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  • Indian Telly Awards tops ratings on Sony with 3.54 TVR

    Indian Telly Awards tops ratings on Sony with 3.54 TVR

    MUMBAI: The Indian Telly Awards has hit the sweet spot yet again on the ratings front for Sony.

    The three-hour awards show had a 3.54 TVR (CS 4+, HSM), making it the number one show on the channel for the week 3 to 9 December, well ahead of the other two Sony shows in the Top 100 – CID and kids dance talent show Boogie Woogie.

    The top three markets for the awards show were Orissa with a TVR of 6.44, Gujarat (4.63) and Mumbai (4.46) respectively.

    The Sixth Indian Telly Awards presented by Sony Entertainment Television, which was held on 24 November, was telecast on 3 December from 8 pm to 11 pm. It ranked 63rd in the Top 100 charts for shows across all channels. The chart topper for the week was Star Plus’ Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki with a TVR of 12.45 , followed by Kyuunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi with a TVR of 12.06 (both on 6 December). The top rated Zee TV show was Saath Phere with a TVR of 5.75 on 8 December.

    The evening was marked by dance performances by TV stars including Sangeeta Ghosh, Eijaz Khan and Akaashdeep Saigal, Mona Singh, the Left Right Left cast (Arjun Bijlani – Alekh), Gazal Rai (Pooja), Vikas Manattala (Huda), Priyanka Bhassin (Naina), Harshad Chopra (Ali), Kunal Kapoor (Yudi).

    A stand-up comic act from Great Indian Laughter Challenge runner up Naveen Prabhakar brought down the house. Another performance by debutantes of last year and this year – Barkha Bisht, Sanjeeda, Daljit Kaur – and by television couples – Surveen Chawla and Manish Goel (together on a Sony show), Mouni Roy and Pulkit Samrat (the hot new couple of Kyunkii’s new generation), Divyanka Tripathi and Sharad Malhotra (the couple from Dulhan on Zee TV).

    A special award was presented to Sun Network chairman Kalanithi Maran for his contribution to Television by Sony Entertainment Television CEO Kunal Dasgupta.

    The award was an acknowledgement of his effort in enabling the growth of cable and satellite television market in south India through his Sun Network, television broadcasting group.

    Balaji Telefilms creative head Ekta Kapoor, the creative brain behind the runaway success that is Balaji Telefilms, was inducted into the Hall of Fame, a category for young professionals in television for their contribution to the industry.

    The function was hosted by popular faces of television – Kiran Karmakar, Juhi Parmar, Anuj Saxena, Mona Singh and Manav Gohil, Shweta Kawatra, Ayub Khan, Renuka Shahane and Gaurav Chopra.

    Billed as the Indian equivalent of the Emmys, the Indian Telly Awards is the brainchild of founder Anil Wanvari, who is also a board member of the International Emmy Academy in New York. One of the few Indians to have achieved that status. Says Wanvari, “Television is evolving and so will the awards. Our sincere effort is to make The Indian Telly Awards the industry’s benchmark because the awards have been created for the industry to recognize the excellence in the creative, business and technical spheres.”

    The ground partners for the event were CNN IBN, IBN7, Zee Cinema and Times Now; the Radio partner Radio City 91.Fm; Outdoor Partner Bright Advertising; Multiplex Partner Fun Cinema; Print Partner Rajasthan Patrika and Mid-Day; Party Venue Partner Some Place Else; and PR Partner CMCG.

  • Sony to telecast ‘Sixth Indian Telly Awards’ on Sunday

    Sony to telecast ‘Sixth Indian Telly Awards’ on Sunday

    MUMBAI: The Sixth Indian Telly Awards which was held on 24 November, will be telecast on Sony Entertainment Television on 3 December at 8 pm.

    The evening was marked by dance performances by TV stars including Sangeeta Ghosh, Eijaz Khan and Akaashdeep Saigal, Mona Singh, the Left Right Left cast (Arjun Bijlani(Alekh), Gazal Rai (Pooja), Vikas Manattala (Huda), Priyanka Bhassin (Naina), Harshad Chopra(Ali), Kunal Kapoor(Yudi).

    A stand-up comic act from Great Indian Laughter Challenge runner up Naveen Prabhakar brought down the house. Another performance by debutantes of last year and this year – Barkha Bisht, Sanjeeda, Daljit Kaur – and by television couples – Surveen Chawla and Manish Goel (together on a Sony show), Mouni Roy and Pulkit Samrat (the hot new couple of Kyunkii’s new generation), Divyanka Trivedi and Sharad Malhotra (the couple from Dulhan on Zee TV).

    A special award was presented to Sun Network chairman Kalanidhi Maran for his contribution to Television by Sony Entertainment Television CEO Kunal Dasgupta. The award was an acknowledgement of his effort in enabling the growth of cable and satellite television market in south India through his Sun Network, television broadcasting group.
    Balaji Telefilms creative head Ekta Kapoor was inducted. Ekta, the creative brain behind the runaway success that Balaji Telefilms, was inducted into the Hall of Fame, a category for young professionals in television for their contribution to the industry.

