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  • Political epicentre Lucknow buzzed while nation witnessed India TV’s ‘Chunav Manch’ UP

    Political epicentre Lucknow buzzed while nation witnessed India TV’s ‘Chunav Manch’ UP

    MUMBAI: The second edition of India TV’s Mega-Conclave Chunav Manch UP came out a notch higher of its hugely successful predecessor. While the scale of execution or the participation was very much at par with the splendid first edition, the differentiating fire for the most part came from the overtly charged participation both from the political heavyweights, those were grilled and the equally celebrated audiences. The ground event was managed by ThinkXQ.

    Enviable line-up of participation, that India TV is known for in its Events, included real heavyweights from the top political formations in fray. The format that was a strategic and considered mix of top personalities being grilled in one-on-one sessions to passionate debates those were moderated by India TV top News Anchors. None less than a couple of Aap Ki Adalat Specials conducted by IndiaTV Chairman & Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma himself was surely the highlight.

    While the Political biggies took potshots at one another, certain sessions with heavyweights like BJP’s Yogi Adityanath, SP leader Abu Azmi, BJP spokesman Sambit Patra, former BSP leader Swami Prasad Maurya and Congress leader Pramod Tiwari, sizzled with high-pitched & heated debates. Rajat Sharma led from the front by grilling Akhilesh Yadav and Amit Shah during the Adalat Specials.

    As the avid political watchers were having a full feast of political dose with top leaders, those also included BJP’s Jagdambika Pal, Congress’ Salman Khursheed, Naved Siddiqui, Union minister of state Anupriya Patel, BJP’s Manoj Tiwari, SP’s Udayvir Singh, BJP’s Bhupendra Yadav, SP Leader Naresh Agrawal, India TV dished out for its discerning audiences yet another dose of fresh quality content.

    India TV MD & CEO Ritu Dhawan on the huge success of event said, “Team strived hard to match the bar set by India TV’s benchmark on-ground initiatives including the previous version of Chunav Manch. With the massive feedback we have received, both on the innovative format & content, our competition with ourselves is reaching the next level.”

    “We are happy that we are keeping our audience happy with solid content.” she added while highlighting the tireless effort that goes into keeping India TV content initiatives a level up over the competition.

  • Network18 strengthens digital arm with pros from Jabong, Flipkart & India TV

    MUMBAI: Network18, one of India’s most diversified media conglomerates is re-imagining and thereby bolstering its Digital proposition. In this direction, the Group announced the rebranding of Web18 as Network18 Digital last year. Network18 Digital boasts of highly successful and pioneering digital properties like Moneycontrol, Firstpost, News18 and Pradesh18. In order to grow these platforms and seed new ideas within the network so as to claim a leadership position in digital space, Network18 has been taking proactive initiatives. It appointed Manish Maheshwari as CEO of Network18 Digital.

    Network18 Digital is among the largest multi-platform destinations for objective breaking news, opinions, financial data and infotainment for the evolved digital news consumer. It caters to all sections of society, especially to the millennials and Generation Z users who access and consume content on the go. In an effort to offer the best in digital space, the company has been continuously hiring unmatched talent from the market. Lakshmi Potluri, former co-founder of Jabong.com and recent hires include Rajiv Singh from Flipkart and Anushrav Gulati from India TV Digital.

    Speaking about the appointments, Maheshwari, says, “We are in an exciting phase of time when changes in content consumption are happening at an accelerating rate and it is indispensable to stay relevant to the new consumers that are getting hooked onto digital platforms each day. With web becoming a passé and action moving to Mobile and further to Wearables, Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), it was necessary to reinvent ourselves and be future-ready. And that explains the power of Network18 Digital or its numeronym N18D. We have brought the finest team together to bring the most innovative offerings for consumers and the recent appointments will bolster our efforts towards the same.”

    Rajiv Singh has joined N18D as the Business Head for News18. Rajiv is an Alumnus of IIM- Kozhikode with significant experience in media, both traditional and Digital. Prior to N18D, he was with Flipkart where he was responsible for Digital Ad sales for third party clients. In past he has worked with companies like Star TV – TV Ad sales & Online Ads Sales for Hotstar & Starsports.com. He was responsible for setting up and mentoring the Ads business for Amagi media and prior to that was part of Radio Mirchi in various capacities across India.

    Anushrav Gulati has joined Network18 Digital as Business Head for the Languages portfolio. Anushrav comes with experience across e-commerce, search and publishing domains. In his last assignment Anushrav was responsible for setting up the Digital team, processes and business initiatives for India TV Digital.

