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  • DD sets up ‘War Room’ to revitalise programming & revenues

    DD sets up ‘War Room’ to revitalise programming & revenues

    NEW DELHI: Fazed by stagnant viewership and battling a “negative perception”, Doordarshan has set up a strategy ‘War Room’ to look into re-vitalising the pubcaster’s marketing and content acquisition processes with an overall aim to enhance revenues.

    The crisis management group, set up under the overall stewardship of DD Director-General Supriya Sahu, is mandated to suggest ways to attract and invite fresh talent for various DD channels in view of depleting manpower, new marketing and programming strategies and shore up the bottomlines via innovative marketing.

    Elaborating on the need for a crisis management group, the DG said in an office order: “Dive deep into the issues that are adversely impacting our performance and devise a strategy to re-position ourselves… (hence) it is proposed to set up a strategy ‘War Room’ in the office of Director-General.”

    According to Sahu, who has taken over the new role at DD few months back after having done a fruitful stint at Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB), the `War Room’ will study rules and regulations for in-house production and suggest measures to modify them to  improve programming for DD National and regional channels.

    The office order doesn’t mince words when it goes on to add that new programming strategy should look at revamping how programmes and films are acquired for DD channels— especially for the auction slots — and suggest credible methods to improve viewership (audience measurement) and enhance revenues. 

    In addition, this group is to deliberate on present marketing initiatives of DD, which experts feel are out-dated, and devise new strategies to revitalise it, apart from suggesting innovative ways to pool resources and synergise efforts for maximising DD’s impact. 

    Sahu has made it clear that since there cannot be a one-shoe-fits-all approach, the `War Room’ has to come up with programming and marketing strategies that is specific to each channel like DD National, DD  Kisan, DD  Bharati, DD  India (the international channel), DD Urdu, DD Kashir and DD Sports.

    Dwelling on the negative perception relating to the overall functioning of DD, especially content acquisition policies and marketing processes, Sahu said in the office order, “We need to change this perception. This would happen through a very strategic thinking, planning, implementation & initiation.”

    The `War Room’ would end its work later this month when it is expected to submit a report on ways to reboot DD, which, hopefully, would also resonate with parent Prasar Bharati’s bosses.
    Headed by Deputy Director of Programmes G Sajan, the other members of this group include P.K. Srivastava, PEX, DDK-Raipur; Sandeep Sood, ADP, DDK-Pune; Anurag Darshan, Programme Executive (PEX) DD National; Abhishek Dubey, Advisor DD Sports; Ms. Soma Bose, Consultant, Films Division; Sanjeev Rai, Production Assistant, DD Urdu; Tathagat, Creative Editor, DD Bharati; Karmdeep, Senior Content Manager, DD Sports; Birupakhya Goutom Phukan, Senior Programmer and Arjun  Mehto, Senior Content Manager.

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  • Music genre emerges top gainer in HSM: Chrome week 33

    Music genre emerges top gainer in HSM: Chrome week 33

    MUMBAI: With a marked increase of 2 per cent, the music genre emerged as the top gainer in Chrome’s Opportunity to See (OTS) analysis for the Hindi speaking market (HSM).

    9XM emerged as the most benefited channel with 89.9 percent OTS in week 33.  

    With the Olympic fever on, the sports genre showed an increase of 1.3 per cent across India with DD Sports leading the genre with 89.4 per cent OTS.  

    Youth in the HSM booked the third spot in the list of top gainers with a 0.7 per cent increase in OTS. Channel V led the tally with 88.7 per cent OTS.

    Doordarshan’s DD News was the chart topper with 97.4 per cent OTS as Hindi News in HSM observed a growth of 0.7 per cent.

    The business news genre in six metros showed a drop of 0.9 per cent and was among the losers with CNBC Awaaz scoring 82.6 per cent OTS.

    Aastha emerged as the most affected channel with 97.7 per cent OTS even as the religious genre saw a drop of 0.4 per cent.

  • Music genre emerges top gainer in HSM: Chrome week 33

    Music genre emerges top gainer in HSM: Chrome week 33

    MUMBAI: With a marked increase of 2 per cent, the music genre emerged as the top gainer in Chrome’s Opportunity to See (OTS) analysis for the Hindi speaking market (HSM).

