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  • Colors strengthens its weekend with 7th season of India’s Got Talent

    Colors strengthens its weekend with 7th season of India’s Got Talent

     MUMBAI: Talent doesn’t discriminate; it knows no biases, it has no preferences. After Khatro Ke Khiladi, Colors is once again back with its one of the finest show which brings rarest of jewels of the country with India’s Got Talent season 7. The weekend show will start airing from 30 April on Saturday – Sunday at 9pm time band.

    The judging panel- Karan Johar, Kirron Kher and Malaika Arora Khan will return yet again to turn dreams into reality for the contestants. Produced by Fremantle India, IGT-7 will be hosted by Bharti Singh and Sidharth Shukla.

    The channel has  roped in Maruti Suzuki as presenting sponsor, L’Oreal Paris as the powered by sponsor, and  Nivea, Liberty Shoes and Kent RO Systems as associate sponsors specially for its HD feed.

    This year’s highlights include performances  like sand art, beatboxing, mind-reading, underwater and water-sport acts, aerial yoga, horse acrobatics, and for the first-time-ever ice-skating and sky-diving acts. This edition will also see the team travel to every nook and cranny of the country to bring to the fore unheard of talents looking for a stage to perform. Further, special episodes will celebrate rustic and traditional art forms which have lost their individuality over the years.

    Colors programming head Manisha Sharma said, “The beauty of India’s Got Talent is that it just lets you be. It doesn’t try to restyle you. Hence the focus is purely on what you bring to table in terms of your talent. It’s the only credible platform that the country has which gives opportunities to the uniqueness in an individual. As we venture into the by-lanes of India in search of the best, with a promise of larger than life performances, we promise to create an unparalleled viewing experience for our discerning audience.”

    Fremantle India  content head Aradhana Bhola, “In its seventh season, India’s Got Talent’s search for superlative talent has taken us to the smallest towns and villages including  Loharika in Punjab  and Nunerbhari in Bengal. With double the dose of entertainment, drama and never-seen-before spectacles, the show will be a treat to the audiences’ senses. We hope that the show’s larger-than-life backdrop and nation-wide search for superior talent will enthrall viewers and keep them glued to their television sets.”

    The channel has devised an extensive marketing campaign incorporating multiple mediums reaching out to viewers at various touch-points for top-of-mind recall. On the digital front, the channel has devised various activities including a blogger outreach program, a glimpse into the lives of talent from previous seasons including last year’s winner Manik Paul, and invite talent-led stories on social media platforms using the hashtags #IFeelTalentedWhenI and #HunarHiPehchaanHai amongst other initiatives.

  • Colors strengthens its weekend with 7th season of India’s Got Talent

    Colors strengthens its weekend with 7th season of India’s Got Talent

     MUMBAI: Talent doesn’t discriminate; it knows no biases, it has no preferences. After Khatro Ke Khiladi, Colors is once again back with its one of the finest show which brings rarest of jewels of the country with India’s Got Talent season 7. The weekend show will start airing from 30 April on Saturday – Sunday at 9pm time band.

    The judging panel- Karan Johar, Kirron Kher and Malaika Arora Khan will return yet again to turn dreams into reality for the contestants. Produced by Fremantle India, IGT-7 will be hosted by Bharti Singh and Sidharth Shukla.

    The channel has  roped in Maruti Suzuki as presenting sponsor, L’Oreal Paris as the powered by sponsor, and  Nivea, Liberty Shoes and Kent RO Systems as associate sponsors specially for its HD feed.

    This year’s highlights include performances  like sand art, beatboxing, mind-reading, underwater and water-sport acts, aerial yoga, horse acrobatics, and for the first-time-ever ice-skating and sky-diving acts. This edition will also see the team travel to every nook and cranny of the country to bring to the fore unheard of talents looking for a stage to perform. Further, special episodes will celebrate rustic and traditional art forms which have lost their individuality over the years.

    Colors programming head Manisha Sharma said, “The beauty of India’s Got Talent is that it just lets you be. It doesn’t try to restyle you. Hence the focus is purely on what you bring to table in terms of your talent. It’s the only credible platform that the country has which gives opportunities to the uniqueness in an individual. As we venture into the by-lanes of India in search of the best, with a promise of larger than life performances, we promise to create an unparalleled viewing experience for our discerning audience.”

    Fremantle India  content head Aradhana Bhola, “In its seventh season, India’s Got Talent’s search for superlative talent has taken us to the smallest towns and villages including  Loharika in Punjab  and Nunerbhari in Bengal. With double the dose of entertainment, drama and never-seen-before spectacles, the show will be a treat to the audiences’ senses. We hope that the show’s larger-than-life backdrop and nation-wide search for superior talent will enthrall viewers and keep them glued to their television sets.”

    The channel has devised an extensive marketing campaign incorporating multiple mediums reaching out to viewers at various touch-points for top-of-mind recall. On the digital front, the channel has devised various activities including a blogger outreach program, a glimpse into the lives of talent from previous seasons including last year’s winner Manik Paul, and invite talent-led stories on social media platforms using the hashtags #IFeelTalentedWhenI and #HunarHiPehchaanHai amongst other initiatives.