    Both Rajiv and Anushrav will be reporting to Maheshwari.

    N18D is an integral part of the Network18 family that is home to some of India’s most prominent TV stations in both news and entertainment genres straddling multiple languages. Some of these include CNBC-TV18, CNBC Awaaz, CNN-News18, ETV Network and Colors. The network is partner to some of the most respected international brands, notably CNN, CNBC, Viacom and Forbes. N18D’s family legacy and its international partnerships gives it access to the most exhaustive and trusted content from across India and around the world in multiple flavors, languages and subject genres.

  • India TV instals dLive mixing system to manage broadcast connectivity

    India TV instals dLive mixing system to manage broadcast connectivity

    MUMBAI: India TV, one of the country’s leading Hindi news channel, has invested in Allen & Heath’s flagship dLive S Class digital mixing system to manage audio connectivity in its state-of-the-art broadcast centre. Part of the Independent News Service Private Ltd., India TV has a reach of over 90 million viewers, and its programmes have won several prestigious awards.

    India TV, with investment from ComVentures, a top Silicon Valley venture fund, and a leading private equity entity, has created benchmarks in innovation, impact, ratings, time spends, and viewer-support. Indeed, India TV’s newsbreaks have inspired talk shows on rival channels, Bollywood films, BBC documentaries and articles in Time Magazine, even Amul hoardings.

    As part of an audio refurbishment, Rajat Sharma-led India TV was keen to install dLive as a permanent mixer in the studio, selecting the S7000 Surface and DM64 MixRack.

    Created for professional touring, broadcast and prestige installations, dLive S Class has earned its reputation for audio quality and robustness in the most complex and high-profile applications.

    “My team is very impressed with Allen & Heath’s sound quality, and the S Class dLive system has huge IO capacity, enabling them to manage the increasingly wide network of channels,” explains India TV technical general manager Ajay Seth.

    “The dLive surface is very user friendly and we did not face any issues transitioning from analogue to digital, and the powerful 96kHz processing core provides amazing headroom and extremely low latency, which is an ideal environment for broadcasting. Also, the user-defined bus architecture is a big bonus. dLive completely outshone the competition!”

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  • India TV instals dLive mixing system to manage broadcast connectivity

    India TV instals dLive mixing system to manage broadcast connectivity

    MUMBAI: India TV, one of the country’s leading Hindi news channel, has invested in Allen & Heath’s flagship dLive S Class digital mixing system to manage audio connectivity in its state-of-the-art broadcast centre. Part of the Independent News Service Private Ltd., India TV has a reach of over 90 million viewers, and its programmes have won several prestigious awards.

    India TV, with investment from ComVentures, a top Silicon Valley venture fund, and a leading private equity entity, has created benchmarks in innovation, impact, ratings, time spends, and viewer-support. Indeed, India TV’s newsbreaks have inspired talk shows on rival channels, Bollywood films, BBC documentaries and articles in Time Magazine, even Amul hoardings.

    As part of an audio refurbishment, Rajat Sharma-led India TV was keen to install dLive as a permanent mixer in the studio, selecting the S7000 Surface and DM64 MixRack.

    Created for professional touring, broadcast and prestige installations, dLive S Class has earned its reputation for audio quality and robustness in the most complex and high-profile applications.

    “My team is very impressed with Allen & Heath’s sound quality, and the S Class dLive system has huge IO capacity, enabling them to manage the increasingly wide network of channels,” explains India TV technical general manager Ajay Seth.

    “The dLive surface is very user friendly and we did not face any issues transitioning from analogue to digital, and the powerful 96kHz processing core provides amazing headroom and extremely low latency, which is an ideal environment for broadcasting. Also, the user-defined bus architecture is a big bonus. dLive completely outshone the competition!”

    Also Read :

    Zee Media’s WION opts for Dalet unified news solution

  • India TV’s ‘Chunav Manch’ to be telecast live on 4 February

    India TV’s ‘Chunav Manch’ to be telecast live on 4 February

    MUMBAI: While the country braces itself for much awaited Assembly Elections 2017, the epicenter of all the buzz remains Uttar Pradesh. The soaring high political fever has gripped this all-political state like never before – an election that is almost seen as run through of the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections or a verdict of PM Narendra Modi’s demonetization move to say the least.

    Chunav Manch – UP will be held at Lucknow on 4 February, 2017, and will be telecast live on India TV through the day.