    9XM emerged as the most benefited channel with 89.9 percent OTS in week 33.  

    With the Olympic fever on, the sports genre showed an increase of 1.3 per cent across India with DD Sports leading the genre with 89.4 per cent OTS.  

    Youth in the HSM booked the third spot in the list of top gainers with a 0.7 per cent increase in OTS. Channel V led the tally with 88.7 per cent OTS.

    Doordarshan’s DD News was the chart topper with 97.4 per cent OTS as Hindi News in HSM observed a growth of 0.7 per cent.

    The business news genre in six metros showed a drop of 0.9 per cent and was among the losers with CNBC Awaaz scoring 82.6 per cent OTS.

    Aastha emerged as the most affected channel with 97.7 per cent OTS even as the religious genre saw a drop of 0.4 per cent.

  • Rio Olympics: India-centric live on DD National, special programmes on DD Sports

    Rio Olympics: India-centric live on DD National, special programmes on DD Sports

    NEW DELHI: All the India-centric events and some other important events taking place during the Olympics next month will be telecast on Doordarshan National Channel.

    A DD source told indiantelevision.com that there will be no live telecasts on DD Sports as that channel is not covered in the ambit of the Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharati) Act 2007. However, DD Sports had commenced pre-event programmes on the Olympics in June this year.

    Rio 2016 are being held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are from 5 to 21 August 2016. The Paralympics follow from 7 to 18 September 2016. The Rio 2016 opening ceremony will be at the Maracanã Stadium on 5 August 2016. This is the first time that the Games are being held in South Anerica.

    The source also said that as President Pranab Mukherjee will be giving his traditional broadcast on the eve of Independence Day from 7.00 pm onwards n 14 August 2016, any important India-centric event that may happen at that time could be carried further in the day.

    Similarly, the Flag Hoisting Ceremony and Prime Minister’s Address to the Nation on Independence Day and Governors’ Address will be telecast on DD National from 6.25 am to 9.30 am. During this period if any important India centric-event happens, this will be carried as deferred live from 9.30 am onwards.

    The timings of the Closing ceremony are yet to be provided by the rights holder Star Sports. Also the timings pertaining to the end of the play every day are tentative and likely to change depending on the duration of the play.

    DD Sports has already mounted five shows as the build up to the Rio Olympics 2016. The shows were Olympic Hour, Olympics Flash Back, Mission Rio, Olympics Quiz and 2 episode series ‘Poorvottar Ke Ratna’.

    Apart from this social media weekly show ‘Sports Konect’ is totally focussed on Olympics and has been renamed as ‘Olympics Konect’.

    During the Olympics in DD Sports, daily Olympics bulletins and studio based discussion show ‘Olympics Hour’ will be telecast which will incorporate India centric news from the field of play and Olympics village. Apart from this shows like Olympics Flashback and Olympics Quiz which are not dated will be repeated.

    OLYMPIC HOUR- Studio discussion based one hour show in which the select experts dissect the chances of Indian athletes in sports in which the medals are expected. The selected experts include sports persons, sports journalists and federation officials.

    Olympics Flash Back- In this 15 minutes of flash back time, DD Sports takes the viewers down the memory lane, taking one back to the origin, legacy and important moments attached with the Olympics in past. These capsules were acquired from DW, Germany and are of best production quality.

    Mission Rio: – in this half an hour per episode done in documentary feature style, India’s chances weighing the sports personalities and specific sports are showcased from the actual location. These episodes are based on athletics, hockey, gymnastics, weightlifting, Wrestling & Archery amongst others.    

    Olympics Quiz- the only quiz show of its kind in the sports genre, the 7 episode series tests the knowledge level of the school level students pertaining to the games. Hosted by the seasoned quiz master, the series is shot in a unique viewer friendly presentation style, It is beginning this evening from 7.30 pm to 8 pm and will continue everyday till 4 August.