  • Star India to strengthen its FTA offering with launch of Star Utsav Movies

    Star India to strengthen its FTA offering with launch of Star Utsav Movies

    MUMBAI: After BARC (Broadcast Audience Research Council ) India’s rural data roll out, the broadcasters who were only targeting the premium consumers with premium launches in a big way, are now focusing on the FTA market also.

    Broadcast giant Star India is set to launch a new movie channel named ‘Star Utsav Movies’.

    As per available information Star India is planning to launch the channel in the month of June, once the IPL gets over.

    A source close to the development has confirmed the news to Indiantelevision.com,” Star Utsav Movies will be an FTA channel and the catalogue will have a mix of both old and new.”

    Since BARC India’s rural roll-out, Star India’s FTA channel Star Utsav has been constantly featuring in the list of top GEC channels. It has also made appearances in the list of top channels in across genres category.

  • Star India to strengthen its FTA offering with launch of Star Utsav Movies

    Star India to strengthen its FTA offering with launch of Star Utsav Movies

    MUMBAI: After BARC (Broadcast Audience Research Council ) India’s rural data roll out, the broadcasters who were only targeting the premium consumers with premium launches in a big way, are now focusing on the FTA market also.

    Broadcast giant Star India is set to launch a new movie channel named ‘Star Utsav Movies’.

    As per available information Star India is planning to launch the channel in the month of June, once the IPL gets over.

    A source close to the development has confirmed the news to Indiantelevision.com,” Star Utsav Movies will be an FTA channel and the catalogue will have a mix of both old and new.”

    Since BARC India’s rural roll-out, Star India’s FTA channel Star Utsav has been constantly featuring in the list of top GEC channels. It has also made appearances in the list of top channels in across genres category.

  • Zee Hiburan completes one year in Indonesia

    Zee Hiburan completes one year in Indonesia

    MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel)  announced that its 24×7 general entertainment channel in Indonesia Zee Hiburan  has successfully completed a year. The channel caters to the mainstream Indonesian audiences with a mix of popular Indian serials, Bollywood movies, shows, cookery programmes, etc., dubbed in Bahasa Indonesia.

    Speaking on the channel’s first anniversary, Zeel Asia Pacific business head Sushruta Samanta said, “The success of Zee Hiburan has been simply stupendous. The whole-hearted acceptance of Indian content in Indonesia has helped the channel reach over 1.4 million (14 lakh) pay TV viewers within a year of its launch. We look forward to build on this success and achieve greater heights in the future. As a part of its one-year celebrations, Zee Hiburan will add the popular drama series, Punar Vivah as well as kids’ content to its existing offerings.”

    Zee Hiburan was launched on 21 March 2015 in Indonesia as a GEC with popular Indian series such as Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke, Kumkum Bhagya, Qubool Hai, Jab Love Hua, Rab Se Sona Ishq, Alladin,Ramayan, Khana Khazana and Fear Files. The channel was positioned as ‘Colour Your Life’, showcasing every emotion in the most colourful fashion. Inspired from paper puppets and paper quilling art forms, the channel packaging was artistically designed to merge the Indonesian and Indian cultures.

    In September 2015, Zee Hiburan channel added the popular comedy show Bhabiji Ghar Par Hai, and period dramas, Jodha Akbar and Razia Sultan in its programme lineup The channel is currently available on 5 platforms in Indonesia viz. ICTA, K Vision, Orange TV, First Media and Dili Timor Leste ETO Telko.

  • Zee Hiburan completes one year in Indonesia

    Zee Hiburan completes one year in Indonesia

    MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel)  announced that its 24×7 general entertainment channel in Indonesia Zee Hiburan  has successfully completed a year. The channel caters to the mainstream Indonesian audiences with a mix of popular Indian serials, Bollywood movies, shows, cookery programmes, etc., dubbed in Bahasa Indonesia.

    Speaking on the channel’s first anniversary, Zeel Asia Pacific business head Sushruta Samanta said, “The success of Zee Hiburan has been simply stupendous. The whole-hearted acceptance of Indian content in Indonesia has helped the channel reach over 1.4 million (14 lakh) pay TV viewers within a year of its launch. We look forward to build on this success and achieve greater heights in the future. As a part of its one-year celebrations, Zee Hiburan will add the popular drama series, Punar Vivah as well as kids’ content to its existing offerings.”

    Zee Hiburan was launched on 21 March 2015 in Indonesia as a GEC with popular Indian series such as Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke, Kumkum Bhagya, Qubool Hai, Jab Love Hua, Rab Se Sona Ishq, Alladin,Ramayan, Khana Khazana and Fear Files. The channel was positioned as ‘Colour Your Life’, showcasing every emotion in the most colourful fashion. Inspired from paper puppets and paper quilling art forms, the channel packaging was artistically designed to merge the Indonesian and Indian cultures.