    To gratify its audiences with top content, India TV has declared yet another edition of its a full-day mega conclave “Chunav Manch” right from the nerve-centre of Lucknow from where all the big political headlines are endlessly being generated for months now.

    India TV chairman and editor-in-chief Rajat Sharma shall himself punctuate the day’s proceedings by subjecting political bigwigs to the tough questions in his unique interrogating style to bring out the real plot to light amongst the almost continuous news of endless flip-flops by the key contenders.

    Political big-wheelers those are most likely to be present for the day include – UP CM Akhilesh Yadav, BJP president Amit Shah, UP Congress chief Raj Babbar are expected to share the Manch with leaders like Yogi Adityanath, Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Prof. Ramgopal Yadav, Sakshi Maharaj, Shivpal Yadav, Asaduddin Owaisi, Keshav Prasad Maurya, Dr. Sanjay Singh, Pramod Tiwari, Anupriya Patel, Naresh Agarwal, Sudhanshu Trivedi, Manoj Tiwari and Raghuraj Pratap Singh (Raja Bhaiyya) amongst others.

    Announcing the second chapter of Chunav Manch – UP, India TV MD & CEO Ritu Dhawan said, “We as the leader of the genre owe a magnifying view of all that interests our viewers. UP is hot (for our viewers) at the moment & thus the initiative is unavoidable.”

    “The booming success of the first edition has made the challenge a really difficult one & we will strive best to match it.” She added.

  • India TV’s ‘Chunav Manch’ to be telecast live on 4 February

    India TV’s ‘Chunav Manch’ to be telecast live on 4 February

    MUMBAI: While the country braces itself for much awaited Assembly Elections 2017, the epicenter of all the buzz remains Uttar Pradesh. The soaring high political fever has gripped this all-political state like never before – an election that is almost seen as run through of the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections or a verdict of PM Narendra Modi’s demonetization move to say the least.

    Chunav Manch – UP will be held at Lucknow on 4 February, 2017, and will be telecast live on India TV through the day.

    To gratify its audiences with top content, India TV has declared yet another edition of its a full-day mega conclave “Chunav Manch” right from the nerve-centre of Lucknow from where all the big political headlines are endlessly being generated for months now.

    India TV chairman and editor-in-chief Rajat Sharma shall himself punctuate the day’s proceedings by subjecting political bigwigs to the tough questions in his unique interrogating style to bring out the real plot to light amongst the almost continuous news of endless flip-flops by the key contenders.

    Political big-wheelers those are most likely to be present for the day include – UP CM Akhilesh Yadav, BJP president Amit Shah, UP Congress chief Raj Babbar are expected to share the Manch with leaders like Yogi Adityanath, Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Prof. Ramgopal Yadav, Sakshi Maharaj, Shivpal Yadav, Asaduddin Owaisi, Keshav Prasad Maurya, Dr. Sanjay Singh, Pramod Tiwari, Anupriya Patel, Naresh Agarwal, Sudhanshu Trivedi, Manoj Tiwari and Raghuraj Pratap Singh (Raja Bhaiyya) amongst others.

    Announcing the second chapter of Chunav Manch – UP, India TV MD & CEO Ritu Dhawan said, “We as the leader of the genre owe a magnifying view of all that interests our viewers. UP is hot (for our viewers) at the moment & thus the initiative is unavoidable.”

    “The booming success of the first edition has made the challenge a really difficult one & we will strive best to match it.” She added.

  • India News exits, News Nation enters in Hindi News Urban: BARC week 53

    India News exits, News Nation enters in Hindi News Urban: BARC week 53

    MUMBAI: The channels in the English News space observed a hike in ratings this week except BBC World News. Times Now continued to dominate the genre.

    According to the week 53 ratings data of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India, the players in the English Business News space witnessed mixed ratings.

    Aaj Tak remained as the number one channel in the Hindi News space both in rural and urban markets. The players in the Hindi News space witnessed mixed ratings this week. In the Hindi News Urban data, India News exited and made way for the entry of News Nation.

    The channels in the Hindi Business News genre noted a decline in ratings this week.

    English News

    Times Now with an increase in its ratings continued to dominate the genre with 558 Impressions (000s) as compared to 546 Impressions (000s) in week 52. NDTV 24×7 sustained its second slot with 224 Impressions (000s) while India Today Television took the third position with 202 Impressions. CNN News18 with 175 Impressions (000s) and BBC World News with 59 Impressions (000s) took the fourth and fifth position, respectively.

