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  • DD Freedish nets Rs 57 crore in auction from 14 channels

    DD Freedish nets Rs 57 crore in auction from 14 channels

    NEW DELHI: Doordarshan earned a sum of Rs 57.1 crore in the 23rd e-auction of its free-to-air DTH platform Freedish on 19 October, with 14 channels coming into its fold. 

     

    Prasar Bharati CEO had said earlier this year that the aim was to reach 112 channels within a year or so, when FreeDish moves from Mpeg2 to Mpeg4, for which official clearance is still awaited.

     

    Doordarshan deputy director general C K Jain told Indiantelevision.com that while 10 television channels had come back, four channels had won bids to fill vacant slots.

     

    Doordarshan had set a reserve price of Rs 3.7 crore per slot (as in the last few auctions) for the online e-auction, but all the bids were between Rs 4 to Rs 4.2 crore.

     

    Sadhana National, which is a new entrant, bid the highest with Rs 4.2 crore. On the other hand, nine channels bid Rs 4.1 crore and four channels bid Rs 4 crore.

     

    The other new entrants are Sony Mix, the Big Magic Ganga, which is a new Bhojpuri channel from the Reliance Group, and Home Shop18.

     

    The channels whose licences had expired and got renewed are: ABP News, India TV, Cinema TV, Enterr 10, 9XM, Dabbang, Masti, Chardhi Kala Times, B4U Movies, and Maha Movie.

     

    In the 22nd auction on 22 September, it managed to auction eight slots for around Rs 31.3 crore.

     

    Jain said Freedish will be encrypted shortly from Mpeg2 to Mpeg4 to keep a tab on the number of subscribers, but it would remain free-to-air.

     

    Currently, Freedish has 64 channels including its own channels, and Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha TV.

  • Chrome week 40: Sports genre leads with 1.1% hike

    Chrome week 40: Sports genre leads with 1.1% hike

    MUMBAI: The sports genre across India led the pack with a growth of 1.1 per cent with DD sports at the top of the chart with 74.4 per cent opportunity to see (OTS) in week 40 reported by Chrome Data Analytics and Media.

     

    Second on the list is the Hindi News genre in Hindi Speaking Market (HSM), which witnessed 0.9 per cent growth. India TV bagged the pole position in the section with 95.5 per cent OTS.

     

    English Entertainment grabbed the third slot in the six metros with growth of 0.7 per cent with Zee Café led the section with 49.3 per cent OTS.

     

    The Kids’ genre witnessed a rise of 0.3 per cent with Nickelodeon on the top with 78.6 per cent OTS.

     

    Amongst the losers this week were English Movies, Business News, Infotainments and Hindi general entertainment channels (GECs).

     

    The English Movie section in six metros witnessed a drop of 3.2 per cent with Movies Now securing the first position with 57.4 per cent OTS.

     

    Business News in six metros dropped by three per cent with CNBC Awaaz securing the top slot with 72.9 per cent OTS.

     

    The Infotainment channels genre across India dropped by one per cent. DD Kisan with 81.2 emerged as the most affected channel in the genre.

     

    This was followed by the Hindi GEC genre, which saw a fall of  0.7 per cent and bagged the fourth berth with DD National leading the tally with 96.4 OTS.

  • India TV regains top slot with strong programming

    India TV regains top slot with strong programming

    MUMBAI: India TV’s Aap Ki Adalat episode featuring comedian turned actor Kapil Sharma has seen a 101 per cent rise in its ratings as compared to the show’s previous episode. This subsequently played a pivotal role in taking the channel back to the number one slot in week 38 in Hindi News channels segment. Kapil’s humour quotient paired with India TV chairman and editor-in-chief Rajat Sharma’s array of clever questions seems to have worked like magic. What’s more, alongside the flagship show, the channel’s weekday prime time show Aaj Ki Baat with Rajat Sharma as well as Chunav Manch – India TV’s Bihar Conclave, also garnered good ratings during the same week.

     

     

     

    As per data shared by BARC India on Indiantelevision.com’s request, the channel’s ratings jumped from 1967 in the last four weeks (week 34 to 37) to 3948 in week 38 from a sample of over 1 lakh viewers in the Hindi Speaking Market (HSM). This makes India TV the most viewed channel in the Hindi news segment in week 38.

     

     

     

    The good ratings, however, doesn’t faze the editor-in-chief. Speaking to Indiantelevision.com, he says, “We have always focussed on content. Ratings come automatically.” In fact, Sharma had an inkling that the episode with Kapil would be a hit with the audience. “The first indication that the show would be a hit was when I noticed the audience present in the studio enjoying Kapil’s answers,” he adds.