    In September 2015, Zee Hiburan channel added the popular comedy show Bhabiji Ghar Par Hai, and period dramas, Jodha Akbar and Razia Sultan in its programme lineup The channel is currently available on 5 platforms in Indonesia viz. ICTA, K Vision, Orange TV, First Media and Dili Timor Leste ETO Telko.

  • Permission to 126 TV channels remains cancelled even as total of permitted channels rises to 869

    Permission to 126 TV channels remains cancelled even as total of permitted channels rises to 869

    New Delhi, 10 March: While the total number of satellite television channels uplinking from or downlinking into India has risen by twelve to 869 in the past month, the number of channels to whom permission had been cancelled remains 126.

    Thus, the government had given permission to a total of 995 channels which included those whose permissions were cancelled later.

    Of the permitted channels, 402 are news and current affairs channels while 467 are general entertainment channels until 29 February.

    Unlike previous times, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has not uploaded details of the twelve new channels that have been permitted during February.

    Twenty channels including seven news channels have been permitted to uplink from India but not downlink within the country. 

    A total of 755 channels including 375 GECs are allowed to uplink and downlink in the country while 94 including 79 GECs are uplinked from overseas but allowed to downlink into TV homes in the country.    

     

  • Permission to 126 TV channels remains cancelled even as total of permitted channels rises to 869

    Permission to 126 TV channels remains cancelled even as total of permitted channels rises to 869

    New Delhi, 10 March: While the total number of satellite television channels uplinking from or downlinking into India has risen by twelve to 869 in the past month, the number of channels to whom permission had been cancelled remains 126.

    Thus, the government had given permission to a total of 995 channels which included those whose permissions were cancelled later.

    Of the permitted channels, 402 are news and current affairs channels while 467 are general entertainment channels until 29 February.

    Unlike previous times, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has not uploaded details of the twelve new channels that have been permitted during February.

    Twenty channels including seven news channels have been permitted to uplink from India but not downlink within the country. 

    A total of 755 channels including 375 GECs are allowed to uplink and downlink in the country while 94 including 79 GECs are uplinked from overseas but allowed to downlink into TV homes in the country.    

     

  • DD National replaces Star Utsav at no. 5 spot; top three GEC leaders decline in ratings

    DD National replaces Star Utsav at no. 5 spot; top three GEC leaders decline in ratings

    MUMBAI: Star Plus continued to lead the Hindi general entertainment channel (GECs) genre while  with a push from  Asia Cup T20, DD National entered the top ten list of Hindi GEC while on the other hand top three GECs have declined in ratings, in week 9 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all India data. 

    Even after a fall in ratings, Star Plus grabbed the lead position with 677342 (‘000s) against 768495 (‘000s) in week 8, followed by Colors also with a decrease in ratings but at the second place with 667036 (‘000s) against 725868 (‘000s) in previous week.  

    Zee Network’s Hindi entertainment channel Zee TV garnered the third berth with a decline in ratings at 626362 (‘000s) against 645473 (‘000s) in previous week. On the other hand, its free to air channel Zee Anmol too witnessed a fall in ratings and secured the fourth spot with 594218 (‘000s) against 625553 (‘000s) in last week. 

    DD National grabbed the fifth spot in the space with 509504 (‘000s) followed by Sony Pal on sixth slot with 500119 (‘000s) and Star Utsav with 486353 (‘000s) stood at number seven. 

    Life OK, Rishtey and Sab TV bagged eighth, ninth and tenth position with 435372 (‘000s),  410192 (‘000s) and  384177 (‘000s) respectively. 

  • DD National replaces Star Utsav at no. 5 spot; top three GEC leaders decline in ratings

    DD National replaces Star Utsav at no. 5 spot; top three GEC leaders decline in ratings

    MUMBAI: Star Plus continued to lead the Hindi general entertainment channel (GECs) genre while  with a push from  Asia Cup T20, DD National entered the top ten list of Hindi GEC while on the other hand top three GECs have declined in ratings, in week 9 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all India data. 

    Even after a fall in ratings, Star Plus grabbed the lead position with 677342 (‘000s) against 768495 (‘000s) in week 8, followed by Colors also with a decrease in ratings but at the second place with 667036 (‘000s) against 725868 (‘000s) in previous week.  

    Zee Network’s Hindi entertainment channel Zee TV garnered the third berth with a decline in ratings at 626362 (‘000s) against 645473 (‘000s) in previous week. On the other hand, its free to air channel Zee Anmol too witnessed a fall in ratings and secured the fourth spot with 594218 (‘000s) against 625553 (‘000s) in last week. 

    DD National grabbed the fifth spot in the space with 509504 (‘000s) followed by Sony Pal on sixth slot with 500119 (‘000s) and Star Utsav with 486353 (‘000s) stood at number seven. 

    Life OK, Rishtey and Sab TV bagged eighth, ninth and tenth position with 435372 (‘000s),  410192 (‘000s) and  384177 (‘000s) respectively.