    Porvottar Ke Ratna- MC Mary Kom was the face of Indian upsurge in the London Olympics 2016. In Rio Olympics 2016, two sports faces of the North East, boxer Shiva Thapa and gymnast DipaKarmakar shoulder the medal hope of the nation. In two sports episodes of Porvottar Ke Ratna, these two athletes are profiled from ground zero.  This will be held on four days featuring Shiva Thomas tomorrow and on 3 August and Dipa Karmakar on 31 July and 4 August from 9.30 pm to 10 pm on Star Sports.

    Telecast Timings of Rio Olympics 2016 in DD NATIONAL

    The timings are in Indian Standard Time (IST) and the schedule given below is as per the information provided by the rights holder Star Sports.

    The schedule includes the timings of the Pre Olympic and Post Olympic show before the start and at the end of each day’s play. 

    DAY

    Date

    Pre Olympic Show (IST)

    Start of Games

    Event

    Date

    End of Games

    Post Olympic  Show (IST)

     

    6/8/16

    4:00 -4:20 AM

    4:20 am

    Opening Ceremony

     

    7:33 am

    7:30 am- 8:00 am

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    1

    6/8/16

    16:30 to 17:00

    16:55 pm IST

    ROWING

    7/8/16

    09:23 am    IST

    9:30 to 10:00

    2

    7/8/16

    16:30 to 17:00

      16:55 pm  IST

    ROWING

    8/8/16

    09:23 am   IST

    9:30 to 10:00

    3

    8/8/16

    16:30 to 17:00

    16:55   pm IST

    ROWING

    9/8/16

    09:23 am   IST

    9:30 to 10:00

    4

    9/8/16

    16:30 to 17:00

    16:55 pm   IST

    ROWING

    10/8/16

    09:23  am  IST

    9:30 to 10:00

    5

    10/8/16

    16:30 to 17:00

    16:55      pm IST

    CYCLING ROWING

    FENCING

    11/8/16

    09:23 am    IST

    9:30 to 10:00

    6

    11/8/16

    15:30 to 16:00

    15:50  pm       IST

    GOLF

    12/8/16

    09:23 am    IST

    9:30 to 10:00

    7

    12/8/16

    15:30 to 16:00

    15:50      pm IST

    GOLF

    13/8/16

    09:23 am    IST

    9:30 to 10:00

    8

    13/8/16

    15:30 to 16:00

    15:50      pm      IST

    GOLF

    14/8/16

    09:23 am   IST

    9:30 to 10:00

    9

    14/8/16

    15:00 to 15: 30

    15:20  pm     IST

    GOLF

    15/8/16

    09:23 am   IST

    9:30 to 10:00

    10

    15/8/16

    16:30 to 17:00

    16:55     pm IST

    BADMINTON

    16/8/16

    09:23 am   IST

    9:30 to 10:00

    11

    16/8/16

    16:30 to 17:00

    16:55     pm IST

    BADMINTON

    17/8/16

    09:23 am   IST

    9:30 to 10:00

    12

    17/8/16

    15:30 to 16:00

    15:50      pm IST

    GOLF

    18/8/16

    10:03 am   IST

    9:30 to 10:00

    13

    18/8/16

    15:30 to 16:00

    15:50 pm      IST

    GOLF

     

    19/8/16

    08:48 am   IST

    9:00 to 9:30

    14

    19/8/16

    15:30 to 16:00

    15:50      pm IST

    GOLF

     

    20/8/16

    08:48 am   IST

    9:00 to 9:30

    15

    20/18/16

    15:30 to 16:00

    15:20      pm IST

    GOLF

     

    21/8/16

    09:03 am   IST

    9:00 am-9:30 am

    16

    21/8/16

    16:30 to 17:00

    16:55  pm       IST

    WRESTLING

     

    22/8/16

    Closing ceremony will start at 4.20 am

    TBD

    Telecast plan of Rio olympics games based programme 2016 on dd sports

    2000-2030 Hrs

    Mission Rio-2016

    (on DD SPORTS)

     

     

     

    athletics 1

    25.06.16

     

    26.06.16

     

