasions when people dance, and the joys that varied communities across the Asia Pacific region feel as they dance.

Information and broadcasting minister M Venkaiah Naidu will inaugurate the AIDF festival. Telengana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao will be the Guest of Honour. Telengana Culture and Tourism Minister Azmeera Chandulal and Prasar Bharati Chairman A Surya Prakash will also be present in the presence of other top officials of the I&B Ministry, Prasar Bharati and Telangana Government.

Countries that have so far confirmed participation are Maldives, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, The Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Fiji and Indonesia.

Two declared finalists from each country; one in ‘contemporary’ dance form and the other in ‘traditional’ dance form, will participate in the grand finale. All participating dance groups are between the age group of 18 to 25 years.

Prasar Bharati had started the selection process in June last year to select the teams that will represent India in the grand finale. In order to select the final entries, artistes were invited and they were asked to submit DVDs of their work in traditional or contemporary dance, for shortlisting purpose. These submissions were made online and offline as well.

A total of 453 entries were received, out of which 389 were made on-line and 64 were by post. Eventually, 210 videos were selected by the first Screening Committee.

After the final screening, 29 entries were chosen from the two categories.
The Festival is planned to be telecast live on DD India, DD Bharati, DD Urdu, DD Saptagiri and DD Yadagiri from 5:30 p:m onwards on 15 January 2017.

The pubcaster has created a dedicated website aidf.prasarbharati.org and is available on social media at facebook.com/DanceFestABU and twitter.com/DanceFestABU.

January 14, 2017
Int’l TV Fest: A-Pac Broadcasting Union’s two India teams to participate

NEW DELHI: The ‘Aamad’ group and ‘Sadhya’ group from India will compete in the grand finale of the first edition of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) International Television Dance Festival (AIDF) in the city of the ‘Char Minar’ Hyderabad on 15 January 2017.

Public service broadcaster Prasar Bharati is hosting the first edition of this mega event at Shilpakala Vedika in the hi-tech part of Hyderabad.

AIDF will showcase traditional and contemporary dance performances by artistes of more than ten counties across the Asia- pacific region. The Dance Festival is conceptualised to bring the cultural diversities from across the world into limelight, by breaking cultural barriers. It will unveil the sacred occasions when people dance, and the joys that varied communities across the Asia Pacific region feel as they dance.

Information and broadcasting minister M Venkaiah Naidu will inaugurate the AIDF festival. Telengana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao will be the Guest of Honour. Telengana Culture and Tourism Minister Azmeera Chandulal and Prasar Bharati Chairman A Surya Prakash will also be present in the presence of other top officials of the I&B Ministry, Prasar Bharati and Telangana Government.

Countries that have so far confirmed participation are Maldives, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, The Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Fiji and Indonesia.

Two declared finalists from each country; one in ‘contemporary’ dance form and the other in ‘traditional’ dance form, will participate in the grand finale. All participating dance groups are between the age group of 18 to 25 years.

Prasar Bharati had started the selection process in June last year to select the teams that will represent India in the grand finale. In order to select the final entries, artistes were invited and they were asked to submit DVDs of their work in traditional or contemporary dance, for shortlisting purpose. These submissions were made online and offline as well.

A total of 453 entries were received, out of which 389 were made on-line and 64 were by post. Eventually, 210 videos were selected by the first Screening Committee.

After the final screening, 29 entries were chosen from the two categories.
The Festival is planned to be telecast live on DD India, DD Bharati, DD Urdu, DD Saptagiri and DD Yadagiri from 5:30 p:m onwards on 15 January 2017.

The pubcaster has created a dedicated website aidf.prasarbharati.org and is available on social media at facebook.com/DanceFestABU and twitter.com/DanceFestABU.

January 14, 2017