     

    According to Rajat Sharma, Kapil’s interesting anecdotes won the audience over during the show. “Kapil in Aap Ki Adalat was spontaneous. While answering my questions, he narrated some interesting anecdotes, which the audience liked. The presence of Bhojpuri star Manoj Tiwari in the studio and his ‘jugalbandi’ with Kapil helped in making the show a bigger hit,” he informs.

     

    It is interesting to note that the two Sharmas have previously made an appearance together on screen last year on Colors’ Comedy Nights with Kapil Sharma, where Rajat Sharma was invited as a guest.

      

    In the Hindi News channels space, Zee News has been at the number one spot as per BARC for the last two weeks. On the other hand, India TV has also been at top of the ladder many a times over the last few months

  • India TV Bihar Conclave set to host the biggest power gathering before state elections

    India TV Bihar Conclave set to host the biggest power gathering before state elections

    MUMBAI: Riding on a spectacular response, both in terms of numbers & critical acclaim to its special initiatives over the last 2 elections, India TV’s announces the launch of Chunav Manch. This will be a full-day long Mega-Conclave focused on Bihar elections.

     

    The channel that has gained a huge reputation for its top-notch on-ground initiatives over last few years, hold many promises for the avid political watchers & analysts through this initiative. As it is a norm with all India TV events, even this Conclave will be studded with the biggest political names those have direct stakes in these elections.

     

    What makes these elections highly anticipated & a top news event is that many are viewing them as a some sort of a report card to ruling BJP/NDA regime in the centre and others are keen to see how a slightly desperate looking tie-up of various parties ‘with different ideologies’ be able to fare in the litmus test.

     

    While top politicians will discuss & debate their own visions & beliefs and question others’ views for the state, there will be a determined battery of top journalists and top state influencers grilling each of them on issues of genuine importance.

     

    The participants who have so far consented to attend the summit include Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, Former CMs Lalu Prasad Yadav & Jitan Ram Manjhi, BJP President Amit Shah, JD(U) President Sharad Yadav, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, LJP President Ram Vilas Paswan, Former Deputy CM Sushil Modi, Actor & BJP Leader Shatrughan Sinha, Actor & BJP MP Manoj Tiwari amongst others.

     

    The Conclave, which is set to be the biggest power gathering before Bihar Elections, is slated for tomorrow, 22nd September 2015. The proceedings shall telecast live & exclusive on India TV from Patna’s Hotel Maurya.

  • TAM week 32: Star Plus sees ascend in ratings

    TAM week 32: Star Plus sees ascend in ratings

    MUMBAI: After continuous decline in the ratings over the last few weeks, Star Plus in week 32 of TAM ratings, observed an ascend as the channel registered 246 GRPs compared to 229 GRPs in week 31.

     

    Colors at the second spot also saw a slight ascend as the ratings went up from 202 GRPs to 207 GRPs in week 32. On the other hand, Zee TV, in the third spot, has gone down from 153 GRPs to 148 GRPs in week 32.

     

    SAB continued to stay put in the fourth slot with 144 GRPs, while Life OK garnered 121 GRPs to grab the fifth berth. Sony Entertainment Television secured the sixth position with 105 GRPs while &TV with 61 GRPs sat at seventh slot.

     

    Aaj Tak with 26 GRPs topped the list of most watched Hindi news channels in the Hindi Speaking Market (HSM) and was followed by ABP News with 22 GRPs. Rajat Sharma’s India TV secured the third slot with 21 GRPs.

  • BARC Wk 30: Aaj Tak leads Hindi news channel category

    BARC Wk 30: Aaj Tak leads Hindi news channel category

    MUMBAI: In the week 30 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India analysis Hindi news channel Aaj Tak has topped the ratings chart in the Hindi news channel genre category. The channel has bagged 60594 (000 sum). The second in the ratings chart is India TV with 48446 (000 sum) and ABP News with 46565(000 sum) stood third.

     

    The English news channel genre has also done well this week. Times Now saw a hike in the ratings chart with 1038 (000 sum). India Today Television followed Times Now with 454 (000 sum), NDTV 24×7 grabbed the third slot with 401 (000 sum).

     

    The Hindi general entertainment channel (GEC) category continued to see Star Plus as the leader with 367463 (000 sum) followed by Colors with 348221 (000 sum). Zee TV with 258488 (000 sum) grabbed the third spot while Life OK after garnering 221448 (000 sum) sat over Sab which secured 221125 (000 sum) to grab the fifth spot.