     

    athletics 2

    26.06.16

    27.06.16

     

    athletics 1

    08.07.16

    09.07.16

     

    athletics 2

    09.07.16

    10.07.16

     

    hockey

    15.07.16

    16.07.16

     

    hockey

    16.07.16

    17.07.16

     

     

    boxing

    22.07.16

    23.07.16

     

     

    gymnastics

    23.07.16

    24.07.16

     

     

    Weightlifting

    28.07.16

    29.07.16

     

    wrestling

    29.07.16

    30.07.16

     

    archery

    05.08.18

    06.07.16

     

     

    0800 0830 Hrs

    mission rio-2016

    (on DD national)

     

     

     

    Hockey

    25.06.16

     

     

     

    Boxing

    26.06.16

     

     

    Gymnastics

    27.06.16

     

     

    Athletics1

    28.07.16

     

     

    Athletics 2

    29.07.16

     

     

    Weighlifting

    01.08.16

     

     

    Wrestling

    02.08.16

     

     

    Archery

    03.08.16

     

     

     
  • Rio Olympics: India-centric live on DD National, special programmes on DD Sports

    Rio Olympics: India-centric live on DD National, special programmes on DD Sports

    NEW DELHI: All the India-centric events and some other important events taking place during the Olympics next month will be telecast on Doordarshan National Channel.

    A DD source told indiantelevision.com that there will be no live telecasts on DD Sports as that channel is not covered in the ambit of the Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharati) Act 2007. However, DD Sports had commenced pre-event programmes on the Olympics in June this year.

    Rio 2016 are being held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are from 5 to 21 August 2016. The Paralympics follow from 7 to 18 September 2016. The Rio 2016 opening ceremony will be at the Maracanã Stadium on 5 August 2016. This is the first time that the Games are being held in South Anerica.

    The source also said that as President Pranab Mukherjee will be giving his traditional broadcast on the eve of Independence Day from 7.00 pm onwards n 14 August 2016, any important India-centric event that may happen at that time could be carried further in the day.

    Similarly, the Flag Hoisting Ceremony and Prime Minister’s Address to the Nation on Independence Day and Governors’ Address will be telecast on DD National from 6.25 am to 9.30 am. During this period if any important India centric-event happens, this will be carried as deferred live from 9.30 am onwards.

    The timings of the Closing ceremony are yet to be provided by the rights holder Star Sports. Also the timings pertaining to the end of the play every day are tentative and likely to change depending on the duration of the play.

    DD Sports has already mounted five shows as the build up to the Rio Olympics 2016. The shows were Olympic Hour, Olympics Flash Back, Mission Rio, Olympics Quiz and 2 episode series ‘Poorvottar Ke Ratna’.

    Apart from this social media weekly show ‘Sports Konect’ is totally focussed on Olympics and has been renamed as ‘Olympics Konect’.

    During the Olympics in DD Sports, daily Olympics bulletins and studio based discussion show ‘Olympics Hour’ will be telecast which will incorporate India centric news from the field of play and Olympics village. Apart from this shows like Olympics Flashback and Olympics Quiz which are not dated will be repeated.

    OLYMPIC HOUR- Studio discussion based one hour show in which the select experts dissect the chances of Indian athletes in sports in which the medals are expected. The selected experts include sports persons, sports journalists and federation officials.

    Olympics Flash Back- In this 15 minutes of flash back time, DD Sports takes the viewers down the memory lane, taking one back to the origin, legacy and important moments attached with the Olympics in past. These capsules were acquired from DW, Germany and are of best production quality.

    Mission Rio: – in this half an hour per episode done in documentary feature style, India’s chances weighing the sports personalities and specific sports are showcased from the actual location. These episodes are based on athletics, hockey, gymnastics, weightlifting, Wrestling & Archery amongst others.    

    Olympics Quiz- the only quiz show of its kind in the sports genre, the 7 episode series tests the knowledge level of the school level students pertaining to the games. Hosted by the seasoned quiz master, the series is shot in a unique viewer friendly presentation style, It is beginning this evening from 7.30 pm to 8 pm and will continue everyday till 4 August.