    English Business News

    CNBC TV18 continued to lead with an increase in ratings from 227 Impressions (000s) in week 52 to 257 Impressions (000s) this week. ET Now was at the second spot with 149 Impressions (000s). NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime continued to be at the third position with 34 Impressions (000s). BTVi was on the fourth spot with 19 Impressions (000s). CNBC TV 18 Prime HD sustained at the fifth place with 3 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News mixed

    Aaj Tak observed a decline in the ratings and stood at the first spot with 160276 Impressions (000s) as to 165306 Impressions (000s) in last week followed by ABP News at the second position with 133863 Impressions (000s). India TV took the third position with 132185 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News at the fourth position with 118976 Impressions (000s). India News took the fifth position with 89858 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News Rural

    Aaj Tak with a decrease in the ratings dominated the rural market with 74184 Impressions (000s). ABP News was at the second slot with 63853 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the third place with 60463 Impressions (000s). Zee News took the fourth place with 49794 Impressions (000s) followed by India News with 48936 Impressions (000s) at the fifth position.

    Hindi News Urban

    Aaj Tak stood at the number one position with 86092 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the second position with 71722 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the third position with 70011 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News at the fourth position with 69182 Impressions (000s). News Nation took the fifth position with 43678 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi Business News

    CNBC Awaaz witnessed a decrease in ratings though it continued at the number one position with 1058 Impressions (000s) as compared to 1146 Impressions (000s) in week 52. The second spot was taken by Zee Business with 901 Impressions (000s).

  • India News exits, News Nation enters in Hindi News Urban: BARC week 53

    India News exits, News Nation enters in Hindi News Urban: BARC week 53

    MUMBAI: The channels in the English News space observed a hike in ratings this week except BBC World News. Times Now continued to dominate the genre.

    According to the week 53 ratings data of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India, the players in the English Business News space witnessed mixed ratings.

    Aaj Tak remained as the number one channel in the Hindi News space both in rural and urban markets. The players in the Hindi News space witnessed mixed ratings this week. In the Hindi News Urban data, India News exited and made way for the entry of News Nation.

    The channels in the Hindi Business News genre noted a decline in ratings this week.

    English News

    Times Now with an increase in its ratings continued to dominate the genre with 558 Impressions (000s) as compared to 546 Impressions (000s) in week 52. NDTV 24×7 sustained its second slot with 224 Impressions (000s) while India Today Television took the third position with 202 Impressions. CNN News18 with 175 Impressions (000s) and BBC World News with 59 Impressions (000s) took the fourth and fifth position, respectively.

    English Business News

    CNBC TV18 continued to lead with an increase in ratings from 227 Impressions (000s) in week 52 to 257 Impressions (000s) this week. ET Now was at the second spot with 149 Impressions (000s). NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime continued to be at the third position with 34 Impressions (000s). BTVi was on the fourth spot with 19 Impressions (000s). CNBC TV 18 Prime HD sustained at the fifth place with 3 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News mixed

    Aaj Tak observed a decline in the ratings and stood at the first spot with 160276 Impressions (000s) as to 165306 Impressions (000s) in last week followed by ABP News at the second position with 133863 Impressions (000s). India TV took the third position with 132185 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News at the fourth position with 118976 Impressions (000s). India News took the fifth position with 89858 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News Rural

    Aaj Tak with a decrease in the ratings dominated the rural market with 74184 Impressions (000s). ABP News was at the second slot with 63853 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the third place with 60463 Impressions (000s). Zee News took the fourth place with 49794 Impressions (000s) followed by India News with 48936 Impressions (000s) at the fifth position.

    Hindi News Urban

    Aaj Tak stood at the number one position with 86092 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the second position with 71722 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the third position with 70011 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News at the fourth position with 69182 Impressions (000s). News Nation took the fifth position with 43678 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi Business News

    CNBC Awaaz witnessed a decrease in ratings though it continued at the number one position with 1058 Impressions (000s) as compared to 1146 Impressions (000s) in week 52. The second spot was taken by Zee Business with 901 Impressions (000s).

  • Times Now, Aaj Tak retain positions even as ratings decline

    Times Now, Aaj Tak retain positions even as ratings decline

    MUMBAI: The channels in the English News space witnessed a decrease in ratings this week. Times Now with a further decrease in its ratings however continued to dominate the genre.

    According to the week 52 ratings data of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India, the players in the English Business News space witnessed mixed ratings.

    Aaj Tak remained as the number one channel in the Hindi News space, both in rural and urban markets. Players in the Hindi News space witnessed mixed ratings this week.