     

    Star Plus’ Saath Nibhaana Saathiya with 5518(000 sum) secured top berth in the list of top programs as per BARC India analysis. Zee TV’s Kumkum Bhagya with 5351(000 sum) secured second position while Colors’ Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi with 5182(000 sum) and Sasural Simar Ka with 5141(000 sum) booked third and fourth berth respectively. Star Plus’ Ye Hai Mohabbatein with 4561(000 sum) sat on fifth slot.

     

    Ten Sports with 37321 (000 sum) continued its leadership position in the sports genre while Ten Cricket of the same conglomerate with 13981 (000 sum) booked second berth followed by Star Sports 2 with 11183 (000 sum).

  • BARC week 23: Hindi GECs’ order remains unmoved

    BARC week 23: Hindi GECs’ order remains unmoved

     

    MUMBAI: Week 23 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) ratings saw no change in the pecking order of Hindi general entertainment channels (GECs). Star Plus continued to stay on top with 366096 (000’s sum) followed by Colors with 328096 (000’s sum).

     

    Zee TV stood at number three with 237242 (000’s sum), whereas Life OK occupied the fourth spot with 232292 (000’s sum). Sab maintained its fifth position with 186421 (000’s sum).

     

    Amongst the top three programs, Star Plus’s Saath Nibhaana Saathiya continued to rule the chart with 6566 (000’s sum) followed by Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai with 4465 (000’s sum). Colors’ Sasural Simar Ka secured the third position with 4421 (000’s sum).

     

    Sports category witnessed new winners this week. Though Ten Sports continued to hold the number one spot with 46541 (000’s sum), Star Sports 3 and Star Sports 1 were perched at the second and third spot with 15794 (000’s sum) and 15158 (000’s sum) respectively.

     

    In the Hindi news broadcasting space, Aaj Tak continued its stranglehold on its pole position with 28366 (000’s sum). India TV claimed the second spot with 27514 (000’s sum) followed by ABP News at number three with 27074 (000’s sum).

     

    In the English Business news genre, CNBC TV18 topped the category with 182 (000’s sum) followed by ET Now with 153 (000’s sum) at number two. NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime at number three scored 22 (000’s sum).

     

    In the Hindi Business news space, CNBC Awaaz garnered 984 (000’s sum) followed by Zee Business with 451 (000’s sum).

  • BARC: India Today TV topples Times Now; bags pole position

    BARC: India Today TV topples Times Now; bags pole position

    MUMBAI: Week 22 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) ratings saw India Today Television (erstwhile Headlines Today) creating a new record by taking over the leadership slot within the second week of its launch. In the English news genre, India Today Television claimed the top slot with 354 (000’s sum).

     

    As a direct result of this, Times Now lost its leadership slot and was pushed back to the second slot with 264 (000’s sum) followed by NDTV 24×7 with 107 (000’s sum).

     

    Speaking on the ratings, India Today Group CEO Ashish Bagga said, “India Today Television aims to redefine the TV news space with pioneering content and a multidimensional visual format. This backed with the gold standard of journalism that India Today has always stood for, is drawing unprecedented attention and we are extremely delighted to see this viewership. We will keep working hard to raise the bar and to become the single most important knowledge source for the viewer.”

     

    Week 22 observed no change in the pecking order of Hindi general entertainment channels (GECs). Star Plus continued to strengthen its viewership as it recorded 395608 (000’s sum) followed by Colors with 368444 (000’s sum).

     

    Zee TV retained its number three slot with 232732 (000’s sum) followed by Life OK with 230076 (000’s sum). Sab occupied the fifth position with 202904 (000’s sum).

     

    Amongst the top three programs, Star Plus’s Saath Nibhaana Saathiya continued to rule the charts with 7168 (000’s sum). Interestingly, Colors’ two shows ranked at number second and third spot respectively. Thus, Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat secured 5195 (000’s sum) followed by Sasural Simar Ka with 4827 (000’s sum).

     

    In the Hindi news broadcasting space, Aaj Tak had a stranglehold over its numero uno position with 27795 (000’s sum) followed by ABP News with 27012 (000’s sum). India TV occupied the third slot with 23460 (000’s sum).

     

    Bindass continued to lead in the youth space with 2847 (000’s sum) followed by MTV with 2268 (ooo’s sum). Channel V registered the third slot with 1199 (000’s sum).

  • India TV ups Sudipto Chowdhuri as executive president- sales

    India TV ups Sudipto Chowdhuri as executive president- sales

    MUMBAI: After completion of two successful fiscals, India TV has promoted Sudipto Chowdhuri as executive president–sales.