    Porvottar Ke Ratna- MC Mary Kom was the face of Indian upsurge in the London Olympics 2016. In Rio Olympics 2016, two sports faces of the North East, boxer Shiva Thapa and gymnast DipaKarmakar shoulder the medal hope of the nation. In two sports episodes of Porvottar Ke Ratna, these two athletes are profiled from ground zero.  This will be held on four days featuring Shiva Thomas tomorrow and on 3 August and Dipa Karmakar on 31 July and 4 August from 9.30 pm to 10 pm on Star Sports.

    Telecast Timings of Rio Olympics 2016 in DD NATIONAL

    The timings are in Indian Standard Time (IST) and the schedule given below is as per the information provided by the rights holder Star Sports.

    The schedule includes the timings of the Pre Olympic and Post Olympic show before the start and at the end of each day’s play. 

    DAY

    Date

    Pre Olympic Show (IST)

    Start of Games

    Event

    Date

    End of Games

    Post Olympic  Show (IST)

     

    6/8/16

    4:00 -4:20 AM

    4:20 am

    Opening Ceremony

     

    7:33 am

    7:30 am- 8:00 am

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    1

    6/8/16

    16:30 to 17:00

    16:55 pm IST

    ROWING

    7/8/16

    09:23 am    IST

    9:30 to 10:00

    2

    7/8/16

    16:30 to 17:00

      16:55 pm  IST

    ROWING

    8/8/16

    09:23 am   IST

    9:30 to 10:00

    3

    8/8/16

    16:30 to 17:00

    16:55   pm IST

    ROWING

    9/8/16

    09:23 am   IST

    9:30 to 10:00

    4

    9/8/16

    16:30 to 17:00

    16:55 pm   IST

    ROWING

    10/8/16

    09:23  am  IST

    9:30 to 10:00

    5

    10/8/16

    16:30 to 17:00

    16:55      pm IST

    CYCLING ROWING

    FENCING

    11/8/16

    09:23 am    IST

    9:30 to 10:00

    6

    11/8/16

    15:30 to 16:00

    15:50  pm       IST

    GOLF

    12/8/16

    09:23 am    IST

    9:30 to 10:00

    7

    12/8/16

    15:30 to 16:00

    15:50      pm IST

    GOLF

    13/8/16

    09:23 am    IST

    9:30 to 10:00

    8

    13/8/16

    15:30 to 16:00

    15:50      pm      IST

    GOLF

    14/8/16

    09:23 am   IST

    9:30 to 10:00

    9

    14/8/16

    15:00 to 15: 30

    15:20  pm     IST

    GOLF

    15/8/16

    09:23 am   IST

    9:30 to 10:00

    10

    15/8/16

    16:30 to 17:00

    16:55     pm IST

    BADMINTON

    16/8/16

    09:23 am   IST

    9:30 to 10:00

    11

    16/8/16

    16:30 to 17:00

    16:55     pm IST

    BADMINTON

    17/8/16

    09:23 am   IST

    9:30 to 10:00

    12

    17/8/16

    15:30 to 16:00

    15:50      pm IST

    GOLF

    18/8/16

    10:03 am   IST

    9:30 to 10:00

    13

    18/8/16

    15:30 to 16:00

    15:50 pm      IST

    GOLF

     

    19/8/16

    08:48 am   IST

    9:00 to 9:30

    14

    19/8/16

    15:30 to 16:00

    15:50      pm IST

    GOLF

     

    20/8/16

    08:48 am   IST

    9:00 to 9:30

    15

    20/18/16

    15:30 to 16:00

    15:20      pm IST

    GOLF

     

    21/8/16

    09:03 am   IST

    9:00 am-9:30 am

    16

    21/8/16

    16:30 to 17:00

    16:55  pm       IST

    WRESTLING

     

    22/8/16

    Closing ceremony will start at 4.20 am

    TBD

    Telecast plan of Rio olympics games based programme 2016 on dd sports

    2000-2030 Hrs

    Mission Rio-2016

    (on DD SPORTS)

     

     

     

    athletics 1

    25.06.16

     

    26.06.16

     