    Channels in the Hindi Business News genre saw mixed ratings this week.

    English News

    Times Now, with a further decrease in its ratings, continued to dominate the genre with 546 Impressions (000s) as compared to 576 Impressions (000s) in week 51. NDTV 24×7 sustained its second slot with 223 Impressions (000s) while India Today Television took the third position with 171 Impressions. CNN News18 with 171 Impressions (000s) and BBC World News with 61 Impressions (000s) took the fourth and fifth position, respectively.

    English Business News

    CNBC TV18 continued to lead with a decrease in ratings from 237 Impressions (000s) in week 51 to 227 Impressions (000s) this week. ET Now was at the second spot with 135 Impressions (000s). NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime continued to be at the third position with 44 Impressions (000s). BTVi was on the fourth spot with 20 Impressions (000s). CNBC TV 18 Prime HD sustained at the fifth place with 1 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News

    Aaj Tak observed a decline in the ratings but stood at the first spot with 165306 Impressions (000s) as compared to 168964 Impressions (000s) in last week followed by India TV at the second position with 142318 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the third position with 131434 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News at the fourth position with 108600 Impressions (000s). India News took the fifth position with 81387 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News Rural

    Aaj Tak with a decrease in the ratings dominated the rural market with 75849 Impressions (000s). India TV was at the second slot with 67718 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News at the third place with 60435 Impressions (000s). Zee News took the fourth place with 44674 Impressions (000s) followed by India News with 43765 Impressions (000s) at the fifth position.

    Hindi News Urban

    Aaj Tak stood at the number one position with 89457 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the second position with 89457 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the third position with 70999 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News at the fourth position with 63926 Impressions (000s). India News took the fifth position with 42479 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi Business News

    CNBC Awaaz witnessed a decrease in ratings though it continued at the number one position with 1146 Impressions (000s) as compared to 1223 Impressions (000s) in week 51. The second spot was taken by Zee Business with 1089 Impressions (000s).

  • Times Now, Aaj Tak retain positions even as ratings decline

    Times Now, Aaj Tak retain positions even as ratings decline

    MUMBAI: The channels in the English News space witnessed a decrease in ratings this week. Times Now with a further decrease in its ratings however continued to dominate the genre.

    According to the week 52 ratings data of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India, the players in the English Business News space witnessed mixed ratings.

    Aaj Tak remained as the number one channel in the Hindi News space, both in rural and urban markets. Players in the Hindi News space witnessed mixed ratings this week.

    Channels in the Hindi Business News genre saw mixed ratings this week.

    English News

    Times Now, with a further decrease in its ratings, continued to dominate the genre with 546 Impressions (000s) as compared to 576 Impressions (000s) in week 51. NDTV 24×7 sustained its second slot with 223 Impressions (000s) while India Today Television took the third position with 171 Impressions. CNN News18 with 171 Impressions (000s) and BBC World News with 61 Impressions (000s) took the fourth and fifth position, respectively.

    English Business News

    CNBC TV18 continued to lead with a decrease in ratings from 237 Impressions (000s) in week 51 to 227 Impressions (000s) this week. ET Now was at the second spot with 135 Impressions (000s). NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime continued to be at the third position with 44 Impressions (000s). BTVi was on the fourth spot with 20 Impressions (000s). CNBC TV 18 Prime HD sustained at the fifth place with 1 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News

    Aaj Tak observed a decline in the ratings but stood at the first spot with 165306 Impressions (000s) as compared to 168964 Impressions (000s) in last week followed by India TV at the second position with 142318 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the third position with 131434 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News at the fourth position with 108600 Impressions (000s). India News took the fifth position with 81387 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News Rural

    Aaj Tak with a decrease in the ratings dominated the rural market with 75849 Impressions (000s). India TV was at the second slot with 67718 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News at the third place with 60435 Impressions (000s). Zee News took the fourth place with 44674 Impressions (000s) followed by India News with 43765 Impressions (000s) at the fifth position.

    Hindi News Urban

    Aaj Tak stood at the number one position with 89457 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the second position with 89457 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the third position with 70999 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News at the fourth position with 63926 Impressions (000s). India News took the fifth position with 42479 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi Business News

    CNBC Awaaz witnessed a decrease in ratings though it continued at the number one position with 1146 Impressions (000s) as compared to 1223 Impressions (000s) in week 51. The second spot was taken by Zee Business with 1089 Impressions (000s).