     

    It may be recalled that India TV underwent a complete brand make-over a couple of years ago including brand identity, packaging, content and presentation.

     

    Chowdhuri’s inclusion to lead the sales function at India TV coincided with its pre-transition preparations. As part of a larger organisational objective, the immediate challenges he has faced are those of price hike and bringing top-of-the-line brands on board.

     

    Chowdhuri said, “I would like to specially thank our MD and CEO Ritu Dhawan not only for the appreciation and recognition but also for placing trust and giving me a free hand to handle the sales in a fiercely competitive scenario.”

     

    Chowdhuri started his career in advertising with Tata Yellow Pages in Delhi. He was sent to Kolkata to start Tata Yellow pages branch operations along with couple of senior colleagues. After a long stint in Tata Yellow Pages, he moved south with India Today group as deputy manager advertising (IMPACT) and was handling all editions of India Today language editions. He then moved to Zee Network as senior manager – ad sales and was handling entire network sales based out of Hyderabad for Andhra Pradesh market. 

     

    Promoted as associate vice president – sales he moved to Chennai to handle TN & AP markets. He then moved to Star News as head of TN & AP. Later he moved to Mumbai with Star News to handle bigger markets and responsibilities. After a relatively long stint with Star News and before joining India TV in January 2013, he got his first national responsibility with TV 9 Group (TV9 Kannada and News 9 English news channel).

  • Top politicians, actors, sportspersons in running for India TV Yuva Awards 2015

    Top politicians, actors, sportspersons in running for India TV Yuva Awards 2015

    MUMBAI: Union Ministers Smriti Irani and Kiren Rijiju, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, AAP leaders Kumar Vishwas and Alka Lamba, Congress leaders Deepender Singh Hooda and Mausam Noor, and Apna Dal MP Anupriya Patel are in the running as youth icons nominated for India TV Yuva Awards to be presented this year.

     

    The names of winners will be announced at an event on 18 April at Taj Palace Hotel in New Delhi.

     

    India TV Yuva awards are given away every year to youth icons, who have demonstrated exemplary leadership in their respective fields. The awards will be in six categories: politics, sports, music, films, television and business. The awards were instituted in 2013 to honour the most promising young faces of the nation.

     

    In the Sports category, those in the running among males include Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan (all cricketers) and Vijay Kumar (Olympian shooter), while among females Saina Nehwal (badminton), Deepika Pallikal (squash), P V Sindhu (badminton) and Geeta Phogat (wrestler) have been nominated.

     

    Among the Bollywood youth icons, those nominated include Arjun Kapoor, Siddharth Malhotra, Sushant Singh Rajput and Varun Dhawan in the male category, while Anushka Sharma, Sonam Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha and Parineeti Chopra have been nominated among female actors.

     

    In the small screen category, Mohit Raina, Gautam Gulati, Rajat Tokas and Ashish Sharma have been nominated among male actors, whereas Digangana Suryavanshi, Drashti Dhami, Pooja Gaur and Sanaya Irani figure among female TV actors nominated as youth icons.

     

    Singers Arijit Singh, Javed Ali, Benny Dayal, Joi Barua and Papon have been nominated in music category (male), while Shilpa Rao, Kanika Kapoor, Monali Thakur and Palak Muchhal have been nominated as female icons in Music.

     

    In the Business section, Rahul Sharma (Micromax), Kunal Behl (Snapdeal), Bhavish Aggarwal (Ola!) and Peyush Bansal (Lenskart) have been nominated among male icons, while Avani Davda (Tata Starbucks), Priya Nair (Hindustan Unilever), Neha Kirpal (India Art Fair) and Radhika Ghai Aggarwal (ShopClues) are in the running in female category.

     

    The nominations have been made through a stringent process involving recommendations by the editorial board, followed by a stratified research by a research partner C-Voter and subsequently decided upon by the grand jury led by Sarod maestro Ustaad Amjad Ali Khan.

     

    The jury includes noted personalities like Prasoon Joshi, Vandana Luthra, Prof. Pushpesh Pant and India TV chairman & editor-in-chief Rajat Sharma.

     

    Speaking about the awards, India TV MD and CEO Ritu Dhawan said, “It is these young achievers of our nation who will most certainly be amongst those who will lead our country to greater heights in the near future. These rising stars, despite their young age, are the shining icons of Gen Y. Yuva Awards is a humble attempt by India TV to encourage the spirit of excellence and inspire fellow Indians.”