     

    athletics 2

    26.06.16

    27.06.16

     

    athletics 1

    08.07.16

    09.07.16

     

    athletics 2

    09.07.16

    10.07.16

     

    hockey

    15.07.16

    16.07.16

     

    hockey

    16.07.16

    17.07.16

     

     

    boxing

    22.07.16

    23.07.16

     

     

    gymnastics

    23.07.16

    24.07.16

     

     

    Weightlifting

    28.07.16

    29.07.16

     

    wrestling

    29.07.16

    30.07.16

     

    archery

    05.08.18

    06.07.16

     

     

    0800 0830 Hrs

    mission rio-2016

    (on DD national)

     

     

     

    Hockey

    25.06.16

     

     

     

    Boxing

    26.06.16

     

     

    Gymnastics

    27.06.16

     

     

    Athletics1

    28.07.16

     

     

    Athletics 2

    29.07.16

     

     

    Weighlifting

    01.08.16

     

     

    Wrestling

    02.08.16

     

     

    Archery

    03.08.16

     

     

     
  • ABP News anchor Kishore Ajwani joins IBN 7 as deputy managing editor

    ABP News anchor Kishore Ajwani joins IBN 7 as deputy managing editor

    MUMBAI: Kishore Ajwani has joined IBN 7 as deputy managing editor. He will work closely with Prabal Pratap Singh and Rahul Joshi.

    It might be recalled that Sumit Awasthi had joined IBN7 as deputy managing editor in 2014. With this hire, the channel now has two executives at the same post. Though, Ajwani will mainly focus on the channel’s output functions.

    Ajwani has been associated with ABP Group for more than eight years and is known amongst the leading anchors in the Hindi news space today. He has also worked with Zee News as deputy executive producer and has also served stints with DD Sports and Leo Burnett.

  • ABP News anchor Kishore Ajwani joins IBN 7 as deputy managing editor

    ABP News anchor Kishore Ajwani joins IBN 7 as deputy managing editor

    MUMBAI: Kishore Ajwani has joined IBN 7 as deputy managing editor. He will work closely with Prabal Pratap Singh and Rahul Joshi.

    It might be recalled that Sumit Awasthi had joined IBN7 as deputy managing editor in 2014. With this hire, the channel now has two executives at the same post. Though, Ajwani will mainly focus on the channel’s output functions.

    Ajwani has been associated with ABP Group for more than eight years and is known amongst the leading anchors in the Hindi news space today. He has also worked with Zee News as deputy executive producer and has also served stints with DD Sports and Leo Burnett.

  • DD’s five primary channels consistently spend less than allocations

    DD’s five primary channels consistently spend less than allocations

    New Delhi: Doordarshan National spent Rs 132.77 crore out of the budget of Rs 140.38 crore allocated for 2014-15. (Note : 100,00,000 = 10 million = 1 crore. All numbers in this report have been rounded off to the nearest second decimal place). According to Information and Broadcasting Ministry sources, DD National has ben spending less than the allocated amounts since 2012-13 when it was allocated Rs  149.11 crore and spent Rs 142.99 crore; while in 2013-14 when it was allocated Rs 159.75 crore out of which it spent Rs 136.07 crore.

    Of the Rs 12.38 crore allocated to DD Sports in 2012-13, it spent 12.15 crore. In 2013-14, it spent just Rs 9.92 crore of the Rs 13.83 crore allocated, and in 2014-15 DD Sports spent Rs 36.53 crore of the Rs 38.31 crore allocated.

    DD Urdu was allocated Rs 25.02 crore and spent Rs 23.87 crore in 2012-13. It was allocated Rs 29.38 crore and spent Rs 26.02 crore in 2013-14, and was allocated Rs 17.11 crore in 2014-15 of which DD Urdu spent Rs 11.23 crore.

    DD Bharati spent Rs 0.90 crore of the Rs 1.29 crore allocated in 2012-13. It spent Rs 1.22 crore of the Rs 1.45 crore allocated in 2013-14, and spent Rs 0.75 crore out of the allocation of Rs 0.83 crore in 2014-15.