    The function was hosted by popular faces of television – Kiran Karmakar, Juhi Parmar, Anuj Saxena, Mona Singh and Manav Gohil, Shweta Kawatra, Ayub Khan, Renuka Shahane, Karishma Tanna and Gaurav Chopra.

    Billed as the Indian equivalent of the Emmys, the Indian Telly Awards is the brainchild of founder Anil Wanvari, who is also a board member of the International Emmy Academy in New York. One of the few Indians to have achieved that status. Says Wanvari, “Television is evolving and so will the awards. Our sincere effort is to make The Indian Telly Awards the industry’s benchmark because the awards have been created for the industry to recognize the excellence in the creative, business and technical spheres.”

    The ground partners for the event were CNN IBN, IBN7, Zee Cinema and Times Now; the Radio partner Radio City 91.Fm; Outdoor Partner Bright Advertising; Multiplex Partner Fun Cinema; Print Partner Rajasthan Patrika and Mid-Day; Party Venue Partner Some Place Else; and PR Partner CMCG.

  • Stage set for the sixth ‘Indian Telly Awards’

    Stage set for the sixth ‘Indian Telly Awards’

    NEW DELHI: The stage is set for the sixth edition of the Indian Telly Awards, the oldest and most credible annual celebration of creative excellence in the Indian television industry.

    The glittering ceremony, host to the who’s who of the Indian television firmament, will be held tomorrow at the Chitrakut Grounds in Mumbai’s western suburb of Andheri.

    The brainchild of indiantelevision.com founder Anil Wanvari , the awards celebrate excellence and are given out to the best performances, programmes and various other important categories which determine talent in the television industry during the year.

    Labeled as the Oscars of the Indian television industry, the Emmys of India – the sixth Indian Telly Awards are this time going to honour winners who have been nominated in more than 30 popular categories.

    Various TV celebs have been roped in to render performances on the night of the event. To name just a few, TV actor Sangeeta Ghosh would be delivering an inaugural performance and the team of the TV show Left Right Left would also be presenting an act.

    Akashdeep Saigal (Ansh of Kyunki…) and Ejaz Khan (Kavya of Kavyanjali) are all set to keep the audiences wanting for more with their dance performances and Naveen Prabhakar of The Great Indian Laughter Challenge fame will keep the audience rolling with his completely new and never seen before comedy act.

    Nominees of the top three popular categories are:

    – Best Television Personality:
    Javed Jaferi
    Rajdeep Sardesai
    Navjot Singh Sidhu
    Ram Kapoor
    Ronit Roy

    – Best Actor (Male)
    Rajeev Khandelwal – Left Right Left
    Eijaz Khan – KKavyanjali
    Ronit Roy – Kasautii Zindagii Kay
    Shakti Anand – Ek Ladki Anjaani Si
    Ram Kapoor – Kasamh Se …
    Arvind Rathod – Thodi Khushi Thode Gham
    Hussain Kuwajerwala – Kumkum.. Pyara Sa Bandhan
    Pawan Shankar – Siddhanth

    – Best Actor (Female)
    Sangeeta Ghosh – Viraasat
    Aamna Sharif – Kahiin To Hoga
    Anita Hansnandani – Kkavyanjali
    Saakshi Tanwar – Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii
    Smriti Irani – Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi
    Shweta Tiwari – Kasautii Zindagii Kay
    Kanchi Kaul – Ek Ladki Anjaani Si
    Sarita Joshi – Baa Bahoo Aur Baby

    The entire list of the nominees is available at www.indiantellyawards.com.

  • Bangalore DD Kendra expects revenues to cross Rs 150 million

    Bangalore DD Kendra expects revenues to cross Rs 150 million

    BANGALORE: DD Kendra Bangalore has recorded revenues of Rs 135.4 million during the 10-month period March 2005 to January 2006.

    These are figures for the revenues generated by the DD Karnataka marketing team alone and do not include the revenues generated on a national level at Delhi for the ads beamed by the Bangalore Kendra during programs supplied by Delhi.

    Speaking to indiantelevision.com, DD officials claimed that the revenue figure for the ten-month period was very much in line with the last fiscal’s revenues of approximately Rs 150 million. The officials expressed confidence that this could be surpassed by a small percentage when the current fiscal comes to an end.

    One of the major contributors to DD Bangalore’s revenue stream is the state lottery run by the Directorate of Small Savings and Lotteries of Karnataka. The telecast of the Karnataka Lottery results fetches the regional pubcaster Rs 7.8 million annually.

    DD Bangalore’s annual expenditure is estimated to be around Rs 100 million, which includes salaries and wages and costs for running the Kendra. This makes DD Bangalore one of the few Kendras that actually have a surplus of income (probably the highest across all Kendra’s in India) over expenditure, the officials assert.

    In 2005, DD Bangalore’s achievements were recognised by the industry with the Indian Telly Awards for the Best DD Kendra.