    Of the allocation of Rs 0.93 crore to DD India in 2014-15, it spent Rs 0.46 lakh. In 2013-14, it was allocated Rs 1.53 crore and spent Rs 1.01 crore, while in 2012-13 DD India was allocated Rs 4.35 crore and spent Rs 2.21 crore. 

    Under the head of ‘Payment to Professionals and Special Services’ (PSS), Doordarshan in 2012-13 sanctioned Rs 1.5 crore of which Rs 1.35 crore was spent, the amount sanctioned was Rs. 2 crore in 2013-14 of which Rs 1.84 was spent . The amount sanctioned for PSS was Rs. 2.5 crore in 2014-15 of which Rs 2.46 was spent by Doordarshan. 

  • DD’s five primary channels consistently spend less than allocations

    DD’s five primary channels consistently spend less than allocations

    New Delhi: Doordarshan National spent Rs 132.77 crore out of the budget of Rs 140.38 crore allocated for 2014-15. (Note : 100,00,000 = 10 million = 1 crore. All numbers in this report have been rounded off to the nearest second decimal place). According to Information and Broadcasting Ministry sources, DD National has ben spending less than the allocated amounts since 2012-13 when it was allocated Rs  149.11 crore and spent Rs 142.99 crore; while in 2013-14 when it was allocated Rs 159.75 crore out of which it spent Rs 136.07 crore.

    Of the Rs 12.38 crore allocated to DD Sports in 2012-13, it spent 12.15 crore. In 2013-14, it spent just Rs 9.92 crore of the Rs 13.83 crore allocated, and in 2014-15 DD Sports spent Rs 36.53 crore of the Rs 38.31 crore allocated.

    DD Urdu was allocated Rs 25.02 crore and spent Rs 23.87 crore in 2012-13. It was allocated Rs 29.38 crore and spent Rs 26.02 crore in 2013-14, and was allocated Rs 17.11 crore in 2014-15 of which DD Urdu spent Rs 11.23 crore.

    DD Bharati spent Rs 0.90 crore of the Rs 1.29 crore allocated in 2012-13. It spent Rs 1.22 crore of the Rs 1.45 crore allocated in 2013-14, and spent Rs 0.75 crore out of the allocation of Rs 0.83 crore in 2014-15.

    Of the allocation of Rs 0.93 crore to DD India in 2014-15, it spent Rs 0.46 lakh. In 2013-14, it was allocated Rs 1.53 crore and spent Rs 1.01 crore, while in 2012-13 DD India was allocated Rs 4.35 crore and spent Rs 2.21 crore. 

    Under the head of ‘Payment to Professionals and Special Services’ (PSS), Doordarshan in 2012-13 sanctioned Rs 1.5 crore of which Rs 1.35 crore was spent, the amount sanctioned was Rs. 2 crore in 2013-14 of which Rs 1.84 was spent . The amount sanctioned for PSS was Rs. 2.5 crore in 2014-15 of which Rs 2.46 was spent by Doordarshan. 

  • Chrome week 3: Sports genre tops chart with 3.7% OTS

    Chrome week 3: Sports genre tops chart with 3.7% OTS

    MUMBAI: The sports channels’ genre emerged as the gainer in Chrome’s opportunity to see (OTS) analysis across India by registering an increase of 3.7 per cent. DD Sports was the leader with 75.8 per cent OTS in week 3.

     

    Next up, the kids genre with 3.7 per cent gain in the same market took the second spot in the list of top gainers. Nickelodeon led the tally with 72 per cent OTS.

     

    The religious channels’ genre in Hindi Speaking Market (HSM) too noted a growth of 3.3 per cent with Aastha emerging as the chart topper with 91.1 per cent OTS.

     

    Last but not the least, music channels in an identical market observed a 2.8 per cent rise with 9XM in the number one slot with 81.8 per cent OTS.

     

    Meanwhile, witnessing a drop of 0.5 per cent, the English News channels’ genre in the six metros topped the loser category with Lok Sabha TV scoring 91.4 per cent OTS.

     

    On the other hand, with a drop of 0.1 per cent, the English movies genre in six metros was in the second spot with Movies Now emerging as the most affected channel with 57.9 per cent OTS.